Australian rock favourites Sarah McLeod and Dallas Frasca are uniting in the name of sustainable touring with The Green Electric Tour.
Landing at Royal Hotel Nundah this month, the tour demonstrates how artists and audiences can reduce the environmental impact of live music events.
Dallas, a long-time solo touring blues-rocker, acknowledged that most Australian artists were just trying to keep tours financially viable, and sustainability could feel like an “extra” when already stretched.
“The irony is that touring is exactly where we can make meaningful change,” Dallas said. “It just requires artists to take ownership instead of waiting for infrastructure or industry bodies to solve it for us. Sarah and I didn’t want to wait for permission.”
The Green Electric Tour minimises practices like long drives, flights, single-use plastics and disposable merchandise packaging. However, Dallas said the most surprising thing to discover was that the biggest carbon footprint came from audiences travelling to and from shows.
“Thousands of people driving separately, often in single-occupancy cars, adds up incredibly fast,” she said. “That’s why this tour isn’t just about what Sarah and I are doing behind the scenes; it’s about inviting fans into the process, too. Carpooling, public transport, and more mindful choices all matter.”
She said Royal Hotel Nundah was chosen for its accessibility, location and for “encouraging audiences who show up and engage”.
“Nundah Hotel is deeply connected to its local community and has a strong culture of supporting live music,” she said. “For a tour like this, the room is part of the message. We wanted spaces where the conversation could extend beyond the stage and into the crowd.”
She said she hoped the tour would demystify sustainability by showing artists and audiences what was possible to achieve.
“If fans leave thinking differently about how they travel to gigs, or if another artist sees this and thinks, ‘Maybe I can tweak one thing on my next tour,’ then it’s doing its job,” Dallas said.
“At its core, this tour is still rock ’n’ roll. It’s loud, sweaty, emotional, and connected. Sustainability shouldn’t strip the soul out of live music; if anything, it should deepen our connection to place, people, and purpose. This is simply us trying to tour in a way that aligns with the future we want to be part of.”
High-Energy Performances and Tour Details
Sarah, best known as the frontwoman of ARIA award-winning band The Superjesus and now the Chair of Australian Women in Music, said she and Dallas would perform individual sets with their own drummers.
“I’m bringing my favourite drummer in the world, Mick Skelton, who I used to tour with all the time, but haven’t played a solo show with him in nearly 10 years,” Sarah said.
“Mick joined Thirsty Merc and the Baby Animals and has been touring nonstop since. But I’ve managed to pin him down for the entire month of this tour.
“Then Dallas and her drummer, Josh, and Mick and I will play a combined set at the end that is gonna be so sick.
“Two drummers and Dal and I wailing up front…look out!”
The pair has also released a new song and film clip, Til It’s Gone.
“It was written with everything going on with the tour in mind, two big energies, two big hearts, and very much a product of this collaboration,” Dallas said. “There’s a lot coming, and this feels like the start of something bigger.”
Tickets start at $55. Get your tickets here.
Sarah McLeod and Dallas Frasca – The Green Electric Tour
- Saturday, 28 February, 7.30pm
- Royal Hotel Nundah (Royal Quarters)
- 1259 Sandgate Road, Nundah
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