Here's A List Of Tours That Are Heading Our Way Soon
Make Them Suffer, Bayside, Tiger Army, Explosions In The Sky, Descendents, Graves & The Living End, just to name a few.
Man, 2016 and 2017 have been doing well for Australian tours as we seem to have them coming out of the fucking wazoo lately, and there is a lot on the close and distant horizon for us Aussies to look forward too. So here is a list of tours that are going to help in depleting your wallet and keep your ears ringing. Well, that is unless you don't go out to shows, and if that's the case, the hell's wrong with you!?
Okay, so let's start off with a recently announced tour - Make Them Suffer's three date December run with DVSR, Foxblood, and Iconoclast (Sydney & Brisbane only). These shows are in support of the Perth's bands (pictured above) latest single, 'Ether', which came out earlier this year. Me thinks that a new record is definitely coming in 2017 so keep your eyes peeled for that!
December 8th - Crowbar, Brisbane
December 9th- Newtown Social Club, Sydney
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December 10th - Northcote Social Club, Melbourne
(Also, it's totally not confusing to have two of the same named venues on a tour).
LA's punk/psychobilly crew Tiger Army, AKA Nick 13, Djordje Stijepovic and Mike Fasano, will be back in February (which is going to be an intense month for many punters) and will be in the support for 2016's 'V •••–'. The tour will be supported by Fireballs and Pat Capocci. Nab tix for these Tiger Army shows here and suss the dates below.
Friday, 17 February – Prince Bandroom, Melbourne 18+
Saturday, 18 February – Metro Theatre, Sydney 18+
Sunday 19, February – Max Watts, Brisbane 18+
Now, it's been a few years since New York's H2O were on our shores but good things come to those that wait. This national 2017 tour seems to be coming in at the tail end of the cycle for the punk bands most recent album, 2015's Use Your Voice'. The last time that I saw these guys live was back at Soundwave 2011 and it was a terrific set. I can only imagine that five yeas won't have hindered their live shows in anyways.
THURSDAY, MARCH 2ND – THE TRIFFID, BRISBANE
FRIDAY, MARCH 3RD – THE CAMBRIDGE HOTEL, NEWCASTLE
SATURDAY, MARCH 4TH – MANNING BAR, SYDNEY
SUNDAY, MARCH 5TH – THE CORNER HOTEL, MELBOURNE
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8TH – UNIBAR, ADELAIDE
THURSDAY, MARCH 9TH – THE CAPITOL, PERTH
Bayside's next Australian tour is fast approaching with the tour kicking off late next week(!) in Bunbury, and the band will be racing through tracks from their fabled discography as well as the solid new effort, 'Vacancy'. Brisbane's Young Lions and Melbourne's Far Away Stables will be supporting the quartet (both really good picks, honestly) and the tickets can be found via Destroy All Lines.
Thursday 3rd November – Prince of Wales, Bunbury 18+
with Ocean Drive and Naked Wizard
Friday 4th November – Amplifier Bar, Perth 18+
Saturday 5th November – Fowlers Live, Adelaide LIC/AA
with Coves and Mayweather
Sunday 6th November – Corner Hotel, Melbourne 18+
with The Playbook and The Valley Ends
Wednesday 9th November – The Basement, Canberra 18+
Thursday 10th November – Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle 18+
with Capeside and Yours Alone
Friday 11th November – Manning Bar, Sydney 18+
with Undercast and New Trends
Saturday 12th November – The Brightside, Brisbane 18+
with Arrivals and The Comfort
Sunday 13th November – Shark Bar, Gold Coast 18+
with The Lost Knights and In Eyes
In support of their new album, 'Chemical Miracle' (out now via Hopeless Records), Newcastle's Trophy Eyes are hitting the road in February. This will be the band's returning run to Australia since supporting The Amity Affliction back in August and since taking on American audiences earlier this year. So expect a few old songs from 'Mend, Move On' as well as plenty of 'Chemical Miracle' jams. Maybe even a cut from the 'Everything Goes Away' EP? Guess you'll have to go to find out. You can read our review of the solid new album here and can score tickets here.
