King Parrot and Weedeater team up for Australian tour

Get ready for an annihilation this November as two metal giants join forces, skipping around Australia to bring the hardest of hard hits.

Titled ‘When The Weed Meets The Speed’, Australia’s hardest metallers King Parrot join forces with North Carolina chaos bringers Weedeater for a ferocious Australian tour. Along for the ride are Astrodeath and Choof for what is set to be one hell of a showdown.

Kicking off 6 November in the sunny Burleigh Heads, the four acts will make their way through Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Canberra, Ballarat, Geelong, Frankston, Melbourne, Adelaide and wrap up in Perth on Sunday 17 November.

When the Weed Meets The Speed Tour Dates

• Wednesday 6th November, 2024 – Mo’s Desert Clubhouse – Burleigh Heads, QLD
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• Thursday 7th November, 2024 – The Triffid – Brisbane, QLD
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• Friday 8th November, 2024 – King Street Warehouse – Newcastle, NSW
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• Saturday 9th November, 2024 – Manning Bar – Sydney, NSW
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• Sunday 10th November, 2024 – The Basement – Canberra, ACT
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• Tuesday 12th November, 2024 – Volta – Ballarat, VIC
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• Wednesday 13th November, 2024 Barwon Club – Geelong, VIC
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• Thursday 14th November, 2024 – Singing Bird Studio – Frankston, VIC
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• Friday 15th November, 2024 – Max Watt’s – Melbourne, VIC
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• Saturday 16th November, 2024 – Lion Arts Factory – Adelaide, SA
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• Sunday 17th November, 2024 – Magnet House – Perth, WA
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King Parrot have earned the reputation as one of Australia’s most ferocious and chaotic live metal acts, having created a sound and identity uniquely their own through years of punishing the road on countless tours both here and  abroad. Combining elements of grind core, death and thrash metal and hardcore punk, the sound is infused with their own distinctive and unmistakable approach. Fresh out of the studio after completing work on their brand new studio album, the band are ready to hit the road and showcase their wares.

With multiple ARIA nominations and appearances on stages all over the world alongside acts like Pantera, Obituary, Exodus, Lamb of God and Soulfly, the boys from Melbourne are no strangers to the big stage. Receiving a rousing reception at Knotfest Australia earlier in the year, the homegrown Aussie grind juggernaut are firing on all cylinders and chomping at the bit to deliver a rabid headline show seasoned with new material.

 

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They are the perfect pairing for North Carolina sludge-toned tar-heeled Weedeater. Needing no introduction to anyone who dabbles in the arts of stoner, sludge and doom metal, Weedeater are a reckoning. Their last voyage to the land down under was back in 2016, and they’ve been hankering to return ever since. With a back catalogue boasting such classics as God Luck and Good Speed, Jason… The Dragon and Goliathan, these albums play like hymnals on a Sunday morning to the stoner doom elite. Australian fans should prepare for a gargantuan onslaught of titanic riffs as Weedeater chase the dragon all over Australia with their long-time touring partners King Parrot; North America and Europe have had plenty of this devastating duo in the past, now it’s Australia’s turn!

Presale will be held for each individual show as run by the venues (see above) and general public tickets will be on sale from Friday 2 August at 9am here.

Words by Staff Writer