The Jesus And Mary Chain Announce Aus Tour To Celebrate 40th Anniversary

The Jesus And Mary Chain have announced a five-date Australian tour to celebrate their 40th anniversary as a band, hitting all the regular hotspots this August.

The trek will kick off in Sydney (Eora) on Thursday August 1, with the iconic Scottish alt-rockers set to take over the Enmore Theatre. They’ll up head to Brisbane next, playing The Tivoli on Saturday August 3, before rolling on south to play The Forum in Melbourne (Naarm) the following night (August 4). The week after that, they’ll wrap the tour up with a show at the Hindley Street Music Hall in Adelaide (Kaurna) on Tuesday August 6, and the Astor Theatre in Perth (Boorloo) on Thursday August 8.

Tickets for all five shows go on sale at 12pm AEST next Wednesday (May 8), following a presale that kicks off at the same time this Friday (May 3) – head here for all the info on both sales.

The tour comes a little over five years since The Jesus And Mary Chain last made it over to our shores, with their last Australian tour going down in March of 2019. That trek served to promote their 2017 album Damage And Joy (a record that infamously earned a one-star review from TheMusic.com.au), which they followed up just weeks ago with the March release of Glasgow Eyes.

In a review of a show from their last Australian tour, TheMusic.com.au described The Jesus And Mary Chain’s live performance as “a truly rollercoaster set that showed why [the band] will forever be etched in the history of alternative rock”.

THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN

‘40 YEARS’ AUSTRALIAN TOUR

Thursday August 1 – Eora/Sydney, Enmore Theatre
Saturday August 3 – Meanjin/Brisbane, The Tivoli
Sunday August 4 – Naarm/Melbourne, The Forum
Tuesday August 6 – Kaurna/Adelaide, Hindley Street Music Hall
Thursday August 8 – Boorloo/Perth, Astor Theatre

Tickets: sbmpresents.com