Bad//Dreems Announce Intimate ‘Dogs At Bay’ 10th Anniversary Tour
Catch Adelaide legends Bad/Dreems performing their debut album in full in intimate venues across the country this September and November.
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After teasing something special on social media earlier this week, local legends Bad//Dreems have revealed they’re hitting the road to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their ground-breaking debut album, Dogs At Bay.
The quartet will perform the album in full alongside a collection of fan favourites in intimate venues around the country this September and November.
Released in 2015, Dogs At Bay turned Bad//Dreems into one of Australia’s most exciting acts. Produced by Mark Opitz (AC/DC, INXS, Cold Chisel, The Angels, Divinyls), the album was an unfiltered look at modern suburbia, backed by gruff guitars and relatable stories and observations exploring themes of class, masculinity, mental health and the contradictions of modern Australian life.
The Music called Dogs At Bay “A jam-packed blue-collared Aussie rock belter”, while news.com.au wrote the album places “familiar garage grooves next to the Weetbix-and-Jager vocals of Ben Marwe with almost balletic poise.”
Dogs At Bay inspired the likes of Amyl and the Sniffers, The Chats and Pist Idiots, and helped bring about the resurgence of pub rock as a vehicle for storytelling.
On revisiting the iconic album, lead guitarist Alex Cameron says, “I was never convinced that people really understood the band or our songs at the time. Then again, I don’t know if we really did either. After our early releases, some pseudo-cultural elites wrote us off as ‘pub rock’. So, this was a moniker we embraced, unfashionable though it was at the time. It proved an interesting vehicle to explore many of the themes that underpin the Australian identity, which is something we have always been drawn to.
“Dogs at Bay was the beginning of an exciting and often peculiar road, replete with a few pot holes and wrong turns. The songs seem to have stood the test of time; many are still mainstays of our set. We feel lucky that there is interest enough from people for us to revisit it.”
Bad//Dreems Dogs At Bay 10th Anniversary Tour kicks off at Sydney’s Mary’s Underground on Friday 5 September and continues with concerts at Brisbane’s Lefty’s Music Hall on Thursday 11 September, Melbourne’s The Evelyn on Friday 19 September, and Adelaide’s Port Noarlunga Arts Centre on Saturday 20 September, before wrapping things up at Scarborough’s Indian Ocean Hotel on Friday 7 November.
Pre-sale tickets go on sale Thursday 3 July at 9:30am local time. Sign up for the mailing list here. General public on-sale kicks off Friday 4 July at 9:30am local time via baddreems.com.
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Since the release of Dogs At Bay, Bad//Dreems have solidified themselves as one of Australia’s great acts of the 00s.
They’ve released three more studio albums (2017’s Gutful, 2019’s Doomsday Ballet and 2023’s Hoo Ha!), two live albums (2015’s Live at Fowler’s and 2024’s Quality Meats), and won a stack of awards, including seven South Australian Music Awards.
Along with touring the country, Bad//Dreems are releasing a limited edition Dogs At Bay 10th Anniversary Edition Vinyl in ‘Bogan Brick’ and ‘HumeBlue’ colourways which will be avaiallble via baddreems.bandtshirts.com.au.
Catch Bad//Dreems at Port Noarlunga Arts Centre on Saturday 20 September. For ticketing information, visit baddreems.bandtshirts.com.au.
Bad//Dreems Dogs At Bay 10th Anniversary Australian TOur 2025
Friday 5 September – Mary’s Underground, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 11 September – Lefty’s Music Hall, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 19 September – The Evelyn, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 20 September – Port Noarlunga Arts Centre, Port Noarlunga, SA
Friday 7 November – Indian Ocean Hotel, Scarborough, WA
