Cosmic Psychos really like beer, podcasting and playing live, announcing album and 40 date tour

It's the brew that keeps Cosmic Psychos going - so why not dedicate an album and tour to it!

Australia’s favourite beer-fuelled legends Cosmic Psychos are back with their twelfth studio album I Really Like Beer on Friday November 7, and they’re hitting the road the very same day.

The ultimate pub rockers will be heading on the road for a whopping 40 show run. The tour will kick off on the same day as the album drop on Friday 7 November at the Singing Bird in Frankston, playing Theatre Royal and Corner Hotel that same weekend. The first half of the tour will circle around New South Wales and Queensland and across to Western Australia, returning to Victoria for a slot at Queenscliff Music Festival. Dan Peters of Mudhoney will be on drumming duties for the first section of the tour, swapping out with BC Michaels of Dune Rats fame for the second half.

Another eight Victorian dates are on the tail end of the tour, stopping in Beechworth, Belgrave, San Remo, Balnarring, Ballarat, Warrnambool, Torquay and Tarwin Lower.

Cosmic Psychos – I Really Like Beer Tour

FEAT. DAN PETERS (MUDHONEY) ON DRUMS
FRI 07 NOV — Singing Bird, Frankston, VIC
SAT 08 NOV — Theatre Royal, Castlemaine, VIC
SUN 09 NOV — Corner Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
WED 12 NOV — UC Hub, Canberra, ACT
THU 13 NOV — Uni Bar, Wollongong, NSW
FRI 14 NOV — Crowbar, Sydney, NSW
SAT 15 NOV — King Street Bandroom, Newcastle, NSW
WED 19 NOV — Racehorse Hotel, Ipswich, QLD
THU 20 NOV — Vinnies Dive Bar, Gold Coast, QLD
FRI 21 NOV — Solbar, Maroochydore, QLD
SAT 22 NOV — Crowbar, Brisbane, QLD
SUN 23 NOV — Bangalow Bowlo, Bangalow, NSW
WED 26 NOV — The River, Margaret River, WA
THU 27 NOV — Rosemount Hotel, Perth, WA
FRI 28 NOV — Indian Ocean Hotel, Scarborough, WA
SAT 29 NOV — Queenscliff Music Festival, Queenscliff, VIC

FEAT. BC MICHAELS (DUNE RATS) ON DRUMS
THU 01 JAN — Edge Hill Tavern, Cairns, QLD
FRI 02 JAN — Dalrymple Hotel, Townsville, QLD
SAT 03 JAN — Magnums, Airlie Beach, QLD
SUN 04 JAN — Metropolitan Hotel, Mackay, QLD
WED 07 JAN — Harvey Road Tavern, Gladstone, QLD
THU 08 JAN — Grand Hotel, Childers, QLD
FRI 09 JAN — MO’s Desert Clubhouse, Gold Coast, QLD
SAT 10 JAN — Seaview Tavern, Woolgoolga, NSW
SUN 11 JAN — Bellingen Brewery, Bellingen, NSW
WED 14 JAN — Moonshiners Honky Tonk Bar, Tamworth, NSW
THU 15 JAN — Finnian’s Tavern, Port Macquarie, NSW
FRI 16 JAN — Avalon RSL, Avalon, NSW
SAT 17 JAN — The Marlin, Ulladulla, NSW
SUN 18 JAN — Beer Deluxe, Albury NSW
THU 22 JAN — Tanswells Hotel, Beechworth, VIC
FRI 23 JAN — Sooki Lounge, Belgrave, VIC
SAT 24 JAN — Westonport Hotel, San Remo, VIC
SUN 25 JAN — Social Club, Balnarring, VIC
MON 26 JAN — Volta, Ballarat, VIC
THU 29 JAN — Whalers Hotel, Warrnambool, VIC
FRI 30 JAN — Torquay Hotel, Torquay, VIC
SAT 31 JAN — Riverview Hotel, Tarwin Lower, VIC
THU 12 FEB — Royal Oak, Launceston, TAS
FRI 13 FEB — Forth Pub, Devonport, TAS
SAT 14 FEB — Altar, Hobart, TAS

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This tour will celebrate the bands twelvth studio album, appropriately and simply named I Really Like Beer. Recorded to tape with Paul Maybury at Secret Location Studios between Knighty’s vineyard duties and CFA callouts, the new record is classic Psychos. As raw, loud and gloriously dumb as ever – with the occasional life lesson hidden under a pile of riffs. If you’ve been paying attention since 1982, you already know what you’re in for.

The first sip comes in the form of ‘I Like Beer’, a touching love letter from Ross to his true love. This one comes to life with an absolutely bonkers video (we’d expect nothing less). Expect the band to be on the beers throughout their entire 40 dates, celebrating the beloved brew that the band own so much to.

“We made a record about beer, so now we’re going to play it in as many pubs as possible. Simple.” says Knight.

And because idle hands make mischief, Knighty has also decided to launch a brand new weekly podcast, How Ya Goin? (with Dr Knighty). Equal parts mental health check-in and pub-style yarn, the show features honest conversations with some of his mates, who also happen to be some of the biggest names in music. Season 1 guests include Eamon Sandwith (The Chats), Donita Sparks (L7), Tim Rogers (You Am I), Scarlet McKahey (Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers) and many more. It’s warm, funny, loose, and totally unfiltered, just like the bloke hosting it.

Tickets for the I Really Like Beer Tour are on sale now via cosmicpsychos.com.au