PEKING DUK Lands Massive Chart Action Worldwide… Touring the U.S. in June and July!

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Posts Massive Chart Action In Australia

Plans To Conquer North America Next With Continental Tour

Australia’s favorite duo PEKING DUK returned to the international music scene with a vengeance just a week and a half ago with the release of their two singles “Fire” and “Distant Arizona” which were combined in the epic Tarantino-inspired Spaghetti Western video, REPRISAL.

Celebrating a blockbuster week in their native Australia, “Fire” was the second most added track to Australian radio, streamed over 950,000 times, broke into the Australian Spotify Top 50 and hit #11 on the iTunes chart. In addition, the duo was announced as the pre-game entertainment for the first State of Origin Rugby League match, one of Australia’s biggest sporting events of the year. The set will be played out on June 6th in front of 90,000 people live with a TV audience of over 4 million.

For their North American fans, Peking Duk has announced a U.S. tour, kicking off on June 13that NYC’s Highline Ballroom and circling the continent including shows at DC’s Union Stage (June 15), LA’s The Roxy (June 20), Vancouver’s Venue (June 30), Boston’s Brighton Music Hall (July 5), and concluding at Seattle’s Crocodile (July 14). Their fully live show has received critical acclaim as they continue their biggest Australian tour to date, so their North American fans should brace themselves.

TheMusic.com.au reports about their live show: “To witness Peking Duk live is not an experience for the musically faint-hearted – to remain still is out of the question. From start to finish the electronic duo pushed their audience with reverberating bass, reactive lighting, and on-point sampling combined with original tracks. Be prepared to dance, dance… and dance.”

TOUR DATES

June 13: Highline Ballroom, New York NY
June 14: The Foundry, Philadelphia PA
June 15: Union Stage, Washington DC
June 16: Lincoln Hall, Chicago IL
June 20: The Roxy, Los Angeles CA
June 21: The Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz CA
June 22: The Independent, San Francisco CA
June 23: Valley Bar, Phoenix AZ
June 27: Globe Hall, Denver CO
June 28: Stubbs Indoors, Austin TX
June 30: Venue, Vancouver BC
July 02: 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis MN
July 05: Brighton Music Hall, Boston MA
July 06: Le Ministère, Montreal QC
July 07: Velvet Underground, Toronto ON
July 12: Commonwealth, Calgary AB
July 14: Crocodile, Seattle WA

REPRISAL is a body of work consisting of two new tracks, “Fire” and “Distant Arizona” feat. Cloud Control, accompanied by an incredible cinematic video directed and produced by one of Peking Duk’s best mates, Ryan Sauer. The video for REPRISALencapsulates the recurring theme of vengeance and retribution with thrilling influences from Spaghetti Westerns and Tarantino films, as well as cameos from friends and fellow musicians, with Jack Thompson narrating. Watch and listen HERE.

Peking Duk “Reprisal”
Link: HERE

“Fire” glorifies the satisfaction of revenge against a partner who shows continuous displays of power and degradation. Protraying a woman’s perspective, “Fire” implies that something – potentially a passionate reprisal – is coming. The track also features vocals by buzz-heavy Australian songwriter Sarah Aarons who wrote the smashes “The Middle” by Zedd and “Stay” by Alessia Cara.

“Distant Arizona” is the tale of a cowboy who awakens to discover his partner has left and stolen his possessions. He embarks on a passionate mission for revenge. Featuring the talented Alister Wright of Cloud Control, “Distant Arizona” was written and recorded in Mumbai at YRF studios, and also features one Bollywood’s great sitar players, Ravi Chary.

Peking Duk have reached 180 million streams globally to date. With a 2017 ARIA Award for ‘Song Of The Year’ under their belt and their most recent single “Wasted” now ARIA Gold accredited with over 10 million streams already worldwide, this is just the beginning for Peking Duk’s Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles.