By popular demand, Meat Puppets have once again extended their upcoming Australian tour, adding two shows at Melbourne’s Ding Dong Lounge on Tuesday 27th May and Wednesday 28th May.
At the first show (27th), Meat Puppets will play a short ACOUSTIC set that will include much-loved Puppets songs ‘Oh Me’, ‘Lake of Fire’ and ‘Plateau’ (best known from the performance with Nirvana, during the band’s iconic MTV Unplugged set in 1993).
Cris Kirkwood has been creating art for decades, whether it is musical art or visions on canvas, his unique eye view has a texture all it’s own. Cris will bring a 30+ piece collection of his Art to exhibit at Ding Dong Lounge on Tuesday 27th May. There will also be an opportunity to meet Meat Puppets at a ‘Meet-n-greet’ at the venue – an extremely rare opportunity to see all the different layers that make up Meat Puppets!
The following night, the band will bring the full Meat Puppets live experience to the stage of Ding Dong Lounge on Wednesday 28th May. With shows already announced at Melbourne and Sydney’s Cherryrock’014 and in Hobart, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth, these will be Meat Puppets first Australian shows in over 20 years!
With a career that has spanned four decades, the Meat Puppets have witnessed countless musical movements and fads come and go, but despite it all, have stuck to their guns and retained a dedicated fan base. Along the way, the Puppets have made admirers out of some of rock’s most renowned names – most obviously Kurt Cobain, who personally invited the Puppets to appear on Nirvana’s classic performance, MTV Unplugged in New York – and have amassed a canon of timeless songs (“Plateau,” “Lake of Fire,” “Up on the Sun,” “Backwater,” etc.). Since 1981, the Meat Puppets have been crafting their sun-drenched, cosmic country and punk rock. With classic albums like Meat Puppets II, Up on the Sun, and Too High to Die, the band has acquired a diehard group of admirers including some of rock’s most renowned artists (Nirvana, Pavement, Soundgarden).
Meat Puppets are Curt Kirkwood and bassist Cris Kirkwood with drummer Shandon Sahm (son of Doug Sahm) and new addition on second guitar, Curt’s son, Elmo Kirkwood.
NIGHTMARE MUSIC, 123 AGENCY, TONE DEAF & RiSH PRESENTS…
Saturday 24th May 2014
HOBART, The Void – MONA – TAS
$49.50 + BF. Doors 8:30PM / Tickets on sale Thu,17th April
Tix on sale via www.mona.net.au
Sunday 25th May 2014
MELBOURNE, CherryRock014 – VIC
12 Noon – 9:30PM Tix www.cherrybar.com.au
Tuesday 27th May 2014
MELBOURNE, Ding Dong – VIC
MEAT PUPPETS ACOUSTIC SET + CRIS KIRKWOOD ART SHOW
+ MEAT PUPPETS MEET & GREET
Doors 7:30PM – ONLY $20.00 – Tix: Door Only
Wednesday 28th May 2014
MELBOURNE, Ding Dong – VIC
Doors 7:30PM – Full band show
TIX: www.oztix.com.au On-Sale Monday 28th April.
Thursday 29th May 2014
ADELAIDE, Fowlers Live – SA
Doors 7:30PM
LTD TICKET FOR ART SHOW & GIG: www.nightmaremusic.com.au
Friday 30th May 2014
BRISBANE, The Zoo – QLD
Doors 7:30PM.
LTD TICKET FOR ART SHOW & GIG: www.nightmaremusic.com.au
Saturday 31st May 2014
SYDNEY, CherryRock014 – NSW
From 2PM Tix www.factorytheatre.com.au
Monday 2nd June 2014
“ASTOR ROCKS” – 2 STAGES OF LIVE MUSIC!
PERTH, The Astor Theatre – WA
Doors 5PM – 11PM
TIX: http://www.showticketing.com.au / http://www.liveattheastor.com.au
w/ Meat Puppets, Brant Bjork, Hard-Ons, The Love Junkies, Axe Girl and more.