Well, here’s a co-headliner we definitely didn’t have on our 2027 bingo card: Soul Asylum and Ugly Kid Joe are joining forces for a five-date Australian tour next March.
The pair of ’90s alternative rock heavyweights will hit Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, with the tour marking Soul Asylum’s first trip down under in more than three decades.
Ugly Kid Joe – ‘Neighbor’
Proceedings will kick off at Perth’s Astor Theatre on Monday, 15th March before heading to Adelaide’s Hindley St Music Hall, Melbourne’s Forum and Sydney’s Roundhouse, wrapping up at Brisbane’s The Tivoli on Sunday, 21st March.
For Soul Asylum, the tour will mark their first Australian shows since the mid-1990s.
The Minneapolis rockers broke into the mainstream with their double-platinum 1992 album Grave Dancers Union, home to Somebody To Shove, Black Gold and, of course, their monster hit Runaway Train, which went on to win Best Rock Song at the 1994 GRAMMY Awards.
Fronted by Dave Pirner, Soul Asylum have since amassed 13 studio albums, most recently releasing Slowly But Shirley in 2024.
Ugly Kid Joe, meanwhile, will be making their first Australian visit since touring here in 2017 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut album America’s Least Wanted.
The California rockers made history with their 1991 debut EP As Ugly As They Wanna Be, which became the first EP to be certified multi-platinum by the RIAA, before finding further international success with tracks including Everything About You and their cover of Harry Chapin’s Cat’s In The Cradle.
And there could be some fresh material in the mix by the time they get here, too.
Ugly Kid Joe are currently working towards the as-yet-unannounced follow-up to their 2022 album Rad Wings Of Destiny, with guitarist and producer Dave Fortman teasing earlier this year that the new material is “back to metal”.
“Some are straight badass old metal,” he added.
Early bird presale tickets for Soul Asylum and Ugly Kid Joe’s 2027 Australian tour will go on sale from 11am local time on Monday, 14th September, before general tickets go on sale from 11am local time on Wednesday, 16th September.
Catch all the dates and details below.
Soul Asylum + Ugly Kid Joe 2027 Australian Tour
- MONDAY 15 MARCH 2027 – ASTOR THEATRE, PERTH
- WEDNESDAY 17 MARCH 2027 – HINDLEY ST MUSIC HALL, ADELAIDE
- THURSDAY 18 MARCH 2027 – FORUM, MELBOURNE
- SATURDAY 20 MARCH 2027 – ROUNDHOUSE, SYDNEY
- SUNDAY 21 MARCH 2027 – THE TIVOLI, BRISBANE
Early bird pre-sale tickets on sale: Monday 14 September @ 11:00am local time
To Gain Early Ticket Access Register Here -> https://daltours.cc/SoulAsylumUglyKidJoe
General tickets on sale: Wednesday 16 September @ 11:00am local time
Tickets from destroyalllines.com
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