Alt-rock legends The Smashing Pumpkins have announced new dates for their upcoming curated The World Is A Vampire Festival.
The new dates will see The World Is A Vampire Festival hit Brisbane's Eaton Hill Hotel on April 15th and Sydney's Horden Pavillion on April 19th. The show planned for Hastings on the Mornington Peninsula has been moved to PICA in Port Melbourne on April 22nd. That venue switch was made due to a change in council policy, which has left the event uninsurable. Patrons with tickets for the Hastings date have been assured those tickets will be valid at the Port Melbourne date on the 22nd of April, with no action required to be taken. Due to the second show in Sydney being added, the Newcastle Entertainment Centre show has been moved to Saturday, April 29. All existing Newcastle Tickets are valid for Sat, April 29. Due to circumstances reportedly out of the control of the festival organisers, the Wollongong and Penrith
Featuring The Smashing Pumpkins, fellow '90s icons Jane's Addiction and killer Aussie talent including Amyl & the Sniffers, RedHook, Battlesnake and more, The World Is A Vampire Festival will hit 11 Australian cities in April.
In addition to the music, each date on the festival will feature live professional wrestling, with wrestlers from the Billy Corgan-owned NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) doing battle with wrestlers from the WAOA (Wrestling Alliance of Australia).
Watch The World Is A Vampire Festival trailer below.
Tickets for all festival dates are available from One World Entertainment.
The Smashing Pumpkins were one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands of the 1990s, often cited as one of the most influential acts in alternative rock. From the instantly recognisable harmonic riff of Cherub Rock and the haunting Disarm from their breakthrough album, 93’s Siamese Dream to the majesty of Tonight, Tonight and the savagery of Bullet With Butterfly Wings from the 10 times platinum monster, 1995’s Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, through to the bands most recent releases 2018’s Shiny and Oh So Bright and 2021’s Cyr which featured the singles, Solara, The Colour Of Love and Wyttch, The Smashing Pumpkins have been a mainstay in the rock world for over three decades and in 2023 will release their most ambitious work to date, Atum: A Rock Opera In Three Acts.
Jane's Addiction were one of the first bands from the alt-rock movement to gain both mainstream media attention and commercial success. The band's first two studio albums, 1988’s Nothing's Shocking (1988) and 1990’s Ritual de lo Habitual were released to widespread critical acclaim and gave the world classics like Mountain Song, Been Caught Stealing and Stop! Fusing together a multitude of styles that ultimately led to them being labelled ‘funk-punk’ Jane’s Addiction created a sound all their own and their influence can be heard across nearly every sub-genre of rock music.
Jane’s frontman Perry Farrell’s influence extends far beyond the band and their side projects. He created the iconic Lollapalooza Festival which brought alternative music to the masses from 1991 onwards. This festival was instrumental in creating the culture we recognise and love today.
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The World Is A Vampire Festival - April 2023
Saturday, April 15 : Eatons Hill Hotel, Brisbane QLD
Sunday, April 16 : Sandstone Point, Bribie Island QLD
Tuesday, April 18: Hordern Pavilion, Sydney NSW ALL AGES
Wednesday, April 19: Hordern Pavilion, Sydney NSW ALL AGES
Saturday, April 22: PICA, Port Melbourne, VIC (moved from Hastings)
Sunday, April 23: Kyral Castle, Ballarat VIC
Wednesday, April 26: Adelaide Entertainment Centre SA ALL AGES
Thursday; April 27: PICA, Port Melbourne VIC
Saturday, April 29: Newcastle Entertainment Centre NSW ALL AGES
Sunday, April 30: Broadwater Parklands, Gold Coast QLD
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