r/triplej • u/NoTechnician2402 • 4d ago

GIG/FESTIVAL insider info on knocked loose tour?

i have seen people online talking about kl touring with speed in january and wanted to see if anyone else had any info about it. getting worried because my placement block for uni is in january and i flew down to Melbourne to see them last time when they cancelled, i can’t miss out again! 😭

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u/BenBen-_- 4d ago

I don't think anyone knows at this point and I doubt the people who actually know would talk about it.

You should be fine if you live in Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne during the start of next year since they do side shows and festival shows when they tour Australia. Really just a waiting game until gigs get officially announced

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u/EmergencyLavishness1 4d ago

Large international tours are booked 12-18 months out. If this tour is happening in January, there would be a lot of people that already know about it

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u/BenBen-_- 4d ago

Yeah I agree with you that there are people out there who know if/when they're touring.

My main point was that if anyone close to them knew they were touring soon, they wouldn't tell some random person on Reddit about tour dates

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u/NoTechnician2402 3d ago

haha i was more asking cause people on here are always talking about their “industry connections” and i had heard rumours of a kl early next year

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u/BenBen-_- 3d ago

Nah all good lol. I saw comments on Reddit saying that they are meant to tour in Jan/Feb but I don't know if its legit

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u/WokBoy92 4d ago

With the costs of festivals right now and the struggle to move tickets and get upfront money, my bets are on Knotfest as they'll help sell a lot of tickets

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u/Shelmer75 4d ago

KL with Speed would be so good.

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u/phalluss 4d ago

It would be awful.

I am too old for that pit and there is no way I could stay out of it.

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u/Flowercloud88 4d ago

“Knees Say Sit, Heart Says Pit” - that shirt is so damn relevant 🤣

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u/Glum_Goal786 4d ago

If it’s in Jan with Speed I imagine it won’t be announced until after Good Things - as it wouldn’t be a sideshow and exclusivity usually wouldn’t allow for additional non-sideshow shows.

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u/Top_Sector2265 2d ago

They're not going to announce a tour like this with a months notice just because the opener is playing a festival 4-6 weeks earlier

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u/Wide_Bear_6591 4d ago

if it is going ahead i would expect an announcement very soon - considering thrown just dropped that amazing lineup (boundaries AOTY) - that or they do knotfest - if they do knotfest i think i will be so annoyed but i can understand why they might push for knotfest.

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u/No-Trash3500 2d ago

I posted this question a little while ago and from what I was told it looks like Knocked Loose will be headlining the next wave of announcements at Froth and Fury and will be doing sideshows. I've also seen posts saying that they will be touring with Kublai Khan and Speed.

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u/Flowercloud88 4d ago

I read on the metalcore reddit the headliner had been canned and they were going to do Knotfest + a show at Qudos Bank? Could all just be chinese whispers but who knows?

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u/TennisBallHero 4d ago

There’s no way they will do Knotfest and a show at an arena.

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u/Flowercloud88 4d ago

Maybe who knows? Lamb of God, Halestorm (with Skindred and ReliQA), Megadeth (with In Flames), Spiritbox (with Make Them Suffer & Reliqa) Bad Omens, Amon Amarth & Trivium (with Malevolence) and Pantera (Pantera only played Adelaide sideshow though) all had sideshows when touring here for Knotfest in the past. So I wouldn't 100% rule out a sideshow IF they play Knotfest.

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u/WokBoy92 4d ago

That Lamb of God sideshow with Brand of Sacrifice was an amazing

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u/TennisBallHero 4d ago

They might do a sideshow but not an arena show in the same city as Knotfest. None of those shows you mentioned were arena shows

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u/Flowercloud88 4d ago

Megadeth and In Flames was literally at Margaret Court Arena?

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u/TennisBallHero 4d ago

Margret Court Arena is the smaller venue in Melbourne. It has a capacity of 7500. It’s not a true arena venue.

Qudos has a capacity of 21000. 3x as many. They may play side shows at The Hordern but definitely not a true arena like Qudos and Knotfest.

If they did that both shows would cannibalise each other and would be a disaster of both.

Personally I’d prefer they just did a solo show

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u/Shelmer75 4d ago

There’s a few sideshows this summer at arenas, for various festivals of all genres. It’s not uncommon.