Because they have a tour to sell tickets for, TISM have been cajoled into releasing a new single ’70s Football from their forthcoming album, DEATH TO ART, out October 4.
We have assembled some of the responses to the news of TISM’s impending Australian tour, tickets are on sale now.
“Having spent their twenty-five years’ absence safely out of the lion’s den, with Death To Art tour announcement TISM go back in for their hat.” – Bruce Lehrmann
“Absolutely griping.” – Illiterate Online Show Off
“Do you mean ‘absolutely gripping music’?” – Pedant Association
“TISM are like me: in great form! Fit, pumped, on the ’roids. Haemorrhoids.” – Pete Evans
“Sorry! I was just trying to be smart! Everyone keeps saying that to me: ‘Ha, ha, Bruce, show us your hat!’ I’ll never be able to buy a hat again, you know that?! Isn’t that punishment enough? And just the other day I had my ‘Warnie Hat Trick MCG 1994’ t-shirt on, and everyone was laughing at me, and I didn’t know why, and now I’ll have to sell it once I wash the cocaine out of it.” – Bruce Lehrmann
“I mean griping. They complain a lot.” – Less Illiterate Than We First Thought Online Show Off
“Surely they mean Deaf To Art?” – Nick Cave
“Not as good as The Mavis’s.” – The Mavis’s
“The Mavis’s what?” – Possessive Apostrophe Association
“Fuck off.” – The Mavii
“Good Father’s Day gift.” – Anyone under 30
“It was great. I could see my limbs, but they weren’t part of my body.” – Australian Ketamine Disassociation
(To be fair, TISM aren’t certain the AKD was actually talking about the tour.)
“Linda Reynolds told me to say TISM are shit. I think it was Reynolds. Might’ve been Angus Taylor. Or Dan Tehan. Look, to be honest, when you’re working at The Australian sometimes it’s hard for a fair and balanced journalist to know which mediocre shadow-cabinet minister’s mouthpiece you currently are.” – Janet Albrechtsen
“I strongly resent the implication above that my opinions are not my own. I suppose you’ll ignore – yet again – the story I broke years ago that at The Guardian they supply every journalist with small, mysterious bottles of poisonous fluid designed to change the racial balance of our society. They even call it ‘White Out’! Yet no-one complains, except us here drinking Glenfiddich at 3:00 am in the C-suite at The White Australian.” – Janet Albrechtsen
“The Australian. I meant The Australian, of course, not the White Australian. How silly of me! Innocent mistake! Don’t tell Rupert or Lachie! The roll out of the new branding isn’t due for public release until the campaign against the Makaratta comm— Oh! No!” – Janet Albrechtsen
“Fuck it, who cares? And why do we need a Macarena commission anyway? I’m sick of that song.” – Janet Albrechtsen
“TISM have gone over the cliff. And don’t fucking tell anyone I said that.” – Ben Roberts-Smith
Phil DeFreitas, lbw Warne, 0
Darren Gough, c Healy, b Warne, 0
Devon Malcolm, c Boon, b Warne, 0” – TISM
[Please note: drug testing is available at all TISM live shows. Present your pills at the WAC (“Worried Adult Children”) tent and see if you’ve purchased the pure stuff, including your pills for cholesterol, arthritis and, TISM’s own favourite, estrogen deficiency.]
TISM return armed with a tantalising trifecta with their first headline run since 2004 in October and November. The upcoming Death To Art Tour is bound to go down in Australian music history, with TISM set to be joined by fellow Aussie icons ESKIMO JOE, MACHINE GUN FELLATIO, BEN LEE and THE MAVIS’S.
With four of the country’s most iconic acts teaming up for the Death To Art Tour, this historic run of shows not only mark these as TISM‘s first headline shows over two decades, it sees fellow sonic scoundrels MACHINE GUN FELLATIO reform for the first time in 19 years, as well as THE MAVIS’S reforming for the first time in six years.
Releasing a brand new single I’ve Gone Hillsong in 2022, the group’s first new material in close to 20 years, TISM also teased at the time an album which did not exist. Fast-forward to 2024, and TISM have since released a new EP, 2023’s The “C” Word, complete with caterwauling commentary and chaotic charisma. And, as of today, the beloved unruly collective have ventured into a brand new chapter, unleashing the title track single and video from their forthcoming full length album Death To Art, officially due out on October 4.
TISM have retained their anonymous and cult-like status since first forming back in the early 1980s. Laced with nihilistic humour and gleeful sarcasm, as well as a razor-sharp penchant for hybrid dance, pop and rock, TISM may have kept their identities a secret all this time, but their impact on the Australian musical landscape remains undeniable.
