“Has it been twenty years?” is a phrase you’re going to mutter a lot over the next few years, as more and more of your favourite albums from the late ’90s receive the deluxe twenty-year retrospective treatment.

Grinspoon’s outstanding debut Guide To Better Living turns twenty this September, and the band have announced they will perform the album on a massive national tour, taking in regional areas and cities alike, and basically touring like it’s 1997 again.

“I hate nostalgia, it gets my goat,” Jamieson wrote in a statement announcing the nostalgia tour. “ What I do love are tunes, and we’ve got tunes! NBT, Balding Matters, Scalped are probably what are considered to be album tracks or ‘filler’, but I can’t wait to spit ‘em out with as much venom as I did as a 19 year old.

“Then there is Railroader – Repeat, Just Ace, Champion, Boundary …. it’s like a little treasure box of ditties!

“I don’t think I really knew what I was doing when I made Guide To Better Living, but I know that playing this album from start to finish is going to be one of the most challenging, enjoyable and kickass things I’ll ever do! Bring on the road, bring on the tour, bring on the shows… happy 20th birthday GTBL!”

Tour dates below another great Guide To Better Living track: ‘Bad Funk Stripe.’

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GUIDE TO BETTER LIVING NATIONAL TOUR

Fri 23 Jun | Kay St Entertainment Complex, Traralgon Vic | 18+
Fri 30 Jun | Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne, Vic | Lic Aa
Sat 1 Jul | Village Green Hotel, Mulgrave, Vic | 18+
Fri 7 Jul | Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Nsw | Lic Aa
Sat 8 Jul | The Tivoli Theatre, Brisbane, Qld | 18+
Sat 29 Jul | One Tropical Day @ Darwin Ski Club, Darwin, Nt | Lic Aa **
Thu 3 Aug | The Wool Exchange, Geelong, Vic | 18+
Fri 4 Aug | Pier Bandroom, Frankston, Vic | 18+
Sat 5 Aug | Granada Tavern, Hobart, Tas | 18+
Thu 10 Aug | The Jack, Cairns, Qld | 18+
Fri 11 Aug | Dalrymple Hotel, Townsville, Qld | 18+
Sat 12 Aug | Magnums, Airlie Beach, Qld | 18+
Thu 17 Aug | Villa Noosa, Noosaville, Qld | 18+
Fri 18 Aug | Redland Bay Hotel, Redland Bay, Qld | 18+
Sat 19 Aug | Shaka Fest – Miami Tavern, Gold Coast, Qld | 18+ **
Thu 24 Aug | Dunsborough Tavern, Dunsborough, Wa | 18+
Fri 25 Aug | Metro City, Perth, Wa | 18+
Sat 26 Aug | Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Sa | Aa
Thu 31 Aug | The Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle, Nsw | 18+
Fri 1 Sep | Lismore City Hall , Lismore, Nsw | 18+
Sat 2 Sep | Racehorse Hotel, Ipswich, Qld | 18+
Thu 14 Sep | The Entrance Leagues Club, Bateau Bay, Nsw | 18+
Fri 15 Sep | Waves, Wollongong, Nsw | 18+
Sat 16 Sep | Uc Refectory, Canberra, Act | 18+
Wed 20 Sep | Csu, Wagga Wagga, Nsw | 18+
Fri 22 Sep | Beer Deluxe, Albury, Nsw | 18+
Sun 24 Sep | Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, Batemans Bay, Nsw | 18+

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