Perennial AAA Backstage favourites and purveyors of atmospheric, hard-hitting rock, Dallas Frasca, have announced a massive run of shows leading up to October, supporting prolific Californian soul-styled garage rockers The BellRays and ironic facial hair themed Adelaide four piece The Beards on their respective headline tours, as well as a headlining a handful of shows themselves in Queensland, the Victorian snowfields, and the Northern Territory.
It’s the perfect opportunity for the Melbourne three piece led by the woman herself, the swaggering Dallas Frasca, to support their third LP, the affirmative and punchy Love Army, which charted in its first week of release. Led by singles “Lizard Boy”, “Success is the Best Revenge”, and “You Are Beautiful” (Thanks, Dallas), it’s the trio’s first release through Social Family Records, where they join label-mates Baby Animals, Damien Leith and Reece Mastin, among others.
It all just adds to what has been a workmanlike approach to 2015 that has made it one of Frasca’s biggest years ever, including a French TV debut on programme Canal Plus that screened to 250 000 European viewers in the midst of their UK and French Tour in April, as well as a deliciously rock and roll incident at Sunshine Coast’s Big Pineapple Music Festival, where the eponymous Frasca was launched metres into the air from an inflatable pool she was using to ride the crowd, landing face first into the ground and continue the performance despite a face that was swelling like a balloon (go to 1:10). Only when the trio returned to Melbourne (!!!) did the hardy Frasca realise the extent of her injuries.
The BellRays’ Rockapocalypse Tour, starting at Brisbane’s very own the Zoo on Friday August 7, is an apology tour of sorts, after an earlier joint tour with the well-respected Supersuckers was announced and cancelled within months. The Beards’ Ten Long Years One Long Beard Tour has a more celebratory tone, celebrating the hairy band’s decade of beard growth encouragement. The common thread? Dallas Frasca will be kicking ass across Australia. Go break a bone.
Tour Dates
w/ The BellRays Rockpocalypse Tour
SAT 8 AUG / The Small Ballroom / Newcastle
SUN 9 AUG / Newtown Social Club / Sydney
WED 12 AUG / Barwon Club / Geelong
THU 13 AUG / Karova Lounge / Ballarat
FRI 14 AUG / The Gov / Adelaide
SAT 15 AUG / Ding Dong Lounge / Melbourne
Headline Shows
THU 20 AUG / The General / Mt Hotham
FRI 21 AUG / The Man Hotel / Falls Creek
SAT 22 AUG / The General / Mt Hotham
THU 10 SEP / The Spotted Cow / Toowoomba
FRI 11 SEP / Pomona Showground / Noosa
THU 1 OCT / Arnhem Club / Arnhem Land (NT)
FRI 2 OCT / Arnhem Club / Arnhem Land (NT)
SAT 3 OCT / The Billabong Kuranda / Kuranda (QLD)
w/ The Beards Ten Long Years One Long Beard Tour
THU 8 OCT / Corner Hotel / Melbourne
FRI 9 OCT / Pelly Bar / Frankston
SAT 10 OCT / Village Green / Mulgrave
THU 15 OCT / Jive / Adelaide
FRI 16 OCT / Jive / Adelaide
SAT 17 OCT / Coopers Ale House / Wallaroo
FRI 23 OCT / Beach Road Hotel / Bondi
SAT 24 OCT / Cambridge Hotel / Newcastle
SUN 25 OCT / Rocks Brewery / Sydney
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