COLD CHISEL ANNOUNCE FIRST EVER OUTDOOR SUMMER TOUR
SPECIAL GUESTS ON “BLOOD MOON TOUR 2020” INCLUDE PAUL KELLY, HOODOO GURUS BIRDS OF TOKYO, KASEY CHAMBERS TROY CASSAR-DALEY, MAGIC DIRT AND MORE
TICKETS ON SALE FROM MONDAY, 21 OCTOBER
October 09, 2019
There’s nothing more Australian than hot sun, warm waves and Cold Chisel. The band’s classic songs like Khe Sanh, Flame Trees, Bow River, My Baby, Cheap Wine, Saturday Night and You Got Nothing I Want have become the soundtrack to our summers.
Since their legendary Last Stand way back in 1983, Cold Chisel has reformed for just four national tours, but they almost always played indoors and those gigs didn’t happen over the holidays. Now, for the first time ever, this legendary Australian band will be playing 14 very special outdoor shows in Australia and New Zealand during summer.
Between New Year’s Eve and the second weekend of February, they’ll do gigs on the beach, gigs by the river and gigs in the bush. You’ve never seen anything like it before. You’ll never see anything like it again.
Pre-sale tickets will go on-sale on Wednesday 16 October at 2.00pm (local times) with General Public on-sale from Monday, 21 October at 11.00am (local times) via the official ticket links here.
It’s called the Blood Moon Tour 2020 – named after a rare lunar eclipse where the sun, earth and moon all briefly align before returning to their own orbits. “You might get to see a blood moon once in your life”, explains the band’s main songwriter and piano player, Don Walker. “Apparently there’s going to be one just before dawn when we’re in Melbourne on this tour but we didn’t actually know that when we chose the name. Maybe it’s a sign.”
Watch ‘Khe Sanh’ (Lyric Video)
Fittingly the tour will boast a series of line-ups that are as rare and memorable as a Blood Moon. In Sydney, Cold Chisel will be joined by the mighty Hoodoo Gurus. Paul Kelly will be welcomed on four shows including Tamworth where he will be joined by country music icons Kasey Chambers and Troy Cassar-Daley.
Both WA shows will feature a “Best Of The West” line-up that includes hometown heroes like Birds Of Tokyo, Jebediah and Gyroscope while other guests to appear on at least one show include The Teskey Brothers, Busby Marou and The Detonators. Beloved Kiwi band The Mutton Birds will reform just for the New Zealand gig while Birds of Tokyo will feature on seven different gigs and Magic Dirt on six.
Every line-up is special. And the locations are all special too. They include Glenelg Beach in Cold Chisel and Paul Kelly’s old hometown of Adelaide; the huge Mt Duneed Estate off Victoria’s Surf Coast, the opening concert at Bankwest Stadium on the Parramatta River (with Hoodoo Gurus) and New Year’s Eve down beside the ocean in Fremantle.Cold Chisel will even return to Orange, nearly 40 years since their last gigs there, for the first ever A Day On The Green in Orange.
“We’ve only done four tours since the early 80’s so we need to make each of them count”, explains the band’s frontman, Jimmy Barnes. “We knew that if we were going to get the band back together for another full tour it would have to be something really special. We wanted great line-ups and unusual places so that people would remember these gigs for a long, long time.”
Watch ‘Forever Now’
The band has announced that Foodbank will be supported in various ways throughout this tour including by way of special auction items and fundraising collections at each venue on the tour. “Last year Foodbank provided over 67 million meals to homeless people around Australia”, explains Ian Moss. “They did that by making use of good food and produce that would have gone to waste otherwise. We wish there wasn’t so much demand for their services but we’re pleased to do our bit to help them out.”
For all details on the Blood Moon Tour 2020 please see below.
Cold Chisel has sold almost 7 million albums across vinyl, cassette, CD, downloads and streaming. They’ve been inducted to the ARIA Hall Of Fame and received the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music. However their greatest achievements are their songs. It’s a body of work that has defined and echoed who we are. For over 40 years Cold Chisel has defied the odds, ignored the trends, and blazed their own trail.
The band has endeared themselves to all sorts of Australians because their uncompromising attitude articulates our hopes, fears, alienation and humour, and because they are simply one of the most ferocious live rock ‘n’ roll outfits on earth.
