LYDIA LUNCH + BLACK CAB’S ANDREW COATES TO PERFORM THE SONGS OF SUICIDE & ALAN VEGA IN AUSTRALIA IN JUNE

New York No Wave Queen Lydia Lunch returns to Australia to perform the songs of synth–punk duo Suicide and Suicide vocalist Alan Vega.

Lydia will be joined on stage by Andrew Coates of revered Melbourne electro trio, Black Cab to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Alan Vega’s passing, with special guests. (The Melbourne show will actually feature both principals of Black Cab – Andrew Coates and James Lee.)

Lunch originally met Suicide – the duo of late vocalist Alan Vega and multi-instrumentalist Martin Rev – in the 1970s, when Lunch moved to New York City from Rochester as a teenager. She formed a lifelong bond with the pair, often joining them on-stage to perform the song ‘Frankie Teardrop’ and recording a duet as part of Vega’s solo album Sniper, a collaboration with French experimental artist Marc Hurtado. Since Vega’s passing in 2016, Lunch has performed several Suicide tribute shows, most often with Hurtado; together the pair recently released the live album Metempsychosis: Reincarnate the Music of Alan Vega + Suicide.

Having previously never performed the show in Australia, Lydia surprised fans on a night off in Melbourne during her 2024 Spoken Word tour with an impromptu appearance at the Tote, backed by acclaimed Melbourne electronic duo Black Cab. It sold out in 3 days so she decided to bring it back for Vega’s anniversary in 2026, working again with Black Cab’s Andrew Coates.

Passionate, sexual, confrontational and bold, Lunch, Vega and Rev are all cut from the same grimy cloth of 1970s New York. This show is more than a tribute. It’s an offering.

LYDIA LUNCH PERFORMS THE SONGS OF SUICIDE AND ALAN VEGA
featuring Andrew Coates (Black Cab)
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND – JUNE 2026

Sun 14 June – Meow, Wellington, NZ (as part of Lōemis)

Wed 17 June – The Tote, Melbourne (with Black Cab)

Sat 20 June – Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane

Sun 21 June – Factory Floor, Sydney

Wed 24 June – Ed Castle, Adelaide

Thurs 25 June – The Milk Bar, Perth

On sale Monday March 30th at 9:00AM AEDT

via pressplaypresents.com

Passionate, confrontational and bold. Whether attacking the patriarchy and their pornographic war mongering, turning the sexual into political or whispering a love song to the broken hearted, Lydia Lunch’s fierce energy and rapid-fire delivery lend testament to her warrior nature.

Queen of No Wave, muse of The Cinema of Transgression, Lydia Lunch has released too many musical projects to tally, has been on tour for decades, has published dozens of articles, half a dozen books and simply refuses to just shut up. She performs in a variety of mediums and continues to release new music as well as re-issuing classic material from her vast catalogue of written and musical works.

A rabid collaborator, Lunch has famously worked with the likes of Nick Cave, Rowland S. Howard, Henry Rollins, Sonic Youth, Einstürzende Neubauten among others. Her decades long career is the subject of a recent feature length documentary Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over.

Andrew Coates: is the co-founder of Melbourne electronic group Black Cab. Its sound has ranged from psychedelic kraut rock to driving electronica, often drawing inspiration from Europe and American culture of the ’70’s and ’80’s. The group has released six full-length albums (Altamont Diary, Jesus East, Call Signs (featuring guest, Ron Peno from Died Pretty), Games of the 21st Olympiad and an original score to cult Anime’ film Akira) plus 2022’s Rotsler’s Rules. In 2013, they performed Suicide’s first album in its entirety for Pure Pop’s “Summer of Classic Albums”. They reprised it in 2020 to support Lydia Lunch and eventually backed her in 2024 as she performed the Suicide/ Alan Vega show as a one off in Melbourne 2024. In addition to Lydia Lunch, they have shared the stage with Tangerine Dream, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Damo Suzuki and Ratatat among others and performed at Golden Plains, Sugar Mountain, Paradise Festival, NGV, GoMA, White Night Festival and Supersense Festival of the Ecstatic at Melbourne’s Arts Centre.

For more information about Alan Vega & Suicide:

Requiem For A Scream: Suicide’s ‘Punk Mass’ | The Quietus

Suicide’s Alan Vega: a punk pioneer who shoved the streets back in people’s faces | Music | The Guardian

The Second Coming of Alan Vega, the Charismatic Frontman of Suicide | AnOther

Remembering Suicide’s Alan Vega: Screamer of Truths, Dreamer of Dreams

Blondie, Thurston Moore, Jim Jarmusch, and more pay tribute to Suicide’s Alan Vega

Infinity Punk: A Career-Spanning Interview With Suicide’s Alan Vega | Pitchfork

Alan Vega | Sacred Bones Records

Lydia Lunch & Marc Hurtado “Frankie Teardrop” – Arena Wien/Dreiraum, 18.9.2024

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