Adding to an appearance at Meredith Music Festival, Montero has announced headline dates in Sydney and Melbourne this December. These shows cap off a massive year for Montero, who played Primavera Sound in June and has toured the UK and Europe twice: once last November supporting Mac DeMarco, and again for a string of headline dates this past February, to coincide with the release of his second record, Performer. TICKETS ON SALE NOW; ALL TOUR INFO RIGHT HERE: https://bit.ly/2w8b1p9 ‎ Acclaimed visual artist and bandleader Ben Montero was born and bred in Melbourne, but these days bases himself in Athens, Greece. His six-piece band comprises members of Greek psych-heads Acid Baby Jesus and Voyage Limpid Sound, and it is this Greek backing band that will accompany Ben to Australia in December. Ben has earned a global following off the back of his comic illustrations, which depict the sweet and sad inner lives of a menagerie of introverted, music-loving creatures. As an illustrator, Ben has produced artwork for the likes of Mac DeMarco, Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile and Pond. As a musician and bandleader though, he’s committed to hauling the extended soundscapes and textures of ’70s prog, the easy-listening adult weirdness of Jimmy Webb and Burt Bacharach, and the sports arena pounding of vintage MOR rock into the present day, with an eye to the future.