No more will our stages lie dormant; no more will our hearts yearn. The Grates are back for a special headline performance at Brisbane’s Red Deer Festival and will now be adding Toowoomba and Gold Coast to the warpath.

Returning from a well-earned ‘break’, which saw them fighting crime, caring for orphaned kittens, opening a tea-shop (and getting married there!) to boot, enigmatic frontwoman Patience Hodgson and fearless co-conspirator John Patterson will take to the stage at Toowoomba’s Spotted Cow on Thursday, September 5 and Gold Coast’s Elsewhere on Friday, September 6; ahead of their SOLD OUT Red Deer performance.

With two ARIA Top 10 Album Awards, Two J Awards, and The AMP glistening atop their epic mantle of records, The Grates will be bringing their festival-honed show with all the fun and panache expected of the band

Also along for the ride is Wax Witches – the DIY brat punk side project of Bleeding Knees Club mastermind Alex Wall. Bottling everything into a fast, fuzzy and grimy haze, Wax Witches and his bedroom-produced, self-mixed tunes have graced many a stage and also pricked the ears of Burger Records in the US; scoring a cassette release of debut LP Celebrity Beatings.

With their little black book including the likes of SXSW, Splendour in the Grass, Big Day Out and Falls Festival, The Grates’ rapturous stage show is one not to be missed. Following on from Teeth Lost, Hearts Won and Gravity Won’t Get You High, The Grates’ third album Secret Rituals sees them at their toughest yet; on record and on stage.

The Grates 2013 Australian Tour Dates & Tickets

With WAX WITCHES
Tickets ON SALE NOW

Thursday, September 5: Spotted Cow, Toowoomba 

Tickets: Oztix: www.oztix.com.au / 1300 762 545

$22 +BF pre / $25 door (GST Inc)

Friday, September 6: Elsewhere, Gold Coast 

Tickets: Oztix: www.oztix.com.au / 1300 762 545

Price: $22 +BF pre / $25 door (GST Inc)

Saturday, September 7: Red Deer Music & Arts Festival

SOLD OUT

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