News: TISM Announce Exclusive 2026 Performance Live At The Sydney Opera House Next April Performing ‘Machiavelli and the Four Seasons’

One of Australia’s most influential and enduring bands, TISM have spent decades forging a reputation for their genre-blurring, boundary-smashing, sarcasm-wielding (and entirely anonymous) antics. Emerging in the late 80s, the often balaclava-clad group have explored dance, pop, rock and caustic wit amongst other musical delights, spanning seven studio albums, countless award nominations and two ARIA Award wins, millions of streams, and a live performance reputation that truly has to be seen to be believed.

Released in 1995, Machiavelli and the Four Seasons marked album #3 for TISM, along with a significant stylistic shift from their earlier works that remains as sharp and relevant as ever. Blending satire, chaos and absolute creative genius into razor-sharp musical moments that couldn’t help but slice squarely into the zeitgeist, Machiavelli and the Four Seasons also catapulted TISM into mainstream infamy, with the group proving that authenticity and an unwillingness to conform can, on rare occasions and in the right masked hands, lead to commercial airplay, spending 72 weeks in the charts, peaking at #8, plus taking home the ARIA Award for Best Independent Release, ticking off three songs in triple j’s Hottest 100 in 1995, and also gifting some of the group’s most enduring cuts, including (He’ll Never Be An) Ol’ Man River and Greg! The Stop Sign!!. 

Retrospectively described by TheMusic.com.au as representing “in some ways a seismic shift in the core TISM sound but in other ways a return to their roots” and by Double J as possessing “ridiculously infectious pop with the bare faced mirth and fearless marauding spirit”, Machiavelli and the Four Seasons is an evergreen masterclass in absurdity and artistry three decades on since its release.

More recently reforming via some secret shows and an appearance at Good Things Festival in 2022, TISM ticked off a wildly successful headline run in 2024, with their Death To Art Tour taking over venues like Brisbane’s Riverstage, Sidney Myer Music Bowl and Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion. Boasting supports from Machine Gun Fellatio, Eskimo Joe and The Mavis’s, and tour also honouring TISM‘s latest full-length Death to Art, which also became their highest charting album since the release of Machiavelli and the Four Seasons.

Just when you thought you’d seen it all, it’s an iron-clad guarantee that you absolutely have never witnessed anything quite like TISM live at the Sydney Opera House. Don’t miss your chance to experience this once-in-a-lifetime performance in 2026; you’ll never see TISM like this elsewhere, ever.

Early bird pre-sale tickets on sale: Wednesday 12 November @ 10am AEDT time

To Gain Early Ticket Access Register Here -> https://davidroywilliams.com/tours/tismsoh/

Tickets on sale: Thursday 13 November @ 10am AEDT time
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