Hoodoo Gurus to rock in 2025

IN response to demand, the Hoodoo Gurus have added Bendigo to the itinerary of their national Back to the Stoneage tour as one of a series of ten extra shows.

Bendigo’s Ulumbarra Theatre will be the venue for the first of the added dates on Wednesday 22 January.

The tour marks 40 years since the band released its debut album Stoneage Romeos, which featured the hits Leilani, Tojo, My Girl and I Want You Back.

It reached number 29 on the Australian Album Chart and won Best Debut Album at the 1984 Countdown Awards.

Stoneage Romeos has consistently appeared in the Top 10 on almost every Top 50 and Top 100 Australian albums lists.

The tour will see the band play the Stoneage Romeos album in full, followed by a selection of hit songs.

It begins in November.

“Stoneage Romeos was a pivotal album for us and many of its songs have remained live favourites ever since,” founder and frontman Dave Faulkner said.

“It’ll be great to play some of those less-travelled songs from it on this tour, even though that means we’ll be playing longer sets to fit everything else in as well.

“To my mind that’s a win-win situation.”

Since forming in 1981, Hoodoo Gurus have achieved 10 ARIA Top 20 albums, nine ARIA Top 40 singles and a series of multi-platinum albums.

They last toured in Australia in September 2022 on the back of their most recent album Chariot of the Gods.

The 2024/25 tour ends with a show in Sydney at Selina’s in Coogee, a venue that has been a significant part of the band’s history.

One of Geelong’s most successful bands, Magic Dirt, will be the support act at the Bendigo gig.

The Australian tour will be preceded by a run of more than 20 dates in the United States in September.

Tickets are available from the band’s website, hoodoogurus.net/tour.