free bamboos show with canberra symphony orchestra sun mar 9

We are EXTREMELY excited to announce that we will be performing a free concert with the 40 piece Canberra Symphony Orchestra for ‘Symphony In The Park’, as part of the Enlighten Festival.

Held at the open air Stage 88 in Commonwealth Park, there will be great food and beverage options available on the night so all you need to do is gather a group, bring a chair or picnic rug and get ready for a night of amazing music.

Ever since we played with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in 2021, we’ve been dying to once again perform our music with Ross Irwin’s incredible arrangements (who is of course also the longtime Boos trumpeter!). For a reminder of what that sounded like, you can revisit the recording of the MSO show on LP/CD or streaming.

LANCE FERGUSON RELEASES FIRST TRACK FROM FORTHCOMING FILM SCORE

SIDE PROJECT ALERT!

Bamboos founder and leader Lance has released "L'ocean de toi" as the first track from his newly scored soundtrack for the long lost 1981 French film of the same name. Keep an eye out soon for the full album on LP/CD/DIG.

Available to stream and also download from the Pacific Theatre Bandcamp now.

FREE MELBOURNE SHOW FEB 15.

Very happy to announce that our first show of 2025 is a free hometown show.

Twilight Sounds is a fantastic free and sensory friendly concert held on a summer evening at Heidelberg Park oval. Joining us are Mitch Tambo, WILSN, Shaun Kirk, Gusto Gusto, The Delvenes and DJ MzRIZK

TIM AND LANCE Q&A MELBOURNE SESSION MON DEC 2ND

To celebrate the release of the album Style And Or Substance - Impressed Recordings and The Music are presenting a special Q&A with Lance & Tim at one of our favourite haunts - Rocksteady Records in Naarm on Dec 2nd. Tickets are free but limited - RSVP here

THE FERGUSON ROGERS ALBUM ‘STYLE AND OR SUBSTANCE’ IS OUT NOW!

SIDE PROJECT ALERT!

The Ferguson Rogers Process debut album ‘Style And/Or Substance’ is OUT TODAY
It’s been a long time coming but we’re so excited to share this new album with you, one which is built on a friendship and cherished musical accord that has gone on for nearly 14 years now.
For best results we recommend “Style And/Or Substance” be reproduced on your sound source at high amplitude, served with accoutrements of your choice and enjoyed with dancing alongside lovers and/or friends. Our sincere hope is that this music might just push you over the edge xoxo
Thanks to our good friends at @impressedrecordings you can grab it on LP/CD/Cassette from your local music retailer or online. (linkinbio)
Listen on digital wherever you get your music.

THE FERGUSON ROGERS PROCESS PLAY FREE NYE SHOW

The FRP will be part of a fun and family friendly way to see the new year’s fireworks this year as part of a free event at Footscray Park put on by City Of Maribyrnong.

LIMITED EDITION BAMBOOS CHRISTMAS 7" SINGLE ON SALE NOW!

Our very limited edition Christmas 7” is out today! Wrapped up in a Yuletide knit-style sleeve and featuring the tunes “Wrapt In A Beau” and “The Bells Of Holly Hill”.
Grab it worldwide on our Bandcamp store, and if you’re in Melbourne you can pick it up instore at Rocksteady Records, Northside Records and Captain Stomp.
We've just done a small run of these, so best be quick and nab one before Santa orders in bulk.
The digital version (with an additional vocal track) will be out on Dec 2nd!

NEW FERGUSON ROGERS PROCESS VIDEO & SINGLE

TOUR POSTPONED

Really excited to drop the first video from The Ferguson Rogers Process, Lance’s new project with one Tim Rogers. Utilising footage taken from their electric debut live performance at The Night Cat in Melbourne earlier this year, “Who Dares Wins” has been one of our favourite tracks on the album. Tim’s lyrics urge all of us to quit hesitating and take more chances in our lives and to remember that the world belongs to the brave (“jump first, jump long”) and lessons will be learned no matter what happens. “Lesson begins as each door swings, somethin is lost as you wait.”  

The album will now be released on Nov 29 on three different coloured vinyl variants as well as on CD and cassette. Pre-order it at the FRP site.

Due to unforeseen circumstances the album launch tour has had to be postponed to 2025. We’ll be back with the new dates as soon as they are locked!

TWO NEW BAMBOOS TRACKS RELEASED FEAT BOBBY FLYNN

So happy to announce the release of the new double single featuring our great and longtime Bamboos family friend Bobby Flynn! Bobby is a one-of-a-kind performer who we first worked with back in 2012 on the Medicine Man album (“Midnight”), over the years he has been a welcome guest on and off stage at many of our live shows - in fact he killed it at The Meters Live Tribute recently at The Night Cat.

