1000mods Announce Australia and New Zealand Touring
[PLEASE NOTE: This tour is canceled as of Feb. 13, 2023]
Greek heavy rock forerunners 1000mods are fresh off a run of European tour dates that took them as far north as Helsinki, and they’ve just announced that early next year they’ll travel to Australia and New Zealand for further touring. I find myself wondering if they might go to herald a new album release; it’s been two years and will be going on three since they issued 2020’s Youth of Dissent (review here), and that’s an awfully long way to go for a record that’s not new. But of course, the time since Youth of Dissent‘s Spring 2020 release hasn’t exactly been accommodating to album cycles, so if they’re looking to give that record its due before moving onto the next, one could hardly hold it against them. It was a better collection of songs than perhaps its clean production led listeners to believe, and I don’t have to imagine those tracks going over well live because there’s a Rockpalast video streaming below from this year that demonstrates it plainly. So there.
Whether or not they’ve got a studio release in the works — and if they do, great, and if not, it’s still 1000mods — they’ll hit Wollongong on Feb. 15 and wrap in Auckland on Feb. 27. There are a couple long drives here — Sunshine Coast to Adelaide is 23 hours by car, reportedly — but hell’s bells that’s a cool tour.
Here are the dates as posted on social media:
1000MODS – ***AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND TOUR 2023***
Dear friends,
we are extremely happy to be able to visit again Australia and for the first time ever New Zealand! Tour is presented by HEAVY Magazine and Foundry Touring
See you Down Under!
DATES:
15.02.23: Wollongong – La La La’s
16.02.23: Sydney – Lansdowne
17.02.23: Gold Coast – Vinnies Dive
18.02.23: Brisbane – The Zoo
19.02.23: Sunshine Coast – Kings Beach Tavern
22.02.23: Adelaide – Lion Arts Factory
23.02.23: Hobart – Altar
24.02.23: Melbourne – Corner Hotel
25.02.23: Wellington, NZ – Valhalla
26.02.23: Christchurch, NZ – 12 Bar
27.02.23: Auckland, NZ – Whammy!
Tickets on-sale now & available via
https://www.foundrytouring.com/1000modsaunz
https://www.instagram.com/1000mods/
https://www.facebook.com/1000mods/
https://1000mods.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/1000mods
