Billy Strings Announces Australia/New Zealand nugs Video Broadcasts & Audio Simulcasts

Guitarist Billy Strings has headed down under for his first tour of Australia and New Zealand. Fans around the world can follow the action via nugs with real-time audio simulcasts and livestream video broadcasts for All Access subscribers that premiere the day after each of the four shows.

Strings and bandmates mandolinist Jarrod Walker, bassist Royal Masat, fiddler Alex Hargreaves and banjoist Billy Failing open the run on tomorrow (Tuesday, July 15) at Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena. It’s then off to ICC Sydney in Sydney on Thursday, July 17 and Brisbane’s Riverstage on Saturday, July 19 before Billy and company end the brief excursion in New Zealand with a performance at Auckland’s Spark Arena on Tuesday, July 22.

All Access subscribers can tune in to nugs at 8 p.m. ET the next night following the shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland to watch the action from the other side of the globe. The audio simulcasts air live on nugs with start times at 8 p.m. local (6 a.m. ET/3 a.m. PT) in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane and 7 p.m. local (4 a.m. ET/1 a.m. PT) in Auckland.

Watch Billy Strings’ Australia/New Zealand Tour Livestream Premieres.

After the premieres, each show can be viewed on-demand with an All Access subscription. Those who have yet to subscribe to nugs.net can sign up for a free seven-day trial. (JamBase earns a commission from affiliate purchases/subscriptions).

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard welcomed Billy Strings to Australia. The band posted footage of Strings shredding on a microtonal acoustic guitar as an Instagram story. Watch: