As Covid lockdowns continue to wreak more havoc than Wally Meanie at a wine tasting, The Meanies have had to rejig a whole bunch more dates of their ‘BETTER LATE THAN NEVER DESPERATE MEASURES TOUR‘. The latest two postponed shows are this week’s ones in Ballarat and Macedon which have now moved to November. Tickets for rescheduled shows will remain valid, while refunds can be arranged at the point of purchase for those who are now unable to attend.
The tour, which was meant to start in June, is now set to start with a rescheduled Geelong show in August before picking up in earnest in October.
What hasn’t changed is that DickLord are the main support on all shows bar one. DickLord, who will be going out on the back of their new single “PMA” and recent album It’s Soooo Boring (both out now on Consume/Valve) have been spoken of by Monster Children thusly: “With songs about periods, shitty landlords and being fingered weird, there’s something in DickLord’s lyrics we can all relate to. Mix that in with splashes of Bad Brains and Black Flag references and you’ve got yourself a seriously good band.”
The Meanies’ ‘BETTER LATE THAN NEVER DESPERATE MEASURES TOUR’ is a belated celebration of their ‘new’ album. Desperate Measures is a hard, fast and catchy onslaught of hard-hitting Meanies mayhem. It evokes the classic sound that made the band a household name in all the worst houses back in the ’90s, and which has influenced generation after generation of young punks ever since. Desperate Measures, out now on Cheersquad Records and Tapes.
THE MEANIES ‘BETTER LATE THAN NEVER DESPERATE MEASURES TOUR’
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS DICKLORD (All shows except Geelong)
Sat August 21 – Barwon Club, Geelong + Poppin Mommas + Eyeroll (no DickLord)
Sat Oct 16 – Jive, Adelaide + Cull The Band
Fri Oct 22 – The Tote, Melb + Persecution Blues + Cheeky Geezers
Sat Oct 23 – The Tote, Melb + Super American Eagle + Sidesplitter
Fri Nov 5 – The Eastern, Ballarat + The Dawdlers + The Shorts
Sat Nov 6 – Railway Hotel Macedon + Persecution Blues + Maggie Alley
Fri Nov 12 – The Zoo, Bris (DickLord are only support)
Wed Nov 17 – The Basement, Canberra + Charlotte & the Harlots Thu Nov 18 – Lansdowne, Sydney + Blitz Babiez –
Fri Nov 19 – Narrabeen RSL + Tshitaki
Sat Nov 20 – Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle + I Hate People
Sun Nov 21 – La La La’s, Wollongong + Ape Rib
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM VENUES
