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Birds of Tokyo are finishing off a monster year with their recently announced Closer Tour.  The band will travel to twenty-two towns across the country to play their last shows for 2011 before heading into the studio for the summer.

Joining Birds Of Tokyo will be the increasingly buzzworthy punk rockers Boy In A Box (aka Tij Priddle). Boy In A Box’s singles, the catchy-as-hell, “Moon Comes Up” and “Glitter, Gold, Ruin”, have received loads of love on Triple J airwaves and a long-player is expected from the Melbourne-based band later this year.  Boy In A Box will join the tour from Newcastle onwards.

Also joining the tour will be Rockhampton locals, Busby Marou, who kick off the first two shows of the tour in Rockhampton and Bundaberg.  Then one of the country’s most genuinely exciting new bands, The Medics will kick off the evening for southern Queensland and Northern NSW shows.

The complete dates and venues for Birds Of Tokyo: Closer are as follows and just a reminder that no extra shows will be added to this tour so fans be sure to get your tickets early to avoid disappointment.

To coincide with the tour, the final single from Birds Of Tokyo’s self-titled award-winning album will be The Gap.  Check out the live video for The Gap here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEbwUUFovHQ

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Tuesday 6th Sep                  Great Western Hotel, Rockhampton (with guests Busby Marou)*
www.oztix.com.au 1300 762 545, www.greatwesternhotel.com.au 07 4922 3888

Wednesday 7th Sep                   Sugarland Tavern, Bundaberg (with guests Busby Marou)*
www.oztix.com.au 1300 762 545, www.sugarlandtavern.com.au 1300 883 411

Thursday 8th Sep                  Rumours International, Toowoomba (with guests The Medics)*
www.oztix.com.au 1300 762 545, www.ticketek.com.au 132 849, Wow Sight & Sound

Friday 9th Sep                                    Coolangatta Hotel, Gold Coast (with guests The Medics)*
www.oztix.com.au 1300 762 545 & usual outlets

Saturday 10th Sep                   The Hi-Fi, Brisbane (with guests The Medics)*
www.thehifi.com.au 1300 843 443 & usual outlets

Sunday 11th Sep                   A & I Hall, Bangalow (with guests The Medics)*
www.oztix.com.au 1300 762 545, The Northern Byron Bay, Barebones Bangalow, Mullum Books, All Music and Vision Stores Ballina, Lismore & Byron

Monday 12th Sep                  Sawtell RSL, Sawtell (with guests The Medics)*
www.oztix.com.au, 1300 762 545, www.sawtellrsl.com.au 02 6653 1577, Park Beach Music Coffs

Wednesday 14th Sep                  Newcastle Panthers, Newcastle
www.moshtix.com.au 1300 (GET TIX) 438 849  & usual outlets

Thursday 15th Sep                  The Metro, Sydney
www.ticketek.com.au 132 849 & usual outlets

Friday 16th Sep                  The Roxy, Parramatta
www.moshtix.com.au 1300 (GET TIX) 438 849, www.ticketek.com.au 132 849 & usual outlets

Saturday 17th Sep                  Wollongong University, Wollongong
www.bigtix.com.au, www.oztix.com.au 1300 762 545, Uni Shop & Redback Music, Wollongong

Sunday 18th Sep                   Batemans Bay Soldiers Club
www.oztix.com.au 1300 762 545, www.ticketek.com.au 132 849, www.baysoldiers.com.au(02) 4472 4117, BB Newsagency Clyde Street

Tuesday 20th Sep                  The G, CSU Albury
www.moshtix.com.au 1300 (GET TIX) 438 849, www.ticketek.com.au 132 849, Albury Convention Centre, Leading Edge Wangaratta, Lovell’s Newsagency Shepparton & usual Campus Outlets

Thursday 22nd Sep                  Pier Live, Frankston
www.ticketmaster.com.au 136 100, www.oztix.com.au 1300 762 545, www.pierlive.com.au 03 9783 9800, Scribes Newsagency Mornington