With six studio albums under their balaclavas, including their 1988 debut Great Truck’ Songs of the Renaissance and 2004’s The White Albun, TISM have also released multiple live and compilation albums and EPs over the years, spawning enduring fan-favourites, including ‘(He’ll Never Be An) Ol’ Man River’ and ‘Greg! The Stop Sign!!‘, millions of streams, and also snagging the seal of approval from longtime fan, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. And as any fan who has ever attended a live show will attest to, there really isn’t anything quite in this universe like a TISM performance, whether clad in their balaclava best or attaching giant balloons to their jumpsuits as seen at their illustrious appearances at Good Things Festival in 2022 alongside Bring Me The Horizon, Deftones and many more.
Once dubbed “the most dangerous band in Australia”, MACHINE GUN FELLATIO have remained as one of the country’s most prolific acts; a fact made even more impressive since they broke up back in 2005. In 2024, the group’s live shows are still being talked about, with their touring history spanning two Big Day Out appearances, sold out shows in the UK and the USA, tours alongside Robbie Williams, Kiss, Primus and Duran Duran, and plenty of hedonistic headline shows packed to the rafters. With singles that dominated the airwaves, including ‘Pussytown‘ and ‘The Girl Of My Dreams (Is Giving Me Nightmares)‘ and an ARIA Award in their wake, MGF band members Pinky and Chit Chat also helped to pen The Whitlam’s hit 1997 single ‘No Aphrodisiac‘. Calling it a day back in 2005, MACHINE GUN FELLATIO are roaring back and re-forming for three special shows with their friends, heroes, and fellow rascals, TISM.
From humble beginnings in Fremantle through to commanding 35 ARIA Award nominations, repeated triple j Hottest 100 appearances, an international fanbase, and six studio albums, indie rockers ESKIMO JOE are undoubtedly one of Australia’s most beloved acts; and this trio certainly aren’t slowing down anytime soon. Recently releasing a brand new single The First Time, ESKIMO JOE also appeared at the 2023 edition of Good Things Festival alongside Fall Out Boy, Limp Bizkit, Devo and many, many more, performing to packed and adoring crowds that spurred them to release new music. From their 2001 debut album Girl through to their breakout albums, 2004’s A Song Is A City and 2006’s platinum Black Fingernails, Red Wine, ESKIMO JOE have also snagged eight ARIA Award wins and multiple nominations, all while continuously charming audiences across the globe with their dynamic live show.
Discovered in his teens during the 90s as part of the Aussie lofi punk act Noise Addict, BEN LEE‘s prolific career has been nothing short of astonishing. Turning his gaze to a solo career in the mid 90s, BEN LEE has established himself as one of Australia’s bona fide finest, whether penning chart-smashing hits (‘Cigarettes Will Kill You’, ‘Gamble Everything For Love’ and ‘Catch My Disease‘), instrumental albums (Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work) or children’s albums (Ben Lee Sings Songs About Islam For The Whole Family). Entertaining and unpredictable, BEN LEE has collaborated with Josh Radnor, Ben Folds, Ben Kweller, and Sara Silverman, won four ARIA Awards along with multiple nominations, prime time performances, including at the 2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony and on Australia’s The Masked Singer, and he continues to tour extensively after decades of wowing crowds across the world.
Forming in Ballarat as a fun, DIY project in the late 80s, THE MAVIS’S quickly became fan favourites of the 90s Aussie music scene. Spearheaded by siblings Matt Doll and Beki Colada, and an array of shiny clothes and coloured hair, the band cemented their place in musical history with their 1998 synth-laden track ‘Cry’ – which became one of the most played Australian songs that same year. The group featured on triple j’s Hottest 100 three times (‘Thunder‘ in 1996, ‘Naughty Boy‘ in 1997 and ‘Cry‘ in 1998), performed on the 90s TV institutions Hey Hey It’s Saturday and Recovery, releasing three studio albums, earned multiple ARIA Award nominations, and toured alongside the likes of Green Day and Kylie Minogue amongst many others. Officially disbanding in 2001, THE MAVIS’S briefly reunited in 2018 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Pink Pills, with 2024 marking their first live shows in six years.
In 2024, Australian music history will be made. Don’t miss this unbelievable lineup of Aussie icons all in one space this October and November.
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TISM
DEATH TO ART TOUR
FIRST HEADLINE TOUR IN 20 YEARS
WITH AN UNBELIEVEABLE LINE-UP OF SPECIAL GUESTS
ESKIMO JOE
MACHINE GUN FELLATIO
BEN LEE
THE MAVIS’S
SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER – RIVERSTAGE, BRISBANE
SATURDAY 9 NOVEMBER – SIDNEY MYER MUSIC BOWL. MELBOURNE
FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER – HORDERN PAVILION, SYDNEY
General tickets on sale now
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