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SOLD OUT | Transvision Vamp // Brisbane // First AU tour in 27 Years // The Triffid // 18+

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๐‘ซ๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’๐’š ๐‘จ๐’๐’ ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’” ๐‘ท๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’๐’•๐’”

๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐•๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ
๐น๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘‡๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘› 27 ๐‘Œ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ 

Tสœแดœส€sแด…แด€ส 12แด›สœ Fแด‡ส™ส€แดœแด€ส€ส 2026
Tสœแด‡ Tส€ษช๊œฐ๊œฐษชแด…, Bส€ษชsส™แด€ษดแด‡ 18+
Dแดแดส€s 7แด˜แด

๐’๐Ž๐‹๐ƒ ๐Ž๐”๐“

British pop rock band ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐•๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ are bringing their 80โ€™s smash hits down under for t๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐๐ž๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ. Headlining cities across Australia in February 2026, the group will be playing the nostalgia-filled favourites you know and love.

Rising to fame in the late 80โ€™s, ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐•๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ enjoyed unbelievable success in Australia. With their top single โ€œBaby I Donโ€™t Careโ€ reaching number 3 in the UK and Australian Charts, the band drew global media attention for their rebellious and anarchic image. They will be bringing iconic tracks like โ€œ๐๐š๐›๐ฒ ๐ˆ ๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐žโ€, โ€œ๐ˆ ๐–๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐žโ€ and โ€œ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ž๐ง๐žโ€ to venues in Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

Formed in 1986, their 1988 debut album ๐‘ท๐’๐’‘ ๐‘จ๐’“๐’• peaked at #4 on the UK album charts and was ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š. ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐•๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ followed up with their notorious 1989 album ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ง, delivering their #1 hit โ€œBaby I Donโ€™t Careโ€. Proving to be their most successful year, 1989 saw the band spent 20 weeks in the Australian top 50 single charts and 25 in the top 100 album charts.

Front-woman Wendy James went on to pursue a successful solo career spanning an additional seven studio albums, including a notable collaboration with Elvis Costello. She served as a feminist symbol in the 80โ€™s for unapologetic self-expression and fearless leadership.

Wendy says โ€๐ผ ๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘–ฬจ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฆ! ๐ผ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘  ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž, ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ , ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘›. ๐ผโ€™๐‘š ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘’!โ€

๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐•๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ have cemented themselves as an 80โ€™s staple, known for their collision of brash punk and commercial pop. Joining Wendy James on an unmissable Australian Tour is Alex Ward (The Thurston Moore Group) on Guitar, Dave Parsons (Transvision Vamp) on Bass, and James Sclavunos (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds) on Drums. It is time to get your leather jacket out and your dancing shoes on.

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