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News : Against Me! return to Australia to tour this May

By on February 8, 2017

US rockers Against Me! have made the announcement that they will be returning to tour Australian shores this May, in support of their latest release, Shape Shift With Me.

The band will be down under for their part in the Groovin The Moo festival, with additional dates set in Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne, Wollongong, Sydney and Perth. For the duration of their tour, Against Me! will be supported by Melbourne’s own Camp Cope.

Against Me! were last in Australia in May/June of 2015, and had planned to return to Australia again in October 2016 but were made to cancel at the time due to “unforeseen circumstances”. No doubt the band is eager to get back into the groove on these southern shores!

Presented by Resist Records, tickets for all shows (with the exception of Groovin The Moo) go on sale tomorrow (Thursday, February 9).

Four years ago, Against Me! front woman Laura Jane Grace came out as transgender; 18 months later, she released the band’s sixth album, the fiery Transgender Dysphoria Blues, one which she began working on before her transition and helped document the struggles she was facing.

Four years after Grace’s public reintroduction, Against Me! released their new album, Shape Shift With Me in September 2016. An album about love that deceptively complex emotion we all struggle with yet has somehow eluded most of Grace’s song writing for the past 20 years. In November, front woman Laura Jane Grace released her memoir titled TRANNY: Confessions of Punk Rock’s Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout. TRANNY is a searing account of Grace’s search for identity and true self.

Joining Against Me! is Melbourne’s Camp Cope who have toured tirelessly since their inception: shows with Modern Baseball, Screaming Females, PUP and Cayetana, a headlining slot on Weekender Fest, a national Laneway Festival spot and a string of their own sold out shows.

WEDNESDAY 3 MAY – THE TRIFFID, BRISBANE
Tickets available from thetriffid.com.au

THURSDAY 4 MAY – BRISBANE HOTEL, HOBART
Tickets available from Oztix outlets and Oztix.com.au

FRIDAY 5 MAY – MAX WATTS, MELBOURNE
Tickets available from www.maxwatts.com.au/melbourne

WEDNESDAY 10 MAY – UNI BAR, WOLLONGONG
Tickets available from moshtix.com.au

THURSDAY 11 MAY – MANNING BAR, SYDNEY
Tickets available from manningbar.com

FRIDAY 12 MAY – ROSEMOUNT, PERTH
Tickets available from rosemounthotel.com.au

GROOVIN THE MOO TOUR DATES:

FRIDAY 28 APRIL – WAYVILLE
SATURDAY 29 APRIL – MAITLAND
SUNDAY 30 APRIL – TOWNSVILLE
SATURDAY 6 MAY – BENDIGO
SUNDAY 7 MAY – CANBERRA
SATURDAY 13 MAY – BUNBURY

Tickets available from gtm.net.au

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Jonathon is an aspiring fantasy/sci-fi novelist and music journalist. Thanks to the influence of the music he grew up with, he has always possessed a keen interest in metal and rock. He is also a huge fan of mythology, legend, and folklore from all across the world. You should follow him on Twitter.