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Wolfmother will finally return home in July for their first Australian shows since they tore up the Big Day Out back in January. Tickets for all concerts go on sale at 9am today.

The Sydney trio are currently criss-crossing the globe to help spread the word about their acclaimed, self titled, debut album.

The group is also being embraced by international radio with their song “Woman” being the #1 most added song at the Alternative and Active Rock formats in the US over recent weeks and Radio 1 in the UK playlisting the band.

Wolfmother’s Australian tour will be slotted among performances at some of the worlds best festivals including Coachella and Lollapalooza in the U.S., Reading and T In The Park in the UK, Fuji in Japan, and a coveted spot on the famous Roskilde Festival in Scandinavia.

As far as Australia goes, the news just keeps getting better. With their debut album verging on triple platinum sales, Wolfmother have cemented their status here by picking up a swag of awards in Australia’s Rolling Stone critics poll; being named Best Band, Best Rock Artist, Best New Artist and Best Hard Rock / Metal Act. Their album also received the inaugural “J Award” as the best release of 2005 and they had a record six songs voted into Triple J’s “Hottest 100” list.

From the well loved “Dimension” and “Woman” to the epic “Minds Eye” and the latest single ‘White Unicorn”, Wolfmother live are an unmissable experience.

Their special guests on all their Australian dates will be influential Swedish rockers Dungen. Dungen’s (pronounced Doon-yen) contemporary masterpiece of 70’s inspired psychedelia, jazz, and rock, “Ta Det Lungnt” (which loosely translated means “take it easy”) has been met with critical acclaim worldwide, including a spot in the Top 50 albums of 2005 lists for Rolling Stone USA, NME, The Times, Spin, Uncut and many more. Opening the shows will be up and coming local indie band and original fantasy rockers the Tucker B’s, out on the road in support of their latest and greatest release “Chubby”.

You can catch Wolfmother, Dungen and Tucker B’s live at the following Australian venues:
THUR 13 July – Thebarton Theatre, SA
SAT 15 July – Festival Hall, VIC
SUN 16 July – Challenge Stadium, WA
THUR 20 July Hordern Pavillion, NSW
SAT 22 July – The Riverstage, QLD

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