Available worldwide from 14th Oct - 14th Nov 2023.
In December 2014, 30 years since the release of their multimillion-selling eponymous debut, acoustic punk innovators the Violent Femmes  made their Opera House debut.
  
Celebrating the anniversary of Violent Femmes (1983), the performance saw the American three-piece consisting of founding members Gordon Gano (singer-songwriter, guitar) and Brian Ritchie (bass), and new member Brian Viglione (drums), perform the lauded album in its entirety plus tracks from their critically acclaimed sophomore LP Hallowed Ground (1984) – transforming the Concert Hall with their inimitable rite-of-passage, alt-rock. 
  
 Forming in 1981 with the intention to 'rock harder than any other acoustic act on the planet', the trio’s mythical rise saw the fresh grad buskers handpicked off the street by The Pretenders, before releasing their coming-of-age self-titled classic, 'a perfect expression of geeky teenage angst,' (Pitchfork). Considered one of the greatest debuts of all time with over nine million copies sold, the Wisconsin-born outfit’s minimal mix of 10 steel strings and a snare drum spawned a string of classic indie-rock anthems boasting classic riffs in league with 'Smoke on the Water, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' and 'You Really Got Me'. (Premiere)