After sold out shows in 2024 and 2025, The Byron Theatre is delighted to welcome The Necks back to Byron.

Chris Abrahams (grand piano), Tony Buck (drums) and Lloyd Swanton (bass)

"One of the greatest bands in the world." - New York Times

"Tonal, accessible, and yet profoundly challenging... The Necks are singular... Yielding things no one else does." - The Wire

The Necks are one of the great cult bands of Australia and the world. Featuring lengthy pieces which slowly unravel in the most mesmerising fashion, frequently underpinned by an insistent deep groove, the eighteen albums by The Necks stand up to re-listening time and time again.

The deceptive simplicity of their music throws forth new charms on each hearing. Not entirely avant-garde, nor minimalist, nor ambient, nor jazz, it is totally unique in the world today.

Masters of their own musical language of long-form improvisation, each night they step onto the stage with no pre-conceived ideas of what they will play – they and the audience will go on a sonic journey that is created in the moment and in that room.

Over their 30 years together, they honed an assured process of building around repeated motifs through subtle shifts and layering, to produce an extraordinarily dense and hypnotic effect which builds in a mesmerising, epic fashion …. a trio conjuring an orchestral expanse. Every Necks' performance is a singular event, 2 sets of approximately 45 minutes, entirely improvised and working with the acoustics of the room.

"At around the 100-year point in jazz's evolution, conjuring new spirits out of old spells is a difficult mojo to work. But people are doing it - a case in point is The Necks." - Jazz Times, USA

"Absolutely riveting...how three musicians can sound like eighteen is a mystery... extraordinary magical sounds emerged from the ensemble...the way The Necks do this with acoustic instruments is nothing short of miraculous." - Financial Times

Entry requirements: 14+, any under 18s accompanied by an adult.

‍Event Details:
6:00 pm - Venue Doors and bar open
6:40 pm - Theatre Doors
7:00 pm - Set 1 (duration 50 mins approx)
7:50 pm - Interval 20mins
8:10 pm - Set 2 (duration 50 mins approx)
9:00 pm - Event ends