Aussie Rockers Powderfinger Announce Split - Final Ever UK Tour Dates
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Written by Nigel Sachdev
Australia's biggest band, Powderfinger, have announced that they will be no more following touring commitments this year, which includes their final UK & Ireland tour.
The Aussie rockers are set to hit the UK & Ireland next week for a 7 date tour.
Last Friday, media were welcomed to The Annandale Hotel in Sydney, where Powderfinger sat on the same stage they first performed on almost twenty years ago. Bernard Fanning read a statement on behalf of his fellow band members - Jon Coghill, John Collins, Ian Haug and Darren Middleton.
The band announced that they would be disbanding immediately following the completion of the extensive Australian leg of their world touring schedule this year.
In the prepared statement, the band advised that "We have decided, after much deliberation and agonising, that after this final tour we will call it a day as a recording and touring band."
"With the completion of our last album, Golden Rule, we feel that we have said all that we want to say as a musical group. We firmly believe that it is our most complete and satisfying album and can't think of a better way to farewell our fans than with music that we all believe in and also with, hopefully, our best tour to date".
A full video version of the press conference can be seen online at www.powderfinger.com.
Powderfinger's 'The Golden Rule' final UK tour dates are:
20th April 2010 - Vicar Street, Dublin
21st April 2010 - O2 Academy Brixton, London
22nd April 2010 - O2 Academy Brixton, London
24th April 2010 - O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol
26th April 2010 - O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham
27th April 2010 - Manchester Academy 2, Manchester
28th April 2010 - O2 ABC, Glasgow
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