50 years on from (I’m) Stranded, their epochal debut album release, The Saints ’73-’78 announce a summer Australian tour in celebration of that poignant anniversary.
The tour follows on from a hugely successful overseas jaunt in late 2025 for The Saints ’73-’78 which saw founding members Ed Kuepper and Ivor Hay playing as The Saints to American, Swedish and German audiences for the first time and in UK for the first time since 1978.
A who’s who of the alternate music scene were in attendance across those shows, paying respect to their forebears, including members of Dead Kennedys, Fugazi, The Avengers, Bullet La Volta, Mudhoney, Primitive Ring, Earthless, Metz, Pavement, The Hard Quartet, Lubricated Goat, Minor Threat, Superchunk, Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds, Sonic Youth, The Undertones, The Stupids, Scientists, Loop, Swans and many more we’re sure.
To accompany the Australian shows will be a brand new live album – featuring the original Saints – recorded in September 1976 at The Saints’ famed Petrie Terrace rehearsal space and ad-hoc venue Club ’76. Recorded to cassette, the 15 track performance catches the band just weeks prior to the studio album recording in front of a handful of friends and features much of (I’m) Stranded, a slew of tracks that would end up on follow up album Eternally Yours and a bunch of their famed cover versions.
Before all that though, The Saints ’73-’78 will tour the UK this November / December as special guests to fellow Year Zero purists, The Damned on their Final Damnation 50th anniversary tour.
THE SAINTS ’73-’78 AUSTRALIA JAN/FEB 2027
Thu Jan 21 – Newcastle, King St + Chimers
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Sat Jan 22 – Sydney, Metro + Antenna
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Sat Jan 23 – Wollongong, Waves + The New Christs
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Fri Jan 29 – Brisbane, Tivoli + Tape / Off
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Sat Jan 30 – Gold Coast, Miami Marketta + Mick Medew & The Ursula 4
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Tue Feb 2 – Perth, Astor + Last Quokka
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Thu Feb 4 – Barwon Heads, Barwon Heads Hotel + dB4
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Fri Feb 5 – Melbourne, Croxton + Public Figures
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Tickets for the Australian shows are on-sale August 14th via feelpresents.com
The Saints Live at Club ’76, Brisbane
will be released Nov 20 via thesaints73-78.com. Details to come.
