After debuting in the Top 20 of the ARIA Album Chart with This Is Not The End, their first new album release in 20 years, Australian rock veterans Baby Animals have announced they’ll be charting the country as part of new Australia-wide tour October/November presented by Social Family Records and The Harbour Agency.
The Feed The Birds Tour will start in Newcastle on Saturday 12th October and sees Baby Animals playing dates in Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra,Geelong, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, rocking stages as the band film their shows for the band’s first ever concert DVD, Feed The Birds (Live).
Fans keen on catching the Aussie rockers will be able to take part in the latest piece of the band’s history, able to pre-order the DVD or grab a limited ticket bundle that includes entry to the show and a signed copy of Feed The Birds (Live) when it comes out in time for Christmas, available from www.thebabyanimals.com.
Featuring frontwoman Suzie DeMarchi, guitarist Dave Leslie, bassist Dario Bortolin, and drummer Mick Skolton, the latest Baby Animals trek is named after the band’s own practice of ‘feeding the birds’, a band tradition that sees DeMarchi pouring red wine into the mouth of front row fans… from her own mouth.
“Feeding the birds? It’s just us giving something back!” says DeMarchi. “We can’t wait to hit the road and introduce more of our fans around the country to the new album,” she adds. Their October/November tour following the band’s intimate East Coast tour in support of the launch of This Is Not The End.
Since exploding onto the scene in 1991 with the release of their first single, ‘Early Warning’, Baby Animals have become one of Australia’s most successful rock outfits. Their eponymous album spent six weeks at #1 in Australia, going eight times platinum and becoming the highest-selling debut Australian rock album until the release of Jet’s album 12 years later. The band toured internationally and struck up friendships with music legends Van Halen, Robert Plant, Paul Rodgers, and Bryan Adams.
This Is Not The End, the band’s first full-length release since 1993, marked a return to the charts. It made its debut at number 19 on the ARIA Album Chart and number three on the Australian Album Chart when released last month.
Baby Animals’ special guest on the “Feed The Birds” tour is Steve Balbi, who played bass in the hit-making Australian band Noiseworks, which produced four Australian top ten albums. He went on to form psychedelic pop group Electric Hippies with Noiseworks bandmate, Justin Stanley.
Tickets for the “Feed The Birds” tour, exclusive fan bundles and copies of This Is Not The End and Feed the Birds (Live) are available from www.thebabyanimals.com.
Baby Animals 2013 Australian Tour Dates & Tickets
Feed The Birds Tour
w/ special guest STEVE BALBI (Noiseworks/Electric Hippies)
Saturday, 12 October – Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
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Friday, 18 October – The Zoo, Brisbane
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Saturday, 19 October – The Zoo, Brisbane
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Thursday, 24 October – Governor Hindmarsh, Adelaide
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Saturday, 26 October – ANU Bar, Canberra
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Wednesday, 30 October – The Wool Exchange, Geelong
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Thursday, 31 October – The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
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Saturday, 2 November – Astor Theatre, Perth
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Saturday, 9 November – Metro Theatre, Sydney
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