Rowena Wise
Friday, 23 October 2026, 08:00
The Vanguard · 42 King St, Newtown
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><u><span style="font-size: 18px;">ROWENA WISE - Bad Things Feel Good* Album Launch (Band show)</span></u></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Presented by Double J, Beloved Records & Remote Control Records:</em><br><br>This October and November, <strong>Rowena Wise</strong> takes her full band on the road for 10+ dates across Australia to support her sophomore album, <em>Bad Things Feel Good</em>*. The record is a tender, point-blank look at the pain of transformation and what it means to be flesh and blood — from Melbourne to Brisbane, Sydney to Hobart and beyond.<br><br>Written over two years of near-constant touring and recorded live over three days at The Ratshack in Collingwood with producer Rob Muinos (Julia Jacklin, Didirri), the album traces heartbreak, estrangement, and the knottier growing pains of adulthood through candid poetic lyricism and a raw live production. The songs hold space rather than demand attention, and live, they hit even harder.<br><br>Since debuting in 2018, she has amassed over 10 million streams, earned airplay across <strong>triple j</strong>, <strong>Double j</strong> and <strong>Unearthed</strong>, and toured extensively across Australia, the UK, Europe, the USA and Canada, supporting artists including <strong>Holy Holy, Ball Park Music, Bernard Fanning</strong> and <strong>Paul</strong> <strong>Dempsey</strong>. Her 2024 debut album, <em>Senseless Acts of Beauty</em>, was praised by <strong>CLASH Magazine</strong> as “<em>carefully etched indie folk</em>” and shortlisted for the <strong>Australian Music Prize</strong>. Her highly anticipated sophomore album, <em>Bad Things Feel Good</em>*, a tender, point-blank meditation on transformation, is out August 7, 2026 via Beloved Records.<br><br><em>"Carefully etched indie folk"</em> — <strong>CLASH Magazine</strong><br><em>"Fragrant introspection"</em> — <strong>FLOOD</strong><br><br><strong>Supported by Double J</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="fr-video fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nor126REmPk?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong> </p><hr style="text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: center;">TICKETING INFO</p><p style="text-align: center;">This is an 18+ event. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Do not attend if you are feeling unwell.</p><p style="text-align: center;">PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:</p><p style="text-align: center;">Once purchased tickets are non-refundable & non-transferable</p><p style="text-align: center;">A booking fee applies to all advance tickets. (All quoted prices include tax).</p><p style="text-align: center;">Over 18's only unless advertised otherwise.<br>No Outside food or drinks are to be brought into the venue. </p><p style="text-align: center;">All children under 18 not permitted including small children and babies. Photo ID is essential, acceptable ID is a current and valid Australian Drivers Licence or Passport. Intoxicated persons will not be admitted. No thongs, steel cap boots, or spiked attire. Dangerous behaviour including Crowd Surfing, Stage Diving, Moshing and Violent Dancing is not allowed and will result in your immediate removal from this venue. Inappropriate behaviour at this venue will lead to your banning.</p><p style="text-align: center;">We know that times are tough, but please help us stay open by arriving when the doors open and eating & drinking at the venue.</p>