So here are two new songs to brighten up your week, “Lucky” and “Open Up My Heart”. Grab them wherever you listen to your music and turn them up LOUD!

LATEST FERGUSON ROGERS PROCESS SINGLE “SCHLEEP” OUT NOW

“Let’s flatten out the covers, see what we can both discover”

“Schleep” is another special Ferguson Rogers Process song out today ahead of the album ‘Substance And Or Style’ rel Nov 15. Head to www.thefergusonrogersprocess.com to pre-order the ltd yellow LP as well as the CD and cassette in exclusive t-shirt bundles.

Looking forward to playing this one for you at the album launches at the end of November!

THE FERGUSON ROGERS PROCESS ALBUM LAUNCH TOUR

Alright, let’s take this Process to the stage!
Tickets are on sale now for the first run of shows by The Ferguson Rogers Process, launching the album Substance And Or Style.
Head to the www.thefergusonrogersprocess.com to grab tickets.
We are really excited to be playing these songs for you! See you on the floor.

3RD FERGUSON ROGERS PROCESS SINGLE “THUMBS” OUT NOW

“Thumbs”, the 3rd single from The Ferguson Rogers Process is out now on all reputable digital music providers.
It’s your third spoonful of ‘Substance And Or Style’, the album that you can hold in your hands on Nov 15. Head to the FRP website to pre-order yours, including the tasty but limited yellow LP. There’s also t-shirt bundles with all versions of the album.

THE FERGUSON ROGERS PROCESS ALBUM ‘SUBSTANCE AND OR STYLE’ OUT NOV 29

The Ferguson Rogers Process album ‘Substance And Or Style’ will be released on Nov 29th on Ltd Ed coloured LP, CD, cassette and digital on Impressed Recordings.

Pre-order it now from the FRP website or from your preferred record store. The yellow splattered LP is limited to only 200 copies, so be quick!

“Tim is an endlessly inventive lyricist, melodicist...and dancer. I knew that we had another album in our heads, and this time it’s one that feels looser and freer - not bound by any particular conventions or musical baggage.” Lance

“dIRTY-CLEAN” BY THE FERGUSON ROGERS PROCESS OUT TODAY

The second single from The Ferguson Rogers Process, “Dirty-Clean”, is out today. The track leans even more heavily into Tim and Lance’s take on Disco, which is of course like no one else’s take.

We’ve got some BIG news to tell you next week, so stay tuned.

DEBUT SINGLE AND SHOW FROM THE FERGUSON ROGERS PROCESS

The first music released by the FRP is “Live Together” is out now. Tim weaves a detailed paean for patience and acceptance within Lance’s airy but insistent groove. Stay tuned for more new music on the way.
Catch them play it live at The Night Cat on Aug 2!

As to how this all came about, Tim recalls that Lance gave him a call while he was driving down the highway and asked him “wanna make a dance record?”

“Mr Ferguson could ask me to commit self-immolation and I’d consider it! The ten songs he sent had deep pockets and endless possibilities. Working with the Bamboos was such an enormous thrill and a life-threatening joy. These 10 songs are primarily for dancing, which is my second favourite life activity. And perhaps there is some lyrical bawdiness to tickle a bone. Come taste the Process.”

THE BAMBOOS RETURN TO CAIRNS ON FRI AUG 23

Bamboos hit the north! We are excited to be coming back to Cairns to play the fantastic Tanks Arts Centre on Fri Aug 23 to kick off Cairns Festival in style at their Tropical Soul Party!

We'll be joined by the High Priestess of vintage vinyl, DJ Emma Peel who will keep the dancefloor lit.

Tickets are on sale now. Can't wait to feel the heat!

BAMBOOS HIT SYDNEY THU AUG 22

Hitting the Emerald City is always fun for us so we very happy to be making the trip up north for the first time in two years to play Crowbar in Leichhardt on Thu August 22nd. Can’t wait to play songs from ‘This Is How You Do It’ for the first time and see some familiar faces. Tickets are on sale now so get on it, Sydney people!

LANCE FERGUSON & TIM ROGERS ARE THE FERGUSON ROGERS PROCESS - DEBUT LIVE SHOW AUG 2

Time to officially open the floodgates on this one: Here’s a brand new-project from the duo of our own Lance Ferguson and one Tim Rogers, who delivered you such parquetry firestarters as “I Got Burned” and “The Rules Of Attraction”.

