Do the Funky Junky 'cos Peter Andre and CDB are touring Australia together

Do the Funky Junky ‘cos Peter Andre and CDB are touring Australia together

Peter Andre is embarking on his first Australian tour in twenty years, since back when Isla Fisher was killing it on Home and Away, and...

Nathan Jolly

25.05.2017

Peter Andre is embarking on his first Australian tour in twenty years, since back when Isla Fisher was killing it on Home and Away, and the entire nation was doing a dance called the Funky Junky on the regular. Oh, what a time!

Helping you relive those days is the support act CDB, whose ‘Hook Me Up’ and ‘Let’s Groove Tonight’ were also on high-rotation in the Summer Bay Diner jukebox back then.

Here are a few of my favourite Peter Andre facts, in no particular order: he was discovered by Molly Meldrum after performing on New Faces; the cover of his single ‘To the Top’ features Peter Andre dressed as a soccer goalie, standing in a soccer net; his single ‘All Night All Right’ features both Coolio and Warren G; he released a single, ‘Funky Junky’ that attempted and failed to start a dance craze, despite the only steps being to move your body to the left and then to the right; the fact ‘Mysterious Girl’ hit #2 in the UK in 1996, and then #1 in 2004; that years ago, there was a tell-all from some past lover of his in a Woman’s Day where she said Peter liked her to use his washboard abs as a pillow and that “it was really uncomfortable” (I’m paraphrasing; it was years ago, but the memory of it is seared into my brain).

Anyway, pre-sale begins Tuesday, May 30, with general tickets available from Thursday June 1.

Check out the dates and venues below this classic.