Spin Doctors Cancel Australian 'Pocket Full Of Kryptonite' Anniversary Tour

The forthcoming shows were to be the band's first Australian performances in 33 years.

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Just under a fortnight before launching their long-awaited return to Australia, Spin Doctors have announced that their forthcoming run of shows have been cancelled.

In a message shared to patrons, promoters Destroy All Lines stated they “regret to announce that Spin Doctors’ tour of Australia and New Zealand this May has been cancelled due to unexpected logistical shifts & circumstances.”

“The band is incredibly grateful for the support of their fans across the region and is working hard to find a way to return as soon as possible,” the statement concluded.

Announced back in November, the band’s tour was to be their first since 1993 and was set to take kick off in Fremantle on May 12th. Dates were also scheduled for Adelaide, Geelong, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Macquarie, Sydney, Townsville, Brisbane, and the Sunshine Coast, with the band set to play their 1991 debut album Pocket Full Of Kryptonite in full.

Originally released to a somewhat muted response in August 1991, the record's first single – Little Miss Can't Be Wrong – was issued in October 1992, with Two Princes following in early 1993. As a result, the album spent two weeks atop the Australian charts, reached No. 3 in the US, and has been certified 5x Platinum.

The success of the record led to the band’s first visit to Australia, in late 1993. Those shows – and the previously-planned 2026 tour – were to serve as something of a homecoming for frontman Chris Barron, who had lived in Australia briefly as a child.

“Australians are so rank and funny, and Australia is so beautiful,” Barron told The Music recently. “Americans, we take ourselves way too seriously, and from fourth grade to seventh grade in Australia, that just broke me. I've never taken myself seriously since, and that was such a gift to just learn how to laugh at myself.

“I just have tonnes of great memories,” he added. “When you live somewhere like Australia from 8 to 12, those memories are such core memories, and for me, they all happened on the other side of the planet.

“So the times that I've gone back, the sense memory of drinking Milo, eating a Vegemite sandwich – basic stuff – [have returned], and walking around Sydney and seeing the Sydney Harbour Bridge again, it’s been so cool.”

Currently, it’s unclear when the Spin Doctors will announce new Australian dates, though it’s clear that Barron is eager to bring the band’s debut album to local shores sooner rather than later.