Sick of all the 90s nostalgia acts heading to Australia in 2012? Well we’re now down one as the group that gave us hits like ‘Walkin’ On The Sun’ and the Shrek soundtrack cover of The Monkees’ Neil Diamond-penned’ ‘I’m A Believer’, Smash Mouth, will no longer be visiting this year, but are looking at dates next year.
The cancellation and reschedule was announced in a statement issued by the promoters for the Australian tour this afternoon:
Smash Mouth are reluctantly cancelling their Australia and New Zealand 2012 Tour but will reschedule and come back in 2013. Tour promoter Big Apachee is currently in the process of rescheduling the tour for March 2013. Rescheduled dates will be announced and on sale in the coming weeks so stay tuned.
Smash Mouth wish to apologise to all their fans for the disappointment but are glad to be able to return in 2013.
The group were due to tour Australia for only the second time ever in a weeks time, bringing a brand new album in tow, the first in six years from a band that sold over 10 million albums worldwide.
Released in September, Magic is described by the American act as the “sound of summer”, with frontman Steve Harwell enthusing, “We’re so excited to start performing some of the new songs from this album. We’ve got so many hits on this new record it’s ridiculous! So get ready for some serious (wait for it…) MAGIC!”
Containing such “first-listen gems” as ‘Flippin’ Out’ and the title track, which “jump out at you like a barrel of monkeys.” While other tracks – like ‘Better With Time’ and ‘Out Of Love’ demonstrate how Harwell’s “rantin’-chantin’ approach” has developed over time. But wait there’s more!
Including the “heartbreaking-hilarious ode to doomed deomestic bliss” that is ‘Future Ex-Wife’ which is “as catchy as they come.” Our reviewer however, wasn’t exactly as enthusiastic, declaring the album was “without question the result of continuous blows to the skull”.
“Tears and pity aside, there is nothing lurking within this vat of sonic abortions that could ever redeem Smash Mouth for their crimes,” he continued. “While the Wheatuses of the world rode in on tainted coat tails, they eventually went away. It was the second wave of offence that would prove Smash Mouth’s legacy. Without Smash Mouth, there is no Nickelback.”
Tickets purchased for shows will remain valid for the rescheduled 2013 dates or refunds are available from the point of purchase.
