Thirty years is a long time in the music industry, and as such these milestones should always be celebrated. And what better way to do that than by bringing the band over to Australia, which is exactly what Irish rockers Ash plan to do this March.
“We were still kids that hadn’t learnt to play efficiently yet.”
Mark Hamilton
Not only that, New Zealand has also been included in the party, with Ash playing a run of shows across both countries dubbed the Teenage Wildlife Tour.
Bass player Mark Hamilton joined HEAVY earlier this week to talk about the tour and 30 years of rocking out.
“It’s kind of flown by,” he laughed. “When you think it’s 30 years… it seems so long. We did a big anniversary show in Belfast just before Christmas where we had a bunch of guests up, and it was a wild milestone to hit. I guess when you’re in a band and doing it all the time you really don’t think about how long you’ve been doing it, because you’re always looking forward. You’re always looking at the next tour or the next album or whatever’s on the horizon. You don’t spend a lot of time looking back. It was kind of nice to do that almost greaest hits album (Teenage Wildlife) and go out and tour it. And coming to New Zealand, Australia and Japan, we had always intended for that to be part of the tour a couple of years ago but then there was the pandemic, so we’re almost playing catch up to do it now.”
In the full interview, Mark talks more about what to expect from the tour, keeping things fresh after three decades, keeping your mind and body fit, the early days of Ash and where they fit in, the changing faces of music over the years, future plans and more.
