Butterfingers massive national album tour
Australia’s favourite musical misfits and auteurs of Aussie hip hop, Butterfingers, are back, breaking hearts and bones (mostly their own) with a killer new single, Dancing (To the Beat of My Own Drum). Confident and with more ecstatic energy and sharp lyrical wit than ever before, Dancing (To the Beat of My Own Drum) is classic Butterfingers. After a fourteen-year long album release cycle, this hectic new track is the first taste of a brand new Butterfingers album, Bad News, set for release on Friday 30th March. The beloved group will be celebrating the new record with a monumental national tour across April, May and June of 2020, kicking off in Fremantle in April, then moving across the country, wrapping up in Cairns in June.
With a new found vigour and a swag of new material, Butterfingers are officially back in the saddle and continuing to bend genres and the boundaries of good taste with a rare blend of obscenity, wit and charm. True to form, the new album Bad News encompasses hip hop, punk, reggae, drum & bass, stoner rock, electronica and just about anything that makes you want to shake your bones, into a cohesive mash-up all of their own creation. From potty-mouthed gutter rhymes to heartfelt crooning odes to love lost, this is an album that will keep old fans happy and will entice new followers at an alarming rate.
And with a host of industry awards, multiple ARIA award noms, a bunch of features in Hottest 100 countdowns, and playing just about every major festival on the Australian circuit over the years, Butterfingers have continued to develop their unique and supremely high energy and fun sound throughout their career. And Bad News is testament to this dedication to growth. As Eddie enthuses, “The whole album is one complete story and it’s about where we’ve been and what’s happened in the last 14 years since our last album. It’s not as literal as a regular concept album, but each song represents a scene. The story within the album covers everything from self loathing, facing bankruptcy, battling drug addiction, failed friendships/betrayal, heartbreak - and then overcoming all that to make a rad album!”
As ever, there’s a lot for fans to look forward to at the upcoming shows, as Eddie reveals, “We all know how hard it can be to win a crowd over with new material, no matter how awesome it is, so even though we’ll be playing a fair chunk of this new stuff we obviously aren’t going to ignore the back catalogue either. It’ll be a nice blend and the energy will be pretty hectic!”
Dancing (To the Beat of My Own Drum) is available now.
Bad News is out Friday 30th March.
Tickets to the Bad News tour on sale Monday 3rd February
Thu 16th April - Fremantle, Mojo’s Bar - tickets from Oztix
Fri 17th April - Perth, Badlands Bar - tickets from Oztix
Sat 18th April - Scarborough, Indi Bar - tickets from Oztix
Sun, 19th April - Bunbury, Prince of Wales Hotel - tickets from Oztix
Fri 24th April - Burleigh Heads, Mo’s Desert Clubhouse - tickets from Oztix
Sat 25th April - Brisbane, The Triffid - tickets from Moshtix
Sat 02th May - Sunshine Coast, Nightquarter - tickets from Oztix
Fri 08th May - Hobart, Altar - tickets from Oztix
Fri 15th May - Melbourne, Howler Bar - tickets from Moshtix
Sat 16th May - Frankston, Pelly Bar - tickets from Oztix
Thu 21th May - Canberra, UC Hub - tickets from Moshtix
Fri 22th May - Sydney, The Lansdowne Hotel - tickets from Moshtix
Sat 23th May - Newcastle, Cambridge Sideroom - tickets from Oztix
Fri 29th May - Mt Gambier, Shadows - tickets from Oztix
Sat 30th May - Adelaide, Crown And Anchor - tickets from Oztix
Fri 5th June - Townsville, Otherwise - tickets from Moshtix
Sat 6th Jun - Cairns, Gilligans Backpackers Hotel & Resort - tickets from Oztix
With a new found vigour and a swag of new material, Butterfingers are officially back in the saddle and continuing to bend genres and the boundaries of good taste with a rare blend of obscenity, wit and charm. True to form, the new album Bad News encompasses hip hop, punk, reggae, drum & bass, stoner rock, electronica and just about anything that makes you want to shake your bones, into a cohesive mash-up all of their own creation. From potty-mouthed gutter rhymes to heartfelt crooning odes to love lost, this is an album that will keep old fans happy and will entice new followers at an alarming rate.
And with a host of industry awards, multiple ARIA award noms, a bunch of features in Hottest 100 countdowns, and playing just about every major festival on the Australian circuit over the years, Butterfingers have continued to develop their unique and supremely high energy and fun sound throughout their career. And Bad News is testament to this dedication to growth. As Eddie enthuses, “The whole album is one complete story and it’s about where we’ve been and what’s happened in the last 14 years since our last album. It’s not as literal as a regular concept album, but each song represents a scene. The story within the album covers everything from self loathing, facing bankruptcy, battling drug addiction, failed friendships/betrayal, heartbreak - and then overcoming all that to make a rad album!”
As ever, there’s a lot for fans to look forward to at the upcoming shows, as Eddie reveals, “We all know how hard it can be to win a crowd over with new material, no matter how awesome it is, so even though we’ll be playing a fair chunk of this new stuff we obviously aren’t going to ignore the back catalogue either. It’ll be a nice blend and the energy will be pretty hectic!”
Dancing (To the Beat of My Own Drum) is available now.
Bad News is out Friday 30th March.
Tickets to the Bad News tour on sale Monday 3rd February
Thu 16th April - Fremantle, Mojo’s Bar - tickets from Oztix
Fri 17th April - Perth, Badlands Bar - tickets from Oztix
Sat 18th April - Scarborough, Indi Bar - tickets from Oztix
Sun, 19th April - Bunbury, Prince of Wales Hotel - tickets from Oztix
Fri 24th April - Burleigh Heads, Mo’s Desert Clubhouse - tickets from Oztix
Sat 25th April - Brisbane, The Triffid - tickets from Moshtix
Sat 02th May - Sunshine Coast, Nightquarter - tickets from Oztix
Fri 08th May - Hobart, Altar - tickets from Oztix
Fri 15th May - Melbourne, Howler Bar - tickets from Moshtix
Sat 16th May - Frankston, Pelly Bar - tickets from Oztix
Thu 21th May - Canberra, UC Hub - tickets from Moshtix
Fri 22th May - Sydney, The Lansdowne Hotel - tickets from Moshtix
Sat 23th May - Newcastle, Cambridge Sideroom - tickets from Oztix
Fri 29th May - Mt Gambier, Shadows - tickets from Oztix
Sat 30th May - Adelaide, Crown And Anchor - tickets from Oztix
Fri 5th June - Townsville, Otherwise - tickets from Moshtix
Sat 6th Jun - Cairns, Gilligans Backpackers Hotel & Resort - tickets from Oztix
