THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Announce 2017 Australian Tour
November 14, 2016, 8 years ago
The Devil Wears Prada will head to Australia next April for a five-date run, marking the band's first "down under" concerts since the Soundwave Festival in 2015. Being As An Ocean will support on all dates.
In support of Prada's latest album, Transit Blues (Rise Records), the trek will take the band to the country's major cities. The complete itinerary is below.
April
6 - Eatons Hill - Brisbane, Australia
7 - Metro Theatre - Sydney, Australia
8 - Corner Hotel - Melbourne, Australia
11 - Fowlers Live - Adelaide, Australia
12 - Amplifier Bar - Perth, Australia
On December 2nd, 2015 in San Bernardino, CA, 14 people were killed and 22 seriously injured in the biggest mass shooting since Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. Eight days later, The Devil Wears Prada's Mike Hranica drove from his Chicago home to meet up with guitarist Kyle Sipress in Kansas City to write and demo new material for what would become Transit Blues (out now via Rise Records). Both very much affected by the escalating gun violence the world had been experiencing, "Lock & Load" began to take shape.
Check out what Hranica has to say below:
(Photo - Anthony Barlich)