New music that has been mixed up, distilled down, formulated, concentrated and otherwise accelerated via way of: The Ferguson Rogers Process

Standby for the first single out very soon and get down to The Night Cat, Melbourne on Friday Aug 2nd to get officially “Processed”…

Tickets are on sale now!

LIVE TRIBUTE TO THE METERS!

PEOPLE SAY! Get in on this very special show featuring Bamboos family honouring the music of one of our most-loved bands:

A TRIBUTE TO THE METERS: LIVE! Friday Aug 30th at The Night Cat

An exclusive one-night-only celebration of the music of New Orleans’ finest Funk & R&B masters: The Meters

Coinciding with the 50th Anniversary of their classic album “Rejuvenation".

Featuring the Rhythm Section of: Lance Ferguson, Ben Grayson, Yuri Pavlinov and Daniel Farrugia.

And Very Special Guests: Kylie Auldist, Bobby Flynn, Paul Slattery

Plus DJ's Dave Bowman and DJ Manchild (The Breakdown/ PBS 106.7FM Melbourne)

THANK YOU, MELBOURNE!

Melbourne! Our album launch at The Corner Hotel was truly unforgettable…one for the books. Thank you for making our city’s live music scene feel as vibrant, vital and exciting as ever.

Love to Reginald AK and Steppers for lighting up the night, Bobby Flynn for making the whole room smile and Samantha Goldie for digging deep and creating an amazing vibe. Respect to The Corner Hotel for staying strong and continuing to be one of our most beloved venues.

We can’t wait to see you again xoxo
(Photo courtesy: Dave Sloane)

THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT VINYL IS OUT NOW!

An album isn’t TRULY released until the vinyl comes out!.

The ‘This Is How You Do It’ 2LP is out today.

Signed prints are available with all orders from our webstore (AUS / ROW) and from these Australian stores:
Northside (VIC) | Red Eye (NSW) 
Record Paradise (VIC) | Rocksteady (VIC)
JB Online (AUS) | Sanity (AUS)

WA AND MELBOURNE ALBUM LAUNCHES ANNOUNCED!

We’re really looking forward to getting into all the music from our latest album ’This Is How You Do It’ with you in 2024.

The vinyl is dropping on Feb 2nd and we’re really excited to announce these official launch dates in Melbourne and WA. We’ll be hitting all the other capitals soon as we can so stay tuned!

GOOD DAY SUNSHINE FESTIVAL AT MARGARET RIVER APR 6

EU+UK TOUR THAT’S A WRAP!

Thanks to one and all for making the 2023 Euro/UK tour truly one of the greatest experiences we’ve ever had. We really do love you! xoxo

NEW ALBUM THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT OUT NOW

Today’s the day!

We are more than excited to introduce to you to a new gang of musical companions that we hope find a special spot in the soundtrack of your own precious reality. Some of them are shiny, some are a little bit scruffy. Most of them want to take you out all night for a wild ride of some kind - but there are a few in the bunch who prefer to just sit quietly and…reflect.

We think you’ll all get along just fine.

We thank everyone who contributed to the creation, formation, actuation and circulation of this album. We thank you as aLways for supporting our music and for making it a part of your life.

ENJOY xoxo

BLACK FRIDAY MERCH SALE NOW ON

We’ve kicked off our first ever Black Friday merch sale!

There are discounts of 25%, 50% and even 75% available across all items in stock bar our new album. Head here to find to your nearest webstore. Or have a poke around each store as they have different items in stock.

Australian Store / UK Store / US Store

DIG THE BAMBOOS AT GROUNDED FESTIVAL IN DOOKIE QUARRY

Our first show back from overseas will be at Grounded Festival at the now disused Dookie Quarry on Yorta Yorta Country, 20 minutes outside of Shepparton. We’ll be joined by Bricky B, Charm of Finches, Fortessima, and JB & Me

BOOS HIT BRISBANE FOR ROCK THE BAY DEC 2

Brisbane - it’s been a minute! We’re looking forward to playing for you on the coast at Rock The Bay, the closing event of Wynnum Fringe. Tickets are on sale now so we hope to see you there.

FINAL NIGHT CAT SHOW THU OCT 26: BON YOYAGE SET

Thanks to everyone who came to yet another special night at The Night Cat on Thursday. Getting to debut songs from our new album on stage (out in less than 2 weeks!) felt amazing. And how great was Reginald AK? Made his mum proud.
Our final show on Thu Oct 26 will be a “Bon Voyage” set where we will road test the show we’ll be giving Europe and London come November.
Support is from the very talented Rita Satch. Don’t forget that all ticket buyers have a chance of winning a vinyl pack.
Boos photo by Chris Cohen.

