Hoodoo Gurus go Back to the Stone Age

Hot off the announcement of their limited edition, vinyl collector’s set, Hoodoo Gurus have today announced a national tour celebrating 40 years since they released Stoneage Romeos.

Originally released in March 1984, Stoneage Romeos was Hoodoo Gurus’ debut album and featured the hits Leilani, Tojo, My Girl and I Want You Back. It reached #29 on the Australian Album Chart and the album went on to win Best Debut Album at the 1984 Countdown Awards.

The Back to the Stoneage 2024 national tour will see the band play the Stoneage Romeos album in full followed by a selection of hit songs and album tracks.

The tour kicks off in Wollongong on Thursday, November 14, and hits stages in Newcastle, Gosford, Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and Gold Coast before finishing up at Perth’s Astor Theatre on Friday, December 13.

Local power-pop trio Rinehearts will join Hoodoo Gurus as special guests for the Perth show.

“Stoneage Romeos was a pivotal album for us and many of its songs have remained live favourites ever since,” said Dave Faulkner. “It’ll be great to play some of those ‘less-travelled’ songs from it on this tour—even though that means we’ll be playing longer sets to fit everything else in as well. Hah! To my mind that’s a win-win situation.”

Since forming in 1981, Hoodoo Gurus boast 10 x ARIA Top 20 albums, 9 x ARIA Top 40 singles and a host of multi-platinum albums.

The 40th Anniversary vinyl Stoneage Romeos set is released on Big Time Recordings through Universal Music Australia on Friday, May 17, and is available for pre-order from here.

Hoodoo Gurus’ Back to the Stoneage 2024 tour hits Astor Theatre on Friday, December 13, 2024. Tickets are on sale Friday, May 17 from hoodoogurus.net/tour