march 1-2, 2025

Melbourne Showgrounds

Diesel at Melbourne Guitar Show by Jason Rosewarne

In celebration of the upcoming Melbourne Guitar Show and the release of Diesel’s Sunset Suburbia EP trilogy and tour, Triple M Melbourne have an amazing once in a lifetime prize on offer. Sign up to the  Triple M Club and listen to Triple M for details on how you could WIN a 20 minute one on one guitar lesson with DIESEL at this year’s Melbourne Guitar Show!

AND … that’s only part of the prize. The winner will also receive a Fender Player Series Strat in black, valued at $1199.
The Fender Player guitar features:
• Alder body with gloss finish
• Three Player Series single-coil Stratocaster pickups
• “Modern C”-shaped neck profile
• 9.5″-radius fingerboard
• 2-point tremolo bridge with bent-steel saddles

Plus you’ll be free to roam the Melbourne Guitar Show for the day!

This competition is exclusive to the Triple M Club, so sign up now to the Triple M Club at TripleM.com.au for your chance to win a Fender guitar and a private guitar lesson with Diesel at the Melbourne Guitar Show.

The Melbourne Guitar Show is on August 3&4 at Caulfield Racecourse. Ticket info HERE

 

ABOUT DIESEL’S SUNSET SUBURBIA EP TRILOGY AND TOUR:

Diesel has recently announced the Sunset Suburbia project: a trilogy of EPs leading into an album in 2020. And to coincide with the release of new music, Diesel will hit the road once again this October. With his powerhouse band, Diesel will showcase songs from all three Sunset Suburbia EPs, plus hits and fan favourites spanning 30 years of music making.

Diesel says, “Suburbia has always held a strange fascination for me. I remember designer cul-de-sacs strewn with shotgun shells in Chandler, Arizona; little vignettes of skateboarding around closed service stations on weekends in Perth; some guy in the hot tub in his backyard where I’m riding my bike over the rail overpass in Sydney. I love going into where people live — the sights, the smells, the little repetitive things that make their world. It’s kind of a bittersweet thing but it’s the stuff of life and it has a way of making songs.”

After more than 30 years of recording, Mark Lizotte (Diesel) has found a more direct route from inspiration to revelation.
“I’ve really enjoyed [recording the EPs] as it elongates the recording process, allowing for each EP to take on a uniqueness. I’ve always been a bit bummed when getting to the end of making a record, and this in a way delays gratification, making 3 ‘mini albums’ on the way to an LP. I’m also really excited at the prospect of releasing each one as limited edition signed and numbered 10” vinyl to compliment the tour.”

On Sunset Suburbia (Vol. I) (out 19 July), this union of spontaneity and experience yields four of the most instantly arresting songs of Diesel’s multi-platinum career: the kind of exhilarating FM radio hits that sealed his reputation as a 1990s pop-rock auteur with Hepfidelity, The Lobbyist and Solid State Rhyme.

Vol. I of Sunset Suburbia follows last year’s top-20 retrospective, Diesel 30: a double CD which was led by the FM radio embrace of ‘Give Me Saturday Night’.

The second Sunset Suburbia EP will drop later this year, Vol. III is currently under construction, and an album, featuring even more new songs, is due in 2020. Be sure to catch the evolution of Diesel’s ever-expanding horizon as he and his band roll out Sunset Suburbia to a city, town or suburb near you.

DIESEL SUNSET SUBURBIA TOUR DATES

Thursday 10 October
20 Years At The Brass Monkey
Brass Monkey | Cronulla, NSW Tickets on sale Monday 2nd September
* Solo show

Friday 11 October
Central Hotel | Shellharbour, NSW
centralhotelshellharbour.com.au

Saturday 12 October
Manly Leagues Club | Manly, NSW
oztix.com.au

Friday 18 October
Entrance Leagues | Bateau Bay, NSW
oztix.com.au

Saturday 19 October
Wingham Akoostic Festival | Wingham Showground | Wingham, NSW
akoostik.com.au

Friday 25 October
Gateway Hotel | Geelong, VIC
oztix.com.au

Saturday 26 October
York On Lilydale | Lilydale, VIC
oztix.com.au

Friday 1 November
The Juniors | Kingsford, NSW
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Saturday 2 November
Hornsby RSL | Hornsby, NSW
hornsbyrsl.com.au

Saturday 9 November
Bridgetown Blues Festival | Bridgetown, WA
bluesatbridgetown.com.au

Sunday 10 November
96FM Kickstart Summer Concert w/ Jimmy Barnes
Ascot Racetrack | Perth, WA
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Friday 15 November
The Triffid | Brisbane, QLD
oztix.com.au

Saturday 16 November
Southport RSL | Gold Coast, QLD
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Friday 22 November
The Gov | Adelaide, SA
oztix.com.au

Saturday 23 November
Get Your Blues On | Renmark Riverfront | Renmark, SA

Friday 29 November
Lizottes | Newcastle, NSW
lizottes.com.au

Saturday 30 November
Lizottes | Newcastle, NSW
lizottes.com.au

Friday 6 December
The Basement | Canberra, ACT
oztix.com.au

Saturday 7 December
Paddington RSL | Paddington, NSW
oztix.com.au

Friday 13 December
Lizottes | Newcastle, NSW
lizottes.com.au

Saturday 14 December
Lizottes | Newcastle, NSW
lizottes.com.au

• Sunset Suburbia (Vol. I) EP Out Fri 19 July through Bloodlines
• Pre-order  available here

AND DON’T FORGET TO SIGN UP TO THE TRIPLE M CLUB FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A FENDER PLAYER STRAT AND A ONE ON ONE GUITAR LESSON WITH DIESEL
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