loading . . . TISM To Play Their Breakthrough Album In Full At Sydney Opera House One of Australia’s most iconic venues is about to meet one of the country’s most irreverent bands, with Melbourne’s masked mirthmakers TISM plotting their Sydney Opera House debut.
The group – who mark their 43rd anniversary next month – will be hitting up the famed locale on Friday, April 10th.
It will mark their the band’s first live appearance since November 2024, when they wrapped up their Death To Art Tour with a massive performance at the Hordern Pavilion, just a few kilometres away.
With close to 400 live appearances having taken place across their storied career, this show will mark TISM’s debut show at the Sydney Opera House therefore, they’re ensuring it’s one to remember.
The gig itself will be a celebratory one for the band, and will feature a full playthrough of their 1995 album, Machiavelli And The Four Seasons.
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Released on May 1st, 1995, Machiavelli And The Four Seasons was TISM’s third full-length record, and served as their commercial breakthrough. Harnessing a unique blend of electronic music and pub rock, the group’s subversive nature and satirical lyrics caught the attention of the Australian music public.
Peaking at No. 8 on the ARIA Charts, the record went Gold, and even saw TISM take out Best Independent Release at the ARIA Awards that same year.
Thanks largely to the success of singles such as (He’ll Never Be An) Ol’ Man River, Greg! The Stop Sign!!, and All Homeboys Are Dickheads, the album was an underground sensation that spilled out into the mainstream, and briefly put TISM on the radar of music lovers across the country.
Earlier this year, the album was also the focus of full-length book as part of the Oceania edition of the long-running 33⅓ series of musical essays, and also received an expanded reissue on vinyl and CD, collecting B-sides and demos from the recording process.
The forthcoming show will serve as a rare opportunity for the band’s devoted fanbase to hear many of the songs on the record for the first time since its release. It’s also the first time the band have taken a retrospective look at their discography and offered up a full run-through of an album, with such a concept almost seeming at odds with TISM’s own approach to cultural veneration.
While follow-up albums such as 1998’s www.tism.wanker.com and 2001’s De RigeurMortis wouldn’t have the same impact as Machiavelli, TISM’s legacy has undeniably continued. Having split in 2004, the group would reform in 2022 for the Good Things festival, and released their first album in 20 years – Death To Art – in 2024, with a national tour taking place in support.
Tickets to TISM’s upcoming Sydney Opera House show are on presale from Wednesday, November 12th, with a general sale taking place from 10am on Thursday, November 13th.
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TISM – Present Machiavelli And The Four Seasons
Friday, April 10th – Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW http://dlvr.it/TP9bTb
