Seminal Australian rock band The Church are hitting the road later this year for An Evening with The Church.
As 2018 marks the 30th anniversary of the four-piece’s most beloved album, the tour will see Australian and New Zealand fans treated to an extraordinary performance of Starfish performed in its entirety, as well as a number of greatest hits spanning the band’s incredible 38-year career.
Starfish features the band’s best known song Under the Milky Way which has been covered by everyone from legendary Australian entertainer Jimmy Little, to Sia and Grant Lee Phillips. The Killers have performed it in live shows and New Zealand band Strawpeople created a trip-hop version.
Most recently Western Australian artist Gina Williams included the song on her Bindi Bindi album delivering the tune in Noongar language.
An Evening with The Church begins at Wollongong’s Anita’s Theatre on Friday 23 November, before touring theatres in Newcastle, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Auckland and Adelaide before concluding at Perth’s Concert Hall on Sunday 9 December.
Forming in Sydney in 1980, The Church’s extensive career has cemented them as one of Australia’s most enduring bands of the post-punk era and well-deserving of their place in the ARIA Hall of Fame.
Having refined their unique and defining sound over the course of a remarkable 26 albums within 35 years, including Starfish, The Blurred Crusade and Priest=Aura, the band have received international acclaim with fans within Australia and New Zealand and across the world still enjoying their iconic music today.
As one of the hardest working and enduring bands in the industry, singer-songwriter and bass player Steve Kilbey, founding member and multi-instrumentalist Peter Koppes and drummer Tim Powles together with guitarist Ian Haug continue to look towards the future while celebrating their successful past.
With the addition of Haug in 2014, formerly of iconic Australian band Powderfinger, the band released acclaimed album Further/Deeper that same year and with follow-up Man Woman Life Death Infinity released in 2017, The Church are giving no indication of slowing down anytime soon.
For tickets to the Perth show head to Ticketmaster
Source: Media Release
