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so real it hurts

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    New York No Wave Queen, Lydia Lunch, is teaming with Beasts of Bourbon and The Cruel Sea frontman Tex Perkins for three shows under the banner "So Real It Hurts" in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney in June.

    "So Real It Hurts" shows will be sandwiched between Lydia's already announced "Songs of Suicide & Alan Vega" gigswith Alan Coates of Black Cab in Wellington, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth.

    Lunch will perform her shockingly real spoken word while Perkins, as Tex Perkins Basic, will perform an electronic soundscape set with laptop, guitar and voice.

    Lydia Lunch & Tex Perkins
    So Real It Hurts

    JUNE
    19 - Kew Courthouse, Melbourne
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    20 - Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane
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    27 - Riverside Live at Phive, Parramatta, NSW
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    The Queen of No Wave, Lydia Lunch, returns to Australia in June with two unique shows.

    Lydia will perform her no holds barred, spoken word, with support from Tex Perkins in solo mode playing guitar and laptop. Lydia will also team with Andrew Coates of Melbourne band Black Cab to perform the songs of Suicide and Alan Vega. The latter has been a passion project for Lunch, having done the songs of Vega and Suicide for years in the USA and Europe with French experimental musician Marc Hurtado.

    Lydia spoke to me via Zoom from her New York pad.