The Jungle Giants Announce ‘Experiencing Feelings of Joy’ Australian and New Zealand Tour

The Brisbane indie act will be joined on the road by special guests The Tullamarines and Tear Drive.

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The Jungle Giants have revealed their new album, Experiencing Feelings of Joy, dropping Friday 8 May. The quartet’s first album in five years includes the recently released single, ‘Tell Me How It Feels’, a song about frontman Sam Hales’ mother.

Speaking on the title of the band’s upcoming album, Hales says, “I’d overextended and kind of cooked it, but I really found myself. That’s where the joy comes from, having this unwavering hope even after experiencing adversity. This record is what everything culminated in for me, because I’m so in love with it and I’m so addicted to music again.”

To commemorate the announcement of their fifth album, The Jungle Giants are hitting the road with good mates The Tullamarines and Tear Drive for a run of shows across Australia and New Zealand this June and July.

The Experiencing Feelings of Joy tour begins in Castlemaine at Theatre Royal on Friday 5 June and continues with dates at Melbourne’s Forum (Saturday 6 June), Sydney’s Enmore Theatre (Friday 12 June), Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall (Saturday 13 June), Canberra’s UC Refectory (Friday 19 June), Adelaide’s Hindley Street Music Hall (Saturday 20 June), Forth’s Forth Pub (Friday 3 July) and Hobart’s Odeon Theatre (Saturday 4 July).

The Giants then head to New Zealand for three shows at Wellington’s Meow Nui (Friday 10 July), Auckland’s Powerstation (Saturday 11 July) and Christchurch’s James Hay Theatre (Sunday 12 July), before returning to Australia for the final show at Perth’s Astor Theatre on Saturday 18 July.

There are several pre-sale options for fans to get around, with the super fan pre-sale running from today, Wednesday 4 March at 10:30am to Thursday 5 March at 10am AEDT. Sign up here.

Spotify and fan pre-sales take place at 10am AEDT on Thursday 5 March, with general on-sale kicking off at 10am AEDT on Tuesday 10 March via thejunglegiants.com.

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Experiencing Feelings of Joy arrives off the back of The Jungle Giant’s 2021 ARIA #1 album Love Signs.

The band’s most successful record was released independently through Amplifire Music and includes the singles ‘Heavy Hearted’, ‘Sending Me Ur Loving’, ‘In Her Eyes’, ‘Treat You Right’ and ‘Love Signs’.

Catch The Jungle Giants performing at Hindley Street Music Hall on Saturday 20 June. Ticketing details available at thejunglegiants.com.

The Jungle Giants Experiencing Feelings of Joy Australian and New Zealand Tour Dates 2026

With special guests The Tullamarines and Tear Drive

Friday 5 June – Theatre Royal, Castlemaine, VIC

Saturday 6 June – Forum, Melbourne, VIC

Friday 12 June – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW

Saturday 13 June – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, QLD

Friday 19 June – UC Refectory, Canberra, ACT

Saturday 20 June – Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide, SA

Friday 3 July – Forth Pub, Forth, TAS

Saturday 4 July – Odeon Theatre, Hobart, TAS

Friday 10 July – Meow Nui, Wellington, NZ

Saturday 11 July – Powerstation, Auckland, NZ

Sunday 12 July – James Hay Theatre, Christchurch, NZ

Saturday 18 July – Astor Theatre, Perth, WA

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