Beloved five-piece alternative rock band The Rubens are set to light up the Twilight stage this summer with their warm bluesy brand of alt-rock.
Their self-titled debut album was released in 2012 and became a resounding success in Australia, where it is now ARIA Certified Platinum.
This saw The Rubens sell out several national tours, perform at every major Australian music festival, support several major acts (Bruce Springsteen, The Black Keys, Grouplove), and sell out shows worldwide. The follow up album ‘Hoops’ was released 7 August 2015 and debuted at Number 2 on the ARIA charts.
The band once more sold out venues all over Australia, playing to crowds of 5000 people a night. The album is ARIA Certified Gold, with title track “Hoops” (triple j Hottest 100 Winner and an ARIA Certified Triple Platinum single) streamed over 60 million times.
In October 2017, the band released “Million Man”, the first song from their third album, and a 27 date global tour for “Million Man” saw the band sell out five of their North American dates (Vancouver, Toronto, New York, Brooklyn, Chicago) as well as London and their hometown show at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.
Their third album ‘LO LA RU’ was released in 2018, debuting at #3 on the ARIA Album Charts, with ‘Million Man’ also receiving ARIA Gold certification and lead single ‘Never Ever feat. Sarah’ now certified ARIA Double Platinum. ‘Never Ever’ also won the APRA Rock Work of The Year Award in 2019.
At the end of 2018 the band supported PINK on her 42-date arena tour across Australia and New Zealand to huge success, playing in front of 500,000 punters across the tour.
A main stage Splendour In The Grass performance in 2019 saw the band do a live debut of their collab with US hip hop star, Vic Mensa.
Their single “Live In Life” has been certified double platinum and amassed over 35 million streams globally. It was in the top three Australian streamed songs of 2020 and received an ARIA nomination for Song Of Year.
To date their entire catalogue has amassed over 300+ million streams & 250,000 physical album sales.
The fourth studio album ‘0202’ topped the ARIA Charts on its release in February 2021 and has also been nominated for The Australian Music Prize. The 0202 album tour sold 23,000 tickets nationally and the band picked up Best Producer at the ARIA Awards.
In 2024 they released their fifth album ‘SODA’ which saw them play to 30,000 fans in over 28 shows in cities and regional towns across Australia, and a 17 date global tour in 2025.
