Kris Roe (The Ataris) solo Australian tour

14 January 2009 | 10:16 am | Staff Writer
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Get ready to slap on your favourite band’s t-shirt on ‘Fat Wreck-Chords’, wriggle your toes into your old Vans and squeeze into your dusty three quarter shorts. After taking his ‘Blue Skies and Broken Hearts’ tour around the world, Kristopher Roe of The Ataris is finally bringing it to our shores this April.  Kristopher Roe is currently tucked away with the rest of The Ataris slamming our their new, currently untitled album that he says will “mark a return to the earlier sounds of their albums "Blue Skies, Broken Hearts..." and "So Long, Astoria"”. However for the past one and a half years he has been touring non-stop by himself and his acoustic guitar pleasing fans from all over the US, UK, Mexico, Japan and South America and he couldn’t be more excited to return down under for the first time since The Ataris toured here to promote ‘So Long Astoria’ in 2003!   A man of great passion Kris exclaims, "This tour has been a huge inspiration on the writing of our new album, it has be...

Get ready to slap on your favourite band’s t-shirt on ‘Fat Wreck-Chords’, wriggle your toes into your old Vans and squeeze into your dusty three quarter shorts. After taking his ‘Blue Skies and Broken Hearts’ tour around the world, Kristopher Roe of The Ataris is finally bringing it to our shores this April. 

Kristopher Roe is currently tucked away with the rest of The Ataris slamming our their new, currently untitled album that he says will “mark a return to the earlier sounds of their albums "Blue Skies, Broken Hearts..." and "So Long, Astoria"”. However for the past one and a half years he has been touring non-stop by himself and his acoustic guitar pleasing fans from all over the US, UK, Mexico, Japan and South America and he couldn’t be more excited to return down under for the first time since The Ataris toured here to promote ‘So Long Astoria’ in 2003!  

A man of great passion Kris exclaims, "This tour has been a huge inspiration on the writing of our new album, it has been such a great feeling to play these packed, intimate little venues every night and have the opportunity to talk to the audience about the stories and meanings behind the songs." 

Be sure not to miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to get up close and personal to the man behind the songs that seemed to spur on your teenage angst and reminisce of a time not too long ago. 

Melodic, S.P.A and Killyourstereo.com present…


1ST APRIL – THE JIVE BAR – ADELAIDE
w/ The Miracle is Now

Tickets available from www.moshtix.com or at the door

2ND APRIL – NEXT – MELBOURNE


Tickets available at the door

3RD APRIL – OXFORD ARTS FACTORY – SYDNEY

w/ The Mission in Motion

Tickets available from www.moshtix.com or at the door

4TH APRIL – THE GLOBE THEATRE – BRISBANE
w/ The Paper & the Plane

Tickets available from www.oztix.com.au or at the door and Rockinghorse.