Boom Crash Opera Announce 40th Anniversary Australian Tour

Beloved Australian rockers Boom Crash Opera are celebrating their 40th anniversary with a massive national tour later this year.

Dubbed the “Hands Up In The Air – The Singles Tour,” fans will get to experience Boom Crash Opera at their thrilling best.

The tour begins on Friday, 3 October, in Queensland, and will see the band visiting metro and regional locations across the country before wrapping the run in Melbourne on Saturday, 13 December. All the tour dates and venues are listed below.

As the tour’s title suggests, Boom Crash Opera will provide a set of wall-to-wall hits, beginning with their debut single, the Top 10 smash hit Great Wall, and many other classics, such as Dancing In The Storm, The Best Thing, City Flat, Get Out Of The House, Onion Skin, Bettadaze, and Hands Up In The Air.

The show will also feature the band’s new single, Latest Hustle. Throughout their career, Boom Crash Opera have amassed 13 Top 50 singles and five Top 50 albums.

Tickets for the upcoming run will be available on Friday, 4 July, at 10 am local time via the band’s website.

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Boom Crash Opera – Dale Ryder, Pete Farnan, Peter “Maz” Maslen and John Favaro – have enjoyed a busy year so far, opening for Roxette in March and embarking on a co-headline tour with fellow ‘80s Australian rockers Models.

In December 2023, Boom Crash Opera were cover stars on The Music. “There is only one way to play our music, and that is on 11,” Maz told The Music. “Over the years, we’ve learnt that we have to play the music in a certain way. We have tried pulling it back here and there, but that doesn’t work. We play it as hard as we can, full tilt.”

You can revisit the cover story feature here.

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