Their Summer Fun done and dusted Sunnyboys bass player Peter Oxley returns to The Aints! The supergroup he has joined alongside Australian icon Ed Kuepper, The Celibate Rifles drummer Paul Larsen and Sunnyboys touring keyboard player Alister Spence. The Aints! play the songs of The Saints from the time Kuepper was their driving force 1973-1978 with a Sydney show this week and Melbourne and the Hunter Valley to follow. Full details here ▶

Anita’s is an ornate heritage ballroom, capacity 1200 people and on Wollongong’s northern fringe. It’s stunning. Sprung wooden dance floor, ornate fittings. Too few of these places left. Shows in the Gong are feast or famine – they’re either well-supported or they die with dismal attendances. But who doesn’t want to see the Sunnyboys? It’s sold-out. 

There’s not much that can be said about the Sunnyboys that hasn’t been said here, and elsewhere, many times before. They are THE Australian music success…

And that’s a wrap! As Sunnyboys Summer Fun tour comes to a close. The boys send a heartfelt thanks to all 10,939 of you that bought a ticket to see them in action this time; the fastest selling and most successful tour for the band since their official coming out in 2013. And a big thank you also to Sunnyboys staff including the unflappable Tyson Royle on sound and tour managing duties; the laconic Stan Armstrong (returning to stage tech duties some 35 years after he last worked for the band), Hugh Taranto…