The Living End Announce Intimate Pop-Up ARIA Hall Of Fame Party

The Living End will blow the roof off Mary's Underground in Sydney next month.

The Living End(Credit: Jacob McCann)

The Living End are celebrating their impending induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame with an intimate show in Sydney – likely their tiniest show in the city for years.

On Thursday, 11 July, the Aussie rockers will be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame during a special ceremony at Carriageworks, Sydney. To commemorate the occasion, The Living End will take to the stage and blow the roof off Mary’s Underground in Sydney on Tuesday, 9 June, putting on a pop-up party to mark the milestone.

Even better still, the gig is all-ages. Tickets will be available on Thursday, 28 May, at 12 pm AEST. Head to the band’s website for more details.

The Living End are being inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame after its creation. Formed in 1994, founding members Chris Cheney (guitar, vocals) and Scott Owen (double bass) have remained the sole constants, though drummer Andy Strachan has sat behind the kit since 2002.

Their start in the industry began when their Second Solution/Prisoner of Society release became the highest-selling local single of the ‘90s. Since then, every album has debuted in the ARIA Top Ten (with two topping the charts), and six ARIA Awards sit on their shelves.

Needless to say, The Living End’s induction was probably expected by everyone except the band themselves.

“Every artist probably says, ‘Oh, we didn’t expect that to happen,’ but we really didn’t expect that to happen,” Cheney told The Music in a recent interview. “But we didn’t expect to win an ARIA or do half the stuff that we’ve done.”

He continued, “Coming from the scene that we came from, it was a very small Melbourne subculture of punks and rockers, and people that were into country music and ska. It was not mainstream, you know? The ARIA Awards were not something that was on our radar at all.

“So, this is a cool thing. It’s a cool thing to be acknowledged and to be seen as worthy of an award like this. We accept it.”

This winter, The Living End will be touring across regional Australia in support of their latest album, I Only Trust Rock n Roll, their first album in eight years, released last September.

While fans will be hearing new tracks, they’ll also get to sing along to classics such as White Noise, Roll On, Who’s Gonna Save Us, All Torn Down, Second Solution, Prisoner of Society and more. You can expect something similar at Mary’s Underground.