Fans are reminded to only buy tickets by following the ticket links listed below. People who choose to ignore this clear advice and who instead use search engines like Google to find tickets typically get steered to unofficial reselling sites like Viagogo that often lead to rip offs.
The Blood Moon Tour 2020 is presented nationally by Triple M and MAX in association with Foodbank.
COLD CHISEL PRE-SALE
Begins: Wednesday, 16 October at 2.00pm (local times)Ends: Friday, 18 October at 2.00pm (local times)or earlier if pre-sale allocation exhausted
GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE
Monday, 21 October at 11.00am (local times)
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BLOOD MOON TOUR 2020
Tuesday, 31 December 2019 – Fremantle Park, Fremantle WA – ‘BEST OF THE WEST’ With Birds of Tokyo, Jebediah, Gyroscope, Carla Geneve and The Southern River Band Presented by By The C, Mix 94.5 and MAX ticketmaster.com.au
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Wednesday, 1 January 2020 – Barnard Park, Busselton WA – ‘BEST OF THE WEST’ With Birds of Tokyo, Jebediah, Gyroscope, Carla Geneve and The Southern River Band Presented by By The C, Triple M and MAX ticketmaster.com.au
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Saturday, 4 January 2020 – Glenelg Beach, Adelaide SA With Paul Kelly, The Teskey Brothers, The Detonators and Tim Prestwich Band Presented by By The C, Triple M and MAX ticketmaster.com.au
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Tuesday, 7 January 2020 – All Saints Estate, Rutherglen VIC A DAY ON THE GREEN With Birds of Tokyo and Magic Dirt Presented by Roundhouse Entertainment, Triple M and MAX ticketmaster.com.au
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Friday, 10 January 2020 – Rochford Wines, Yarra Valley VIC A DAY ON THE GREEN With Birds of Tokyo, Magic Dirt and The Detonators Presented by Roundhouse Entertainment, Triple M and MAX ticketmaster.com.au
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Saturday, 11 January 2020 – Mt Duneed Estate, Geelong VIC A DAY ON THE GREEN With Paul Kelly, Birds of Tokyo and Magic Dirt Presented by Roundhouse Entertainment, Triple M, Bay FM and MAX ticketmaster.com.au
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Saturday, 18 January 2020 – Hope Estate, Hunter Valley NSW With Birds of Tokyo and Busby Marou Presented by Triple M and MAX ticketek.com.au
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Sunday, 19 January 2020 – Scully Park, Tamworth NSW – ‘THE BIGGEST MUSIC EVENT TAMWORTH HAS EVER SEEN’ With Paul Kelly, Kasey Chambers, Troy Cassar-Daley and Charlie Collins Presented by Zaccaria Concerts, 92.9 and MAX ticketmaster.com.au
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Friday, 24 January 2020 – Bankwest Stadium, Parramatta, Sydney NSW With Hoodoo Gurus, Birds of Tokyo and Busby Marou Presented by Triple M and MAX ticketek.com.au
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Wollongong
Saturday, 25 January 2020 – Stuart Park, Wollongong NSW With Birds of Tokyo, Magic Dirt, Busby Marou and 19Twenty Presented by By The C, Wave FM and MAX ticketmaster.com.au
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Thursday, 30 January 2020 – Stage 88, Canberra ACT With Paul Kelly and Magic Dirt Presented by Zaccaria Concerts, Mix 106.3 and MAX ticketmaster.com.au
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Saturday, 1 February 2020 – Heifer Station Wines, Orange NSW A DAY ON THE GREEN With Birds of Tokyo and Magic Dirt Presented by Roundhouse Entertainment, Triple M and MAX ticketmaster.com.au
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Wednesday, 5 February 2020 – Wharepai Domain Tauranga, NZ With special guests The Mutton Birds and The Bads and introducing Sit Down in Front Presented by Eccles Entertainment and The Rock (with support from The Sound) ticketmaster.co.nz
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Saturday, 8 February 2020 – Sirromet Wines, Mount Cotton QLD – A DAY ON THE GREEN With Birds of Tokyo and Magic Dirt Presented by Roundhouse Entertainment, Triple M, Gold 92.5 and MAX ticketmaster.com.au
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