Buzzcocks 2016 Australian tour

Original UK punk-act the Buzzcocks kick-off their 40th birthday celebrations this March with a tour of Australia and New Zealand. The stars of Dig it Up! 2013 return for the Golden Plains Festival plus headline shows across most capitols. Guests include HITS and Ausmuteants.
Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto formed Buzzcocks in Bolton in February 1976. The band, completed by the addition of Steve Diggle and John Maher, opened for the Sex Pistols in Manchester on July 20th, a follow up to the now (in)famous Lesser Free Trade Hall gig which Devoto and Shelley had organised the month before.
Gigs in Manchester and London followed, and by the end of 1976, Buzzcocks became one of the first groups to form their own independent record label - New Hormones - on which they released the now-legendary and seminal Spiral Scratch EP.
The following year saw the departure of Devoto and the recruitment of bassist Steve Garvey. In August 1977, the band signed a recording contract with United Artists Records and released the landmark Orgasm Addict single. This was swiftly followed by What Do I Get?, the band’s first entry into the UK top 40 singles chart and the first of a string of chart singles. Over the next three years, Buzzcocks toured extensively and released a trilogy of outstanding albums: Another Music in a Different Kitchen, Love Bites and A Different Kind of Tension, as well as the hugely influential and popular Singles Going Steady compilation. In 1981, the band went their separate ways to undertake new projects.
1989 saw the reconvened Shelley/Diggle/Garvey/Maher line-up tour the world again by popular demand. Since then, the Shelley/Diggle partnership has been the core of sustained and successful activity without pause, punctuating the years of high profile gigging to date with six successful and well-received studio albums, culminating in 2015's The Way.
Few have had the longevity and sustained creative energy to produce the seemingly endless stream of truly original and fantastic pop songs that Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle have consistently delivered over the last four decades. Original and best.
Don't miss one of the iconic bands of the original punk movement and one of the biggest influences on contemporary punk live this March.
Tickets go on sale Friday 30th October.
Thu 10th March - Brisbane, The Triffid - tickets from the Triffid
Frid 11th March - Sydney, The Factory - tickets from Factory Theatre
Sat 12th March - Meredith, Golden Plains Festival - tickets from the Golden Plains Festival
Sun 13th March - Melbourne, Corner Hotel - tickets from Corner Hotel
Wed 16th March - Wellington, Bodega - tickets from Plus1 Touring
Thu 17th March - Dunedin, Refual - tickets from Plus1 Touring
Fri 17th March - Christchurch, Allen St. - tickets from Plus1 Touring
Sat 19th March - Auckland, Powerstation - tickets from Plus1 Touring
Tue 22nd March - Adelaide, The Gov - tickets from the Gov
Wed 23rd March - Perth, Rosemount Hotel tickets from the Rosemount Hotel
Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto formed Buzzcocks in Bolton in February 1976. The band, completed by the addition of Steve Diggle and John Maher, opened for the Sex Pistols in Manchester on July 20th, a follow up to the now (in)famous Lesser Free Trade Hall gig which Devoto and Shelley had organised the month before.
Gigs in Manchester and London followed, and by the end of 1976, Buzzcocks became one of the first groups to form their own independent record label - New Hormones - on which they released the now-legendary and seminal Spiral Scratch EP.
The following year saw the departure of Devoto and the recruitment of bassist Steve Garvey. In August 1977, the band signed a recording contract with United Artists Records and released the landmark Orgasm Addict single. This was swiftly followed by What Do I Get?, the band’s first entry into the UK top 40 singles chart and the first of a string of chart singles. Over the next three years, Buzzcocks toured extensively and released a trilogy of outstanding albums: Another Music in a Different Kitchen, Love Bites and A Different Kind of Tension, as well as the hugely influential and popular Singles Going Steady compilation. In 1981, the band went their separate ways to undertake new projects.
1989 saw the reconvened Shelley/Diggle/Garvey/Maher line-up tour the world again by popular demand. Since then, the Shelley/Diggle partnership has been the core of sustained and successful activity without pause, punctuating the years of high profile gigging to date with six successful and well-received studio albums, culminating in 2015's The Way.
Few have had the longevity and sustained creative energy to produce the seemingly endless stream of truly original and fantastic pop songs that Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle have consistently delivered over the last four decades. Original and best.
Don't miss one of the iconic bands of the original punk movement and one of the biggest influences on contemporary punk live this March.
Tickets go on sale Friday 30th October.
Thu 10th March - Brisbane, The Triffid - tickets from the Triffid
Frid 11th March - Sydney, The Factory - tickets from Factory Theatre
Sat 12th March - Meredith, Golden Plains Festival - tickets from the Golden Plains Festival
Sun 13th March - Melbourne, Corner Hotel - tickets from Corner Hotel
Wed 16th March - Wellington, Bodega - tickets from Plus1 Touring
Thu 17th March - Dunedin, Refual - tickets from Plus1 Touring
Fri 17th March - Christchurch, Allen St. - tickets from Plus1 Touring
Sat 19th March - Auckland, Powerstation - tickets from Plus1 Touring
Tue 22nd March - Adelaide, The Gov - tickets from the Gov
Wed 23rd March - Perth, Rosemount Hotel tickets from the Rosemount Hotel