The One Dollar Short founder is fronting tribute outfit Not Dollar Short for an eight-date national run across January and February.
Turning 50 called for something louder than a barbie, so Trent Crawford is taking Not Dollar Short across the country.
Crawford helped launch pop-punk favourites One Dollar Short almost 30 years back, and Not Dollar Short revisits that catalogue with a rowdy, full-volume live show. He had been relearning the material acoustically before deciding the songs deserved a proper airing on a stage.
Not Dollar Short
- 14 January – Prince of Wales, Bunbury (18+)
- 15 January – Amplifier, Perth (18+)
- 16 January – Lions, Adelaide (all ages)
- 17 January – Prince Bandroom, Melbourne (18+)
- 22 January – Entrance Leagues Club, Central Coast (18+)
- 23 January – Metro Social, Sydney (all ages)
- 12 February – The Balcony, Coolangatta, Gold Coast (18+)
- 13 February – Munk & Petal, Brisbane (18+)
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The touring band is a retooled crew drawn from his current outfit Through Being Cool. Joel Attenborough of Irrelevant, Dave McBeath of Something With Numbers and Michael Dallinger of Frenzal Rhomb fill out the line-up, stacking the group with players from right across the Australian punk and pop-punk scene.
One Dollar Short spent the early 2000s as one of the country’s busier pop-punk exports, and the songs Crawford is dusting off lean hard on that era’s fast, hook-heavy sound.
Expect a set stacked with One Dollar Short favourites, threaded with a handful of cuts lifted from the Frenzal Rhomb and Something With Numbers songbooks as a nod to the musicians sharing the stage each night.
The idea grew out of a milestone birthday. Rather than mark 50 with a quiet dinner, Crawford wanted to celebrate the songs that shaped his early years surrounded by longtime collaborators, taking the material on the road properly for the first time in ages.
The run opens in Bunbury on 14 January and moves through Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, the Central Coast, Sydney and the Gold Coast before landing in Brisbane on 13 February. General admission for the St Kilda date sits at $39.90, tickets are on sale now, and most rooms are 18+ with a couple opening the doors to all ages.
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