RÜFÜS DU SOL Are Aiming for More ARIA Awards Glory

RÜFÜS DU SOL are proof that the good guys do finish first.

The Sydney group are at the crest of Australia’s wave of electronic music superstars, a pack-leading gang that have achieved stadium-filling status in the US, boast a Grammy Award in their heaving collection, and do so while dodging the mid-career name-change curse.

RÜFÜS DU SOL are poised to bag even more hardware when the 2025 ARIA Awards are presented next month at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion, where they’re nominated in four categories.

With Inhale / Exhale (via Rose Avenue/Reprise Records), their fifth studio album which dropped October 11th, 2024, RÜFÜS DU SOL climbed the highest mountain in electronic music by taking their works from clubs to the biggest stages on earth, earning a lofty spot in Rolling Stone AU/NZ’s 50 Greatest Australian Electronic Acts of All Time list.

In support of the album, Tyrone Lindqvist, Jon George, and James Hunt are on a world tour that has shifted more than 700,000 tickets and sold out upwards of 40 dates globally, including Los Angeles’ Rose Bowl Stadium (57,000-plus tickets) and a headline slot at Lollapalooza. They’re just the second Australian act to lead the massive venue after AC/DC, and the first electronic act to do so.

The group will bring their genre-defining live show home to Australia this November, which already heralds eight sold-out shows, including three nights at Melbourne’sRod Laver Arena and three nights at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena (see full details below).

Inhale / Exhale impacted the Billboard 200 (at No. 179) and earned the act a first leader on US dance radio with “Music is Better”.

In their homeland, the album continued an ARIA Chart streak that has seen none of RÜFÜS DU SOL’s albums miss a podium spot. Three of those have gone all the way to No. 1: Atlas (from 2013), Bloom (2016), and Surrender (2021).

With Surrender, the Sydneysiders pinched their first Grammy Award (for Dance/Electronic Recording in 2022) with “Alive”, another milestone moment for Australia’s electronic music community.

A decade is a lifetime in electronic music. RÜFÜS DU SOL have long since passed that milestone. Inhale / Exhale is, perhaps, a statement on longevity. “We do ice baths and exercise together, breath work,” Lindqvist told Rolling Stone AU/NZ. “We’ve kind of implemented those things into our touring lifestyle and to the recording lifestyle. And so it just felt like a good summary of the last two years, the Inhale / Exhale experience.”

Good health is nothing without the RÜFÜS DU SOL’s camaraderie and unspoken understanding of each members’ strengths. “In terms of fleshing it out, Tyrone does basically all of the lyric writing and is an amazing lyricist,” Hunt said, “and me and Jon dive a lot into the production. There will be cross pollination. Tyrone will have amazing production ideas, Jon will bounce in with lyrics. So, we all have strengths. But at the end of the day, anyone can come to the table with anything with any kind of idea, any song starter.”

With five previous ARIAs wins, two APRA Awards, and, of course, a Grammy, RÜFÜS DU SOL are no strangers to the winners’ circle. The 2025 ARIA Awards, to be presented November 19th at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion, could be another gold rush: their four nominations include a chance in the evening’s top category, for Album of the Year.

“Of course, we’d welcome any awards,” Lindqvist remarked. “But I think now maybe we have more gratitude for the luck that it takes to actually get to that place. Like, all of the hard work and good decisions and people we’ve surrounded us with helped us get to that place. But to actually win an award for anything is just such a miracle.”

RÜFÜS DU SOL 2025 Australia and New Zealand Tour

Presented by triple j (AU) and George FM (NZ) 

Thursday, November 7th

RAC Arena, Perth, AU*

Monday, November 11th

Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, AU*

Wednesday, November 13th

Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, AU*

Wednesday, November 20th

Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, AU*

Monday, November 25th

Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, AU*

Friday, November 29th

The Outer Fields at Western Springs, Auckland, NZ*

*With Support From SG Lewis (Live)