Bad Seed Mick Harvey Joins Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds
In news that will surely excite punk fans across the country, fellow former Bad Seed, Mick Harvey will join his old bandmate Kid Congo Powers, filling in on bass for the upcoming Pink Monkey Birds Australian tour kicking off in Melbourne on Thursday night.
This will be the first time the two have performed in the same band since their time together in Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds in the early 90s. Back then, Mick also sat in on bass while Kid took over guitar duties.
With one of the most enviable rock n’ roll resumes in existence, Kid Congo Powers was a founding member of cowpunk blues outfit The Gun Club, guitarist for legendary psycho-billy purveyors The Cramps and Australia’s own, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds.
Following the 2022 release of his long-awaited and critically acclaimed memoir, ‘Some New Kind of Kick’, Kid Congo makes his fourth trip to Australia with long-term cohorts The Pink Monkey Birds in support of their latest album, ‘That Delicious Vice’ out in April 19 via In the Red Records. Recorded in the scorching summer of 2023 in Tucson Arizona at Jim Water’s Waterworks studio, the band were thrilled to collaborate with LA Chicana punk icon, singer of The Bags and author, Alice Bag on songs “Wicked World” and “A Beast, a Priest”.
‘That Delicious Vice’ is Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds fifth full-length studio album and marks the band’s first as a three piece. However, for this Australian run, they will be a four-piece thanks to a surprise secret weapon, who will be revealed when they join the first show in Melbourne. You will have to come along to find out!
Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds Tour Dates
Thursday 18 April Corner Hotel Melbourne VIC
With special guest Kim Salmon’s Smoked Salmon
Tix on sale from Corner Hotel
Friday 19 April Theatre Royal Castlemaine VIC
With special guests Zig Zag
Tix on sale from Theatre Royal
Saturday 20 April Lion Arts Factory Adelaide VIC
With special guests TBC
Tix on sale from Lion Arts Factory
Sunday 21 April Rosemount Hotel Perth WA
With special guests Little Things
Tix on sale from Rosemount Hotel
Wednesday 24 April Republic Bar Hobart TAS
With special guest Kim Salmon
Tix on sale from Republic Bar
Thursday 25 April Oxford Art Factory Sydney NSW
With special guests Loose Fit
Tix on sale from Oxford Arts Factory
Saturday 27 April The Zoo Brisbane QLD
With special guests The Stress Of Leisure & Arugula
Tix on sale from The Zoo
