Tame Impala Donates IDR 2.8 Billion For Forest Fires In Australia

Kevin Parker (Twitter @tameimpala)

JAKARTA - Following the teaser uploaded last week, Tame Impala announced their tour to Australia and New Zealand this year. The psychedelic rock band will also donate 300 thousand Australian dollars (equivalent to Rp2.8 billion) from the 2020 tour to help victims of forest fires.

On the morning of Monday, January 20, Tame Impala announced the details of their national arena tour taking place this April via Twitter. Aussie rockers will kick off April 16 at the Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zealand before visiting the Brisbane Entertainment Center on April 18.

Other places to stop by Tame Impala include the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney and the Adelaide Entertainment Center before the tour ends on 28 April at Perth's RAC Arena. A surf rock force from Houston, Texas, Khruangbin was appointed as the opening act.

AUS & NZ TOUR - APRIL 2020 with special guest @KhruangbinFan Pre-sale starts: 12.00pm, Thurs 23 Jan (Local Time) Ends: 12.00pm, Friday 24 Jan (Local Time) (Links below, no password needed) NZ: https: //t.co/hWf3dKrjjEAU: https://t.co/dnpLLL9O5z pic.twitter.com/cgbprYldbA

- Tame Impala (@tameimpala) January 19, 2020

Tame Impala also announced that, in response to the ongoing Australian bushfires, the band would be donating $ 300,000 Australian dollars from this year's tour to help with forest fire relief.

"In recent weeks I have been devastated to see what's going on with the fires at home and we want to do a little bit to help, so we will donate 300,000 Australian dollars to help fight the bushfires," frontman Kevin Parker told Triple J earlier today.

The tour was held in support of Tame Impala's long-awaited fourth studio album, The Slow Rush, which is slated for release on Valentine's Day. The last time Tame Impala toured Australia and New Zealand was in 2015 in support of their latest album Currents.

However, Tame Impala also featured in last year's Splendor In The Grass edition. This is Australia's annual music festival held at the North Byron Parklands in Yelgun, New South Wales.

Apart from the national arena tour, Kevin et al will also be the headliners of the upcoming Bonnaroo 2020 festival in the United States. In addition, they were also nominated for Best Australian Band and Best Australian Song (for Borderline) in the new exclusive Australian band category of the 2020 NME Awards.