Royel Otis @ Festung Kufstein

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Royel Otis

Support: Lottery Winners & Genesis Owusu

17.06.2026

Kufstein Fortress (AT)

Tickets on oeticket.com

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Royel Otis is a band made up of Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic. Royel plays guitar. Otis sings. Together, they make deceptively simple, emotionally loaded anthems built for sunny beers, sweaty dance floors and the slow-burn courage required for a first kiss.

The pair grew up around Bondi Beach, meeting while working odd jobs in the bars and cafés that line the area. They landed in the studio as almost strangers, quickly realizing they shared a knack for bright melodies, razor-sharp hooks and songs that feel like a hit of nostalgia. Their sound channels the excitement of firsts: first gig, first crush, first hickey. It's warm, addictive and instantly recognizable.

They broke through with their debut album PRATTS & PAIN, alongside their viral covers of The Cranberries' Linger and Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Murder on the Dancefloor. Their version of Murder on the Dancefloor hit #1 on the US Alternative Airplay Chart, while their Linger cover collected more than 220 million global streams and earned the band their first Billboard Hot 100 entry. Original tracks like Oysters in My Pocket and Sofa King followed suit, picking up hundreds of millions of streams and constant momentum on TikTok. Critics took note too, with Zane Lowe calling them "nuts, just NUTS," and outlets like Billboard, NME, Rolling Stone, NPR and Clash championing their rise.