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40th anniversary tour

  • hard ons 40 years line up

    Hard-Ons are celebrating 40 years of punk rocking in public with tours of both Australia and Europe, and the release of new music - and the release of that stalled full-length feature film, The Most Australian Band Ever”. 

    The single "Buzz Buzz Buzz"is out today on Cheersquad Records & Tapesand is the first taste of the current Hard-Ons line-up's yet-to-be announced third album. It's a Tim Rogers/Peter Black co-write and a promise of great things to come. 

    “The Most Australian Band Ever” is directed by Jonathan J. Sequeira for production companies Living Eyes and Play Vintage.Sequeira made the acclaimed 2017 Radio Birdman documentary,Descent Into The Maelstrom”.

     The film will premiere on October 16 at SXSW in Sydney with a screening and Q&A at the Dendy Newtown. Here's a taste:


    Perfectly timed with the band’s anniversary, “The Most Australian Band Ever offers insight into the band's long existence, with plenty of live footage and interviews and guest appearances from Dave Faulkner (The Victims, Hoodoo Gurus), Ross Knight (Cosmic Psychos), Jerry A (Poison Idea), Steven Hanford aka Thee Slayer Hippy (Poison Idea) and Rob Younger (Radio Birdman).

    The film has a particular focus on the Hard-Ons' early days, the obstacles - some self-inflicted - which they've had to overcome, and the legacy they've built.  

    The Hard-Ons' 40th Anniversary Australian Tour Oct - Nov 2024
    OCT
    18 - Soapbox, Brisbane
    24 - Sussex Inlet Tavern, Sussex Inlet
    25 - La La La’s, Wollongong
    26 - Paddo RSL, Sydney
    27 - Hamilton Station Hotel, Newcastle
    31 - Altar, Hobart
    NOV
    1 - The Tote, Melbourne
    2 - Singing Bird Studios, Frankston
    3 - Red Hill Hotel, Castlemaine
    4 - Barwon Club, Geelong
    7 - Amplifier, Perth
    8 - Indian Ocean Hotel, Scarborough
    9 - Froth & Fury, Adelaide
    Tickets

     

  • stems 40 updatedLegendary garage rockers, The Stems, have announced supports, an extra show and one venue shift on their tour to celebrate 40 years. .

    Power-pop rockers The Prize will kick off the national run as support for both the August 24 show at The Corner Hotel in Melbourne and a newly-added date at the Theatre Royal at Castlemaine in August 24.

    Adelaide can expect the dark folk-pop of Romana Ashton & The Reeds as support. Acclaimed indie-pop rock outfit Ups And Downs are set for the Brisbane gig, which is now at the Mansfield Tavern.

    In Sydney, The Stems will be joined by The New Christs. The Rinehearts have the main support in WA with Fremantle alt-rock four-piece Vancool opening.

    The Stems
    40th Anniversary Australian Tour
    AUG
    + The Prize
    23 - Theatre Royal, Castlemaine. VIC
    + The Prize
    24 – Corner Hotel, Melbourne
    + Romana Ashton & The Reeds
    25 – The Gov, Adelaide
    + Ups & Downs
    30 – Mansfield Tavern, Brisbane
    + New Christs
    31 – Manning Bar, Sydney
    SEP 
    + The Rhinehearts
    + Vancool
    5 – Freo Social, Fremantle
    Tickets here