“Phantom Island” Has Arrived: King Gizzard Just Changed the Game Again

Is this the onset of The Bee Gees era of King Gizz?

 

Today, just two months after the release of their 26th album Flight b741, the ever-restless King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard release a new orchestral single, “Phantom Island,” and announce a 2025 Phantom Island orchestral tour. Featuring a different accompanying 28-piece orchestrain each city – and ably led by conductor & music director Sarah Hicks – the tour will see the group perform with some of the country’s most renowned ensembles, before concluding with Field of Vision, a 3-day residency camping event at Meadow Creek in Buena Vista, CO.  This represents the band’s only U.S. tour of 2025, so don’t miss out on your fix for a full calendar year. Tickets will be on-sale this Friday at 11AM ET/8AM PT (with the exception of Chicago, which will go on sale in March), and will be available here.

 

Talking about “Phantom Island,” King Gizzard’s Stu Mackenzie said:

 
Hello world. So our last album was 10 songs. Except we recorded 20 in that session. Here’s a track from the other set of 10. It’s even more maxxed out than the last one. There’s a whole fuckin’ orchestra on there. Hahahahahah! But for real, what a joy to be alive. A privilege to be making music for a living and to be here still after all these years. If you’ve been listening to Gizz for a long time, thank you. We love you so much. If you’re just tuning in, welcome to the cult.
 
Love, Papa Stu xoxoxox
 
LISTEN TO “PHANTOM ISLAND”
 

King Gizzard are currently underway on a massive U.S. tour, which saw them play their largest US headline show to date at The Gorge Amphitheater. The tour resumes with a 3-hour marathon set at The Kia Forum in Los Angeles this Friday, along with shows in Austin, Las Vegas, Miami, and more. Every 2024 tour stop will stream live and for free via the band’s Youtube.
 

STREAM/PURCHASE FLIGHT b741
 
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD 2024 TOUR DATES
Fri. Nov. 1 – Inglewood, CA @ The Kia Forum * @
Sat. Nov. 2 – San Diego, CA @ The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park ^ @ [SOLD OUT]
Sun. Nov. 3 – Paso Robles, CA @ Vina Robles Amphitheatre # [SOLD OUT]
Mon. Nov. 4 – Stanford, CA @ Frost Amphitheater at Stanford #
Wed. Nov. 6 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom $ [SOLD OUT]
Fri. Nov. 8 – Las Vegas, NV @ PH Live @
Sat. Nov. 9 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre #
Sun. Nov. 10 – Albuquerque, NM @ Revel Entertainment #
Tue. Nov. 12 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Criterion #
Wed. Nov. 13 – Fayetteville, AR @ JJ’s Live # [SOLD OUT]
Fri. Nov. 15 – Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater *#
Sat. Nov. 16 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall #
Sun. Nov. 17 – New Orleans, LA @ Mardi Gras World #
Tue. Nov. 19 – Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre Atlanta # [SOLD OUT]
Wed. Nov. 20 – St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre # [SOLD OUT]
Thu. Nov. 21 – Miami, FL @ Factory Town #
 
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD 2025 TOUR DATES
Sun. May 18 – Tue. May 20 – Lisbon, PT @ Coliseu do Recreios
Fri. May 23 – Sun. May 25 – Barcelona, ES @ Poble Espanyol
Thu. May 29 – Sat. May 31 – Vilnius, LT @ Lukiškės Prison 2.0
Wed. June 4 – Fri. June 6 – Athens, GR @ Lycabettus Theatre City of Athens
Sun. June 8 – Tue. June 10 – Plovdiv, BG @ Ancient Theatre
Mon. July 28 – Philadelphia PA @ TD Pavilion at the Mann (w/ The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia)
Wed. July 30 – New Haven, CT @ Westville Music Bowl (w/ Orchestra of St. Luke’s)
Fri. Aug. 1 – Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium  (w/ Orchestra of St. Luke’s)
Sat. Aug. 2 – Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium %
Mon. Aug. 4 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (w/ National Symphony Orchestra)
Wed. Aug. 6 – Highland Park, IL @ Ravinia Festival (w/ Chicago Philharmonic)
Fri. Aug. 8 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Ford Amphitheater (w/ Colorado Symphony)
Mon. Aug. 11 – San Diego, CA @ The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park (w/ San Diego Symphony Orchestra)
Fri. Aug. 15 – Sun. Aug. 17 – Buena Vista, CO @ FIELD OF VISION at Meadow Creek %
 
* 3-HOUR MARATHON SET
^ ACOUSTIC SET
$ SILVER CORD IN FULL EXPERIMENTAL RAVE SET W/ BULLANT
@ w/ KING STINGRAY, DJ Crenshaw
# w/ KING STINGRAY
% “ROCK ‘N’ ROLL” SHOW