# The Chats return with Half Cut album and 17-date Australian tour

**Tour Announcement** — On Your Markus  
**Event:** The Chats  
**Dates:** 10 December 2026  
**Tickets:** https://us.list-manage.com/mAFvC4iuYhs?e=d98b684971&c2id=4ba072b58ec335b778f8b542295ff8d9  
**Published:** 28 October 2026  
**Author:** Markus Hamence  
**Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/tour-announcements/the-chats/

The Chats return with third album 'Half Cut' (out March 5, 2027) and a 17-date Australian tour kicking off November 13 in Brisbane. The Sunshine Coast trio, who supported Queens of the Stone Age and Foo Fighters since their last LP five years ago, premiere new single "Off It" today, with tour dates across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide and Perth.

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**THE CHATS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AND 17 DATE AUSTRALIAN TOUR**

**PLUS BRAND NEW SINGLE ‘OFF IT’**

**Five years after they instructed us to ‘*****Get Fucked*****’, Australia’s brashest export The Chats return with new album ****[‘](https://us.list-manage.com/Wr49ErYW2Ru?e=d98b684971&c2id=4ba072b58ec335b778f8b542295ff8d9)*****[Half Cut](https://us.list-manage.com/Wr49ErYW2Ru?e=d98b684971&c2id=4ba072b58ec335b778f8b542295ff8d9)*****[’ ](https://us.list-manage.com/Wr49ErYW2Ru?e=d98b684971&c2id=4ba072b58ec335b778f8b542295ff8d9)****and a 17 date national tour. Hitting intimate venues across the country, The Chats will get closely reacquainted with Aussie audiences this November ahead of the release of their third album on March 5, 2027. **

New track **["Off It"](https://us.list-manage.com/ttO_cH3GW8R?e=d98b684971&c2id=4ba072b58ec335b778f8b542295ff8d9)** drops today on streaming platforms everywhere, alongside a bonkers new video. The album opener provides a glimpse of what to expect from a Chats long play in 2027. 

[Watch on YouTube](https://youtu.be/wTNQgiglQEM?si=wBEbxS51v8eQ9bWI)

A fair bit can change in five years. Since they released their last album The Chats have toured rather relentlessly for a trio who kicked off their career without a plan or a passport. Supporting **Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters **and** The Hives **across multiple continents,  they were also widely regarded as one of **Coachella’s**best sets earlier this year. Not to mention the progression from teenage upstarts to world-weary 27 year olds , which comes with its own realisations and maturations. 

“*Half Cut is a fun rock and roll record, but it's maybe a little more open than stuff we've written in the past*” says vocalist **Eamon Sandwith.** “*I definitely hesitate to use the word 'mature,' but it's a bit of a progression, I'd say*.”

Recorded at Los Angeles’ **Maple Sound Studio** with Frenzal Rhomb’s **Jay Whalley**, the new LP sees The Chats’ sound shuffle into more expansive territory without losing any of its signature Australian lyricism -as evidenced by track titles "**Half Arsed", "Hanging Shit" and "Brown Bottle Flu"**. An exploration of hangovers, confrontation, reconciliation and even rehabilitation, the album is as introspective as The Chats have ever been.

Probably best known for their 2017 ditty "**Smoko"** - a track that can legitimately lay claim to the term ‘viral’ - the Sunshine Coast trio have since proven themselves to be a once-in-a-generation band. A standalone entity that has proven to be a bullish rebuttal to the claim that Australia has ‘no culture’ and a musical force that has enamoured local and international audiences alike. 

![Three men stand in front of an ornate greenhouse archway on a tour poster for The Chats' Half Cut Australian tour.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/admin/2026/10/c8bea300-44fc-474f-9550-29c4406df29c.jpg)

**BARGAIN BIN RECORDS, TBC MANAGEMENT**  
**AND SELECT MUSIC PRESENTS**

**THE CHATS - HALF CUT**  
**AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2026**

**Tickets on sale now at ****[thechats.com](http://thechats.com)**

**Friday 13 November**  
Crowbar, Brisbane

**Saturday 14 November**  
Crowbar, Brisbane

**Sunday 15 November**  
Singing Bird, Frankston

**Thursday 19 November**  
Crowbar, Sydney

**Friday 20 November**  
Crowbar, Sydney

**Saturday 21 November**  
Crowbar, Sydney

**Thursday 26 November**  
The Tote, Melbourne 

**Friday 27 November**  
The Tote, Melbourne 

**Saturday 28 November**  
The Tote, Melbourne **Friday 4 December**  
Altar, Hobart

**Saturday 5 December**  
Forth Pub, Forth

**Sunday 6 December**  
Royal Oak, Launceston

**Wednesday 9 December**  
Jive, Adelaide

**Thursday 10 December**  
Lion Arts Factory, Adelaide

**Friday 11 December**  
Indian Ocean Hotel, Scarborough

**Saturday 12 December**  
Rosemount Hotel, Perth

**Sunday 13 December**  
Rosemount Hotel, Perth

**THE CHATS - HALF CUT**

**Out March 5 2027 via Virgin Records**  
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