Friday 23rd Sep                  The Forum, Melbourne
www.ticketmaster.com.au 136 100  & usual outlets

Saturday 24th Sep                  Kay St Entertainment, Traralgon
www.moshtix.com.au 1300 (GET TIX) 438 849, www.ticketek.com.au 132 849, www.kayst.com.au 03 5176 0464, Leading Edge Traralgon, Sale Authorised Newsagency, Morwell Authorised Newsagency

Sunday 25th Sep                  Eureka Hotel, Geelong
www.moshtix.com.au 1300 (GET TIX) 438 849, www.oztix.com.au 1300 762 545, www.ticketek.com.au 132 849, GPAC, Westfield & The National Hotel Geelong, Leading Edge & Capricorn Records, Warrnambool

Tuesday 27th Sep                      HQ, Adelaide
www.venuetix.com.au 08 8225 8888, www.moshtix.com.au 1300 (GET TIX) 438 849 & usual outlets

Thursday 29th Sep                  The Astor, Perth
www.bocsticketing.com.au 08 9484 1133 & usual outlets

Friday 30th Sep                  Studio 146, Albany
www.heatseeker.com.au, www.moshtix.com.au 1300 (GET TIX) 438 849, Wakes Music & Vibes, Albany

Saturday 1st Oct                  Prince of Wales, Bunbury
www.moshtix.com.au 1300 (GET TIX) 438 849, www.heatseeker.com.au, Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre, Blue62 Sight + Sound, Busselton

Sunday 2nd Oct                   Metropolis, Fremantle
www.moshtix.com.au 1300 (GET TIX) 438 849, www.heatseeker.com.au & Usual outlets

 

Hi. Ladies and Gentlemans…meet our new anti-single: The Gap…we just want an excuse to show people this song…and in a “live” way..if it feels like some sort of beautiful machinery breaking down and preparing to rebuild…I think it’s meant to! Kinda the point…and kinda relevant to our camp at the moment…in the best possible way

Here’s to Meccano!
Adam S on behalf of the broken bones…

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Hey peeps,

Alright, it’s time to get up close and personal! We at Birds HQ are more than enthused to announce our last Australian tour for 2011: Closer throughout September/October.

Just as the warmer weather starts to roll around, this special run will be seeing us play in more intimate, sweaty venues and a lot of places that we haven’t touched on for quite some time… so we can all feel nice and close!

As we’re about to bunker down and spend some good quality time in the studio (excitement!) with our heads down and tail feathers up, this will be the last chance to see us play for the year.

We plan to preview some of the new material we’ve been working on at the upcoming shows so be sure to keep an ear out. We can’t wait for y’all to hear the start of the next phase but more on that later!

And as a treasured fanclub member, be on the lookout for an exclusive special pre-sale ticket offer sent to you on Wednesday 13th July which will be available only to people who have joined the club before this date.

It’s been a continual hell of a ride with the ‘Birds of Tokyo’ album and we’re looking forward to giving a shout out to you all to bookend this chapter of sorts very soon.

Adios por ahora

BoT

NATIONAL SEPT/OCT TOUR ANNOUNCE

It’s been a monster year for Birds of Tokyo … an album that’s nearly certified double platinum, multiple APRA Award nominations, a huge showing in Triple J’s Hottest 100 and an ARIA Award for Australia’s Best Rock Album.

Now the Birds are bringing it all to a close with the announcement of their last run of local gigs before heading into the studio for the summer.

Birds of Tokyo: Closer will take the band full circle. In an unusual move, rather than playing enormo-domes they will instead return to the rock clubs in which they cut their teeth over the years prior to the release of their current hit album.

Hence the name of the tour … Birds of Tokyo: Closer.

The band has recently been working on new songs and they are expected to roadtest a few of them for the first time at these upcoming shows. The complete dates and venues for Birds of Tokyo: Closer are as follows.

It is important to note that no extra shows will be added to this tour so fans are advised to get in quick.

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