We are totally pumped to be coming back to America and Canada this fall for our first headlining show tour.
Ticket links can be found under the Tour Tab on this page  http://www.thebeards.com.au/tour/

It recently came to our attention that due the beard-induced state of ecstasy we’ve been experiencing constantly for the last five years, we have neglected to make a website. Rest assured the problem has been rectified by our team of expert bearded web-designers and we are pleased to present www.thebeards.com.au, your new one-stop shop for all our beard-related merchandise, tour news, videos and pics, and general beardiness.

To celebrate, we’re releasing an alternative version of crowd favourite Shaved Off His Beard, available for free download here. The piano / acoustic version is a haunting interpretation of this cautionary tale about the perils of shaving.
So listen to that song, look at this website, and don’t forget… beards.

We are super happy to be able to announce our first ever tour to the first world. Its our biggest tour to date.

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The Beards The First World Tour.
The USA, Canada, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, England and Scotland are amongst a list of first-world countries that can expect a visit this year from the kings of totalitarian beard-rock: The Beards.

‘The First World Tour’ will take in a series of relatively well-off countries, including a run of shows in the group’s homeland, Australia.“People living in developed countries are more susceptible to shaving.” Said the band’s frontman, Johann Beardraven. “They are a high risk group, so it’s important for our message to reach them before it’s too late.”Over time The Beards have gone from strength to strength. After three albums, four filmclips, countless sold out shows across Australia, over two million hits on their Youtube Channel, a place in Triple J’s Hottest 100 (2012) and an ARIA award nomination, The Beards are ready to take their steadfast message into new territories.“The message is: Grow a beard.” Said Beardraven.The tour, which will run from March through to June will see the band playing their home-grown brand of beard-related rock anthems across North America, Europe and Australia, and will include festival appearances at South by Southwest, Canadian Music Week, Bearded Theory and Byron Bay’s Bluesfest. 

USA / Canada

Sun 3rd March
The Echo – Los Angeles CA
http://www.theecho.com/event/221259-aussie-bbq-no-5-los-angeles/

Tues 12th March
The Continental Club – Houston TX
http://www.continentalclub.com/Houston.html

Thurs 14th March
The Side Bar – Austin TX
Day Time SXSW show
http://ultra8201.com/home/2013/2/18/sxsw-2013-the-midgetmens-texas-jumpstart-6-314-rsvp

Thurs 14th March
B.D. RILEY’S PUB – Austin TX
Afternoon SXSW Show
http://bdrileys.com/calendar/event/sxsw-showcase-acts-2013-03-14/

Sat 16th March
The Grackle – Austin TX
Day time SXSW show

Sat 16th March
Maggie Mae’s – Austin TX
SXSW Showcase
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2013/events/event_MS21788

Sat 23rd March
Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto ON
Day Time Canadian Music Week show
http://canadianmusicfest.com/artists/artist-details/?band=The+Beards&band_ID=4460

Sat 23rd March
Bovine Sex Club – Toronto ON
Canadian Music Week Showcase show
http://canadianmusicfest.com/artists/artist-details/?band=The+Beards&band_ID=4460

Sun 24th March
Sons Of Essex – New York NY
Day Time gig

Australian Festivals

Thurs 28th March – Mon 1st April
Byron Bay Bluesfest – Byron Bay NSW
http://www.bluesfest.com.au/

Thurs 25th April
The Gum Ball Festival – Belford Hunter Valley NSW
http://www.thegumball.com.au/?page_id=598

UK / Europe

Sat 11th May
4AD, Diksmuide, Belgium.
http://www.4ad.be/page/events/detail.php?event=2973

Sun 12th May
Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
http://www.ticketmaster.nl/html/connect.htmI?EVNT=109227

Mon 13th May
Molotow, Hamburg, Germany.
http://www.eventim.de/the-beards-Tickets-hamburg.html?affiliate=EVE&doc=artistPages%2Ftickets&fun=artist&action=tickets&key=916499%242740734&jumpIn=yTix&kuid=479590&from=erdetaila

