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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Jack Tregoning

‘Why are all these twentysomethings at a Killing Heidi show?’ How nostalgia tours took over Australian music

Crowd shot at an indoor gig, from the pit, showing excited concertgoers.
Fans at Killing Heidi's 25th anniversary tour of their 2000 album, Reflector. Photograph: Dave Kan/Dave Kan & Luup Music

Last year, Australian pop-rock band Killing Heidi planned to celebrate their multi-platinum 2000 debut album, Reflector, by performing it in full on the Good Things festival tour, but technical issues got in the way. So when the festival’s promoter pitched a 25th anniversary tour of the album for this year, the band jumped at the chance. The gambit was rewarded with a string of sold-out dates in June.

“I think it was my favourite thing we’ve done since Killing Heidi slipped back into being [in 2016],” says frontwoman Ella Hooper. “The atmosphere was so full of anticipation for these songs we wrote when we were kids. I think we went back into full-body reliving mode – except for a few crow’s feet on me and the front row.”

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