National touring fest Hits and Pits is due to kick off in just over a month and the first SOLD OUT sign has just gone up – Saturday May 17 at The Hi-Fi – Allocation Exhausted.
The festival makes its way around the country starting on Friday May 9 in Brisbane and features international acts Strung Out, Unwritten Law (playing the fan favourite S/T album in full), Face To Face, The Casualties, Ten Foot Pole, Death By Stereo, Big D And The Kids Table, Masked Intruder, Heartsounds and Implants. Let the speculation about a second Melbourne show begin now!
La Dispute have added a second 18+ show to their Melbourne run of the upcoming tour. They’ll be here in support of their new album Rooms of the House which is released locally this Friday March 21 through Resist Records. The second show takes place at the Corner Hotel on Friday June 13and will of course feature tour buddies Balance and Composure. A limited amount of tickets are still available for the Thursday June 12 show. All tickets are on sale now and details are available through the Corner Hotel website.
With a 37 year career, a lengthy discography and a legion of hungry fans behind them, legendary UK band The Vibrators are headed to Australia this June and will play two shows in Victoria. Catch them on Saturday June 21 at The Tote, Collingwood and on Sunday June 22 at The Barwon Club, Geelong. Tickets on sale Monday March 24.
Punk rock super-group and all round cover song legends Me First and The Gimme Gimmes have announced a new album to be released on Tuesday May 13. Their tenth studio effort is titled Are We Not Men? We Are Diva! and the track listing is as follows: I Will Survive, Straight Up, Believe, Beautiful, My Heart Will Go On, I Will Always Love You, Top of the World, Speechless, Karma Chameleon, Crazy for You, On the Radio and The Way We Were.
Red City Radio announced late last week that guitarist and vocalist Paul Pendley is leaving the band to pursue other interests. Pendley had this to say via his own website: ‘This decision was wholly my own. I was not influenced by family or friends. I was not humbled by the road. And most importantly I was neither dismissed by my band mates nor sick of being their band mate and friend. The truth is I was and am ready for something different’.
