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English Band The Fall Announce October Aus Tour

Staff Writer

First time in five years.

Seminal UK band The Fall have announced they'll be returning to Australia for the first time in five years for a headline national tour. 

Since forming in 1976, the post-punk outfit fronted by Mark E Smith have gone on to release 31 studio albums, their most recent being the May-released Sub-Lingual Tablet which the Aussie tour comes in support of. 

The Prestwich-founded group will perform shows in Brisbane and Sydney, as well as three appearances at this year's 30th anniversary of the Melbourne Festival.

Tickets for all shows go on sale from 9am on Friday 7 August — for more details, check out theGuide. 

Check out this live performance below from the band's live set at this year's Glastonbury festival.