The Screaming Jets To Drop New Album 'Professional Misconduct' In October, Announce Tour Dates

Three weeks after The Screaming Jets revealed the title for their new album, Professional Misconduct, and dropped the first single, Nothing To Lose, the band have today shared the release date for their new LP, released another single and announced an expansive Australian tour.

It’s a good day for The Screaming Jets fans.

Second Chance, their new single, is pretty different to Nothing To Lose. Where the first single from the band’s new album is an old-school rock and roll banger with a guitar solo to boot, Second Chance finds The Screaming Jets in ballad territory.

Vocalist Dave Gleeson brings his decades of experience fronting rock bands to a worn ballad that finds its protagonist trying again. Also featuring a tasteful guitar solo, it’s a mature song for The Screaming Jets in 2023.

The anthemic new single is “very introspective,” Gleeson revealed in a press release. “I came up with the lyric during Covid. It’s about those sliding-door moments, thinking about lost opportunities but, more importantly, thinking about new opportunities that might be on the horizon.”

Founding member, bassist and songwriter Paul Woseen added, “I sent Dave the lyrics I had, but he’d already come up with his own.

“Funnily, the vibe of both sets of lyrics was very similar, so we sort of melded the two into this one song. I’m very happy with how it turned out. I think it’s a beautiful piece of music.”

You can watch the lyric video for Second Chance below.

Second Chance is the latest single from Professional Misconduct, which we now know will be released on Friday, 6 October. It’s the band’s first new album of all-original music in eight years.

“We’re blessed to have great fans,” Gleeson said about the band’s devoted following over the last 34 years. “They’re paramount to everything we’ve ever done.” You can pre-order Professional Misconduct here.

In addition to a new album, you can catch The Screaming Jets playing the new stuff and the classics on the road from November until February 2024. Tickets will be available from this Friday, 11 August, from the Screaming Jets website.

THE SCREAMING JETS

PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT TOUR 2023 / 2024 **

NOVEMBER

Friday 3           The Triffid, Brisbane QLD

Saturday 4       Beenleigh Tavern, Beenleigh QLD

Friday 10         Chelsea Heights, Chelsea Heights VIC 

Saturday 11     Prince Bandroom, St Kilda VIC 

Friday 17         Dubbo RSL, Dubbo NSW

Saturday 18     Bathurst RSL, Bathurst NSW

DECEMBER

Friday 1           The Factory Theatre, Sydney NSW

Saturday 2       Anitas Theatre, Wollongong NSW 

JANUARY

Friday 19         Blank Space, Toowoomba QLD

Saturday 20     Kingscliff Beach Hotel, Kingscliff QLD

Tuesday 23      Longyard Hotel, Tamworth QLD

Thursday 25     Sunken Monkey, Central Coast 

Sunday 28       Pacific Palms Recreation Club, Elizabeth Beach NSW

FEBRUARY

Thursday 1      The Albies Bar, Busselton WA

Friday 2           Port Beach Brewery, Fremantle WA

Saturday 3       Ravenswood Hotel, Ravenswood WA

Saturday 10     Club Central, Hurstville NSW

Friday 16         Commercial Hotel, South Morang VIC

Saturday 17     Village Green, Mulgrave VIC

Friday 23         Toronto Hotel, Toronto, NSW

** more shows to be announced, including SA