There is no better way for a hard working touring rock band to introduce their new single, ‘The Grind’ from the Shifting Gears album, than with a national tour.
Kicking off on 7 April in the nation’s capital, Thirsty Merc’s Back To The Grind Tour will hit over 20 cities and towns across all the mainland states through to the end of May 2016 on the NSW South Coast.
Lead singer, Rai Thistlethwayte, is rightly proud of their new single and said: “After a really hard time at the end of 2015, we’ve turned the corner into 2016 and we feel the best way to get on with things is to keep busy, keep working hard and do what we love: PLAYING LIVE! We’re stoked with our new single too. It’s got the Merc quirk, with grind-y guitars in the choruses, a swaggery tempo, it’s a return to our rock roots. Back To The Grind is going to be an unforgettable tour, we can feel it. We’ll be giving it our absolute ALL!”
The band’s new album, Shifting Gears, was released late last year and it’s first single, ‘The Good Life’, garnered major radio support around the country including the Triple M network and Southern Cross Austereo regional stations.
BACK TO THE GRIND TOUR
* Special guests Tequila Mockingbyrd
Thursday, 7 April 2016 – Southern Cross Club – Top of The Cross, Canberra, ACT*
Friday, 8 April 2016 – Metro Theatre, Sydney, NSW*
Thursday, 15 April 2016 – The Arkaba Hotel, Adelaide, SA*
Wednesday, 20 April 2016 – Melbourne Public, Melbourne, VIC*
Thursday, 21 April 2016 – Karova Lounge, Ballarat, VIC*
Friday, 22 April 2016 – Grand Hotel, Mornington Peninsula, VIC*
Saturday, 23 April 2016 – The Workers Club, Geelong, VIC
Wednesday, 27 April 2016 – Studio Six, Sutherland, NSW
Thursday, 28 April 2016 – UOW Uni Bar, Wollongong, NSW
Friday, 29 April 2016 – Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Thursday, 5 May 2016 – Beach Hotel, Byron Bay, NSW
Friday, 6 May 2016 – Yamba Bowling Club, Yamba, NSW
Sunday, 8 May 2016 – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD
Friday, 13 May 2016 – The Gap View Hotel, Alice Springs, NT
Saturday, 14 May 2016 – Darwin Ski Club, Darwin, NT
Friday, 20 May 2016 – Marlin Hotel, Ulladulla, NSW