In 2026, two undisputed Australian icons will collide, with TISM today announcing an exclusive one-off performance next April at the Sydney Opera House. An evening not to be performed elsewhere ever, TISM will take the stage of the iconic Aussie landmark on Friday, 10 April, performing their ARIA Award-winning 1995 album Machiavelli and the Four Seasons in full.
One of Australia’s most influential and enduring bands, TISM have spent decades forging a reputation for their genre-blurring, boundary-smashing, sarcasm-wielding (and entirely anonymous) antics. Emerging in the late 80s, the often balaclava-clad group have explored dance, pop, rock and caustic wit amongst other musical delights, spanning seven studio albums, countless award nominations and two ARIA Award wins, millions of streams, and a live performance reputation that truly has to be seen to be believed.
Released in 1995, Machiavelli and the Four Seasons marked album #3 for TISM, along with a significant stylistic shift from their earlier works that remains as sharp and relevant as ever. Blending satire, chaos and absolute creative genius into razor-sharp musical moments that couldn’t help but slice squarely into the zeitgeist, Machiavelli and the Four Seasons also catapulted TISM into mainstream infamy, with the group proving that authenticity and an unwillingness to conform can, on rare occasions and in the right masked hands, lead to commercial airplay, spending 72 weeks in the charts, peaking at #8, plus taking home the ARIA Award for Best Independent Release, ticking off three songs in triple j’s Hottest 100 in 1995, and also gifting some of the group’s most enduring cuts, including (He’ll Never Be An) Ol’ Man River and Greg! The Stop Sign!!.
Tickets on sale: Thursday 13 November @ 10am AEDT time. Tickets from davidroywilliams.com
