SUNNYBOYS – ‘OUR BEST OF’ COLLECTION AND 2014 TOUR CONFIRMED
The phoenix-like rise of eighties alternative-rock group Sunnyboys (1980 – 1984) continues with the announcement today of a brand new best-of collection and a headline tour, the band’s first since their one-off reformation in 1991.
Sunnyboys Our Best Of is comprised of 16 tracks all remastered and hand-picked by the band and features the hits; fan faves and previously unreleased material including a pre-debut album demo; recently unearthed alternative mixes from their 1982 album, Individuals, and a bonus live-track taken from Sunnyboys recent Vivid Live performance.
Our Best Of will be released digitally and to CD via Warners reissue imprint Festival Records on December 6th 2013 with the CD package also including a 14 page booklet detailing the band’s rise, mysterious disappearance, and eventual return plus, for the first time, Jeremy Oxley explains the meaning behind those songs.
“Contrary to popular belief, the song was not written as a “clue” to my mental health state at the time” – Jeremy re Trouble In My Brain
The tour comes after 12 months years of sporadic live activity for Sunnyboys initiated in April 2012 by the Hoodoo Gurus and their Dig It Up! Invitational and culminating in a triumphant sold-out performance in June 2013 at the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House.
“Many acts make comebacks, more now than ever in fact, but I can’t remember feeling so much love in a room for an Australian band that, like its audience, was reliving its glorious youth. It was a fantastic experience.” – Iain Sheddon / The Australian Sydney Opera House June 2013
More recently a documentary about the turbulent life of Sunnyboys singer / guitarist / songwriter Jeremy Oxley and his 30 year battle with schizophrenia toured around the country appearing at Palace Cinemas and airing nationally on ABC TV to a hugely emotional response. Entitled The Sunnyboy, the documentary tells a remarkable story of survival and the healing power of love as Jeremy finds his way out of the darkness (post-Sunnyboys) to reclaim his place with family and friends and ultimately the Sunnyboys.
But all that is now behind them now. For Jeremy and the Sunnyboys the future holds so much more.
“Of the hundreds of bands, and thousand of people that we knew at the time, we’re one of the few that can stand up and say “We were really good at what we did, and we’re really proud of what we did” and we’re lucky enough to still be able to get up and say to people ‘We’re really proud to be able to present this to you now'”.Richard Burgman Sunnyboys.
The 2014 tour will take in shows in Byron Bay, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide and will feature support spots from Perth power-pop icons The Stems (heirs to the Sunnyboys crown in the 80’s), ex-Died Pretty frontman Ron S.Peno & The Superstitions, Geelong garage-punks The Frowning Clouds and local natives The V-Rays and The Windy Hills.
Tickets for all venues will go on-sale Wednesday November 13th.
Sunnyboys: Our Best Of CD, mastered for iTunes version and regular digital version / iTunes – releasedDecember 6th.
The Sunnyboy DVD – releasedDecember 4th.
This is the Sunnyboys… alive and well in the 21st Century
TOUR DATES
PRESALE TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM THIS THURSDAY NOVEMBER 7TH @ 9AM
March 14th: Byron Bay, The Northern + The V-Rays*PRESALE TICKETS* Tickets $55.00 + bf on sale fromthenorthern.oztix.com.au, phone 6685 6454 or in person at all Oztix outlets..
March 15th: Byron Bay, The Northern + The Windy Hills*PRESALE TICKETS* Tickets $55.00 + bf on sale fromthenorthern.oztix.com.au, phone 6685 6454 or in person at all Oztix outlets.
March 21st: Melbourne, The Forum + Ron S.Peno & The Superstitions*PRESALE TICKETS* Tickets $70.95 (inc service fee, credit card fees may apply) fromticketmaster.com.au, phone 1300 111 011 or in person at all Ticketmaster outlets.
March 23rd: Adelaide, The Gov*PRESALE TICKETS* Tickets $60.00 + bf fromthegov.com.au, phone 8340 0744 or in person at all Oztix outlets.
March 28th: Brisbane, Eatons Hill Hotel + special guests The Stems*PRESALE TICKETS* Tickets $63.00 + bf fromeatonshillhotel.oztix.com.au, phone 3325 6777 or in person at all Oztix outlets.
March 29th: Sydney, Enmore Theatre + special guests The Stems plus The Frowning Clouds & Dig It Up! dj’s *PRESALE TICKETS*
Tickets $75.10 (inc bf, transaction fee applies) from ticketek.com.au, phone 9550 3666 or in person at the venue and all Ticketek outlets.
