The Living End Tickets

Short Biography
2008 proved to be a huge success for THE LIVING END and now the clock has clicked over to celebrate another year the band continue to maintain their dominance as the rock band of the year as they kicked into a new gear with extraordinary performances on the national Big Day Out tour.

May 2009 will be diarised as the Australian rock calendar event of the year with a tour of four capital cities featuring three of Australia's hottest rock bands, THE LIVING END will be joined by special guests Gyroscope and Tame Impala on the The Raise The Alarm tour, this will be THE LIVING END's only major city performances for 2009. Also a reminder these venues are suitable for an all ages a...

Short Biography
2008 proved to be a huge success for THE LIVING END and now the clock has clicked over to celebrate another year the band continue to maintain their dominance as the rock band of the year as they kicked into a new gear with extraordinary performances on the national Big Day Out tour.

May 2009 will be diarised as the Australian rock calendar event of the year with a tour of four capital cities featuring three of Australia's hottest rock bands, THE LIVING END will be joined by special guests Gyroscope and Tame Impala on the The Raise The Alarm tour, this will be THE LIVING END's only major city performances for 2009. Also a reminder these venues are suitable for an all ages audience giving an opportunity for the army of youngsters who love the band to get their live Living End hit for one last time this year! Tickets are on sale from Thursday February 26th and with the band having won over a whole new breed of fans these shows are sure to sell out fast!

Their highly successful ‘White Noise' album proved to be a phenomenal return to form for THE LIVING END, the single was undoubtedly the rock anthem of the year with national airplay on all major radio formats and killer live performances on a broad range of national TV shows. In October last year the band opened the prestigious ARIA Awards with a killer live performance of their epic single ‘White Noise'. Nominated for four ARIA awards including single and album of the year they took out the coveted Best Rock Album. The ‘White Noise' single and album are currently just shy of platinum and for a band with a work ethic second to none; the Raise The Alarm tour will bring continued success for the band and their critically lauded album.

‘White Noise' is destined to become their most successful single and album since their 5 x platinum debut. The single spent 6 weeks in the top 5 airplay chart and 24 weeks in the ARIA Top 50. Their new single ‘Raise The Alarm' out now, will certainly see THE LIVING END continue their supreme reign of the Australian rock scene. As a special added bonus for fans, March 7th sees the release of a special rarities collection edition of ‘White Noise'. With a bonus disc featuring eleven never before released tracks, this rarities CD will be a vital item for any fervent fan of THE LIVING END!

Renowned for putting on power pumped performances Gyroscope received critical acclaim last year with their number one debuting album ‘Breed Obsession'. They completed their biggest ever national tour on the back of the release of their momentous and poignant single ‘Australia' which became a sing along anthem along the way. ‘Breed Obsession was accredited gold status and was also nominated at the ARIA's for rock album of the year. The Raise The Alarm tour will be Gyroscope's first major shows for nine months and their last shows before they buckle down to record a new album.
Tame Impala, deliver an inimitable style of classic psych rock blending serious riffs with grand grooves with pounding drums. This psychedelic trio from Perth released their debut EP in October last year and toured with luminary acts such as The Black Keys, Mess Hall, Rocket Science, You Am I, Futureheads & Yeasayer as well as MGMT. Tame Impala's forthcoming debut album will see release later this year.

All three bands pack a powerful punch in the live arena and with their combined passion; commitment, and sincere dedication, The Raise The Alarm tour will deliver one hell of a rockin' ride!

Video Hits, Triple M, Channel [V], Max and MySpace present
RAISE THE ALARM tour dates-THE LIVING END, Gyroscope & Tame Impala:
Tickets on sale Thursday February 26th, 2008, tickets cost $59.90 inclusive of gst and booking fee.

Fri May 08 - Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, NSW - All Ages
Tickets: Ticketmaster www.ticketmaster.com.au 136 100

Fri May 22 - Challenge Stadium, Mt Claremont. Perth, WA - All Ages
Tickets: Ticketmaster www.ticketmaster.com.au 136 100

THE LIVING END - New Single RAISE THE ALARM available digitally NOW.

White Noise Rarities Collector's edition out March 7, 2009

In-depth Biography
Australian punkabilly band the Living End started out jamming together and playing covers under the name Runaway Boys (after the Stray Cats song). Singer Chris Cheney had an obsession with the Stray Cats, to the point where, once he found Scott Owen to form a group with, he talked the piano-playing Owen into learning standup bass à la his American favorites. They met through their older sisters while attending the same high school, Wheelers Hill Secondary College, in Melbourne. Until they left school they went though a succession of drummers, developing a healthy following and reputation in Melbourne's active rockabilly scene.

While that scene gave the renamed Living End a couple of gigs a week, they quickly outgrew it, both in popularity and attitude. With 1995's EP/mini-album Hellbound, they turned their back on '50s rock revivalism and adapted that instrumentation to original songs steeped in U.K. punk. Their next EP, 1996's It's for Your Own Good, provided the first alternative radio breakthrough, with the song "From Here on In." During the six months the EP spent on the indie charts, they changed drummers for Travis Dempsey, still in rockabilly style, standing up at his kit. The group now found themselves in such demand that they felt they needed a quick release to tide themselves over while touring. They recorded new songs, "Second Solution" and "Prisoner of Society"; continued the theme with their version of the theme from a cult Australian TV series, Prisoner; and added live versions of songs from the Hellbound days their new fans might not have caught up with. The resulting EP was expected to equal "From Here on In"'s success on the alternative scene. It did far better. "Second Solution/Prisoner of Society" was the biggest selling Australian-made "single" of the entire '90s decade. It spent 37 weeks in the mainstream Top 40.

When the Living End released their self-titled first album in October 1998, it entered the sales charts at number one and sold platinum. After global tours, the band issued Roll On in early 2001. Their slick third album, Modern Artillery, their first with producer Mark Trombino (Jimmy Eat World, Drive Like Jehu), appeared three years later. The album featured new drummer Andy Strachan, who had replaced Dempsey just prior to recording. The band spent much of 2004 on the road, including U.S. tours opening for both Jet and the Vines, and later blink-182 and No Doubt. The singles collection From Here on In appeared that year as well. Entering the studio in early 2005, work began on album number four with producer Nick Launay, who had also worked on their earlier album, Roll On. The resulting State of Emergency appeared in Australia in February 2006, debuting at number one on the Australian charts. The Living End next hooked up with Adeline/East West for the record's North American release. Issued that July, the band spent the summer stateside on much of the Warped Tour before heading back home by the end of August for headlining dates with End of Fashion and Red Riders. ~ Ed Nimmervoll, All Music Guide