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Augie March have today added a Sydney show to their 20th Anniversary Tour of Moo, You Bloody Choir, set to play their iconic album in its entirety at Manning Bar on May 1. This news comes alongside the addition of You Am I’s Davey Lane playing with full band as national support on the run that will kick off in Perth at Freo.Social on April 3, before moving through Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane, the tour will now finish in Sydney at Manning Bar on May 1.
Just shy of two decades ago, an instant Australian icon was made with the 2006 release of Augie March’s poetic and immersive third album Moo, You Bloody Choir. With its twentieth anniversary fast approaching, the beloved indie rockers have announced a national tour fit for such a special milestone and album.
Tickets are available now from http://www.teamwrktouring.com/tours/augie-march-anniversary-tour.
“Not only have we added our great mate Dan Luscombe to the line up, we are now doubly blessed and can announce that another wonderful fellow and genuine star of Australian Music, Davey Lane, will be joining us with his full band and a new album for the Moo 20th tour,” enthuses lead singer Glenn Richards. “You’ll know Davey for his own excellent stuff and as the long time axeman for our favourite young uncles, You Am I. When the bands are having fun the audiences feel it, and we just guaranteed the outcome. Huzzah!”
Fresh off an induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame and hyped to jump on the full run with his Augie mates, Davey Lane quips in true Davey language, “If one may be truly shellfish, it’s always been a lil dream of mine to go on a nation wide tour supporting a band playing me songs. It’s an honour to (hopefully sufficiently) warm YOU up for them before I join you in luxuriating in the incredible song/stage craft of the Marchmen as they mark the anniversary of the majesty of thee Moo. It’ll be joyous. Join us in the joyousness!”
With a warm yet melancholic glow, Moo You Bloody Choir’s opening track One Crowded Hour instantly set the scene for something truly special on Augie March’s third full-length album. An emotive blossoming of poetry and precision, One Crowded Hour was a honeyed and clever exploration into a fleeting moment of connection, while also signalling a significant stylistic shift from the band’s previous 2002 album Strange Bird. While One Crowded Hour reached #29 on the ARIA Singles charts and nabbed the coveted #1 spot on triple j’s Hottest 100, Moo, You Bloody Choir is certainly no one hit wonder. Instead, the entire 14-track album gently but powerfully pulls you into just over an hour of meticulously sequenced delights, from the lush yet self-referential Victoria’s Secret through to the maudlin jaunt of The Cold Acre, stirring country-pop (Mother Greer), hazy urgency (Just Passing Through), aching acoustic beauty a la Bob Dylan (Bottle Baby), and otherworldly elegance (Clockwork) along with oscillating moments of indie rock, pop and folk that never overstay their welcome; and truly never leave you.
Hailing mostly from Shepparton, Victoria and commencing their creative journey under the Augie March moniker in the mid-to-late 90s, the groupopened the turn of the century with their 2000 debut album Sunset Studies. Going on to release eight studio albums to date, snag 13 ARIA Award nominations and a win in 2001 for Engineer of the Year (Sunset Studies), tick off chart success, and evolve a cult-like following into an enduring and expansive fanbase to this very day, Augie March’s 2006 outing Moo, You Bloody Choir also notably cemented the group’s prowess and ambitious creative exploration. Recorded in San Francisco following a gruelling two-month North American tour, Augie March dove into experimentation on album #3. A record that would go on to climb the charts, achieve Platinum status, take out the crown for the Australian Music Prize along with multiple other accolades and awards, Moo, You Bloody Choir undeniably became an all-time Australian classic, with the band also touring the album at home and in North America for three solid years after its release to an ever-growing international fanbase.
And in 2026, two decades on since its release, the band will tick off another milestone for their Australian tour next April: performing Moo, You Bloody Choir in full for the first time.
“These anniversary things can either be rote and procession like, or a second chance to investigate the enduring mystery that genuine, complete, composed bodies of work are made of,” the band shares. “We are excited to opt for the latter version, not that there’s a choice in our case. The songs will be treated with respect and disdain simultaneously, the shows will be powerful and intimate by turns, we will speak with the audience and they will speak with us, like all the best Augie shows.”
Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime chance to experience Moo, You Bloody Choir in full and celebrate the national treasure that is Augie March and their 2006 unforgettable record brought to life across venues nationwide in 2026.
Tickets for Augie March’s 20th Anniversary Tour of Moo, You Bloody Choir are one sale now from http://www.teamwrktouring.com/tours/augie-march-anniversary-tour.
AUGIE MARCH – MOO, YOU BLOODY CHOIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR DATES:
Tickets available from http://www.teamwrktouring.com/tours/augie-march-anniversary-tour
FRI 3 APR | FREO.SOCIAL, PERTH WA
SAT 4 APR | THE GOV, ADELAIDE SA
FRI 10 APR | THE CROXTON, MELBOURNE VIC
FRI 17 APR | THE TRIFFID, BRISBANE QLD
FRI 1 MAY | MANNING BAR, SYDNEY NSW * NEW SHOW ADDED
