US Hard Rock Vets TRAPT Announce Debut Aussie Tour Dates

Long-serving Californian hard-rock/nu metal outfit TRAPT will make their maiden headline voyage Down Under this year, playing five shows around the country on a whirlwind week-long visit this July.

The band will kick off their debut Australian tour in Perth with a show at Amplifier Bar before heading round through Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

TRAPT have been around since the mid-'90s, weathering multiple line-up changes, though frontman Chris Taylor Brown and bassist Pete Charell have been with the group since its inception. Drummer Brendan Hengle joined in 2016, while lead guitarist Ty Fury — who had been a part of TRAPT since 2014 — left earlier this year.

Best-known for their 2002 Platinum-selling single Headstrong, the band have been a consistent force on the US and international touring circuit, having shared stages on sojourns with Papa Roach, Halestorm, Nickelback and Motley Crue, among others, appearing at events such as the UK's Download Festival, Germany's Rock Am Ring and Crue Fest, which toured through the US and Canada in 2008.

TRAPT has released seven studio albums over their career, the most recent being last year's DNA. Although Headstrong remains their most successful single, they've had other tunes do well over the years including Bring It, Echo, Still Frame and more.

Tickets for the band's first-ever Australian tour will go on pre-sale from 9am local time this Wednesday, 10 May, running through till 5pm.

General-release tickets will be available from 9am local time on Thursday 11 May via Metropolis Touring.

See theGuide for a full rundown of dates, venues and other details.