Following a stellar run at Laneway Festival and placing in the Hottest 100 (and 200), Tasmania-based rock quartet Luca Brasi have announced their biggest headline tour to date. The tour kicks off in Adelaide this June, before continuing on to Melbourne, Perth, Hobart, Brisbane and Sydney, where it’ll wrap up on July 1.
Luca Brasi enjoyed one of the biggest rises in Australian rock throughout last year, and they’re only just getting started. Their 2016 album If This Is All We’re Going To Be hit the top 20 in the ARIA charts and received a coveted triple j feature album spot. On top of that, they quickly grew a reputation for being a formidable presence on the live stage, including a sell-out national tour, national support slots for Violent Soho and The Smith Street Band, and European dates with Moose Blood, PUP and Turnover.
Tickets go on sale this Thursday February 16 at 9 am local time – more info can be found here.
Luca Brasi Australian Tour Dates
Thurs June 22: The Gov, Adelaide
Fri June 23: 170 Russell, Melbourne
Sat June 24: Capitol, Perth
Thurs June 29: Brisbane Hotel, Hobart
Fri June 30: The Triffid, Brisbane
Sat July 1: The Metro, Sydney
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Parramatta’s premiere summer festival The Plot returned this year ready to bring Plotters some of the biggest up and coming names in Australian music. Part I features Gold Fields, Indian Summer, Ocean Alley, Polographia, Tash Sultana, Ivan Ooze, Ziggy Alberts, Dylan Joel, Montaigne, Vera Blue, Elizabeth Rose, Alex Lahey, Pierce Brothers, Confidence Man, Luca Brasi, Japanese Wallpaper, Allday and The Bennies. Check the action below.
Gold Fields
Indian Summer
Ocean Alley
Polographia
Tash Sultana
Ivan Ooze
Ziggy Alberts
Dylan Joel
Montaigne
Vera Blue
Elizabeth Rose
Alex Lahey
Pierce Brothers
Confidence Man
Luca Brasi
Japanese Wallpaper
Allday
The Bennies
Photos: Teresa Pham/Howl & Echoes
Words by Sarah Timson
Gird your loins, Australia. Brisbane’s favourite rockers, Violent Soho, have announced their biggest capital city tour thus far. Hell fuck yeah! Supporting them are Californian punks (and occasional Mariachi band) The Bronx, the heart-grippingly honest lyrics of Tasmanian legend Luca Brasi, and the catchy sludge-poppers from Perth, Tired Lion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmTFmf8DKBI
Violent Soho infiltrated eardrums and hearts worldwide with their 2013 album Hungry Ghosts, and just as we thought they had peaked, they managed to raise the bar to a phenomenal level with Waco earlier this year (find our review here). They’ve already gone on to blow us, along with the whole of Australia away with sold out shows, but we’re already so ready for more.
The announcement of The Bronx as support comes as extra-exciting news from the band. In a press release, they have said, “We are truly honoured to have The Bronx on board for these shows. There is no band in the world that can put on such a high energy performance the way that these guys do. As a band, we have always looked up to them a hell of a lot. Our friendship goes back over 10 years so to have our big Bros from the USA come all the way across the Pacific to play with us again means the world. Luca Brasi can also be held in the same esteem. For us, they are probably Australia’s best punk rock band by a long shot. And to have this line up complimented by such a class act as Tired Lion just puts the icing on the cake for what is going to be one epic fucking tour. Really, we are just so stoked!”
Exclusive fan pre-sales are available tomorrow (Wednesday July 13th) at 9am (local time), but you’ll need to get yourself signed up at the band’s official website.
General tickets go on sale this Friday 15th July at 9am.
Tour Dates
Friday 28 October – Riverstage, Brisbane
Saturday 29 October – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Monday 31 October – Festival Hall, Melbourne
Friday 4 November AEC Theatre, Adelaide
Saturday 5 November – Red Hill Auditorium, Perth
If you do happen to miss out on tickets, you can catch Violent Soho and Luca Brasi joining forces again at Unify festival in Victoria on 13th -15th January.
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