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Aussie rock legends Zoot announce their first single in over 50 years
Words by Tom Parker
The beloved pop-rock band have also postponed their reformation tour until October 2022.
One of Australia’s most loved bands of the late ’60s and early ’70s, Zoot, have just announced their first single in over 50 years.
Written by the band’s longstanding members, Beeb Birtles, Rick Springfield and Russell Morris, and featuring some dialogue from the band’s late frontman Darryl Cotton in the song’s intro, ‘That Was Then’ is a joyous pop-rock number that’s got all the enthusiasm punters have come to know and love from Zoot.
A lifelong Sydneysider, Parkinson s first band was Strings and Things, formed with the children of famed cricketer Sid Barnes. Parkinson’s musical tastes matured and in 1967 he explored psychedelic rock with The Questions. The group would support The Who, tour nationally with Small Faces and place second in the finals of the prestigious Hoadleys Battle of the Sounds.
Before the ‘60s were finished, the singer formed a new band Doug Parkinson in Focus, whose reworking of The Beatles’ “Dear Prudence” was a national smash. His new group would go one better in the Battle of the Sounds, taking top spot in 1969.
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Due to phenomenal demand,
THE AMITY AFFLICTION have today added new and final shows to their 2021 Australian Tour in July with the support of
WAAX, VOID OF VISION and NERVE DAMAGE. With the Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane dates selling out in a matter of days, additional dates have been added to the tour due to demand.
The Amity Affliction will kick things off at Sydney’s Roundhouse on July 1, before performing in other intimate venues around the country including the Eatons Hill Grand Ballroom in Brisbane, The Forum Melbourne and Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide, before wrapping things up at Perth’s Metro City on July 10.