The Blow Monkeys are in rarefied company with a career spanning over 40 years. 

Always making new music, always stretching their own musical boundaries, from “jazz punk” to a more soulful, jazzy style and an ever-increasing adoption of dance music, The Blow Monkeys experienced worldwide hits with classics such as Digging Your Scene and It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way becoming household names and epitomising the glamour of mid-80s pop at its most graceful and sophisticated.

But there was always so much more going on with these soulful troubadours beyond their stylish veneer. The band’s relentless desire to move forward, to collaborate, to be socially engaged and to have something to contribute saw them working with people as varied as Curtis Mayfield, Paul Weller, Cheb Khaled and even Jamaican Toaster EEK-aMouse.

The group, led by frontman Dr Robert (Bruce Robert Howard), gained prominence with their slick, soulful sound and socially conscious lyrics.

Their music often mixed catchy melodies with politically charged themes, especially in songs like Celebrate (The Day After You), an anti-Thatcher anthem during the 1980s. The band disbanded in the early 1990s but reunited in 2007, continuing to release new music and tour.

Tickets now available via Gerrard Allman Events at gaevents.au.

TOUR DATES

06 MAY Perth WA

08 MAY Adelaide SA

10 MAY Melbourne VIC

14 MAY Brisbane QLD

15 MAY Sydney NSW