Idles recently announced that they'll be touring Australia & NZ in January 2025. In celebration I thought I'd post these live photos I shot of them over five years ago.
There was a lot of anticipation surrounding Idles first tour of Australia in January 2019. I liked the albums and had heard good things about them live. But I wasn't prepared for how great they turned out to be - bringing so much physicality, intensity, uniqueness and what I can only describe as joy to their live performance. And the crowd was SO fucking into it.
This gig was their second sold out show in Sydney, at the Landsdowne. The next time they played Sydney, in November 2022, it was for two sold out shows at Enmore Theatre. And on this upcoming tour, in Sydney they're playing the Hordern.
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@freedomoffear made a very strong impression as the opening band on @carcassband & @theblackdahliamurder_official sold out show at at @manningbarsydney. Looking forward to seeing more of this outfit from Adelaide
📷 shot for @loudonline
Presented by @soundworks_touring_australia
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Melodic death metal fiends, The Black Dahlia Murder, backed up @carcassband recently on their tour of Australia & New Zealand. I shot them for @loudonline at their sold out show at @manningbarsydney ⚡🤘
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How many people can say that they've been a member of The Cramps, The Gun Club and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds? Kid Congo can. I've been lucky enough to see/photograph him live in Australia a number of times, with his band Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds.
He's back in the country for another tour, which kicks off tomorrow night in Melbourne. Joining him for these dates will be @mick_harvey9 (on bass) along with Mark Cisneros & Ron Miller.
And I'd highly recommend his relatively recently released memoir, Some New Kind of Kick 📖 🖤
📷 These photos are from September 1st 2016, when I photographed and interviewed him for Unbelievably Bad (RIP) at Oxford Art Factory.
Thursday 18th April 2024 – The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Friday 19th April 2024 – Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
Saturday 20th April 2024 – Lion Arts Factory., Adelaide
Sunday 21st April 2024 – Rosemount Hotel, Perth
Wednesday 24th April 2024 – Republic Bar, Hobart
Thursday 25th April 2024 – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
Friday 26th April 2024 – The Gum Ball, Lower Belford, NSW
Saturday 27th April 2024 – The Zoo, Brisbane
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2015 was the last time I got to see/photograph @carcassband
Awesome to see them back, for a sold out show at @manningbarsydney in Sydney. They offered up a fetid serve of songs spanning everything from more recent songs off 2021's Torn Arteries to highlights off Necroticism... , Heartwork and Swansong. They saved the most putrid for last, finishing with Exhume to Consume and Reek of Putrefaction from Symphonies of Sickness 🤘🤢🤘
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