A few days ago, The Used‘s Instagram went dark. Facebook ads began circulating, putting Australian fans on stand-by for a big announcement. This weekend, posters appeared at Good Things Festival, confirming a tour in August and September. And then, in the wee small hours of Tuesday morning, we finally had the big reveal – and it’s an absolute banger.
Emo icons The Used are hitting a massive milestone next year, celebrating 25 years of making us feel stuff. To mark the occasion, they’ve announced a huge world tour – and, for once, “world tour” includes Australia straight off the bat. (And, not just the east coast cities either!)
But they won’t just be hitting our cities for one night only. Instead, they’ll play three nights in each location, with each night dedicated to covering one of their first three albums. It’ll go chronologically, starting with self-titled debut The Used (expect “Taste of Ink”, “Buried Myself Alive”, and “Blue and Yellow”), before taking us back to 2004 with In Love and Death (“Take It Away”, “I Caught Fire”, “All That I’ve Got”). Finally, they’ll wrap up their residencies with Lies for the Liars (“Pretty Handsome Awkward” and “The Bird and the Worm”).
Here’s all the info we have so far:
- 13th August: The Tivoli, Brisbane*
- 14th August: The Tivoli, Brisbane^
- 16th August: The Tivoli, Brisbane~
- 17th August: Liberty Hall, Sydney*
- 19th August: Liberty Hall, Sydney^
- 20th August: Liberty Hall, Sydney~
- 22nd August: Northcote Theatre, Melbourne*
- 23rd August: Northcote Theatre, Melbourne^
- 25th August: Northcote Theatre, Melbourne~
- 26th August: The Gov, Adelaide*
- 28th August: The Gov, Adelaide^
- 29th August: The Gov, Adelaide~
- 31st August: Magnet House, Perth*
- 1st September: Magnet House, Perth^
- 3rd September: Magnet House, Perth~
* playing The Used, ^ playing In Love and Death, ~ playing Lies for the Liars
Tickets will go on sale through artist pre-sale on Wednesday December 12th at 9am local time. General sale will kick off on Friday at 9am. You can sign up for pre-sale access at Destroy All Lines.
We’ll keep you updated with support announcements as they come but, for now, go check in with your elder emo besties – to paraphrase another bunch of genre icons, they’re not okay!
