US rockers Against Me! have announced a string of Australian tour dates to coincide with their return to the country as a part of the Groovin The Moo 2017 lineup.
Armed with their latest opus Shape Shift With Me, Against Me! will play their own headline shows in Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne, Wollongong, Sydney and Perth. What’s more, they’ll be supported by Melbourne’s own Camp Cope.
Released in September 2016, Shape Shift With Me finds Against Me! frontwoman Laura Jane Grace investigating the rather ‘unpunk’ notion of love in a very punk rock manner. Speaking to Music Feeds last year, Laura Jane Grace said much of the album “involved questioning what emotions are exclusive to gender.”
“I’ve had the experience of being full of testosterone, and I’ve had the experience of being full of oestrogen. On this record there are darker, angrier moments which were sometimes euphoria inducing. In those moments I was feeling rage, and I was feeling anger, and those feelings are feelings that I used to attribute to being a highly male thing. So I found myself questioning is that the case, or is anger just anger? Is it not exclusive to a gender like people might think it is?”
Fellow Groovin The Moo artists The Darkness, Snakehips and K.Flay announced 2017 sideshows this morning, and more are set to be announced tomorrow. Stay up to date on all the 2017 Groovin The Moo festival sideshows at our Groovin The Moo sideshows feed.
UPDATE 21/03/17: Against Me! have announced which other acts will be supporting them at their upcoming Australian headline shows. Aside from the already announced Camp Cope, the likes of The Cutaways, Bansheeland, Mere Women and Hope Street have joined the tour. Catch all the details, below.
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Against Me! Australian Tour Dates
Tickets on sale now
Wednesday, 3rd May
The Triffid, Brisbane
With Camp Cope & The Cutaways
Tickets: The Triffid
Thursday, 4th May
Brisbane Hotel, Hobart
With Camp Cope & Bansheeland
Tickets: Oztix
Friday, 5th May
Max Watts, Melbourne
With Camp Cope & The Football Club
Tickets: Max Watts
Wednesday, 10th May
Uni Bar, Wollongong
With Camp Cope & The Nuclear Family
Tickets: Moshtix
Thursday, 11th May
Manning Bar, Sydney
With Camp Cope & Mere Women
Tickets: Manning Bar
Friday, 12th May
Rosemount, Perth
With Camp Cope & Hope Street
Tickets: Rosemount Hotel
Also touring nationally with Groovin The Moo festival. Catch those dates here.
