The Script announce Australian tour dates
Popular Irish band The Script have just announced they are making a trip Down Under.
Frontier Touring has confirmed that the band is set to bring their Satellites World Tour to Australia in January and February next year.
The band is set to headline seven total performances during their time here.
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The Script, led by lead singer Danny O'Donoghue (pictured) have announced they are coming to Australia. Getty Images for BAUER
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They will perform two arena shows at Wollongong's WIN Entertainment centre on January 28 and at Sydney's ICC Sydney theatre on January 30.
The band will also be touring their new album at five A Day On The Green performances across the country from The Hunter Valley to Perth.
Joining the script at their A Day On The Green shows will be support acts Calum Scott, Montainge, X Ambasadors and Lotte Gallagher (the latter will not attend the Perth Show). X Ambassadors will also open for the band during their two arena shows.
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This will mark the first Australian shows for the band in almost three years with the band last gracing our shores in 2022 with their Greatest Hits Tour.
"Australia always holds a special place in our touring hearts so we can't wait to come back," the band's beloved front man Danny O'Donoghue said in a statement.
The news comes as the band is set to commence the world tour for their brand new album Satellites this August.
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The band will commence their tour in the United States before returning to Ireland and then making their way through the United Kingdom and Europe.
They will then come to Australia for the newly added dates before jetting off to certain locations across Asia.
The Script's new album is the seventh studio album that the band has released but the first since the passing of their much loved bandmate and guitarist Mark Sheehan.
In a statement, O'Donoghue acknowledged his late friend explaining that the album cover includes a subtle nod to Sheehan.
"The album cover is silhouettes of me, Glen and Ben Sargeant, our bassist, who's been with us from the beginning. Then we have a hooded silhouette, because the air of Mark is still there", O'Donoghue said. "He always will be."
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Speaking on the television show Lorraine, Danny O'Donoghue opened up about his personal struggles after losing friend and bandmate Mark Sheehan. YouTube/ Lorraine
O'Donoghue has previously opened up about the struggles he faced in the wake of Sheehan's death, telling British breakfast show host Lorraine Kelly that he found himself in an unhealthy phase of "drinking, smoking, everything".
He continued to explain that after a period of "writer's block" subsided, he poured his grief into the creative process and a new album was born.
Of the album, O'Donoghue shared that the album is intentionally "a bit more uplifting" as a means of bringing some positivity back into the band's life after a difficult year.
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