WIN YOUR OWN BAMBOOS PERFORMANCE!

Ever dreamed of having Lance and Kylie perform just for you?

Well, if you pre-order our upcoming album you can be in the running to win just that! Simply provide proof of purchase from any store and you could receive a virtual meet and greet plus performance, no matter where you are in the world!

Head here to find out more and to enter. Entries need to close Nov 2 before the album is released, so be quick!

CUT OFF ENTRY DATE EXTENDED! Due to the LP being released in January the entry date has been extended to Nov 24th.

NEW MUSIC LIVE DEBUT SET FOR 3RD NIGHT CAT SHOW ON OCT 19

Thanks for another massive session at The Night Cat! The covers set was a blast, big fun all the way ‘round.

Week 3 we’re going to be throwing down brand new songs we’ve never played ever before, from our forthcoming album, ‘This Is How You Do It'.

Our special guest will be none other than Reginald AK, whose one-man live set will have you swooning, and then he’ll jump up with us and give his Mum a run for her money. Be there!

Grab tickets from https://ffm.live/thebamboostour

COVERS SET FOR 2ND NIGHT CAT SHOW ON OCT 12

Thank you Melbourne for an incredible start to our Night Cat Residency! Was great to see all the breakers make it out. Check some of them out here!

Next week we’re going out with an all-covers set.
We’ve made a habit of reinventing some of our favourite songs from the likes of Kings Of Leon, Frank Ocean, James Blake and even Black Box.
Many of them have become crowd favourites so we know you’re going to love this special one-off show!
Special guest will be Emma Volard. Check out this Youtube playlist of some of what you might hear on the night!

VINYL LOVERS COMPETITION!

Win a Vinyl Lovers Bundle when you purchase a ticket to any of The Bamboos residency shows at The Night Cat in October. 

There will be FOUR winners, one for each show! 

The Vinyl Lovers Bundle includes 3 signed LPs: Hard Up, Night Time People & By Special Arrangement.

Head to the link to attach proof of purchase to enter. Winners will be announced by The Bamboos each night during the show!

2ND LONDON SHOW NOW ON SALE!

Very happy to say that after selling out our first London show in over 10 years, we now have a matinee show on sale at The Jazz Cafe! Be quick so you don’t miss out!

NEW SINGLE “SAFE FROM HARM'“ FEAT. REGINALD AK OUT NOW

In the spirit of "keeping it in the family”, we are so happy for you to hear our new song “Safe From Harm”, featuring Kylie’s eldest son Reginald AK on vocals.

Reggie has no doubt been into and around music all of his life - influenced by many great musicians through the years, but mainly of course by the veritable force of nature that is his loving mother. Perhaps it was inevitable that he would end up refining his skills as a singer, drummer, songwriter, producer and entertainer at such a young age. Beyond music we have watched him grow up into a truly wonderful and warm-hearted human being, generous of spirit and full of life.

We always look forward to seeing Reggie dancing in the front row at one of our shows, but now it’s time for him to join us on the stage.

So people please make welcome the-one-and-only Reginald AK!

OCTOBER RESIDENCY AT NIGHT CAT MELBOURNE

We’re taking it to the stage for a series of special shows every Thursday in October at The Night Cat in Fitzroy.

Each night will be a different set list and theme - we’ll be diving into deep cuts from our ten albums, plus we’ll be debuting our all-new 11-piece line up, with a brand new backing vocal section in the mix!

Oct 5 is all about “The Breaks”…Hip Hop just celebrated it’s 50th Birthday, so in honour of this milestone we’ll kick off the residency with some uptempo beat-heavy business aimed squarely at the Night Cat dancefloor. We’ll let you know each week’s theme the Friday before so hold tight.

The Night Cat holds a special place in The Bamboos history, as we played our first ever shows there back in 2000. Lance recalls: “I had the idea to put a band together that was inspired by a more stripped-back, raw approach to Funk. At the same time (Melbourne Music legend) Henry Maas approached me for a season of gigs at his venue The Night Cat, and so The Bamboos were born...I always call it our spiritual home”.

THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT

NEW ALBUM OUT NOV 3

FREE SIGNED PRINT WITH PRE-ORDERS

Calling all Rats and Night Time People!

We’ve been away for a minute - but you know we wanted to get this new record sounding just right before we let it out the gate...So here’s a first taste: A freshly de-classified “Ex-File”, for-your-ears-only.

That new record is called ‘This Is How You Do It’ and will be with you on Nov 3rd.

2LP+CD pre-orders will include a signed print.

