As music festivals collapse all around the nation, there’s one artist promoting out exhibits in minutes.
Shows he’s barely given his followers hours discover on.
Meet Fred Again.
He’s the Gen Z, London-born sensation who has change into a world phenomenon for his home and garage-infused dance music.
But it’s his “secret raves” which have skyrocketed him to worldwide stardom, occasions that promote out in minutes.
And it’s Perth who might be handled to his subsequent last-minute present when the DJ descends on Langley Park on Saturday.
Fred Again gave followers simply three days’ discover, however tickets bought out in lower than an hour, making historical past for one of many largest last-minute exhibits Perth has ever seen.
An military of about 35,000 followers scrambled for tickets following weeks of teasing and hypothesis about whether or not he would even make it to WA.
When he confirmed up in Sydney comparatively unannounced earlier this month, it took Fred only one Instagram put up to his 2.5 million followers to promote out the Sydney Opera House in hours for a present held on the identical day.
He then launched his tour listing of your complete nation, leaving Perth followers devastated after Western Australia didn’t make the lower.
But noise from WA followers, who flooded the DJ’s social media with feedback begging for him to come back, clearly made an impression.
Days later, promoters had despatched a letter to residents close to Langley Park advising there could be a “single-stage music event” on Saturday.
No line-up or artist was talked about within the paperwork, which included noise and visitors administration data and a map of the location.
Then, on Instagram — there was one other trace. “No louder city I’ve ever had in my (direct messages) for real,” the artist wrote. “Getting a ticket link will be a few hours tho (sic).”
Soon sufficient, Fred introduced he was coming to Perth to throw the “biggest party we’ve ever done”.
“I’ll be DJing for longer than I’ve ever played on any other show on this tour,” he promised. “I’ve got a bunch o (sic) new stuff to play that I haven’t played yet.”
Perth fan Tianee Brun stated she has been ready for this second for years after lacking out on his final Perth look at Laneway Festival in 2023.
“I love that he’s made the effort to come to Perth after we all feared he wouldn’t and that he’s saved his best show for us,” she stated.
“Everything he does is so unique, his music and the way he drops secret shows… it just makes it that much more exciting.”
The buzz across the music producer is unmatched.
Not solely did he promote out the Sydney Opera House twice virtually immediately, however he additionally bought out three exhibits at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena, which holds greater than 14,000 individuals.
The DJ has been performing a handful of smaller gigs, introduced on the final minute by way of social chats on Discord and WhatsApp, with solely restricted tickets accessible.
And he has additionally thrown out the rule guide with the timing of his exhibits.
He hit the decks at Melbourne’s well-known nightclub Revolver Upstairs at 9am and performed a daytime gig at a small cafe in Wellington throughout his latest New Zealand cease.
Fred Again fan Natasha Williams believes the key to the music producer’s success is the way in which he makes use of his social media.
“He really knows how to build up hype on Instagram,” she stated. “The way he drops hints to shows and plays at random places, it just gets you hooked because you want to work out his next moves.”
While Fred Again is a comparatively new sensation, he has been working behind the scenes within the trade for a while, producing songs for artists akin to Charli XCX, Stormzy and Ed Sheeran beneath his actual identify, Fred Gibson.
His producing abilities earned him the Best Producer Award on the Brits Awards in 2020. But it was his debut at London’s Boiler Room in 2022 that noticed him make a reputation for himself.
Fred Again was final in Perth in February 2023, the place he performed a extremely anticipated set at Laneway Music Festival. This was a month after the discharge of his monitor Rumble, that includes in style US producer Skrillex.
But whereas the British famous person is proving an enormous success, the identical can’t be stated for all Australian music occasions.
Earlier this week, Splendour within the Grass — Australia’s largest music competition — made a bombshell announcement the occasion was cancelled doubtless on account of an absence of ticket gross sales and prices.
The competition headliners included pop famous person Kylie Minogue, US rapper Future, G Flip and Arcade Fire, to call just a few.
A month earlier than that, Groovin The Moo’s competition was additionally cancelled on account of inadequate ticket gross sales, which they introduced only a few weeks after releasing them. Before that, the Falls Festival was additionally canned.
Despite a value of dwelling disaster and the struggles of Australia’s competition scene, Fred Again is proving the hype across the EDM scene in Australia may be v