Adelaide pub-rock icons Cold Chisel have announced their first album in four years, with Blood Moon set to be released just before Christmas.
Earlier this month, Aussie music legends Cold Chisel announced that they would be hitting the road later this year for a series of shows that frontman Jimmy Barnes labelled “bigger, better, brighter and faster than anything else out there.”
With that sort of promise, fans were undoubtedly eager to catch the band live, and once a slew of Aussie music icons were announced as supports for this tour, the whole thing just got better by the second.
However, for long-time fans of the group, the most exciting part of this announcement was the news that the group might indeed have a new single and album on the way.
Having posted photos earlier this year that saw them claim they were “putting the band back together”, Barnes added fuel to this fire of intrigue by noting the band might have a new album by Christmas.
Now, the group have made good with their promise, formally announcing their eighth studio album, Blood Moon.
Check out Cold Chisel’s ‘You Got Nothing I Want’:
Primarily written by Don Walker, Blood Moon sees Jimmy Barnes and Ian Moss trading vocals on their first album since 2015’s The Perfect Crime, which was recorded in Sydney over the last couple of months with long-time producer Kevin Shirley.
Set to be released just before Christmas, Cold Chisel have also revealed that a new single is on the way, with the fittingly-titled ‘Getting The Band Back Together’ set to be released next week on October 31st.
“The album covers a lot of ground lyrically and musically”, explains Don Walker. “‘Getting The Band Back Together’ seemed like the right sentiment to accompany the tour but the album itself has a lot of songs that are darker than that, and a few quieter ones too.
“It’s great to still be making new music and finding new ways to do it after all these years.”
With tickets to the band’s upcoming Blood Moon tour set to go on sale from 11am local time today, Cold Chisel have also added one more show to their tour, with a second and final appearance in Queensland for A Day On The Green set to close out their tour on Sunday, February 9th, 2020.
Check out all the details below, and be sure to keep an eye out for the band’s new single when it drops next week.
Check out Cold Chisel’s ‘Lost’:
Cold Chisel – Blood Moon Tour 2020
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Fremantle Park, Fremantle, WA
‘Best Of The West’
(With Birds of Tokyo, Jebediah, Gyroscope, Carla Geneve, and The Southern River Band)
Presented by By The C, Mix 94.5 and MAX
Tickets: Ticketmaster
Wednesday, January 1st, 2020
Barnard Park, Busselton, WA
‘Best Of The West’
(With Birds Of Tokyo, Jebediah, Gyroscope, Carla Geneve, and The Southern River Band)
Presented by By The C, Triple M and MAX
Tickets: Ticketmaster
Saturday, January 4th 2020
Glenelg Beach, Adelaide, SA
(With Paul Kelly, The Teskey Brothers, The Detonators and Tim Prestwich Band)
Presented by By The C, Triple M and MAX
Tickets: Ticketmaster
Tuesday, January 7th, 2020
All Saints Estate, Rutherglen, VIC
A Day On The Green
(With Birds Of Tokyo and Magic Dirt)
Presented by Roundhouse Entertainment, Triple M and MAX
Tickets: Ticketmaster
Friday, January 10th 2020
Rochford Wines, Yarra Valley, VIC
A Day On The Green
(With Birds Of Tokyo, Magic Dirt and The Detonators)
Presented by Roundhouse Entertainment, Triple M and MAX
Tickets: Ticketmaster
Saturday, January 11th, 2020
Mt Duneed Estate, Geelong, VIC
A Day On The Green
(With Paul Kelly, Birds Of Tokyo and Magic Dirt)
Presented by Roundhouse Entertainment, Triple M, Bay FM and MAX
Tickets: Ticketmaster
Saturday, January 18th 2020
Hope Estate, Hunter Valley, NSW
With Birds Of Tokyo and Busby Marou)
Presented by Triple M and MAX
Tickets: Ticketek
Sunday, January 19th 2020
Scully Park, Tamworth, NSW
‘The Biggest Music Event Tamworth Has Ever Seen’
(With Paul Kelly, Kasey Chambers, Troy Cassar-Daley and Charlie Collins)
Presented by Zaccaria Concerts, 92.9 and MAX
Tickets: Ticketmaster
Friday, January 24th 2020
Bankwest Stadium, Parramatta, Sydney, NSW
(With Hoodoo Gurus, Birds of Tokyo and Busby Marou)
Presented by Triple M and MAX
Tickets: Ticketek
Saturday, January 25th, 2020
Stuart Park, Wollongong, NSW
(With Birds Of Tokyo, Magic Dirt, Busby Marou and 19Twenty)
Presented by By The C, Wave FM and MAX
Tickets: Ticketmaster
Thursday, January 30th, 2020
Stage 88, Canberra, ACT
(With Paul Kelly and Magic Dirt)
Presented by Zaccaria Concerts, Mix 106.3 and MAX
Tickets: Ticketmaster
Saturday, February 1st, 2020
Heifer Station Wines, Orange, NSW
A Day On The Green
(With Birds Of Tokyo and Magic Dirt)
Presented by Roundhouse Entertainment, Triple M and MAX
Tickets: Ticketmaster
Wednesday, February 5th, 2020
Wharepai Domain Tauranga, NZ
(With special guests The Mutton Birds and The Bads and introducing Sit Down In Front)
Presented by Eccles Entertainment and The Rock (with support from The Sound)
Tickets: Ticketmaster
Saturday, February 8th, 2020
Sirromet Wines, Mount Cotton, QLD
A Day On The Green
(With Birds Of Tokyo and Magic Dirt)
Presented by Roundhouse Entertainment, Triple M, Gold 92.5 and MAX
Tickets: Ticketmaster
Sunday, February 9th, 2020 (New Show)
Sirromet Wines, Mount Cotton, QLD
A Day On The Green
(With Birds Of Tokyo and Magic Dirt)
Presented by Roundhouse Entertainment, Triple M, Gold 92.5 and MAX
Tickets: Ticketmaster
Tickets on sale from 11am local time on Monday, October 21st
