Wil Wagner announces solo tour

Wil Wagner of Melbourne punks The Smith Street Band has announced an extensive solo tour for this February/March.

Fresh from a year spent relentlessly touring with TSSB both locally and internationally, Wagner will kick off the run of a dozen headline dates next month. Along for the ride will be Max Stern of Signals Midwest/Meridian along with banjo-slinging Sydney duo Pinch Hitter.

"I just did a bunch of touring with The Smith Street Band and now I don't want to go home cause I have to like pay bills and do chores and shit!" says Wagner.

"So I'm doing a solo tour! Hooray! I'll be playing a run of solo shows along the East Coast of the country in February and March and I'm bringing my best friend Max Stern from the bands Signals Midwest and Meridian all the way from fucking Cleveland which is in America so he must be famous and cool! He is neither of those things really but he is fucking beautiful and talented and you're all going to really enjoy his music I promise!

Also on board for all the shows are Max and I's best friends Pinch Hitter! Dave and Nick have been strutting their handsome stuff around for the last year or so now and play haunting duel banjo emo folk songs I guess? I don't know but they're fucking awesome and also both worth listening to and also very handsome. Please come and see me and some handsome men play gigos this summer it'll be good and the shows will be cheap and we'll all have a great party!"

Wagner will wrap up the shows just before The Smith Street Band embark on their national tour with The Menzingers in March.

Check out dates below. Wagner's 'Laika' LP is out now through Poison City Records.

WIL WAGNER (The Smith Street Band)
w/ special guests MAX STERN (Signals Midwest/Meridian) and PINCH HITTER

Thursday, February 20 - Beatdisc Records, Parramatta (AA)
Friday, February 21 - The Lass O'Gowrie, Newcastle
Saturday, February 22 - Blackwire Records, Sydney (AA)
Sunday, February 23 - Phoenix Bar, Canberra
Thursday, February 27- The Spotted Cow, Toowoomba (Free Show!) *
Friday, February 28 - Crowbar, Brisbane
Saturday, March 1- Sun Distortion, Brisbane (AA)
Sunday, March 2 - Time Machine Records, Namboor (AA)
Thursday, March 6 - Gunners Arms, Launceston
Friday, March 7 - Brisbane Hotel, Hobart
Saturday, March 8 - Reverence Hotel, Melbourne
Sunday, March 9 - The Old Bar, Melbourne (Free Show!)

Wil Wagner not appearing / * Pinch Hitter not appearing