Bad//Dreems Announce Debut Tenth Anniversary Tour

Revered as one of the most vital guitar acts in the country, Bad//Dreems have come a long way from their humble origins in an Adelaide whitegoods warehouse in 2012. The decade since they first released their debut album, Dogs At Bay, has boasted a storied, potent career.

Indeed, it is a beginning—and a career—worth celebrating. And thus the beloved pub-rockers, who have been nominated for ARIA and AIR Awards and have been saluted by the likes of Robert Forster of The Go-Betweens, are revisiting the album by embarking on an anniversary tour of intimate Australian venues to connect with their fans on a personal level.

On revisiting the iconic album, frontman Alex Cameron says, “I was never convinced that people really understood the band or our songs at the time. Then again, I don’t know if we really did either. After our early releases, some pseudo-cultural elites wrote us off as ‘pub rock’. So, this was a moniker we embraced, unfashionable though it was at the time.

“It proved an interesting vehicle to explore many of the themes that underpin the Australian identity, which is something we have always been drawn to. Dogs at Bay was the beginning of an exciting and often peculiar road, replete with a few potholes and wrong turns. The songs seem to have stood the test of time; many are still mainstays of our set. We feel lucky that there is interest enough from people for us to revisit it.”

In a statement posted to the Bad//Dreems’s official Instagram account, the band characterises the piece of work as “an album that sought to peel back the layers of Aussie suburbia, masculinity, mental health, sorrow, longing and all the bizarre chaos in between. It was raw, wobbly, loud, n honest - and it still means the world to us.” They describe the upcoming tour as “a celebration of young and old.”

To celebrate the occasion, the pub-rockers have also released a limited Dogs At Bay 10th Anniversary Edition Vinyl in ‘Bogan Brick’ and ‘Hume Blue’ colourways, featuring all the prolific songs that marked a significant milestone in Australian music history, including Dumb Ideas, Cuffed & Collared, Hiding To Nothing, My Only Friend and Hume. The vinyl is available to order here.

Bad//Dreems’ songwriting has always aimed to strip away the veneer of comfortable Australian suburban life to reveal the bizarre, the dark, the twisted, and the beauty that lies beneath - a technique that is now more prescient than ever.

Pre-sales for the tour have gone live as of 10 am today. For early access to tickets, join the band’s official mailing list here.

Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 am local time on Friday, July 4.