Tues 14th May
Fraanz Club, Berlin, Germany.
http://www.eventim.de/the-beards-Tickets-berlin.html?affiliate=EVE&doc=artistPages%2Ftickets&fun=artist&action=tickets&key=916499%242730476&jumpIn=yTix&kuid=479590&from=erdetaila

Thurs 16th May
Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, Scotland.
http://www.aeglive.co.uk/artists/the-beards

Fri 17th May
Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow, Scotland.
http://www.aeglive.co.uk/artists/the-beards

Sun 19th May
Bearded Theory Festival, Derby, England
http://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/buy_tickets_old/events/?id=10022262&wlid=4499

Mon 20th May
Hoxton Square Bar, London, England.
http://www.aeglive.co.uk/artists/the-beards

Tues 21st May
Hare and Hounds, Birmingham, England.
http://www.aeglive.co.uk/artists/the-beards

Wed 22nd May
Deaf Institute, Manchester, England.
http://www.aeglive.co.uk/artists/the-beards

Thurs 23rd May
The Louisianna, Bristol, England
http://aeglive.seetickets.com/event/the-beards/the-louisiana/698437/?src=AEGLIVEUK_LOUISIANA_BEARDS_230513

Fri 24th May
Leadmill, Sheffield, England.
http://www.aeglive.co.uk/artists/the-beards

Sun 26th May
Scrumpstock Festival, Somerset, England.
http://www.scrumpstock.co.uk/shop

Australia

Fri 31st May
Jive, Adelaide, SA
http://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/the-beards-first-world-tour-2013/64325

Fri 7th June
Amplifier Capitol, Perth, WA

Sat 8th June
Prince of Wales, Bunbury, WA
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?Event=33906&utm_medium=Website&utm_source=OzTix&utm_content=GigGuide&utm_term=_PRINCE+OF+WALES+HOTEL%2C+BUNBURY_

Thurs 13th June
Pelly Bar (Pier Live), Frankston, VIC

Fri 14/th June
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine, VIC

Sat 15th June
The Hi-Fi, Melbourne, VIC
http://thehifi.oztix.com.au/default.aspx?Event=33903

Fri 21st June
The Hi-Fi, Brisbane, QLD
http://thehifi.oztix.com.au/default.aspx?Event=33905

Sat 22nd June
The Northern, Byron Bay, NSW

Thurs 27th June
The Cambridge, Newcastle NSW
http://www.bigtix.com.au/products/565-the-beards.aspx

Fri 28th June
Waves, Wollongong, NSW
http://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/the-beards-first-world-tour-2013-special-guests/64326?=skin

Sat 29th Jun
The Metro, Sydney NSW.
http://www.metrotheatre.com.au/events/2013/06/29/the-beards

To all of our bearded fans, and far less importantly, our beardless fans who appreciate beards, we thought we’d give you an update on what to expect from us during the first half of 2013 – The Year of The Beard!

Shows in Australia (January / February)

The start of the year will see us playing selected shows around Australia including performances in Adelaide, Ballarat, Launceston, Melbourne, the Gold Coast, the Ballarat Beer Festival and the Tamworth Country Music Festival. We are proud of what we have achieved in Australia over the last four years – there are now more beards per capita than there have been since the 1970s, and attitudes towards beards and their owners are starting to change. Having said that, bearded Australians still face injustice every day, and we will never give up on our goal to turn this land we call home into the world’s first entirely-bearded nation.

Mini-World Tour: USA, Canada, Australia, UK & Europe (March – May)

After years of fighting beard discrimination on the home front, we are now ready to set our sights on the shaving epidemic that has gripped the entirety of western civilisation for over 100 years. In March we will play a handful of shows across the USA and Canada. Then we will be briefly heading home to perform at Byron Bay’s Bluesfest. In May we will finally get a chance to spread our bearded message to the people of the UK and Europe. Most of the dates for this tour are yet to be announced, so stay tuned for more information.

Australian Tour (June)

In June we will be back home for a full Australian tour that is sure to convince the few remaining doubters that growing and keeping a beard really is the single greatest and most meaningful experience a human being is capable of undertaking.

The brand new animated film clip for our song “Got Me a Beard”.
Thanks to our dear old friend Chris Edser and his team of bearded animators for all their hard work.