Meat Puppets are headed to Australia, for their first live shows Down Under in over 20 years, to headline CherryFest 2014.
As previously reported, the influential and uncompromising rock band will be playing Melbourne’s CherryFest 2014 in May, as well as headlining the event’s first-ever expansion into Sydney, now the band have confirmed headline shows in Brisbane and Perth.
The Kirkwood brothers – Curt and Cris – along with drummer Shandon Sahm (song of Doug Sahm) and new second guitarist, Elmo Kirkwood (Curt’s son) – will hit Brisbane’s The Zoo and Perth’s Astor following their appearances at CherryFest 2014 in Melbourne and Sydney.
With a career that has spanned four decades, the Meat Puppets have witnessed countless musical movements and fads come and go, but despite it all, have stuck to their guns and retained a dedicated fan base.
Along the way, the Puppets have made admirers out of some of rock’s most renowned names – most obviously Kurt Cobain, who personally invited the Puppets to appear on Nirvana’s classic performance, MTV Unplugged in New York – and have amassed a canon of timeless songs (“Plateau,” “Lake of Fire,” “Up on the Sun,” “Backwater,” etc.).
With classic albums like Meat Puppets II, Up on the Sun, and Too High to Die, the band has inspired not only the renowned Nirvana, but also made admirers out of influential guitar bands such as Pavement, Soundgarden and Dinosaur Jr .
Following the reunion of Curt and Cris Kirkwood, and the 2012 release of the band’s biography Too High to Die: Meet the Meat Puppets, the band’s iconic status seems assured.
Throughout 2013, the Meat Puppets relentlessly toured in support of their acclaimed album Rat Farm, continuing to build upon their spiky punk flavours with country and psychedelic rock touches, which they’ve honed since 1981.
Don’t mis your chance at an audience with one of rock’s rarest musical entities.
Meat Puppets Australian Tour 2014
Friday 30th May 2014 – BRISBANE, The Zoo – QLD
TIX: www.oztix.com.au
Monday 2nd June 2014 – PERTH, The Astor Theatre – WA
TIX: www.liveattheastor.com.au
Also headlining at:
CherryRock 2014 Melbourne
Sunday 25 May – Cherry Bar, AC/DC Lane Melbourne
13 acts, 2 stages, no clashes
Tickets from: www.cherrybar.com.au
CherryRock 2014 Sydney Dates, Tickets
Saturday 31 May – The Factory Theatre
13 acts, 2 stages, inside and outside.
Tix $60 (+b/f) from www.factorytheatre.com.au