Thursday, February 2nd - The Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle 18+
Friday, February 3rd - Oxford Art Factory, Sydney 18+
Saturday, February 4th - The Brightside, Brisbane 18+
Friday, February 17th - Fowlers Live, Adelaide LIC/AA
Saturday, February 18th - Northcote Social, Melbourne 18+
Peter Mengede is the guitarist and founding member of the New York alt-metal legends, Helmet, and in a rather cool move, he is teaming up with Brisbane hard rockers, Göatzilla for a string of 2016 tour dates as well as a stint in the studio with Jeff Lovejoy (Powderfinger, The Cruel Sea, Regurgitator) to record the band’s debut EP. (So...Mengzilla?) Seriously, any and all fans of Motörhead and Dead Kennedys will love this one. You can check out the Göatzilla tour dates below:
29 October - Fuzz Fest, Gold Coast
19 November - Punktilious, Brisbane (EP launch)
1 January - Metal of Honour, Brisbane
2016 has been a big year for The Living End. Having released their ARIA cracking album 'Shift' back in May, the band are set to hit 2017 hard with a huge regional tour of Australia for their 'Staring Down The Highway Tour', which kicks off in early March. This slew of regional shows will see the trio playing some of their more intimate shows in years. Supports come in the form of The Bennies, who always bring the good vibes. You can grab your tickets for those shows here. To coincide with the tour announce, the band have also released the brand-new video for their latest single ‘Staring Down The Barrel’.
Also! The Living End are also playing at the Melbourne and Sydney Zoo Shows (supported by Gabriella Cohen) on March 3rd at Melbourne Zoo Twilights, and on March 4th at Twilight At Taronga Sydney respectively.
March 8th - ANU Bar Canberra
March 9th -Waves Wollongong
March 10th - Cambridge Hotel Newcastle
March 11th- Entrance Leagues Club Central Coast
March 15th - Laurieton United Services Club Laurieton
March 16th - Coffs Ex Services Club CEX Coffs Harbour
March 17th - Racehorse Hotel Ipswich
March 18th - Night Quarter Gold Coast
March 19th - The Northern Byron Bay
March 23rd - Tanks Arts Centre Cairns
March 24th - Dalrymple Hotel Townsville
March 25th - Magnums Hotel Airlie Beach
March 30th- Wool Exchange Geelong
March 31st - Kay St Traralgon
April 1st - Pier Live Frankston
April 7th - Odeon Theatre Hobart
(Goddamn, that's a lot of shows).
With Cursed Earth, Justice For The Damned, Kublai Khan AND Graves (pictured above) all on the same tour, this makes this December tour easily one of the heavier stints of 2016. With Cursed Earth releasing a new album earlier this year to Graves new album, 'Monster', dropping last week and with JFTD planning a new release in 2017, right now is an exciting time for all of these bands and a good time for you to see them live. Scope the tix here.
Thursday, 1st December - The Brightside, Brisbane 18+
Friday, 2nd December - Phoenix Arts Theatre, Brisbane AA
Saturday, 3rd December - Drone, Newcastle AA
Sunday, 4th December - Towradgi Surf Club, Wollongong Lic AA
Monday, 5th December - Red Rattler, Sydney Lic AA
Tuesday, 6th December -The Basement, Canberra 18+
Thursday, 8th December - Bendigo Hotel, Melbourne 18+
Saturday, 10th December - Invasion Fest, Melbourne AA
Sunday, 11th December - Fowlers Live, Adelaide Lic AA
Underoath? Underoath. But this 2017 tour won't just be a sporadic mix of the Florida post-hardcore/metalcore legends terrific back catalogue; it'll specifically showcase 2004's 'They're Only Chasing Safety' and 2006's 'Define The Great Line' in their entirety. As such, the first Melbourne show sold out in about a day so you will wanna move quickly on these tickets if you haven't already.
Friday 10 February – Eatons Hill, Brisbane - Lic AA
Saturday 11 February – Enmore Theatre, Sydney – Lic AA
Sunday 12 February – 170 Russell, Melbourne – 18+ (SOLD OUT)
Monday 13 February – 170 Russell, Melbourne – 18+ (Second & definitely final Melbourne)
Wednesday 15 February – The Gov, Adelaide – Lic AA
Thursday 16 February – Metropolis, Fremantle – 18+
Also, a little band by the name of Deftones are touring here next month. You may have heard of them. This will be band's first Australian tour since their phenomenal 2013 run (which had Letlive support, now that I recall) will be supported by Aussie progressive legends Karnivool and Perth prog-metal outfit Voyager. Tickets are still available for these mammoth dates, so pick up yours here.
Tuesday 8th November – Metro City, Perth (18+)
Thursday 10th November – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide (AA)
Friday 11th November – Festival Hall, Melbourne (Lic/AA)
Saturday 12th November – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney (AA)
Sunday 13th November – Riverstage, Brisbane (AA)
And finally, to top all of those off, Wednesday 13, Explosions In The Sky, Taking Back Sunday and Descendents are also going to be touring Australia in 2017. Follow the respective prior links for full tour dates and info! Also, yes, I am well aware that I've probably missed a few tours but hey, I'm just one man.
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