Scene News: The Beautiful Girls announce Beautiful World tour

Fresh from another successful month-long European tour hitting the UK, Germany and The Netherlands, including shows at London’s legendary O2 Academy, Boardmasters Festival and Holland’s infamous Zandstock, The Beautiful Girls are pumped to bring their Beautiful World tour back home for the Australian Summer.

Mat McHugh is The Beautiful Girls

Joining band leader, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Mat McHugh will be long-time Beautiful Girl bass player Paulie B and former Xavier Rudd drummer Bobby Alu. Alu will also double as the tour’s supporting act in duo mode in his other guise as master ukulele strummer – an obvious co-conspirator in all things tropical and summer across the 23-date national tour.

Described as writing “heart-on-the-sleeve songs,” the latest Beautiful Girls single, Beautiful World, is no exception – it’s a cruisey, upbeat taste of what’s in store on the forthcoming album. “It’s based in my love of ‘80s digital dancehall,” McHugh explains. That’s a smooth, sensual style of reggae that came out of the ghetto community of Waterhouse in Jamaica’s west Kingston Town; upbeat, uplifting and transformative by nature. Beautiful World has the kind of melody that instantly brings to mind summer skies and gentle breezes. No matter where you are, it’s guaranteed to put a smile on your face and lift away the cares of your day. Like the song says, no matter how bad things might get, just take on McHugh’s advice – “I let the sun shine on me now/Look at all of the love we found/And I feel fine” – and this really is a Beautiful World…

And what better way to celebrate a forthcoming tour than by giving away a free download of the “Mat McHugh” acoustic version of Beautiful World ? Just go to https://soundcloud.com/dieboredom/mat-mchugh-beautiful-world/s-id5cA

Thursday 29th November 2018 – Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns QLD 

Friday 30th November 2018 – Dalrymple Hotel, Townsville QLD 

Saturday 1st December 2018 – Magnums, Airlie Beach QLD 

Sunday 2nd December 2018 – Mt Pleasant Tavern, Mackay QLD 

Thursday 6th December 2018 – Ramsgate Hotel, Henley Beach SA 

Friday 7th December 2018 – The Rosemount Hotel, North Perth WA 

Saturday 8th December 2018 – Dunsborough Tavern, Dunsborough WA 

Thursday 3rd January 2019 – The Northern, Byron Bay NSW

Friday 4th January 2019 – The Spotted Cow, Toowoomba QLD

Saturday 5th January 2019 –  Kingscliff Beach Hotel, Kingscliff NSW 

Sunday 6th January 2019 – Sol Bar, Maroochydoore QLD

Thursday 10th January 2019 – Grand Hotel, Mornington VIC 

Friday 11th January 2019 – Westernport Hotel, San Remo VIC

Saturday 12th January 2019 –  The Whalers Hotel, Warrnambool VIC

Sunday 13th January 2019 – Torquay Hotel, Torquay VIC 

Thursday 17th January 2019 – Narrabeen RSL, Narrabeen NSW 

Friday 18th January 2019 – Factory Theatre, Sydney NSW

Saturday 19th January 2019 – Entrance Leagues Club, Bateau Bay NSW

Sunday 20th January 2019 – Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle NSW 

Thursday 24th January 2019 – Granada Tavern, Hobart TAS 

Friday 25th January 2019 – The Corner Hotel, Melbourne VIC 

Friday 8th February 2019 – The Triffid, Brisbane QLD

Saturday 9th February 2019 – Redland Bay Hotel, Redland Bay QLD