Big Night Out - Oct 15 (Out Out? or just out?)

So, we’re back from the UK tour. Five shows in a week. Five! That’s not a tour, that’s an SAS mission. We came home needing a lie down and a cup of tea. But what a ride. We even ended up in Camden, at the Dublin Castle – proper iconic (ya know? it's where Madness started out / they filmed "My Girl" there too!) – where we had a photoshoot with Neville bloody Staple from The Specials. I mean, I thought I was special, turns out there’s an actual club for it.

We also played The Water Rats in London – now, I don’t want to brag, but Oasis and Bob Dylan played there too. Basically, it goes: Bob Dylan, Oasis, Sunny Coast Rude Boys. That’s the line-up. Someone update Wikipedia..... Bosh.

We wrapped it all up at SKAGATE featival,in Margate, two nights of sweaty, skanking mayhem with UK ska legends Death of Guitar Pop. Lovely lads, super talented...even if their band name sounds like something your mum warns you about before you start music lessons: “Careful son, too much guitar playing and you’ll end up in the Death of Guitar Pop.”

Back home, no time to rest. Straight into gigs – Burleigh Town Hotel (always great on the Goldy!) , Bulcock Street Festival (Punky, Hard Rock goodness) – and now we’ve been double busy in the studio. Four new originals on the way! First one drops October 15th – it’s called Big Night Out. Written by our good friend Hayden Andrews (über talented musician/songwriter/artist from the band CHEAP FAKES) And trust me, it’s a proper 2Tone banger. You know the kind of tune where you’re just “popping out for one pint” and suddenly it’s 4am, you’re in a kebab shop wearing someone else’s pants? That’s the vibe.

The next single’s a summer reggae number – pure Sunshine Coast vibes. You’ll hear it in December when you’re melting in the sun, beer in hand, pretending Boxing Day with the in-laws is fun.

And we’re gigging non-stop:

• This Saturday (27th Sept) we’re at Koala Tavern, Redlands Bay – come for the music, stay for the giant marsupial vibes.

• Next week, HOTA on the Gold Coast – we’re doing an afternoon show AND running a free workshop for any young horn players. So, if you know a kid with a trumpet, trombone, or sax – send ’em along. Or just stitch up your mate’s kid for a laugh.

• The very next day, we’re off to SUBLIME Festival near Tin Can Bay, playing with our Brissie pals Fat Picnic. They’re great – they make upbeat reggae sound healthy, like a fruit salad with phat basslines.
  

Meanwhile, we’re flogging T-shirts, vinyl, CDs, mugs – basically if it stands still long enough, we’ll stick our logo on it. And yes, we’ve spent thousands in the studio. Thousands. Which means the mugs are now compulsory, alright?

But look, for a band of (mainly) elders, we’re still punching way above our weight. We're planning 2026 to be massive: bigger songs, bigger shows, bigger mugs. I’m in my fifties now – let’s get it all done before I’m in my seventies, sitting in a deckchair saying, “I once met Neville Staple, you know.”

So, Sunny Coast Rude Boys: still out, still out out… but maybe in bed by midnight these days. Stay Rude. We loves ya. x