FOR local disco act The Swiss it’s not goodbye, it’s see you later folks when the three-piece act plays a farewell show at the city’s Crown and Sceptre tomorrow night.

Heading over to Europe for the band’s biggest tour yet, including shows in Bristol, Manchester, London, Paris, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Athens and Brussels, drummer Tony Mitolo is looking forward to a European vacation before he and bassist Sid Sidhu take up rhythm duties for ARIA Award winners Empire of the Sun. “It’s going to be a lot of fun,” he says.

“Three and a half weeks of The Swiss and 3½ weeks of Empire of the Sun and I can definitely say there’ll be some contrasts – like closing Glastonbury with Empire on the same stage Massive Attack played last year.” The massive tour will find Tony and Sid playing to some of their biggest audiences yet, including four sold-out shows in Los Angeles (where the crew from hit show Entourage  are rumoured to be attending, along with the who’s who of Hollywood).

But when the boys head home to Adelaide they won’t have much time to relax before hitting the road again with LCD Soundsystem and Hot Chip on their national tour and releasing some more singles.

“There are two singles coming out over the next month and then some more in September,” Tony says. With dance floors being set alight across the globe, sadly Adelaide fans might have to wait a while for the debut album.

“I just think releasing singles is so appropriate for dance music,” Tony says.

Posted in Uncategorized
No Comments Yet Posted by