Karnivool Announce Three Shows As Badlands Bar Closes

Badlands Bar will close permanently in December, but it’s not closing without a last hurrah led by Karnivool hosting three gigs on Wednesday, 20 December, Thursday, 21 December and Friday, 21 December.

Badlands Bar owners wrote in a statement, “It was in the beginning...is now...and never shall be again... Having kicked things off for us back in 2016, we are stoked to announce local legends and great friends of Badlands, Karnivool, will be back to deliver 3 x nights of raw awesomeness for our final ever gigs before Badlands closes on Friday 22nd December.”

Tickets are expected to sell quickly, so book yours now via the Karnivool website.

Karnivool added in a social media post, “Hello Vooligans. We have a bit of a special one for you WA folks today. We were lucky enough to help launch Badlands Bar into the world, so it seemed fitting for us to wave the good folks there off one last time before it closes its doors. 3 shows, and a fine time.”

In addition to Karnivool playing the last-ever shows at Badlands Bar, the venue will host a Hello Goodbye Christmas Party by British India on Saturday, 16 December, a celebration of Psychedelic Porn Crumpets’ new album, Fronzoli, on Saturday, 11 December, while 90s rock heroes Def FX will return to the West Coast of Australia for the first time in 27 years to farewell Badlands Bar.

“I was lucky to live in WA for two years, and now living overseas I cannot wait to return to the magic of the Wild West and bring DEF FX with me,” Def FX’s enigmatic vocalist and author Fiona Horne said in a press release. “We will TURN IT UP AND PLAY IT LOUD and play your original faves to kick off the closing celebration week for the legendary venue that will always be BADLANDS BAR in our rockin’ hearts!”

In addition to all the greatness mentioned above, Regurgitator will perform their final Badlands shows on Saturday, 25 and Sunday, 26 November.

You can find the complete list of gigs happening in the next month and purchase tickets via the Badlands Bar website.

Badlands Bar organisers announced the venue’s closure back in July, citing rising costs, including increased costs of insurance premiums.

Organisers wrote in a social media post, “Being an independently owned small business, these massive increases coming straight after COVID have taken a huge toll on the business. This, in addition to other substantial increases in operating costs across the board in the past 12 months, means that Badlands is no longer financially viable.”