Bic Runga's Red Sunset: New Album & Tour

0:00Big Runga's 1997-smashed way still cracks her up with that classic 90-snare drum sound straight out the YouTube playbook. 29 years later, the tracks are pop legend, popping up in Dawson's Creek, American Pie, and fresh remixes by R3Hab and Amy Shark plus A. Beba Dooby Cover, but now her new album Red Sunset drops the spotlight right where it belongs, her first full batch of originals in 15 years. She took her time crafting it, dodging repeats and chasing fresh vibes after a 2016 covers record. Runga headed back to Paris with partner Cody Nielsen from Silicon and their kids, renting a house amid floods for that moody, urgent edge. They hauled in gear and turned a 200-year-old piano into electronic-based magic. Fans have hunger for this, and Runga's relief to deliver, admitting dark moments doubting she'd ever record again. Tracks like Paris in the rain, not to Georgia or Mordor's disco glam, while ghost in your bed channel 60s beat with banging bass and psychological, hauntings over supernatural spooks.

1:04She's hitting Australian stages this month, kicking off in Melbourne on Thursday, April 9th, then Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Fremantle, with Nielsen Silicon opening. More songs mean killer live sets, and she's buzzing about road life after years away. Once the tour wraps, expect quicker moves, no more 15-year gaps. Another Paris family trip looms, fueling addictive new tombs as she shakes off the rust and dies back in. Sydney news today, powered by AI bringing you what matters.