Teenage Fanclub

With tickets for their Melbourne show flying out the door immediately after going on sale last month, it’s clear fans can’t wait to see Scottish five-piece Teenage Fanclub on stage at their first Australian headline tour since 2005.
 
Frontier Touring is pleased to announce Teenage Fanclub will perform a second and final Melbourne show at the Corner Hotel on Saturday 11 March. Tickets for this new date will go on sale Wednesday 16 November.
 
March 2017 sees them returning to Australia to play headline shows in Brisbane and Melbourne, as well as at a set at Golden Plains festival in VIC, plus a Sydney date at Taronga Zoo. The band have just released their acclaimed 10th studio album, Here, out now on the group’s own PeMa label/Warner Music Australia, with current single ‘Thin Air’ added to Double J.
 
‘The band’s subtlest, warmest release to date and also one of their strongest’ – Pitchfork
 
‘An utterly spellbinding record that shows with maturity that the band only grows and improve’ – The Quietus
 
Ten albums into their career and with arguably their best release yet in Here, fans are encouraged to act fast to avoid missing out!

Frontier Touring is excited to announce the return of one of the UK’s most celebrated bands – Scottish five-piece Teenage Fanclub, who return to Australia in March 2017 for their very first headline shows since 2005.

Widely recognised as masters of alternative rock/pop, the Scottish outfit will play two headline dates in Brisbane and Melbourne, with tickets on sale Friday 28 October.

While in the country they’ll also perform at the already announced Golden Plains festival (VIC), plus a Sydney date at Taronga Zoo.

Teenage Fanclub return following the release of their acclaimed 10^th studio album, Here, out now on the band’s own PeMa label/Warner Music Australia. Three decades of peerless songwriting and almost telepathic musicianship between founding members Norman Blake, Raymond McGinley and Gerard Love, plus drummer Francis MacDonald and keyboard player Dave McGowan, means Here more than makes up for a six-year wait for new music:

‘The band’s subtlest, warmest release to date and also one of their strongest’ – Pitchfork

‘An utterly spellbinding record that shows with maturity that the band only grows and improve’ – The Quietus

Hazy guitars, upbeat drums and three voices: across 12 tracks – four each by Blake, Love and McGinley, including the single ‘I’m In Love’ – Teenage Fanclub continue to push their boundaries, three decades in.

Formed in 1989, Teenage Fanclub famously broke through with their iconic third album Bandwagonesque, featuring the classics such as ‘The Concept’, ‘What You Do To Me’ and ‘Alcoholiday’. That record beat out Nirvana’s Nevermind for SPIN’s ‘1991 Album Of The Year’ (they later toured with the grunge gods). Ever since, they’ve built a loyal audience with a steady release of music that’s solidified their position as songcraft royalty, including LPs such as Grand Prix (1995), Songs From Northern Britain (1997), Howdy! (2000), Mad-Made (2005), and 2010’s Shadows.

Joining Teenage Fanclub at Brisbane and Sydney shows is Aussie three-piece The Goon Sax, who released their debut album Up To Anything earlier this year. Tracks such as the title track – watch the video here – and ‘Sweaty Hands’ capture the quirky perfection of the band, who just returned from their first international tour. While in the UK they performed for BBC Radio 6, watch the session here.

With 10 albums and arguably their best release yet in Here, fans are encouraged to act fast to avoid missing out!