By BRIAN GIFFIN
THIS week’s update begins with the news that Canadian pop-punk heroes Sum 41 have cancelled all Australian appearances due to singer Deryck Whibley’s pneumonia diagnosis. The band were making their final world tour, co-headlining Good Things and due to play a further three Australian shows. Sum 41 will finish their farewell tour in Toronto on 30 January.
IN case you missed it, ZZ Top and George Thorogood and the Destroyers are touring together in April and May. Along with their Elevation Tour shows in Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney, both bands are also appearing on the Red Hot Summer Tour with The Living End, Baby Animals, Rose Tattoo and Dallas Frasca in Bendigo, Mornington, the Hunter, Wollongong and Sandstone Point.
ELEVATION TOUR:
APRIL 29: AEC Arena, Adelaide
MAY 1: Langley Park, Perth
MAY 7: Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne
MAY 13: ICC Centre, Sydney
RED HOT SUMMER TOUR:
APRILÂ 26: Bendio Jockey Club, Bendigo
APRL 27: Mornington Racecourse, Mornington
MAY 3: Roche Estate, Pokolbin
MAY 4: Stuart Park, Wollongong
MAY 10: Sandstone Pt Hotel, Sandstone Point
Melbourne heavyweight champions Dreadnaught are teaming up with The Eternal in January to tour the release of their new album, Shutdown in a Heartbeat. The tour includes several regional shows in NSW and Victoria.
JANUARY 24: Tilly’s, Wagga Wagga
JANUARY 25: The Basement, Canberra
JANUARY 26: Burdekin Hotel, Sydney
JANUARY 31: The Volta, Ballarat
FEBRUARY 1: Northcote Social Club, Melbourne
FEBRUARY 7: Barwon Club, Geelong
FEBRUARY 8: Golden Vine, Bendigo
Slipknot have added a single Australian sideshow to their Knotfest tour in March – they’ll be playing AEC Arena in Adelaide along with the festival.
MARCH 4: AEC Arena, Adelaide
Wild news from the Blacken Open Air festival with the revelation that the notorious Blood Duster is reforming to appear when the event returns for the final time in September. Even with the rest of the line-up still a mystery, the festival is selling rapidly.
SEPTEMBER 19 – 21: Blacken Open Air, Alice Springs
Another dual headliner has been announced this week, with Atreyu celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Curse with special guests Memphis May Fire, making their first Australian visit since 2015. The tour will hit Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in July. Tickets go on sale on 10 December.
JULY 9: The Triffid, Brisbane
JULY 11: Manning Bar, Sydney
JULY 12: Northcote Theatre, Melbourne
JULY 13: Lion Arts Factory, Adelaide
JULY 15: Magnet House, Perth
Last but certainly not least, The Screaming Jets have added a long list of regional dates. Tickets are available now for a swag of shows in Queensland, NSW and the ACT, wrapping up the Tamworth Country Music Festival on January 21!
ROCK N ROLL ON SUMMER
JANUARY 3: Distillery Rd, Beenleigh
JANUARY 4: Banana Bender Pub, Sunshine Coast
JANUARY 5: Marketta, Miami
JANUARY 7: Ballina RSL, Ballina
JANUARY 8: Sawtell RSL, Sawtell
JANUARY 10: Finnegans Tavern, Pt Macquarie
JANUARY 11: Delaney Hotel, Newcastle
JANUARY 12: Everglades, Woy Woy
JANUARY 15: Marlin Hotel, Ulladulla
JANUARY 16: The Basement, Canberra
JANUARY 17: Waves, Wollongong
JANUARY 21: Longyard Hotel, Tamworth
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