Overview
Sydney's rambunctious leotard-loving lads, Bluejuice, are calling it a day. The beloved pop/rock/dance/errrthang ratbags Jake Stone, Stavros Yiannoukas, Jamie Cibej and James Hauptmann have announced their final national tour and an upcoming greatest hits tour to wrap everything up by the end of 2014.
"After 13 years of broken bones, broken hearts, sore heads, passive aggression, regular aggression, several arrests, questionable skin infections, and a busload of infuriated tour managers, Bluejuice are announcing they are calling it quits at the end of 2014," says today's press release. Abercrombie-going Purple Sneakers alumni are shedding many a tear today.
Since 2001, the beloved Sydney outfit have had one heck of a ride, keeping the chin of Australian music up with three celebrated albums (Problems, Head of the Hawk and Company) on the shelf and still holding the position of most played track on triple j ever ('Vitriol').
Bluejuice have decided to part ways to test the waters in other projects, with the sad intention of giving those leotards a rest. Before they take their final bows, the team will release a big ol' greatest hits album — a retrospective ride dubbed Retrospectable, with all your favourite mid-2000s sticky-floored party go-tos, best bits from their three albums, extra rare content and new single 'I'll Go Crazy', produced by Dann Hume (Sticky Fingers/Alpine).
Bluejuice will kick it on their final national tour this September/October. Starting at Adelaide's Uni Bar, the pair will meander through the capitals and rural centres before finishing up where it all started — Sydney (at the Metro Theatre, where many a drunken Bluejuice escapade has roamed before).
In one of the most emotionally-charged press releases we've ever seen, Bluejuice's legacy is laid down. "They shall leave behind a body of work of which they are all very proud, and they look to the future with a mix of hope and fear of starvation, not unlike the chick at the end of Children Of Men." Top notch.
Bluejuice — Retrospectable: The Farewell Tour (with special guests to be announced)
Tickets on sale August 9
THU 25 SEPT — Uni Bar, Adelaide. Tickets via Oztix.
FRI 26 SEPT — Capitol, Perth. Tickets via Oztix.
SAT 27 SEPT — Red Earth Arts Festival, Karratha. Tickets via REAF.
THU 02 OCT — Hi-Fi, Brisbane. Tickets via Oztix.
FRI O3 OCT — Coolangatta Hotel, Coolangatta. Tickets via Oztix.
SAT 04 OCT — Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay. Tickets via Oztix.
FRI 10 OCT — Hi-Fi, Melbourne. Tickets via Oztix.
SAT 11 OCT — Hi-Fi, Melbourne. (Under 18's only Matinee show 12-3pm) Tickets via Oztix.
SAT 11 OCT — Village Green Hotel, Mulgrave. Tickets via Ticketmaster and Village Green Hotel.
SUN 12 OCT — Barwon Club, Geelong. Tickets via Oztix.
FRI 17 OCT — Waves, Wollongong. Tickets via Moshtix.
SAT 18 OCT — ANU Bar, Canberra. Tickets via Ticketek.
THU 23 OCT — Bar on the Hill, Newcastle. Tickets via BigTix.
FRI 24 OCT — Metro Theatre, Sydney. (LIC/ALL AGES)? Tickets via Ticketek.