Sleep (USA) – Australian Tour – December 2014 **Tour Update**

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**** TOUR UPDATE ****
Due to overwhelming demand for tickets to see Sleep (USA) in Brisbane – life is noise and Crowbar have announced that the sold-out show at Crowbar on December 11 is moving to The Hi-Fi, Brisbane.

Sleep live is like mass hypnosis – a psychic trip of gargantuan proportions under the guidance of three sonic shamans. There’s never been a better time to be a Sleep fan – especially if you live in Brisbane.

Those hoping to ascend the Holy Mountain and see Sleep live, extra tickets to the show on December 11 at 8pm – are on sale now.
All existing tickets to Crowbar are still valid at The Hi-Fi and ticketholders will be contacted and advised of the change of venue.

Please Note: the only change to the show is the relocation to a bigger venue.

Catch Sleep in Brisbane on:

**JUST ANNOUNCED**
Thursday December 11 – The Hi-Fi, Brisbane – with Frown and Golden Bats
Tickets from lifeisnoise.com, oztix.com.au, and the venue
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As Sleep’s first single in over 15 years The Clarity continues to blow minds worldwide, life is noise is proud to announce that the stoner metal pioneers will be playing a second night in Melbourne at The Corner on Sunday December 7, following the sell-out of the Saturday date.

Tickets for the new show are on sale now, and tickets for the rest of the band’s first full Australian tour – which stops in Perth, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide – are selling fast. Sleep’s live show is an experience you don’t want to miss.

The Clarity doesn’t miss a step. It captures Sleep at its heaviest and weediest, and despite the puff of smoke that pervades these 10 minutes, it’s the band’s cleanest-sounding recording. Matt Pike’s guitar has somehow taken on an even headier tone, with a riff that burrows into your chest and opens your consciousness. – NPR

Of course, we never thought it would happen like this. After the legal nightmare that was Dopesmoker forced Sleep to disband, no one – not even the band themselves – thought Sleep would record again. But in 2009, Sleep was reborn. It was meant to be a one-off spectacle – a proper send-off for a trio of legends at All Tomorrow’s Parties – but it only snowballed from there. More festivals followed, then US and European tours, until far corners of their world were privy to the ceremonial trip that is Sleep.

With songs so steeped in THC that pot smoke seems to emanate from the speakers,Sleep were perhaps the ultimate stoner-rock band. It’s high time they were given their due. – The Guardian

In 2012, Southern Lord Recordings reissued Dopesmoker in full, and now in 2014, Sleep looks like a super group. After their dissolution, vocalist and bassist Al Cisneros blazed trails with the rhythmic droning of OM. Matt Pike continued his devotional study of The Riff as the spiritual successor to both Lemmy and Iommi through sludge metal power trio High on Fire. Founding drummer Chris Hakius has since retired from touring but filling his huge shoes is Jason Roeder, who’s spent almost 30 years blowing minds behind the kit in Neurosis.

Sleep live is like mass hypnosis – a psychic trip of gargantuan proportions under the guidance of three sonic shamans. There’s never been a better time to be a Sleep fan.

Prepare to ascend the Holy Mountain.

Catch Sleep on their 2014 Australian Tour on the following dates:

Saturday December 6 – The Corner, Melbourne
**SOLD OUT**

Sunday December 7 – The Corner, Melbourne
**JUST ANNOUNCED*
Tickets from lifeisnoise.com, oztix.com.au and the venue

Monday December 8 – The Bakery, Perth
Tickets from lifeisnoise.com, oztix.com.au and the venue

Tuesday December 9 – Fowlers Live, Adelaide
Tickets from lifeisnoise.com, oztix.com.au and the venue

Thursday December 11 – Crowbar, Brisbane
**SOLD OUT**

Friday December 12 – Meredith Music Festival

Saturday December 13 – Manning Bar, Sydney
Tickets from lifeisnoise.com, oztix.com.au and the venue