Oho! Australian music psychonauts King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have chosen Vilnius for their European residency

Australian music psychonauts King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are coming to the capital for three shows in May 2025: on 29, 30 and 31 May.

One of the most prolific and versatile music bands on the planet, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard from Australia have chosen Vilnius for their 2025 residency. Over three nights at Lukiškių Prison, the group will perform three completely different programmes. Only 5 residencies are planned in Europe in 2025: Portugal, Spain, Greece, Bulgaria and Lithuania.

Fone - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Iron Lung
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For the 8 Days A Week music agency, this is yet another spectacular step forward, and another special gift for the city you love. Undoubtedly, for the last three days of May, the Lukiškės Prison in Vilnius will become the epicentre of the pilgrimage of gizzfans from all over the region - the energetic concerts of this band are worth covering hundreds of kilometres. They have been repeatedly recognised as the best live performers at various Australian awards. It is possible that we are about to witness one of the most remarkable cases of music tourism in Lithuania.

Experimental psychedelic music band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard truly resemble aliens from another galaxy - they constantly surprise with their genre twists and breaking the usual rules of music business. From the hard-to-remember title "King Slither and the Lizard Wizard" to the offer to release their pirated records to everyone.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Gila Monster
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According to the influential Pitchfork, these musicians are truly enlightened - free from notions of harmony and proper music and doing whatever they want. Judging by the reaction of listeners around the world, they are doing it with great quality and originality. For example, well over a million people listen to their music every month on Spotify, more than one of their videos has crossed the million views mark, and their live shows are often sold out.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Theia / The Silver Cord / Set
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It's rare for the creative output of the gizzards to be matched by the gizzard. Last year, the band released its 25th studio album, The Silver Cord. On average, they release two studio albums a year, and in 2017 and 2022 they released five! If Australians keep playing as long as the Rolling Stones, by 2072 they will boast a discography of 120 albums.

Rolling Stone Australia has listed the band as one of the top 50 Australian artists of all time. Today, the band certainly seems to be one of the most anticipated acts in the world.

Advance Concert Arrangements


Advance tickets are always cheaper. Tickets for King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's residency in the capital will go on sale on Friday, but fans of the Australian band from all over the world can buy advance tickets now. However, this requires a code from 8 Days A Week or the band itself. Send a message on Facebook or at www.8dw.lt and you'll get a special code to save money. The presale on Tuesday 11 June at 12 noon will be held in the Lounge. Codes will be valid for a very limited time. The presale ends on 14 June at 12 noon. We are expecting thousands of music tourists and fans of the band from all over the world.

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About King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard|

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard is a music band from Australia, formed in Melbourne in 2010. The current line-up is Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose Kenny-Smith, Cook Craig, Joey Walker, Lucas Harwood and Michael Cavanagh. They are renowned for their constant exploration of different genres of music, energetic live performances and a very extensive record collection.

The band's discography is truly impressive, with their 25th studio album released last year. Starting with garage and surf rock, the gizzards released psychedelic and progressive rock albums, then added elements of jazz and folk, various forms of metal, and even tried occult rap and synth-pop.

The online publication Stereogum sums it up: "It's a rare band that can convincingly blend the lines between Phish, Neu!"

In 2024, the band plans to play nearly 60 shows around the world, an average of one every weekend, and sometimes more often. Some of their performances are marked with a special "3-hour marathon" tag.

In both their work and their recordings, the musicians are always looking for unexpected solutions. On one album, the vocalist recorded his voice with four "aphones" arranged in a room. On another album, critics described the sound as if it had been recorded in an adjoining room through a wool sock. Inspired by the music of the Middle East and Turkey, gizzards adapted their guitars to the traditional instruments of the region. The musicians experiment with microtonal music and polyrhythms unusual in the Western rock tradition. To the sceptic's question "Why do it?", they answer "Why not".

In the band's latest album, The Silver Cord, the musicians, inspired by an electronic Simmons drum kit they had acquired, have abandoned the guitar-rock sound to focus on synthesiser music. The release consists of two parts: half an hour of the original compositions and more than an hour and a half of extended versions. Interestingly, PetroDragonic Apocalypse, also released in 2023, features a completely different sound, with the musicians paying tribute to the heavy metal sound. The musicians themselves present these two records as different and complementary sides of the yin and yang.

"King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard" is very concerned about environmental issues. In 2020, the single "If Not Now, Then When?" they were awarded the Environmental Music Prize. The musicians donated the $20,000 they received to the non-profit organisation The Wilderness Society. Earlier, they released a short documentary, the money raised from screenings of which the band donated to initiatives helping Aboriginal Australians. Last autumn, the musicians urged their compatriots to support indigenous rights in the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum.

According to Pitchfork, "Fourteen years into their career, the band's stamina is endless. They've crossed ancient Mesopotamia into outer space and still seem to be exploring new territory."

References:

https://kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/
https://www.instagram.com/kinggizzard/
https://www.facebook.com/kinggizzardandthelizardwizard
https://x.com/kinggizzard
https://www.youtube.com/@KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard


This touring season is once again a very colourful and stunning one.
8 Days A Week concerts previously announced.

06 10 - Jungle
06 16 - Fontaines D.C."
06 26 - Sleaford Mods
07 04 - Asaf Avidan
07 05 - Two Feet
07 10 - Baxter Dury
07 14 - Oliver Tree
07 20 - Jacob Collier
08 01 - Devendra Banhart
08 12 - Yves Tumor
08 15 - Jessie Ware
11 08 - RY X with the LNOBT Symphony Orchestra (sold out)
12 05 - Efterklang
02 22 - Loreen

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