Augie March Plot 'Moo, You Bloody Choir' 20th Anniversary Australian Tour

Next year, Augie March’s immersive third album, Moo, You Bloody Choir, turns 20.

With the milestone birthday fast approaching, the group have announced a 20th anniversary tour to celebrate the album, where they’ll perform it in its entirety for the first time, as well as some additional fan favourites.

The tour begins at Freo.Social on Friday, 3 April. It continues at Adelaide’s The Gov on Saturday, 4 April, Melbourne’s The Croxton on Friday, 10 April, and concludes at Brisbane’s The Triffid on Friday, 17 April.

Pre-sale tickets will be available on Monday, 1 December, at 9 am local time – register here to access those tickets – ahead of the general sale on Tuesday, 2 December, at 9 am local time. You can find more ticketing information on the Teamwrk Touring website.

“We're a modest outfit, almost always have been; questions of age of respective members are tactfully off limits,” the band quipped in a statement.

“That aside, we're fighting fit and pretty happy that we're probably a better-equipped bunch to tackle this sprawling, ambitious, poetic, melodic record than we were the first time around. People loved Moo, and it'll be a series of rooms full of reciprocal love, nothing is surer.”

Upon its release in 2006, Moo, You Bloody Choir hit #10 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Spearheaded by the first track and lead single, One Crowded Hour, the album went on to win the 2006 Australian Music Prize, receive five ARIA Award nominations, and at the 2006 J Awards, was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.

In addition to the album’s success, One Crowded Hour became one of the band’s unforgettable singles. It peaked at #29 on the ARIA Singles Chart and topped the triple j Hottest 100 chart.

The band added, “These anniversary things can either be rote and procession-like, or a second chance to investigate the enduring mystery that genuine, complete, composed bodies of work are made of.

“We are excited to opt for the latter version, not that there's a choice in our case. The songs will be treated with respect and disdain simultaneously, the shows will be powerful and intimate by turns, we will speak with the audience, and they will speak with us, like all the best Augie shows.”

They concluded, “There's always more in the pen and the strings when it's Augie, we don't rest on laurels or weeds. This upcoming tour is just a lovely stepping stone to the next bit, albeit a rather large and shiny one!”

AUGIE MARCH

MOO, YOU BLOODY CHOIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR DATES:

FRIDAY 3 APRIL | FREO.SOCIAL, PERTH WA

SATURDAY 4 APRIL | THE GOV, ADELAIDE SA

FRIDAY 10 APRIL | THE CROXTON, MELBOURNE VIC

FRIDAY 17 APRIL | THE TRIFFID, BRISBANE QLD