Grinspoon Announce First Album In 12 Years, Drop 45-Date National Tour

19 May 2024 | 9:16 pm | Mary Varvaris

Grinspoon are "proud but tentatively a little scared" of releasing their first new album in twelve years, 'whatever, whatever'.

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Australian rock music lovers, rejoice: Grinspoon have just announced their first new album in twelve years and will tour in support of it, with 45 dates plotted across the country.

Grinspoon will release their new album, whatever, whatever, on Friday, 9 August. For the LP, the band teamed up with Holy Holy’s Oscar Dawson as producer. To promote the album, the Aussie rockers have dropped the supercharged new single, Unknown Pretenders.

“It’s with a curious trepidation but ultimately a feeling of unfulfilled wonderment that we reach into the caverns of our beings for a new journey of recorded endeavours, one which we are proud but tentatively a little scared of releasing,” frontman Phil Jamieson said in a press release.

On the single, he added, “Unknown Pretenders was written in the dawning of the pandemic in a small studio in Adelaide February 2020, with a number of other tunes as well. It’s a magical riffy song about the end of the world and who will actually survive.”

Check out Unknown Pretenders below and pre-order/pre-save whatever, whatever here.

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Grinspoon’s upcoming tour in support of whatever, whatever kicks off in September and continues through to December. You can access pre-sale tickets on Thursday, 23 May, at 10 am local time, before the general sale opens at 9 am on Monday, 27 May. Tickets will be available via the Grinspoon website.

Discussing the tour – particularly the stops in regional Australia, Jamieson said:

To say we’re excited is a massive understatement! Over the last six years, we have played arenas and stadiums and theatres and whatnot, and it’s all been tremendous, and we have loved every minute of it, but there is nothing like the three-hour drive after a show, the 9 am checkout from the hotel, and the first stop to get a Chicko Roll and strawberry milk - black coffee for me, I am now an adult.

These gigs will be madness - sweaty Tuesdays, taking the day off work on a Wednesday, remembering the reason you go to pubs. Our venues are suffering out there in the regions, so we are bringing the show to them. We can’t wait to see you all!

GRINSPOON

whatever, whenever, wherever tour with special guests Press Club

Presented by Triple M

TUE 17 SEP | BALLINA RSL, NORTHERN RIVERS | NSW

WED 18 SEP |SOPO- SOUTHPORT RSL, GOLD COAST NRTH | QLD

FRI 20 SEP | THE TIVOLI THEATRE, BRISBANE | QLD

SAT 21 SEP | THE POWERHOUSE, TOOWOOMBA | QLD

SUN 22 SEP | MIAMI MARKETTA LANEWAY, GOLD COAST | QLD

TUE 24 SEP | THE DAG PUB, D’AGUILAR | QLD

WED 25 SEP | BROTHERS SPORTS CLUB, BUNDABERG | QLD

FRI 27 SEP | HARVEY RD TAVERN, GLADSTONE | QLD

SAT 28 SEP | GREAT WESTERN HOTEL, ROCKHAMPTON | QLD

TUE 1 OCT | SEABREEZE HOTEL, MACKAY | QLD

WED 2 OCT | MAGNUMS HOTEL, AIRLIE BEACH | QLD

FRI 4 OCT | QUEENS BEACH HOTEL, BOWEN | QLD

SAT 5 OCT | DALRYMPLE HOTEL, TOWNSVILLE | QLD

MON 7 OCT | HINCHINBROOK SHIRE HALL, INGHAM | QLD

FRI 11 OCT | BURDEKIN MEMORIAL HALL, AYR | QLD

SAT 12 OCT | BROTHERS SPORTS CLUB, CAIRNS | QLD

WED 16 OCT | THE STATION, BIRTINYA, SUNSHINE COAST | QLD

FRI 18 OCT | RACEHORSE HOTEL, IPSWICH | QLD

SAT 19 OCT | THE PRINCESS THEATRE, WOOLLOONGABBA | QLD

SUN 20 OCT | DISTILLERY RD, BEENLEIGH | QLD

TUE 22 OCT | METRO THEATRE, SYDNEY | NSW

FRI 25 OCT | SAWTELL RSL, COFFS HARBOUR | NSW

SAT 26 OCT | WEST TAMWORTH LGS, TAMWORTH | NSW

SUN 27 OCT | FINNIAN’S TAVERN, PORT MACQUARIE | NSW

TUE 29 OCT | UNI – BAR ON THE HILL, NEWCASTLE | NSW

WED 30 OCT | DRIFTERS WHARF, GOSFORD | NSW

FRI 1 NOV | SYDNEY COLISEUM, ROOTY HILL | NSW

SAT 2 NOV | THE CUBE, CAMPBELLTOWN | NSW

SUN 3 NOV | WAVES TOWRADGI BCH HTL, WOLLONGONG | NSW

TUE 05 NOV | 170 RUSSELL ST, MELBOURNE | VIC

FRI 8 NOV | BRIDGEWAY HOTEL, POORAKA, ADELAIDE | SA

SAT 9 NOV | THE GOV , ADELAIDE | SA

SUN 10 NOV | NORTHERN SOUND SYSTEM EVENT CENTRE, ELIZABETH | SA

TUE 12 NOV | COMMERCIAL HOTEL, SOUTH MORANG | VIC

WED 13 NOV | VILLAGE GREEN, MULGRAVE | VIC

FRI 15 NOV | PIER BANDROOM, FRANKSTON | VIC

SAT 16 NOV | ALL SEASONS, BENDIGO | VIC

SUN 17 NOV | BARWON HEADS HOTEL, SURF COAST | VIC

THU 21 NOV | DISCOVERY, DARWIN | NT

FRI 22 NOV | NOONAMAH TAVERN BEER GARDEN AMPHITHEATRE | NT

TUE 26 NOV | ASTOR THEATRE, PERTH | WA

FRI 29 NOV | MUNDARING WEIR HTL AMPHITHEATRE, MUNDARING | WA

TUE 05 NOV | COUNTRY CLUB TASMANIA, LAUNCESTON | TAS

WED 4 DEC | FRANKIE J’s, DEVONPORT | TAS

FRI 06 DEC | ODEON THEATRE, HOBART | TAS