“When you don’t really know what you’re doing or why you’re doing it is when the best stuff comes out…”
From Release: In 2026, one of Australia’s most prolific live performers will deliver mind-bending musicality across the country with guitarist, producer and composer extraordinaire PLINI today announcing a headline run on home soil, fresh off the release off his hotly-anticipated new album An Unnameable Desire with special guests DELTA SLEEP (UK) for all dates, CENOBIA for Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and NIGHTDIVE for Australian shows only.
A groundbreaking and entirely independent artist, globally revered for his dazzling proficiency and trademark amalgamation of progressive rock, metal and guitar wizardry, PLINI has ticked off an eye-watering array of accolades throughout his career, from being nominated for Live Guitarist of the Year in 2018 through to guitar god Steve Vai himself declaring of PLINI’s 2016 debut album Handmade Cities that it was “one of the finest, forward thinking, melodic, rhythmically and harmonically deep, evolution of rock/metal instrumental guitar records I have ever heard.”
We caught up with Plini to talk about his upcoming shows, creating music, production, inspirations, naming instrumental songs, and so much more…
Check out the full interview below
PLINI
‘AN UNNAMEABLE DESIRE’
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND HEADLINE TOUR 2026
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
DELTA SLEEP (UK)
CENOBIA (BRIS/SYD/MELB)
NIGHTDIVE (AUS SHOWS ONLY)
TOUR DATES:
THURSDAY 6 AUGUST – PRINCESS THEATRE, BRISBANE
FRIDAY 7 AUGUST – LIBERTY HALL, SYDNEY
SATURDAY 8 AUGUST – NORTHCOTE THEATRE, MELBOURNE
SUNDAY 9 AUGUST – LION ARTS FACTORY, ADELAIDE^
TUESDAY 11 AUGUST – MAGNET HOUSE, PERTH^
FRIDAY 14 AUGUST – DOUBLE WHAMMY, AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND*^
SATURDAY 15 AUGUST – SAN FRAN, WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND*^
^ Cenobia not appearing
*nightdive not appearing
Tickets on sale now
https://www.plini.co/anztour
Essential Information
From: Melbourne, Australia
Website: www.ofmiceandmenofficial.com
Latest Release: An Unnameable Desire (Out Now)
