Japanese punk rock funsters Mach Pelican will say sayonara to fans this month when they perform their final Aussie shows. The band have decided to disband – citing personal and ‘immigration’ issues as the cause.

Many Australian music lovers have become firm fans of the Mach Pelican sound, embracing the Japanese rockers as locals ever since the trio moved from Japan to Perth in 1996 to study English and formed a band shortly after.

The lads moved to Melbourne shortly after that and the live music scene happily embraced these cheeky Japanese punks whose musical gods are the Ramones.

In the past decade Mach Pelican have toured tirelessly around Australia – clocking up 790 shows and three studio releases. So it’s with great sadness that we announce that your last chance to see the band in action will be at the following gigs:

FRI 27 July – Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda (Free Entry)
Guests: The Cants, Wellingtons & T*he Urvilles*

SAT 28 July – Jive, Adelaide (Ticket at www.venuetix.com.au $12+BF)
w/ Back$eat Romeos, The Gels & The Molting Vultures

FRI 17 Aug – Amplifier, Perth (Ticket at www.moshtix.com.au $15+BF)
w/ The Rockin Hendy & more

SAT 18 Aug – Hopetoun Hotel, Sydney (Ticket at www.custommade.com.au $12+BF)
w/ The Colytons & more

SAT 27 Aug – The Tote, Collingwood “Final Australian Show” (Ticket at the tote & missing link $12+BF)
w/ Spazzys, The Volcanics & The Shimmys