To honour the impressive milestone of Stone Temple Pilots' 30th anniversary of ‘
Purple‘, they’ll be performing this iconic album in its entirety at each show.Kicking off at
ICC Sydney Theatre on 28 February 2025, the tour will then move through Melbourne (headlining Hello Sunshine Festival), Adelaide, Newcastle, and Brisbane, before finishing up on the Gold Coast (Hello Sunshine Festival), with Aussie rock stalwarts,
Wolfmother jumping in on the national run of shows to warm audiences up with their myriad of hits.Released on June 7, 1994,
Purple was the highly anticipated follow-up to
Stone Temple Pilots’ 1992 debut,
Core, which sold over eight million copies and earned a GRAMMY Award. The album debuted at number 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and quickly became a fan favourite, selling over six million copies.
Purple features some of the group’s most beloved tracks, including
Interstate Love Song and
Vasoline, which topped the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It also includes
Big Empty, a song that first appeared on the film soundtrack for
The Crow. The song was a massive Top 10 hit on mainstream and modern rock charts and won the MTV Movie Award for
Best Song in a Movie.After the massive success of their North American Jubilee Tour, the band is excited to continue the celebration with their Aussie fans. As part of the run,
Stone Temple Pilots will headline Australia’s fastest growing outdoor music festival,
Hello Sunshine Festival in Melbourne and Gold Coast, with one-off side show performances in Sydney, Adelaide, Newcastle, and Brisbane.