Fans Spot Cub Sport 'Jesus At The Gay Bar' Posters Outside Hillsong

Brisbane queer act Cub Sport recently returned with their fifth album, Jesus At The Gay Bar, and now, one fan has taken to Facebook to show off one hilariously ironic place they happened to see the band's poster promoting the record.

DNA editor Andrew Creagh posted a clip to social media showing off the Cub Sport's Jesus At The Gay Bar promotional poster that happens to be located outside Hillsong Church in Waterloo.

"Thank God Cub Sport's new album, Jesus At The Gay Bar is being advertised outside Hillsong in Waterloo. Actually, Waterloo needs less God and more gay bars!" he captioned the video.

"Cub Sport, a Brisbane queer pop band have a new album out, it's called Jesus At The Gay Bar - there's the poster, how fabulous!" Creagh says in the clip. "And just round the corner from our friends at Hillsong. Jesus Hope For Humanity."

"So that's good, because I know those Hillsong kids will be rushing off to buy Cub Sport's latest album hoping to meet Jesus in a gay bar. I think I have," he quipped.

The video caught the eye of Cub Sport themselves, who reshared it to their own Facebook page with the caption, "Jesus At The Gay Bar posters up next to Hillsong church. The placement wasn’t planned but we love to see it. God works in mysterious ways."

Fans were loving the turn of events, with one commenting, "OMG love it!!!! Let’s see how long they last on the wall??"

Another added on the original video, "I didn't know who Cub Sport was 5 minutes ago. But I'm happy to say I'm a new fan."

Of course, the irony of the placement of a giant Jesus At The Gay Bar poster featuring a queer band poster stems from the fact that the Pentecostal congregation was founded in Australia by anti-gay marriage pastor Brian Houston. 

The album title stems from Jay Hulme's poem of the same name, with the record following journeys through shame and towards joy, celebration and pure euphoria.

The Brisbane group initially formed as Tim Nelson & The Cub Scouts in 2010 as a vehicle for Nelson's solo music; they released their first self-titled EP that year. After a line-up change in 2011, the band changed their name to Cub Scouts. 

The single Evie came out in 2011, and Do You Hear in 2012; both received high rotation airplay on triple j. Their six-track second EP, Told You So, was released in October 2012.