'90s Rock Band, Originally Disbanded After First-Ever Show, Announces First Tour in 30 Years
After 30 years, Australian alternative rock band TISM (short for This Is Serious Mum) is going back on tour. The announcement came Tuesday via Instagram, marking their first national headline tour since the 1990s.
The band's decision to go back on the road follows their wild April performance at Sydney Opera House, where they put on an anarchic live show that resulted in nearly $19,000 in venue damage. TISM later denied any part in the destruction in a brash statement posted to social media. The situation sparked massive discourse across Australia due to the band's notoriously chaotic reputation, which only seemed to encourage the anonymous collective further.
The trek, titled the NO MISTAKES TOUR, will set out on July 10 and travel to a series of major Australian venues. Kicking off in the summer, TISM will make a couple of high-profile festival appearances, starting at the Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival, and will conclude with a chain of fall theater dates, ending at Sydney's Enmore Theatre. As of now, no opening acts have been announced as support.
In their announcement post, the band gave brief, characteristically cynical synopsis of what to expect from the upcoming dates, emphasizing the rarity of the performances to their cult following.
Because TSIM wants all your money, they'll be playing radically different selections of fan favourites each night - plus all the other weird [expletive] that goes on at a TSIM show," the group stated. "Equal parts chaos, anonymity and Australian music history, this is a rare chance to witness one of the country's most legendary live bands at full force."
TISM: NO MISTAKES TOUR2026 Dates
July 10 – Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival
Aug. 22 – Darwin Festival
Oct. 7 – Melbourne Forum
Oct. 8 – Melbourne Forum
Oct. 17 – Brisbane Fortitude Music Hall
Oct. 21 – Canberra Canberra Theatre
Oct. 24 – Perth Metro City
Oct. 30 – Sydney Enmore Theatre
Oct. 31 – Sydney Enmore Theatre
Presale tickets for the NO MISTAKES TOUR will be available this Friday at 11 a.m Melbourne time, with general public sale opening next Monday at the same time. All official tickets can be found at davidroywilliams.com.
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This story was originally published May 20, 2026 at 8:58 AM.