ASH ‘1977’ 30th Anniversary Tour
Lion Arts Factory Adelaide, 68 North Ter, 5000 Adelaide Directions
Tue 08.09.2026 19:00
"Ash rule. They are geniuses. Gods maybe."- NME
Ireland’s favourite power pop trio, Ash, finally return to Australia and New Zealand to Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of their iconic debut album, ‘1977’, by performing the album in full. Released in 1996, the album’s title references both the decade the band members were born in and the year Star Wars first hit cinemas.
‘1977’ has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide and was written, recorded and released when most of Ash were still only 19. A cinematic punk-pop soundtrack to binge drinking, chasing girls, youth and frustrated adolescent idealism, the album fused power pop, glam rock, post-grunge and Britpop into a loud, melodic and exuberant sound.
It struck a chord with the hearts, minds and hormones of a generation of like-minded teens, delivering a run of singles including “Girl From Mars”, “Kung Fu”, “Angel Interceptor”, “Goldfinger” and “Oh Yeah” — all of which reached the UK Top 20 and helped cement Ash’s reputation.
The 30th Anniversary Celebration of ‘1977’ will give Ash fans the chance to relive the album that featured “hit after honey-topped hit” and Britpop ruled the airwaves. Oh yeah!
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From a 30 year career spanning Girl From Mars and the chart topping 1977 debut album to the award winning singles from the seminal Free All Angels album Ash returned with new album ‘Race The Night’ in September 2023 via Fierce Panda Records. The album's a blast of guitar music, probably the most rock thing they've done this side of 2004s Meltdown album. Not to say it's a one-dimensional record; it ping pongs back and forth from power pop, glam stomps, new wave and more styles of guitar music. But in their first release since both the career spanning Teenage Wildlife best of and enforced lockdown hiatus, you can hear the sheer joy of a band getting back to the creative present. The band have played major festivals all over the world including a headline set on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury as teenagers.
The trio's new album 'Race The Night' reached #14 in the official UK album chart, #3 in the official UK Independent chart and #5 in the official UK vinyl chart.
