The Dirty Three announce first national tour in over three years

Following a mini tour of the East Coast in December/January including performances at the Woodford Folk Festival, Sydney's Homebake Festival and a series of sold out Melbourne club shows, the Dirty Three, return to Australia this June for their first national tour in over three years.

Kicking off in Byron Bay, the tour will then take in Brisbane, Melbourne, Fremantle, Adelaide and Sydney before once again, the Dirty Three - drummer Jim White, violinist Warren Ellis and guitarist Mick Turner - return to their various posts.

The tour follows the release last year of Cinder, the band's seventh album.

Warren Ellis says of the album "The songs are much shorter, trimmed down, classic in composition. The album boasts violin, drums, guitar, bass, viola, mandolin, bouzouki, organ, piano, acoustic guitar, bagpipes and for the first time on a Dirty Three album, voice (from long time friend and collaborator Chan Marshall). Our approach this time was to load the car up with as many instruments as possible and then give each song what it needed."

So, make yourself available, when the Dirty Three come to your town on their first national tour in over three years.

Thursday, 15th June - Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay
Friday, 16th June - The Tivoli, Brisbane
Saturday, 17th June - The Forum, Melbourne
Tuesday, 20th June - Fly By Night Club, Fremantle
Wednesday, 21st June - Fly By Night Club, Fremantle
Thursday, 22nd June - The Governor Hindmarsh, Adelaide
Friday, 23rd June - @ Newtown, Sydney
Saturday, 24th June - Metro, Sydney

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