The Cat Empire’s Felix Riebl Is Wasting Time With Katy Steele

Felix Riebl and the band reconnect with Jan Skubiszewski nearly two decades after the album that took them global, delivering a percussive new track while their orchestral tour continues.

The Cat Empire will stage a one-night orchestral performance at Melbourne's Sidney Myer Music Bowl with Orchestra Victoria, bringing their catalogue to a symphonic stage next summer.

When The Cat Empire’s first album reached no 15 on the Australian chart and the second went to number one there was no-one more surprised than them. The Cat Empire were not set up as a “op” band. They were jazz musicians playing jazz music in late night bars in Melbourne and the audience loved it.

The Queenscliff Music Festival has some new names added with Sam Teskey, Mia Dyson and Felix Riebl added to the 2022 line-up.

Australian Countertenor Max Riebl has died at from cancer at the age of 30.

The Cat Empire have announced their break-up.

Victoria’s Grampians Music Festival will return in 2019 for a third year.