Following their seven-year hiatus, the return to Australia of Canadian rockers THE TEA PARTY this July sees the band welcomed back with open arms.

Thanks to the overwhelming support by fans in Melbourne & Brisbane, the SOLD OUT sign is up at The Palais & The Tivoli, with the other states soon to follow suit. For those lucky folk in Melbourne however, The Tea Party are set to rock the southern state once more with a 2nd show on Sunday July 15 at The Hi-Fi. Stuart Chatwood says, “We asked Paul Dainty, the promoter, if he could accommodate a club show for us on this tour. While we love doing theatres, there’s something about rolling up your sleeves and playing a packed rock club. It speaks to the roots of this band, the immediacy, the excitement…. we wanted to give fans the opportunity to see us in a different environment as opposed to just doing a repeat of the first SOLD OUT show at the Palais”. Tickets for The Hi-Fi show go on sale Monday July 2.

During this tour, The Palais (Melb) & Hordern Pavilion (Syd) shows will be recorded for a forthcoming Double Live Record. Fully funded by some dedicated Tea Party fans through http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/theteapartylive, the band will release a CD and Deluxe Gatefold Double Vinyl record (available through the Pledge site). Fans have happily snapped up pledged goodies on top of the live record, such as signed photos/setlists/drumheads/drumsticks, handwritten Thank You notes, producer credits, VIP Soundcheck tickets, Sennheiser Vocal Mics & headphones and plenty more… a few items are still available so get in quick. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Steve Hoffman Fund for Cancer Research.

JULY 2012 TOUR DATES
SAT 14 JULY – MELBOURNE – PALAIS THEATRE
SUN 15 JULY – MELBOURNE – THE HIFI
TUE 17 JULY – BRISBANE – THE TIVOLI
SAT 21 JULY – SYDNEY – HORDERN PAVILION
TUE 24 JULY – ADELAIDE – THEBARTON THEATRE
THU 26 JULY – PERTH – METRO CITY

Full Details and Ticketing information at http://www.daintygroup.com