We’ve thrown some new ingredients into the cocktail this time, we hope it all adds up to something that’ll ring your bell, curl your toes and otherwise blow your hair back xoxo

NEW SINGLE “EX-FILES” OUT NOW

We hope you like the first taste of our 11th studio album!

Can’t wait to play it for you on our upcoming European & UK tour!

EUROPE & UK TOUR ANNOUNCED FOR NOVEMBER 2023!

We’re super excited to announce at long last that we’ll be heading back to Europe and U.K to light things up in November!

Tickets for all shows go on sale this Friday June 30th. Check back here then for tickets and info.

VOTE FOR US IN THE HOTTEST 100 LIKE A VERSION

Voting is open for The Hottest 100 Like A Version and the Bamboos have two covers in the running, ‘Lost’ and ‘Everybody Here Wants You’!

Sign in to your ABC account, click on Browse By Artist, and head to ‘B’ to add us to your shortlist.

First track of new mixtape, real to reel

Today we’re releasing “Midlife Glow” feat. one of our favourite MCs, Ozay Moore.

Hip Hop has been part of the DNA of The Bamboos from the very beginning and beyond. Whether deliberately dropping extended drum breaks into our tunes with DJs and producers in mind, or featuring MCs like Ohmega Watts, Lyrics Born, J-Live and Ty on our songs. It’s great to add Ozay to this mighty list!

Live at Hammer Hall with MSO CD out today

The CD release of our album with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Live At Hamer Hall, is out today.

To mark the occasion, we‘ve posted the live performance of crowd favourite “Tomorrow”.

Sunset sounds Free show

We’ll be playing a free Melbourne show as part of Sunset Sounds at Central Park, Malvern on Sunday Jan 22nd.

Joining us will be Izy and DJ Ella Stoeckli and it all kicks off at 5pm.

If you’re around on Jan 15th, make sure you check out the first instalment featuring Mo’ Ju and Cool Out Sun.

“I GOT BURNED” LIVE WITH MSO & TIM ROGERS

The coloured vinyl of 'Live At Hamer Hall With Melbourne Symphony Orchestra' has now started shipping. Digital is out now and the CD will arrive in February.

Head to our Youtube channel to watch the full clip of "I Got Burned" with the one and only Tim Rogers.

And don't forget that you can watch the full performance at Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's great streaming platform https://www.mso.live/

FREE MELBOURNE NYE SHOW

We’ll be playing New Year’s Eve at Footscray Park as part of a special show alongside Jebediah and fireworks.

The events starts at the family friendly time of 5:30

BAMBOOS & MSO ALBUM OUT DEC 2 ON COLOURED VINYL

Back in February 2021 we had the massive honour to play two nights at Hamer Hall with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Over 50 people were on stage and it was something that truly felt like a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Melbournians had just emerged from the city's first major lockdown, the gift of seeing and playing live music again seemed to carry extra weight for everyone in the room. Our saxophonist Damon Grant was making his return to the stage for the first time after defeating a life-threatening illness. We had also recently learned the sad news of the passing of our musical brothers Pierre Baroni and Dion Hirini. All of the raw emotion in the room, along with the incredible arrangements from our very own Ross Irwin, galvanised the band and the audience to make these shows count.
We are so happy to announce the Live At Hamer Hall album.

The LP is released on Dec 2nd on Ltd Ed Turquoise Vinyl with CD/DIG out Feb 3rd.

Pre-order the turquoise LP from our webstore now.

VINEHOP festival

Looking forward to heading to Mornington Penninsula where we will be playing the Sunday session at Vinehop.

Craft beverages, food trucks, kid’s entertainment and music!

tasmania wine festival

Tasmania! We're gonna bring the heat to Tasmanian Wine Festival: Winter Edition on Sat Aug 20 and Sun 21.

The big bonanza

We can’t wait to hit Coffs Harbour for The Big Bonanza. Click the button above for tickets to the two day event.

QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL

We're excited to be a part of the line-up for Queenscliff Music Festival in November, alongside The Teskey Brothers, Baker Boy, Emma Donovan & The Putbacks and WAY more!

NEW LIVE VIDEO

Our new video of “Nothing I Wanna Know About” is now live on YouTube, taken from our livestream show at The Corner Hotel, Melbourne, in 2021. We’ll have another one dropping next week.

NEW SEVEN INCH SINGLE OUT NOW!

We’re always excited to drop new vinyl and our latest is a 45 with live fave “Nothing I Wanna Know About” on the A-side (check that cowbell breakdown!). On the flip is “Bad Line”, which makes it’s first appearance on wax after coming out on the digital Deluxe Edition of Hard Up late last year. Snap ‘em up while they last!

