Seminal Australian favourites, The Church, will be hitting the road for their ‘The Already Yesterday’ tour which will see them perform in theatres across the country. Music lovers have been under their spell since their debut album in 1981.
The November / December tour will treat fans with a selection of songs from the band’s first four albums and beyond – ‘Of Skins & Heart’, ‘The Blurred Crusade’, ‘Séance’, and ‘Heyday’. Collectively, these albums spawned some of the band's biggest hits including ‘The Unguarded Moment’, ‘Almost With You’, and ‘Electric Lash’ which have become staples on radio playlists globally.
The Church are one of the most successful and enduring groups of the post-punk era and continue to remain a treasured creative force. They were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2010 reaffirming their status as one of the world’s greatest live bands.
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TOUR DATES 2024
SYDNEY │ ENMORE THEATRE
SAT 23 NOV | SOLD OUT
MELBOURNE │ PALAIS THEATRE
THU 28 NOV GET TICKETS
BRISBANE │ FORTITUDE MUSIC HALL
FRI 29 NOV GET TICKETS
HOBART │ ODEON THEATRE
SAT 30 NOV GET TICKETS
PERTH │ ASTOR THEATRE
THU 05 DEC | SOLD OUT
ADELAIDE │ HINDLEY ST MUSIC HALL
SAT 07 DEC GET TICKETS
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VIP PACKAGES are available at all shows and can be purchased directly through the main ticketing link.
VIP Side Stage Package and VIP Meet & Greet Package. Check the ticketing sites for more details.
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Of Skins & Heart – the debut album was released in April 1981. Produced by Chris Gilbey and Bob Clearmountain – it boasts the singles ‘She Never Said’, ‘Tear It All Away’ and of course – ‘The Unguarded Moment’; a Top 30 single in both Australia + New Zealand. The track was described by Rolling Stone journalist David Fricke as a ‘jangling gem’. The single propelled the album to similarly peak in the Australian Top 30 in 1981. The album is now proudly pressed on 180-gram white vinyl to coincide with the 2024 tour.
The Blurred Crusade – the second album was released in March 1982, less than a year after their debut. Again, produced by Bob Clearmountain and boasting the singles ‘Almost With You’ and ‘When You Were Mine’ – the album has gone on to be held in particularly high esteem with fans. In 2010, the recording was included in the ‘100 Greatest Australian Albums publication’. As described by Melody Maker at the time: ‘Taking unusually uncool risks and carrying them off with poise and panache, The Church sound unbelievably confident, Kilbey's fragile celebrations of the tricks and trials of the hedonistic human psyche hung in free prairies of wide-open space for the listener's imagination to explore’. The album is now proudly pressed on 180-gram blue vinyl to coincide with the 2024 tour.
Séance – the third album was released in June 1983. Produced by the band and John Bee – it featured the singles ‘Electric Lash’ and ‘It’s No Reason’. Described by Sounds Magazine at the time as ‘quite simply timeless’ – Seance is distinctive in the catalogue of The Church for the increased prominence of keyboards relative to previous recordings and its trademark drum sound. The album is now proudly pressed on 180-gram pink vinyl to coincide with the 2024 tour.
Heyday – the fourth album was released in November 1985. Produced by Peter Walsh, singles from the album included ‘Columbus’, ‘Tantalized’ and ‘Disenchanted’. The album shows a continued evolution in the band – displaying an increased prominence of full group compositions in the tracklisting. David Fricke of Rolling Stone remarked at the time: ‘As its title implies, Heyday is prime Church. Go forth and dig it.’ The album is now proudly pressed on 180-gram red vinyl to coincide with the 2024 tour.
Coloured vinyl editions of Of Skins & Heart, The Blurred Crusade, and Séance are out now; and Heyday (out September) are available from The Sound Of Vinyl.
