Fanny Lumsden Announces 'Play With Fanny' Competition To Find Local Support Acts

As Fanny Lumsden’s upcoming Australian tour dates approach, the country icon is looking for great local acts to open her shows.

The tour will take place in February 2026, and ahead of the shows, Lumsden and her band, The Prawn Stars, have launched a competition to find one local artist in each city – Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, and Canberra – to serve as her official support act.

To apply, entrants are asked to upload a video performance of one song and tag the Fanny Lumsden and/or tour promoters’ Destroy All Lines social media accounts in addition to the application form. Lumsden will personally choose the winners, with the results drawn on Wednesday, 17 December. You can enter the competition here.

Of the initiative, Lumsden explained, “Playing live is what has built my entire career, from Country Halls Tour to Glastonbury and everything in between, so getting to hear other incredible artists do their thing and share the stage with them is such an inspiring part of the job for me. Australia is honestly bursting with talent at the moment, so I think there’s no better time to share the love, both for us as artists and with the audiences.”

Lumsden was recently nominated for Video of the Year at next year’s Golden Guitar Awards for the autobiographical clip of her single, Look At Me Now.

2025 has been a massive year for Lumsden, who headlined a successful 23-date European tour, a sold-out Country Halls Tour in Scotland, festival appearances, and opened for Paul Kelly in arenas and Rob Thomas in theatres across Australia.

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