FIRST EVER US U.S. SHOWS IN FEB 2023 ON JAM CRUISE

Yes, The Bamboos are coming to America.

We're so excited to announce that we'll be jumping on board Jam Cruise 19, Feb 6-12th 2023! We’ll be joined by Cymande, George Porter Jr., Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, John Medeski and so many more! Six days of non-stop music on the good ship MSC Divina, as she winds her way through the Caribbean, from Miami, Florida to Puerta Plata, The Dominican Republic and Ocean Cay, Bahamas.

You can pre-book cabin selection May 9-11th and tickets are on sale May 12th 11am US ET. We cannot wait!

MEDICINE MAN 10TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW IN MELBOURNE JUNE 10

It’s hard to believe that our fifth album Medicine Man was released 10 years ago this year. To mark the occasion we’ll be performing a special one off show at The Espy.

It’s a special album for us, so we hope to see you there!

LANCE FERGUSON’S RARE GROOVE SPECTRUM VOL. 2 OUT NOW!

SIDE PROJECT ALERT!

Following on from the beloved first volume released in 2019, Rare Groove Spectrum Vol.2 is another collection of re-works and re-imaginings traversing jazz funk rarities, balearic digs, latin groovers from the likes of Carly Simon through to Mongo Santamaria, Marcos Valle, Kool & The Gang and Pat Metheny. Backed by a stellar group of Melbourne musicians including members of The Bamboos & Menagerie, the album continues the tradition of creating "live re-edits" - all pulled off with an inimitable style and playfulness, though always with an obvious love for the foundations.

As Lance says: "Some of these versions can almost be looked at as DJ re-edits, sometimes we're extending what may be a really short track into something longer, or teasing out the elements in a song that really make it work on a dance-floor. It's essentially what someone does with a club re-edit, except we went the extra step and re-recorded the whole thing with a live band"

SYD / BRIS TOUR DATES PUSHED TO JUNE & NEW ADELAIDE DATE

NEW DATES! We’re not going to give up on bringing you the Official Hard Up Tour, so here are new dates for Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide. If you have bought tickets for Sydney and Brisbane already, they will be valid for the new dates. New tickets for Adelaide are on sale now.

Melbourne at The Croxton is staying right where it is on Friday Feb 4th. Hold tight...We can’t wait to be with you again!

hard up - FULL deluxe edition OUT NOW

The last two of the six unreleased tracks are out today, completing the Deluxe Edition of our 10th studio album, Hard Up.

Instrumentals “Wishbone” and “The Raft” featuring the amazing Kumar Shome on sitar complete the set of tracks from The Lancefield Sessions, recorded during the Hard Up sessions.

OUT OF THE WOODS FESTIVAL WA ANZAC DAY LONG WEEKEND 2022

Looking forward to being back in WA in the first time for a long time, playing with the amazing line up at Out Of The Woods Festival in Busselton over the ANZAC Day Long Weekend in 2022.

LANCE FENDER INSTAGRAM TAKE OVER

Bamboos guitarist has been invited by Fender to take over their Instagram stories today for 24 hours today!

And big thanks to for hooking him up a Player Plus Stratocaster in the Tequila Sunrise finish.

hard up deluxe edition - two new tracks released

Today we’ve released two more tracks from the Hard Up recording sessions in Lancefield, Victoria. “Bad Line” is a Soul number where Kylie sings of being left hanging on the telephone and “The Red Door” is a strident horn lead instrumental.

Full Deluxe album our Dec 2 with six new tracks!

BLUESFEST MOVES TO APRIL 2022

Even though Bluesfest may have had to shift yet again, the all AUS + NZ line up is better than ever.

It’s still the best way to spend the Easter long weekend!

HARD UP AUSTRALIAN TOUR ON SALE NOW!

We can’t wait to bring the official Hard Up Tour to you!

It’s our first Australian national tour since 2018, so we've got some extra special things planned for these shows.

We’re looking forward to turning it on for you in a big way, playing all the music from the new album and giving you something that you’ll never forget!

Special guest at all shows in Rita Satch.

BAMBOOS PLAYING QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL

Its so amazing to say that we’re playing a music festival again!

And there’s few better than Queenscliff Music Festival, held 90 min south of Melbourne every year. The line up for 2021 is pretty special with some good friends of ours playing.

Tickets are on sale now from the QMF website.

NEW VIDEO FOR “IF NOW NOW (THEN WHEN)” OUT NOW

Thanks to Durand for letting us shoot him in San Antonio. That green suit is perfect!

