It’s 20 years since “Blow Up the Pokies” was released on the multi-platinum album “Love This City” and even though all the band can really do is shrug their shoulders that nothing has changed on the pokies front they can mark the passage of time and recall partying like it was 1999 by playing most of the album each night on this tour.

The Whitlams are also thrilled to announce that two of their favourite artists will join the shows in the capital cities next year – Bob Evans and Ella Hooper – in the 2019  Last drinks  at the Morrison Hotel Tour.

Tim Freedman said “ I have identified 12 songs and two bonus tracks that I still want to play from “Love This City”, and that will make up the core of the shows this May and June. The other half of the rambunctious long set will wander widely through the other five albums, stopping off for six minutes at Bob Dylan’s ‘Tangled up in Blue’ which it’s time to play again”.

The band’s career achievements include seven albums, three multi-Platinum and three Gold and three ARIA Awards, including the Best Group presented by Gough Whitlam in 1998. In 2011 Eternal Nightcap was voted 27th on the ABC’s ‘My Favourite Album’ poll, and more recently earned the 17th spot in ‘Triple J¹s Hottest Australian Albums of All Time from my iPhone

2019 Tour Dates

TUE 21 &    WED 22 MAY         LIZOTTES       NEWCASTLE, NSW   

FRI 24 MAY     CANBERRA THEATRE – PLAYHOUSE     CANBERRA, ACT

THUR 30 MAY         MIAMI MARKETTA              GOLD COAST, QLD

FRI 31 MAY            THE TRIFFID                             BRISBANE, QLD

WED 5 JUNE           REPUBLIC BAR               HOBART, TAS                               

FRI 7 JUNE             THE GOV                                 ADELAIDE, SA

THUR 13 JUNE       THE JOAN                          PENRITH, NSW

FRI 14 JUNE           METRO THEATRE                  SYDNEY, NSW

SAT 15 JUNE          RIVERSIDE THEATRE          PARRAMATTA, NSW  

THUR 20 JUNE       CORNER HOTEL                   MELBOURNE, VIC       

FRI 28 JUNE           MECC – AUDITORIUM            MACKAY, QLD

SAT 29 JUNE          PILBEAM THEATRE              ROCKHAMPTON, QLD

SUN 30 JUNE        GLADSTONE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE

                                    GLADSTONE, QLD

THUR 4 JULY        ASTOR THEATRE                   PERTH, WA