2016-2018 & Rising With The Sun - In Review

It's that day of the week where we deliver you a show from the archives to watch or dance to over the weekend. This weekend we are taking you back to 2016 at The Forum Melbourne as part of the Rising With The Sun Tour. This was a big, bright, bold stage with a show to match. Settle in folks and enjoy.

Can anyone spot themselves in the audience?

Don't forget to book your tickets now to our December virtual concert https://thecatempire.com/tour/.

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Produced by: 1440 Productions Melbourne
Directed by: Ash Koek
Audio recorded and mixed by: Lachlan Carrick

Lyrics:

Just beyond the velvet curtain
Of your dark and empty room
All the gutters run with silver
Underneath the light of the moon

I can see you there drawn and pacing
Hiding even from your precious son
All the prophecies they say the same thing
Beware of the perilous one

Don’t beg for mercy
What’s done is done
I’m gonna break this window
I’m gonna fire this gun
If you’re halfway human
Your heart’s a storm
Now face the morning
With daggers drawn

Bona Dea what’s this feeling
Nobody will say it’s name
I have tried all kinds of ancient healing
Still my heart is covered in clay

Well my sister pass that bottle
Well my sister pass that flame
Under darkening mountain shadows
We will shout out into the rain

Do you remember those distant mornings
Nobody there knew my name
I used to call myself a kind of hunter
You came to me covered in flames

Never questioned what I fight for
It was unchangeable, like the sun
We have always been the lonely nighthawks
Watching out for the perilous one

About:
Formed in Melbourne, Australia and adored the world over, The Cat Empire is a musical success story that continues to be written. Throughout their 20 year career, the band's stratospheric trajectory has continued unabated, becoming one of Australia's most successful musical exports, growing an army of ardent fans at home and abroad.

Since their teens, the six bound together by a love of music, and bolstered by the career-long guidance of Manager Correne Wilkie, have gone about the business of crafting infectious, genre-embracing anthems and releasing chart-topping, multi-platinum albums to take to the live stage. It was not unusual to find the band performing on main stage bills at iconic international festivals, selling out the world's most famous arenas, mobbed by supporters and media at airports in Spain, and appearing on top rating T.V. shows like Letterman and Leno.

In September 2021, The Cat Empire announced that after 20 years, the band's original line-up would play their final shows together, culminating in a massive show and virtual concert from their hometown of Melbourne in December.

The next chapter of The Cat Empire begins with founding members Felix Riebl and Ollie McGill stepping forward with "a re-imagined, vibrant, cross-cultural, and joyful collective of musicians and artists", with new music planned for 2022.