And thanks to Gina Tratt for the animation.

OUR 10TH ALBUM ‘HARD UP’ IS OUT NOW

We’ve been waiting what seems like forever to share this album with you in full. We recorded most of it before the world turned upside down, and some of it while everyone was holding on tight and trying not to look down.

Your support over the last year has meant so much and we thank you for buying tickets to our shows, spinning our records, ordering our merchandise and spreading the word about our music...helping us to keep doing what we do best!

We hope that this day finds you feeling good too, and that some of these songs might become your own personal soundtrack to the all the brighter days ahead. Lance xoxo

CORNER HOTEL SHOW AND LIVESTREAM WAS A BLAST!

It was so great to be back on a stage in a sweaty venue again after more than a year. And even better to be in front of a sold out Corner Hotel crowd AND fans from all across the world watching via our first ever livestream.

A massive thanks to everyone that joined and to our livestream partner No Bad Seats. Very soon we’ll have an extended recording available to watch of the night with a bunch of extra footage.

Tickets are available for the on-demand now and the same album pre-order offer stands as we had before. If you pre-order the album you can get a ticket when you email your proof of purchase here .

And with every ticket you can redeem it’s value from our webstore.

FULL COLOUR PRINT FREE WITH ALBUM PRE-ORDERS

This cool full colour LP sized print is included free when you pre-order 'Hard Up' on gold 2LP or CD from our webstore. It's printed on card, is perfect for framing and was designed by former Boos keyboardist Luke Saunders. All current webstore orders will receive a print.
For AUS fans, signed copies are available from these fine retailers:

The Basement Discs / Captain Stomp Records / JB Hi-Fi

Landspeed Records Canberra / Northside Records

Prehistoric Sounds / Readings / Red Eye Records

Rocking Horse Records / Rocksteady Records / Thornbury Records
And our AUS webstore

Plus Kylie and Lance will be signing them at The Corner show on April 10

HARD UP ALBUM OUT MAY 7

We are so proud to announce our 10th studio album, Hard Up. Released May 7 on ltd gold 2LP, CD & digital. Joining our own Kylie Auldist are esteemed guests Durand Jones, Joey Dosik and Ev Jones.

1. Hard Up / 2. Power Without Greed
   3. While You Sleep frat. Ev Jones / 4. Nothing I Wanna Know About
   5. It’s All Gonna Be O.K feat Joey Dosik / 6. Tomorrow
   7. Upwey Funk / 8. The Thing About You
   9. If Not Now (Then When) feat Durand Jones
   10. I Just Heard You Leaving / 11. Ride On Time

LIVESTREAM & VENUE SHOW APRIL 10

We will be hitting the stage for the first time in a long time on April 10, when we will premiere our forthcoming album Hard Up as well as digging back through our catalogue to celebrate 21 years since forming.
There are limited tickets on sale to see us at The Corner Hotel but it will also be beamed around the world as our first ever livestream via No Bad Seats. If you can’t come to us, then we’ll come to you!

All album pre-orders can receive a free livestream ticket. And if you buy a livestream ticket first you can then redeem that to buy Hard Up on our webstore. Head here for more details!

HARD UP / RIDE ON TIME 7” OUT NOW!

After many requests we’ve pressed up our first single of 2020 on dinked DJ friendly 7” in a custom designed sleeve.

On the B-side is a cover of the 1989 Black Box Italo House classic “Ride On Time”. Yes, you read that right. And as a special treat for the heads this track is coming out first on vinyl! These are already selling fast, so be quick!

SYMPHONIC SOUL SHOW WITH THE MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

TICKETS NOW ON SALE!

It’s hard to think of a better way to mark our 20th anniversary than playing some of our best loved songs with the world renowned Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. There will be two COVID safe performances on March 12 and 13.

“Having the opportunity to perform our music on stage with the full Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at Hamer hall is really the stuff that dreams are made of. After such a challenging 2020 in Melbourne I feel like these hometown shows are going to be extra cathartic for all involved and so rest assured we’ll be pulling out ALL the stops.” Lance

NEW SINGLE & VIDEO “POWER WITHOUT GREED”

These times we’re all living through are without precedent - and the challenges big and small sometimes seem like they just keep stacking up.
Right now all we can offer you is our goodwill and our music - but we hope that in some small way it might help smooth the road a little, and we can’t wait to be together with you again when the time is right x

NEW SINGLE “WHILE YOU SLEEP” FT. EV JONES OUT NOW!

