Australian punk rock quartet, Amyl & The Sniffers made a spectacular comeback last week with their new single ‘U Should Not Be Doing That’, marking their first release in nearly three years.
The exuberant and confrontational track premiered as Jack Saunders’ Hottest Record on Radio 1 and promptly secured a spot on the BBC 6 Music A-List.
The band delivered an electrifying headline performance at Bearded Theory on Sunday, complete with fireworks, before heading to London for an intense and sweaty show at The Scala last night. This show, announced just two weeks prior, sold out in a mere three minutes.
Amyl & The Sniffers have also announced a full UK/European tour for this November, with tickets going on sale at 10am this Friday, May 31st.
The new single was recorded with Nick Launay (known for his work with Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and is their first release since their 2021 sophomore album “Comfort To Me.”
Amy Taylor of the band commented: “U Should Not Be Doing That makes me laugh, but It’s also in a way poking fun at the shock that people still feel at a little bit of skimpy clothing, and the bitchy high school way that the music community still is.
“It’s unconscious and meant nothing at the time of writing it but now I think it’s a comedic way of rubbing the dog’s nose in its own dog piss after it wee’d on your favourite rug or something.”
The band tour Europe in June, North America in July / August including supporting the Foo Fighters, and newly announced November UK/EU Tour Dates in RED below.
Info and tickets are on the following link amylandthesniffers.com. Fans can sign up to the mailing list for presale access this week.
AMYL & THE SNIFFERS NEW TOUR DATES
Nov 6 – National Stadium – Dublin, Ireland
Nov 6 – O2 Academy, Glasgow, UK
Nov 7 – NX – Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Nov 9 – Manchester Academy, Manchester, UK
Nov 10 – O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK
Nov 11 – O2 Academy, Bristol, UK
Nov 15 – The Roundhouse, London, UK
Nov 17 – Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
Nov 18 – Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands
Nov 19 – Carlswerk Victoria, Cologne, Germany
Nov 21 – VEGA, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nov 22 – Große Freiheit 36, Hamburg, Germany
Nov 23 – Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany
Nov 25 – Tonhalle. Munich, Germany
Nov 26 – Les Docks, Lausanne, Switzerland
Nov 27 – Olympia, Paris, France
Nov 29 – Floyd, Athens, Greece
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