The Meanies have announced an updated run of tour dates in support of their 2020 album, ‘Desperate Measures’.
The album was released in July of 2020, and marked The Meanies’ first full-length effort in five years. Back then, the band described it as “an album title for the times, whether it be applicable to the rise of right-wing anti-intellectualism, the associated denial of impending environmentally apocalyptic disaster or the cultural lobotomy of today’s popular media”.
The band continued in their statement: “It’s hard to see a way through this miasma of illogical negativity without… (drum roll)… desperate measures.”
Following a set at this year’s Thrashville festival in the Hunter Valley, the band will kick the run off in Macedon, VIC on Friday February 18. From there, they’ll play headline shows in Brisbane, Maroochydore, the Gold Coast, Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Newcastle, Sydney, Narrabeen, Canberra and Adelaide.
Festivals on the itinerary include Spring Loaded, Yours & Owls, NinchFest and the inaugural Uncaged run. Tickets and full details for the tour can be found on The Meanies’ website.
The Meanies’ ‘Better Late Than Never – Desperate Measures’ tour dates are:
FEBRUARY
Saturday 12 – Hunter Valley, Thrashville
Friday 18 – Macedon, Railway Hotel
MARCH
Saturday 5 – St. Andrews Beach, NinchFest
Thursday 10 – Brisbane, The Zoo
Friday 11 – Maroochydore, Eleven Dive Bar
Saturday 12 – Bribie Island, Spring Loaded
Sunday 13 – Gold Coast, Miami Marketta
Friday 18 – Melbourne, The Tote
Saturday 19 – Melbourne, The Tote
Friday 25 – Geelong, Barwon Club
Saturday 26 – Ballarat, The Eastern
Wednesday 30 – Newcastle, Cambridge Hotel
Thursday 31 – Sydney, Lansdowne Hotel
APRIL
Friday 1 – Narrabeen, RSL
Saturday 2 – Wollongong, Yours & Owls
Sunday 3 – Canberra, The Basement
Saturday 9 – Stanley, Spring Ditch
Thursday 14 – Adelaide, Jive
Friday 22 – Snake Valley, Grindhouse In Snake Valley
Saturday 23 – Sydney, Uncaged
Sunday 24 – Brisbane, Uncaged