Handsome Tours is a Melbourne based company that organises Australian and New Zealand tours for international bands. Formed by Mathew Everett in 1998 to facilitate tours for Eric Burdon & Lee "Scratch" Perry, and joined by David Chatfield in 2001 and Emily York in 2005. The business has quickly built a reputation as Australia 's most dynamic, diverse & scrupulous promoter.

Offering full service tours, including organization of all travel (international & domestic flights, car hire etc), work permits, venue booking, promotion, production, accomodation & professional tour management, Handsome Tours focuses on putting together artist friendly tours that showcase on all levels what an amazing experience playing Australia can be.

With such credits to our name as:


The Breeders,2008
Band Of Horses, 2008
Dawn Landes, 2008
The Datsuns 2008
Múm 2008
Maximo Park 2008
Iron and Wine 2008
Jens Lekman 2008
Future of the Left 2008
Beirut 2008
Okkervil River 2008
Broken Social Scene 2008
Interpol 2008
Jens Lekman 2008
Explosions in the Sky 2008
Andrew Bird 2008
Jens Lekman 2008
The Go Team 2007/2008
Jose Gozalez 2007/2008
Art Brut - 2007
Black Lips - 2007
Andrew WK - 2007
Gossip - 2007
Shout Out Louds - 2007


Jose Gonzalez - 2007

Maximo Park - 2007
Magnolia Electric Co. - 2007
Tilly And The Wall - 2007
The Shins - 2007
Richard Buckner & Edith Frost - 2007
Handsome Family - 2007
Deerhoof - 2007
The Slits - 2007
Love Is All - 2007
Handsome Family - 2007
Dudley Perkins - 2007


Peter Bjorn & John - 2007

Vashti Bunyan - 2007
Jenny Wilson - 2007
Laura Veirs - 2007

Andrew Bird - 2007
The Bees - 2006/2007
Mountain Goats - 2006/2007
Band Of Horses - 2006
Tapes 'n Tapes - 2006
Cornelius - 2006
The Datsuns - 2006
Jason Molina - 2006
The Presidents Of The USA- 2006
G Love - 2006
Jose Gonzalez- 2006
Mates Of State - 2006
Shout Out Louds - 2006
Francoiz Breut - 2006
Tristan Prettyman - 2006


Mountain Goats - 2006

Jens Lekman - 2006
Broken Social Scene - 2006
The Shins - 2005 / 2006
Sons & Daughters- 2005
Emiliana Torrini - 2005
Jose Gonzalez- 2005
Tristan Prettyman - 2005
Maximo Park - 2005
Mountain Goats - 2005
The Go Team - 2005
Interpol - 2005
Idlewild - 2005
Lambchop - 2005
Steve Turner - 2005
Mudhoney - 2005
The Delgados - 2005
The Dwarves - 2005
The Shins - 2005
The Faint - 2005


Iron & Wine - 2004


Grant Lee Phillips - 2004
Preston School Of Industry - 2004
mclusky - 2004
Josh Rouse - 2004
Marky Ramone - 2004
Junior Senior - 2004
Francoiz Breut - 2004
Turin Brakes - 2003 / 2004
mclusky - 2003
Buck 65 - 2003
The Shins / Iron & Wine - 2003
Mum - 2003
Brassy - 2003


Interpol - 2003

Ed Harcourt - 2003
Lambchop - 2003
Richard Buckner - 2003


The Breeders - 2003

Idlewild - 2003
Princess Superstar - 2002
Preston School Of Industry - 2002
Nicole Willis - 2002
Jimi Tenor - 2002
Mark Eitzel - 2002
Songs:Ohia - 2002
Labradford / Pan American - 2002
Ken Stringfellow - 2001
Life Without Buildings - 2001
Ed Harcourt - 2001
Dwarves - 2001
Evan Dando - 2001