TORTOISE

Venue

Crowbar Brisbane

Fortitude Valley, Brisbane • 350 cap

Tickets

Event Ended

Date & Time

Sun, 31 May

7:00pm

About this event

Tortoise is widely considered one of the most influential music groups of the last 40 years, with a wide-reaching impact on the contemporary music scene. Pitchfork says: “Imagine a graphic showing all the bands the five members of Tortoise were in before they came together and then all the bands they went on to play with after. At the top of the funnel you have groups ranging from dreamy psych-rock to earthy post-punk crunch, including Eleventh Dream Day, Bastro, Slint, and the Poster Children; on the 'post-Tortoise' end are groups focusing on electro-jazz and twangy instrumental rock like Isotope 217, Chicago Underground, and Brokeback. In thisgraphic, Tortoise is the choke point, the one project that has elements of all these sounds but is never defined by nor committed to any of them.The band, which originally formed in Chicago in 1990, comprises Dan Bitney, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs, John McEntire, and Jeff Parker.Initially hailed as pace-setters of an emergent, cinematic ins

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Set Times

Starts 7:00pm

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What time does TORTOISE start?

The show at Crowbar Brisbane is listed to start at 7:00pm on Sunday, 31 May 2026. Set times for TORTOISE haven't been announced, and a listed start is often when doors open. Times are as listed by the venue or ticket provider and can change — check with them before you go.

Where is Crowbar Brisbane located?

Crowbar Brisbane is located at 711 Ann St, Fortitude Valley, QLD. The venue has a capacity of 350 people.

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Location

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Axial Seamount 2026 Yonder Blue 2016 Dear Grandma and Grandpa 1996 CTA 2006 Crest 2004 Cornpone Brunch 1994 Cliff Dweller Society 2006 Charteroak Foundation 2026 Central Heating 1999 C.T.A. 2010 By Dawn 2004 Bubble Economy 2001 Blue Station 2006 Blackjack 2026 Blackbird 2006 Benway 2026 [interview] 2026 Autumn Sweater 2006 At Odds With Logic 2016 As You Said 2006 Along the Banks of Rivers 2026 Almost Always is Nearly Enough 1998 Aldeia de Ogum 2026 Adverse Camber 2006 A Title Comes 2026 A Survey 1996 A Simple Way to Go Faster Than Light That Does Not Work 2026 A Grape Dope 2026 [lead-in] 2026 [intro] 2026

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