Spiderbait Announce 'Black Betty' 20th Anniversary Australian Tour

Aussie favourites Spiderbait are hitting the road from August through October to celebrate their “greatest hit of all”, Black Betty.

Their upcoming national tour honours the song that took them to #1 in Australia – fifteen years into their already storied career. As well as celebrating Black Betty, Spiderbait will play numerous greatest hits throughout the tour. Special guests Polish Club, Adalita, Private Function and Abbe May will be opening the shows – check out who’s opening your show below.

Beginning the tour at Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall (Tuesday, 13 August), Spiderbait and friends then head to Adelaide’s Hindley Street Music Hall (Friday, 16 August), Hobart’s Odeon Theatre (Saturday, 17 August), Bar On The Hill in Newcastle (Friday, 30 August), Waves in Wollongong (Saturday, 31 August), Perth’s Astor Theatre (Saturday, 14 September), Melbourne’s Forum (Friday, 20 September), Sydney’s Enmore Theatre (Saturday, 21 September), Gold Coast’s Miami Marketta (Sunday, 20 October), and wraps up at Canberra’s UC Refectory on Friday, 25 October.

Frontier Members can access pre-sale tickets on Monday, 20 May, at 10 am local time before the general sale opens at 10 am on Wednesday, 22 May. More ticketing information is available on the Frontier Touring website.

In addition to the tour, Spiderbait will release the album Black Betty is from, 2004’s Tonight Alright, on limited edition vinyl on Friday, 26 July. You can pre-order the vinyl here.

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“I can’t believe it’s 20 years since we released Black Betty and it went to number 1”, Kram commented in a statement. “Since then, the song has become a bit legendary for us and has racked up over a hundred million streams on Spotify and 75 million views on YouTube, which is nuts. The whole ride has been so awesome and was so unexpected.

“So to mark this mad anniversary of our biggest hit, we are announcing a very special tour to celebrate Black Betty and its 20th anniversary. We’re super pumped and can’t wait to see y’all out there. Come celebrate Black Betty with us!”.

Janet English added, “Nothing beats seeing live music; I’m really excited to bring everyone along with us and leave them with a big smile. Feels like we’re throwing a party in the machinery shed on the farm like the old days.”

Whitt said, “I loved touring this album 20 years ago. We went back to raw guitar, bass, and drums. That approach comes naturally to us.”