In an unfortunate turn of events, the scheduled Screeching Weasel and MxPx co-headline tour for May has been cancelled. In a statements on the band’s website, Screeching Weasel explained, “Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances we are going to have to cancel ALL of our upcoming Australia dates in May. Ticket holders will receive an automatic refund from your point of sale. If there are any issues please reach out to either Oztix or Eventbrite. We would also like to thank and send out an apology to MXPX band, crew and fans. They made every attempt to continue with plans to play the dates, but in the end, due to no fault of their own, it did not work out. Thanks for your support and hopefully we can make this up to you guys at some point soon.”
In a Facebook post soon after, Mike Herrera of MXPX claimed that they had offered to continue the tour with California band Zebrahead, however tour organiser The Drunk Promoter didn’t agree. In a Facebook post, The Drunk Promoter’s Glenn Stewart explained: “We’ve been discussing a Screeching Weasel tour for over a year, not an MxPx tour. SW just happened to be bringing them out as part of the package. We did email them, we just didn’t want to do a different tour at such short notice. Here’s what we told them: ‘After discussing this with everyone involved we decided that given the headlining band has pulled out we thought it would be too messy to add in bands, change the tour, and try to make all this work at such short notice. We think that venues, ticket price and marketing would all need to be reworked and a one month turnaround is too risky for us. We appreciate the amount of effort MxPx and yourself have put in to try and make this work.’ ”
Reformed post-hardcore/math rockers The Fall of Troy have announced an Australian tour this July, supported on all dates by Closure in Moscow and Osaka Punch. The band will play Max Watt’s on Tuesday July 5.
Indiana pop punks The Ataris have announced their first headline Australian tour in seven years this June in support of their forthcoming album entitled The Graveyard of the Atlantic. The band will play 170 Russell on Tuesday June 7.
Wisconsin balaclava clad pop punks Masked Intruder have announced the release of a new EP for July, following their signing to Pure Noise Records. The announcement follows the band’s successful run on the Vans Warped Tour.
Best known as guitarist of Canberra sludge metal/hardcore band I Exist, riff-master Aaron Osborne is also the behind the live podcast Oblivious Maximus. With new dates announced for July 9 at Crowbar in Brisbane and Sunday July 10 at The Reverence Hotel in Melbourne, the live-to-the-public podcast recording will discuss music, the industry and the community at large, with refreshments provided by Young Henry’s Brewery. Melbourne guests include Bec Reato (Deathproof PR), Natalie Hendry (lecturer and researcher), Ben Searle (The Bad Times podcast), Meg Gallagher (mixed martial artist), Pat Fox (graphic designer), Jelena Goluza (Outright) and a live perfomance by Hoodlum Shouts.
