Peter Bibby Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Album ‘Butcher / Hairstylist / Beautician’ with Australian Tour

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14 Nov

Revered Australian artist Peter Bibby will perform in Adelaide March 2025.

A decade on since the release of his debut album Butcher / Hairstylist / Beautician, Peter Bibby has today announced a special tenth anniversary 180g solid orange vinyl re-pressing of the album via Spinning Top Records. Bibby has also revealed he’s hitting the road next year to celebrate the anniversary with a bunch of live shows.

The tour will see Bibby perform Butcher / Hairstylist / Beautician in its entirety alongside original bandmates Nicholas Allbrook (Pond) on drums and Johnny Baird on bass.

Taking place throughout March 2025, Bibby and co will perform five shows across the country, beginning with a gig at Mojos in Fremantle on Sunday, March 2. This is followed by intimate concerts at Adelaide’s Crown & Anchor on Sunday, March 9, Brisbane’s Black Bear Lodge on Thursday, March 13, the Marrickville Bowling Club on Friday, March 14, and finally Melbourne’s Northcote Social Club on Saturday, March 15.

Tickets for all five gigs are on sale now at spinningtopmusic.com.

Bibby has also shared the previously unreleased music video for the track ‘Stinking Rich’, directed by Triana Hernandez (Amyl and the Sniffers, Harvey Sutherland, Desire Marea), that you can check out below.

A cult figure in the Oz music scene, Bibby is a working-class independent artist who got his start in Perth’s underground rock scene. Speaking on the re-release of Butcher / Hairstylist / Beautician, Bibby says: "It’s hard to believe that 10 years has passed since we dropped this absolute haymaker of a record. Those heady Melbourne days seem like they were just yesterday. Where has the time gone? A lot has changed over the years, but one thing has stayed the same for sure and that is how absolutely killer these songs are.

“When I listened back to the record to see if I wanted to change anything for the re-release I felt a bit nervous, like I was going to cringe my way through the tracks. I was pleasantly surprised, choosing to change nothing as it is completely unbroken and in need of no fixing.”

Bibby continues, “Butcher / Hairstylist / Beautician holds a very special place in my heart, the record that put me on the map, full of songs I wrote before anyone really gave a shit. It’s pure and unaffected by the outside world and paints a detailed picture of a very different time in my life.”

Bibby has gone on to release three more albums over the journey – Grand Champion (2018), Marge (2020) and this year’s Drama King – and established himself as a unique storyteller renowned for his captivating live performances.

Catch Peter Bibby at Crown & Anchor on Sunday, March 9. Tickets on sale now via spinningtopmusic.com.