The Mars Volta will make their return to Australia later this year for a national arena tour.

The US band will tour Australia and New Zealand this June in support of their fourth album, The Bedlam in Goliath.

They will play shows in Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Auckland.

The Bedlam in Goliath was born after a fateful visit to a curio shop in Jerusalem by guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez where he purchased a Ouija board as a gift to singer Cedric Bixler.

Renamed ‘The Soothsayer’ the Ouija board became the band’s post-show ritual. As interaction with The Soothsayer increased, otherworldly instances began to overwhelm the band – including physical ailments, studio flooding, music tracks disappearing and the album’s original engineer suffering a nervous breakdown.

On the eve of restarting their project, Rodriguez-Lopez buried The Soothsayer, in an attempt to reverse the curse that had plagued them. The Bedlam in Goliath follows the stories told to The Mars Volta by The Soothsayer, as they attempt to reverse curse set upon them.

Pre-sale tickets will be available from Monday 14 April through frontiertouring.com

Tuesday 17 June, Metro City, Perth
Thursday 19 June, Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Saturday 21 June, Brisbane Convention Centre
Monday 23 June, Forum Theatre, Melbourne
Thursday 26 June, Logan Campbell, Auckland

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