Veterans of the Australian music landscape (they have 11 ARIA Awards as well as 15 WAM Awards to their name) rockers Eskimo Joe will tour nationally March-April 2022.
The trio of Stuart MacLeod, Kav Temperley and Joel Quartermain will be performing two of their classic albums – 2004's 'A Song Is A City' and 2006's 'Black Fingernails, Red Wine' – back-to-back for the very first time live; while diehard fans can expect live renditions of a few of the band's other iconic tunes ('Who Sold Her Out', pretty please?!).The news also comes packaged with the release of a freshly dropped Eskimo Joe song titled '99 Ways' – a track that lead singer Kav describes as "an isolation love song". It follows the release last winter of 'Say Something', their first new song in seven years.
"We are super excited to announce that we'll be hitting the road in 2022 and playing our albums 'A Song Is A City' and 'Black Fingernails, Red Wine' in full, back-to-back," Temperley says.
"We've had this planned for quite some time, but were unable to go ahead due to COVID outbreaks and restrictions.
"So, in the interest of wanting to give our fans something to look forward to after this crazy year we've just had, we're announcing our 2022 tour now. This gives us a chance to plan a really spectacular show.
"Some of these songs have never been played live before, but every song on each of these albums means so much to us and signifies such an important time in our lives and our career as a band. We can't wait to relive them all with you."
General tickets on sale 19 February from 1pm local time. More information.
Eskimo Joe 2022 Tour Dates
Sat 5 Mar - Fremantle Arts CentreSat 12 Mar - Thebarton Theatre (Adelaide)
Sat 19 Mar - Odeon Theatre (Hobart)
Fri 25 Mar - Forum Melbourne
Thu 31 Mar - Anita's Theatre (Wollongong)
Fri 1 Apr - Enmore Theatre (Sydney)
Fri 8 Apr - The Tivoli (Brisbane)
