The Frontier Touring Company are pleased to announce that one of this year’s most acclaimed rock groups The Dead Weather are heading to our shores for the first time ever in March 2010.
Birthed from a collision of some of the greatest musicians in the genre, The Dead Weather includes Alison Mosshart of The Kills on lead vocals, Jack White, originally of The White Stripes on drums, White’s Raconteur bandmate Jack Lawrence on bass and former Raconteur Dean Fertita, also of Queens of the Stone Age, on guitar.
It all started when Mosshart filled in for an unwell White at the end of a Kills/Raconteurs tour. So noticeable was the chemistry that they realised there was potential to take things further. An impromptu jam session ensued and fifteen days later, Horehound was finished and The Dead Weather was formed.
Horehound, the band’s debut LP, was released earlier this year by White’s vinyl label Third Man Records (and out now through Sony Australia). It features a hybrid of styles with each member’s distinct contributions creating a sound like no other.
“The tracks — a sludgy, bluesy blend of psych-rock guitar, alternately stark and explosive rhythms and Mosshart’s sultry-to-siren vocal — take relatively logical leaps from the members’ other bands, White’s groove-heavy drumming elevating the Dead Weather’s Stripes-esque blues-rock moods and Fertita and Mosshart pulling in atmosphere and disaffected cool, respectively” – Rolling Stone
On the live front The Dead Weather have been taking the US and UK by storm, with NME UK writing ““In the flashy if regimented world of live music, The Dead Weather already seem like a rarity in that respect…Take your eyes off this lot for a second and you run the risk of missing something extraordinary.” Their onstage presence reflects the raw energy sparking from their collaborative talent and is a performance certainly not to be missed!
So be sure to secure your tickets quickly for their upcoming March 2010 shows in Auckland, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth. Tickets go on-sale to the general public at 9am Tuesday 24 November through Ticketek.
Pre-sale tickets available via The Frontier Touring Company - The Frontier Touring Company - Home from Thursday 19 November.
THE DEAD WEATHER
Australia & New Zealand March 2010
Tickets on sale 9am Tuesday 24 November
Wednesday 17 March Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland All Ages
Ticketek 0800 842 538 or Altsounds.com | Independent Music Journalism - For The People, By The People
Friday 19 March Forum Theatre, Melbourne 18+
Ticketek 132 849 or Altsounds.com | Independent Music Journalism - For The People, By The People
Tuesday 23 March The Tivoli, Brisbane 18+
Ticketek 132 849 or Altsounds.com | Independent Music Journalism - For The People, By The People
Friday 26 March Enmore Theatre, Sydney All Ages
Ticketek 132 849 or Altsounds.com | Independent Music Journalism - For The People, By The People
Monday 29 March Metro City, Perth 18+
Ticketek 132 849 or Altsounds.com | Independent Music Journalism - For The People, By The People
Birthed from a collision of some of the greatest musicians in the genre, The Dead Weather includes Alison Mosshart of The Kills on lead vocals, Jack White, originally of The White Stripes on drums, White’s Raconteur bandmate Jack Lawrence on bass and former Raconteur Dean Fertita, also of Queens of the Stone Age, on guitar.
It all started when Mosshart filled in for an unwell White at the end of a Kills/Raconteurs tour. So noticeable was the chemistry that they realised there was potential to take things further. An impromptu jam session ensued and fifteen days later, Horehound was finished and The Dead Weather was formed.
Horehound, the band’s debut LP, was released earlier this year by White’s vinyl label Third Man Records (and out now through Sony Australia). It features a hybrid of styles with each member’s distinct contributions creating a sound like no other.
“The tracks — a sludgy, bluesy blend of psych-rock guitar, alternately stark and explosive rhythms and Mosshart’s sultry-to-siren vocal — take relatively logical leaps from the members’ other bands, White’s groove-heavy drumming elevating the Dead Weather’s Stripes-esque blues-rock moods and Fertita and Mosshart pulling in atmosphere and disaffected cool, respectively” – Rolling Stone
On the live front The Dead Weather have been taking the US and UK by storm, with NME UK writing ““In the flashy if regimented world of live music, The Dead Weather already seem like a rarity in that respect…Take your eyes off this lot for a second and you run the risk of missing something extraordinary.” Their onstage presence reflects the raw energy sparking from their collaborative talent and is a performance certainly not to be missed!
So be sure to secure your tickets quickly for their upcoming March 2010 shows in Auckland, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth. Tickets go on-sale to the general public at 9am Tuesday 24 November through Ticketek.
Pre-sale tickets available via The Frontier Touring Company - The Frontier Touring Company - Home from Thursday 19 November.
THE DEAD WEATHER
Australia & New Zealand March 2010
Tickets on sale 9am Tuesday 24 November
Wednesday 17 March Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland All Ages
Ticketek 0800 842 538 or Altsounds.com | Independent Music Journalism - For The People, By The People
Friday 19 March Forum Theatre, Melbourne 18+
Ticketek 132 849 or Altsounds.com | Independent Music Journalism - For The People, By The People
Tuesday 23 March The Tivoli, Brisbane 18+
Ticketek 132 849 or Altsounds.com | Independent Music Journalism - For The People, By The People
Friday 26 March Enmore Theatre, Sydney All Ages
Ticketek 132 849 or Altsounds.com | Independent Music Journalism - For The People, By The People
Monday 29 March Metro City, Perth 18+
Ticketek 132 849 or Altsounds.com | Independent Music Journalism - For The People, By The People
