Powderfinger have confirmed the dates for their national reunion tour, 16 years after disbanding. The band announced the tour on Friday via social media videos and released the full schedule on Monday through a new website.
Described as a "travelling rock'n'roll circus", the tour will be "part festival, part spectacle and set to be filled with the communal joy of thousands of fans, gathering offline to experience the music they love, together", according to the band's website.
"We are absolutely ecstatic to be coming together to play again," the band said in a statement. "Over the years there have been tons of suggestions for us to go back on the road but, until now, it never felt quite right or lined up for all of us."
Guitarist and vocalist Bernard Fanning said in a YouTube video: "We always said that if we were going to get back together to do some shows, that you guys would be the first to know. And so now you're the first to know. We're going to do some shows all around Australia from September next year."
The tour includes four shows in Brisbane (September 3, 4, 10, 11), two in Cairns (September 17, 18), two in Perth (September 24, 25), four in Sydney (October 1, 2, 8, 9), two in Adelaide (October 15, 16) and four in Melbourne (October 22,23, 29, 30).
The band will curate an all-Australian lineup of support acts, with different artists joining in each city. The tour is partnering with homeless charity Mission Australia.