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There might be a torturous six month wait still to endure, but it seems it’s time to start thinking about your party plans over the New Year period already! One of the world’s greatest and most enduring live electronic acts Underworld will be in Australia to help usher in 2009, specifically for Melbourne’s Summadayze event on New Years Day. Revealed by Future Entertainment in ITM’s Melbourne Forums, it’s not yet known what their exact touring schedule will be; but it’s a safe bet that the UK act will make at least a few high-profile appearances around the rest of the country!
With a long history in electronic music that stretches back to the late 80s, Underworld released their fifth studio album last year Oblivion With Bells, which delivered the band another club anthem in the form of Beautiful Burnout, partly thanks to several high-impact remixes from the likes of Pig & Dan, Tiefschwarz and Mark Knight. ITM spoke to the group’s enigmatic vocalist Karl Hyde when it hit the stores (check out the ITM feature), where he spoke about the legacy the band has already left behind.
“I feel very blessed to be part of something that means a lot to people,” he says of Underworld’s Born Slippy, perhaps one of the archetypal dance anthems that still regularly gets a thrashing. “When we were kids, we had our favourite bands that had written anthems, and those songs are probably still ticking over in our consciousness to this day… You’d never even dream that you’d be part of something that would do the same thing for people…. For that to happen to us, that’s beyond a dream really.”
Stay tuned to ITM for details on their full national tour dates!
Frank_K says...
The Sensation/Summadayze double is so on
i_have_ADD says...
EPICCCCCCCC WIN WIN WIN
JackT says...
their live show is still incredible. Big news!
amanda fantastique says...
awesome, can't wait!
CABANA BOY says...
Trip to Melb 4 Sensation n Summadayze for sure.
guided says...
Maybe the greatest live dance acts ever
nadz85 says...
looks like my melbourne trip is now official, lock it in eddie... sensation white/summadayze double for the win
thefrenchuman says...
Wow 2009 in one word, Future ^^
MeliJane says...
First Daft Punk, then Chemical Brothers, Duran Duran, now Underworld!! OMG!
coxdigweed says...
this will be fuckin epic . My life will be complete . Besides hearing the obvious track , how good will it be to hear ,two months off ,rez, cowgirl.....counting the days already
amanda fantastique says...
does anybody know what their live show is like? is it like chemical brothers recent show cause their visuals were so cool
RavinHard says...
wat better way to start the new year with sensation and summadayze
chrisye says...
soooooooo happy
chriis says...
moaner
funkichiken says...
yep i'll be heading south for the sensation/summerdayze double-header too. perhaps should just charter an airbus330 or something for the hordes of sydney siders doing the same thing!
out_of_it says...
underworld for shore thing!!!
trist says...
Seen Underworld a number of times over many years. They are still the best live electronic act in my opinion. I hope they are playing a non-festival gig in Sydney. Amanda, get a copy of their DVD Everything Everything. It encapsulates the live Underworld experience.
djtoki says...
Please dont play Shore Thing or Field Day! Bring on their own headline gig
jetgrrl says...
awesome news! I'll be doing the Sensation/Summadayze double as well. Bet there'll be heaps of people at Underworld still dressed in white from the night before
Medea312 says...
ooh fuck - why summerdayze - okay well it is going to be a very long new years eve/day
existenz says...
k-k-k-king of snake. I've been waiting for this news.
Discodemon says...
Best Eletronic Live act Underworld? Faithless knocked my socks off when they toured last. Underworld are great but the best, I think not
dj joey says...
the S/S double hell yer!! better start catching up on some sleep from now..they better be givin away free energy drinks!
scottyk82 says...
PUSSSSSHHHHHHH!!!! glam bucket one of the best songs in the WORLD. Look at me.... WORLD!
Mickey1 says...
Daft Punk, then Chemical Brothers Pack of useless idiots Along With Groove Armada
tania veronese says...
oh my god!! seen them at wild in the country in england last year. the best live act i seen out of ALL the festivals i went to over there. OMG!!!!!!! i love u
InTheForest says...
def doing the double
untitled-1 says...
lame they finished up when darren left...lame
St_Jude says...
YES YES YES!!! about fucking time they were back. please let them be @ perth too!!
rafe says...
these guys were amazing @ bdo years ago
shortino says...
lol melbourne really trying to make there nye special...they still got nudda on sydney ha!
dyldogs says...
defs goin the sensation/summerdayze double, i love living in melbourne :D
kirsche_au says...
I saw Underworld the last time they were in Sydney. Nothing compares. Beyond brilliant. Epic. No better way to welcome in the New Year. Get your arses to Melbourne. As for me, I'll be in their hometown then, or else I'd have been the one going berko at the front of the stage!
brenly says...
shortino you are an idiot. melbourne TRYING to be better then sydney? lol
WoodyIsGod says...
WHY WHY WHY Summerdayze???? I cant stand that festival i hope to god they do a side show so i dont have to put up with all the wankers...
brenly says...
sd is fkng terrible. gets worse and worse every year. sensation/sd double? no fkng way!