“I’ve been a long-time fan of Ev Jones’s soulful voice and the way he approaches making music in general. He’s full of life, energy, positive intensity and good humour - and we had nothing but fun working on this song together.” Lance
"The first time I met the Bamboos was in a tiny little bar in Shibuya in Tokyo. Little did I know one day I’d be back in Melbourne writing and recording a killer song with them. As a self taught (and semi late to the whole singing game) musician this is an absolute honour and dream come true to be featured on this joint.” Ev

We plan to keep the new music flowing for you this year. Hope you’re digging it!

BAMBOOS PLAYING BLUESFEST 2021

Love to you and one and all affected by Covid-19 and the lockdown right now. We’re holding tight and looking forward to the time we can be together with you again - and we’re also looking to make good on the musical I.O.U’s we have had to pass out over the last few months.

We’re super-excited to announce today that we’re back onboard for the Bluesfest 2021 lineup!

Tickets on sale now from https://www.bluesfest.com.au/tickets/

NEW SINGLE & VIDEO “HARD UP” OUT NOW!

Our new single “Hard Up” is out today! When Kylie and I wrote the song we had no idea of the upheaval the world would soon be going through, but it feels even more timely having it released now.

We managed to pull together a video shoot while still following the strict lockdown measures we went through here in Melbourne, thanks to the very creative Nick Rieve at Studio Kilogram. We hope you like it. There’s more in store for our 20th year, but releasing new music is the best way to kick it off! Lance XO

NEW 20TH ANNIVERSARY

T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE NOW

Launched on Aus Music T-Shirt Day, this new T-Shirt will be available for a limited time to mark our 20th anniversary since forming. Order them now from our webstore.

BAMBOOS ADDED TO BLUESFEST 2020!

We are beyond excited to be included in the final line up announcement for one of the world’s great music festivals - Byron Bay Bluesfest. Held over the Easter long weekend, we are part of a stellar line up, alongside the likes of Kool & The Gang, George Benson, The Cat Empire Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Crowded House, Lenny Kravitz, Morcheeba, The Wailers, Harts, John Mayall, Dave Matthews Band, Guy Sebastian, Gipsy Kings and so much more.

We’ve loved playing Bluesfest every time we’ve been invited, and this year promises to be even more special, as the band celebrates twenty years AND we’ll be playing a whole lot of new music!

'BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT' IS OUT NOW

With ‘By Special Arrangement’ we’re looking forward and back at the same time, as we head into our 20th Anniversary as a band next year.
Stripped-back, re-framed, re-worked, re-imagined…However you want to say it, the fact is that we have lived with some of these songs for a pretty significant slice of our lives, and they have become indelibly imprinted on us in many ways. We hope that they mean something to you too, and that you enjoy hearing them in a new light.
Huge thanks also to our friends Tim Rogers, Dan Sultan, Megan Washington and all of the other incredible musicians who took part in bringing this record to life.

"I GOT BURNED" STRINGS VERSION VIDEO FEAT. TIM ROGERS

Here’s the strings version of ‘I Got Burned’, featuring the hardest working bon vivant in the business: Mr Tim Rogers. We had plans to set up a full orchestra on location in a Louisiana swamp, with CGI vampires in a Hammer Horror gothic mansion, unfurling Spielberg storm clouds, torch-lights, bats and a bonfire - but we changed our minds at the last minute and decided to set up in a Church in Carlton.
We can also now reveal that Mr Rogers will be the third guest at the album launch at Melbourne Recital Centre Aug 15.

EXTRA SPECIAL GUESTS TO APPEAR AT ‘BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT’ LAUNCH REVEALED

We are beyond proud to reveal the long teased "Extra Special Guests" at 'By Special Arrangement - Symphonic Soul' are Megan Washington, Tim Rogers and Urthboy. We didn't think that we could be more excited about this show, but these three, alongside our own Kylie Auldst will make this pretty close to an all time high for us!

GRAB TICKETS HERE

Here is our version of London Grammar’s “Strong” - a song we’ve always loved and one of two new cover versions we’ve recorded for the upcoming album.

Taking on something as iconic as this is not to be taken lightly - but Kylie Auldist has a way of unleashing so much pure, raw emotion that she seems to make every song sound like her own.

NEW SINGLE

Taken from new album of orchestral versions

‘By Special Arrangement’ Out Aug 2

Our new album ‘By Special Arrangement’ is available to pre-order on red 2LP / CD / digital from 9am Fri Jun 28. It’s a collection of some of The Bamboos most-loved songs and cover versions, re-imagined, re-invented and re-worked - with some of our best musical friends along for the ride and incredible string arrangements from our very own Ross Irwin.

Launch at

Melbourne Recital Centre Aug 15