Just two months after releasing their 26th album Flight b741, the prolific King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have shared a new single, "Phantom Island," and are announcing the 2025 Phantom Island orchestral tour. Kicking off in May, the tour will feature a different 28-piece orchestra in each city and will be led by conductor and music director Sarah Hicks. It'll be the band's only tour of 2025; to wrap it all up, King Gizz will close out with a three-day residency "camping event" called Field Of Vision, taking place at Meadow Creek in Buena Vista, CO.
Opening up about "Phantom Island," King Gizzard’s Stu Mackenzie says:
Hello world. So our last album was 10 songs. Except we recorded 20 in that session. Here’s a track from the other set of 10. It’s even more maxxed out than the last one. There’s a whole fuckin’ orchestra on there. Hahahahahah! But for real, what a joy to be alive. A privilege to be making music for a living and to be here still after all these years. If you’ve been listening to Gizz for a long time, thank you. We love you so much. If you’re just tuning in, welcome to the cult.
Love, Papa Stu xoxoxox
Listen to "Phantom Island" below.
TOUR DATES:
11/01 - Inglewood, CA @ The Kia Forum * @
11/02 - San Diego, CA @ The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park ^ @ [SOLD OUT]
11/03 - Paso Robles, CA @ Vina Robles Amphitheatre # [SOLD OUT]
11/04 - Stanford, CA @ Frost Amphitheater at Stanford #
11/06 - San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom $ [SOLD OUT]
11/08 - Las Vegas, NV @ PH Live @
11/09 - Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre #
11/10 - Albuquerque, NM @ Revel Entertainment #
11/12 - Oklahoma City, OK @ The Criterion #
11/13 - Fayetteville, AR @ JJ’s Live # [SOLD OUT]
11/15 - Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater *#
11/16 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall #
11/17 - New Orleans, LA @ Mardi Gras World #
11/19 - Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre Atlanta # [SOLD OUT]
11/20 - St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre # [SOLD OUT]
11/21 - Miami, FL @ Factory Town #
2025 TOUR DATES:
05/18 - Tue. May 20 - Lisbon, PT @ Coliseu do Recreios
05/23 - Sun. May 25 - Barcelona, ES @ Poble Espanyol
05/29 - Sat. May 31 - Vilnius, LT @ Lukiškės Prison 2.0
06/04 - Fri. June 6 - Athens, GR @ Lycabettus Theatre City of Athens
06/08 - Tue. June 10 - Plovdiv, BG @ Ancient Theatre
07/28 - Philadelphia PA @ TD Pavilion at the Mann (w/ The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia)
07/30 - New Haven, CT @ Westville Music Bowl (w/ Orchestra of St. Luke’s)
08/01 - Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium(w/ Orchestra of St. Luke’s)
08/02 - Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium %
08/04 - Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (w/ National Symphony Orchestra)
08/06 - Highland Park, IL @ Ravinia Festival (w/ Chicago Philharmonic)
08/08 - Colorado Springs, CO @ Ford Amphitheater (w/ Colorado Symphony)
08/11 - San Diego, CA @ The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park (w/ San Diego Symphony Orchestra)
08/15 - Sun. Aug. 17 - Buena Vista, CO @ FIELD OF VISION at Meadow Creek %
* 3-HOUR MARATHON SET
^ ACOUSTIC SET
$ SILVER CORD IN FULL EXPERIMENTAL RAVE SET W/ BULLANT
@ w/ KING STINGRAY, DJ Crenshaw
# w/ KING STINGRAY
% “ROCK ‘N’ ROLL” SHOW
