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By BRIAN GIFFIN

Following up their most successful and highest charting album release, 2021’s I’m Sorry Sir, That Riff’s Been Taken, Sydney rock legends The Hard-Ons have announced the release of their 14th album.

Ripper ’23 will be out on June 2, with first single “Apartment for Two” out April 20. Their second album since Tim Rogers joined the fold, this marks the first time the whole band has worked together on a recording from the very beginning. To co-incide with the album’s release, the band has announced an east coast tour in late June ahead of yet another European jaunt.

THE HARD-ONS RIPPER ’23 AUSTRALIAN TOUR:

22/6 – Ballarat, Volta 
23/6 – Torquay, Torquay Hotel 
24/6 – Melbourne, Brunswick Ballroom
25/6 – Castlemaine, The Bridge Hotel (matinee)
29/6 – Wollongong, La La La’s
30/6 – Sydney, Crowbar
6/7 – Maroochydore, Sol Bar
7/7 – Brisbane, Brightside
8/7 – Gold Coast, Vinnie’s Dive

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Brian Giffin

Author Brian Giffin

Brian Giffin is a metalhead, author, writer and broadcaster from the Blue Mountains in Australia. His life was changed forever after seeing a TV ad for 'The Number of the Beast' in 1982. During the 90s he wrote columns and reviews for Sydney publications On the Street, Rebel Razor, Loudmouth and Utopia Records' magazine. He was the creator and editor of the zine LOUD! which ran from 1996 until 2008, and of Loud Online that lasted from 2010 until 2023 when it unexpectedly spontaneously combusted into virtual ashes. His weekly community radio show The Annex has been going since 2003 on rbm.org.au. He enjoys heavy rock and most kinds of metal (except maybe symphonic power metal), whisk(e)y and beer.

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