{"id":138645,"date":"2025-11-17T00:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T00:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/138645\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T00:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T00:36:08","slug":"amyl-and-the-sniffers-put-40k-on-bar-tabs-for-fans-after-cancelled-melbourne-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/138645\/","title":{"rendered":"Amyl and the Sniffers put $40k on bar tabs for fans after cancelled Melbourne gig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOur sincere apologies to the band and their fans.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">The punk rock outfit shared their frustration at the cancellation online as lead singer Amy Taylor said they were really sorry the show could not go ahead. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt sucks not to be able to play in our hometown for free.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Australian punk band Amyl and the Sniffers performing at The Powerstation on February 15. Photo \/ Dougal Gorman\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Australian punk band Amyl and the Sniffers performing at The Powerstation on February 15. Photo \/ Dougal Gorman<img  alt=\"Australian punk band Amyl and the Sniffers paid over $40,000 to buy fans drinks at Melbourne music venues on Friday. Photo \/ Dougal Gorman\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Australian punk band Amyl and the Sniffers paid over $40,000 to buy fans drinks at Melbourne music venues on Friday. Photo \/ Dougal Gorman<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">Taylor then stated the band would be using their performance fee to pay for a A$5000 ($5752) bar tabs at seven of Melbourne\u2019s small live music venues, totalling A$35,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cHave a drink on us,\u201d she said in the video. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">Publican of one of the venues, Benjamin \u201cRusty\u201d Russell, told the ABC he thought it was \u201cabsolutely wild\u201d when he heard the news. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe talk about Melbourne music community \u2013 well that is it. [The band] cut their teeth in places like this, so to see them give back like that is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">Amyl and the Sniffers have gone from strength to strength in recent years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">In 2025 alone, they played shows across the United Kingdom and supported rock giants AC\/DC during that Australian tour. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">In February, the high-octane band played <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/amyl-and-the-sniffers-auckland-review-intoxicatingly-high-octane-aussie-punks-rock-the-powerstation\/OEXD5OVHLRDERBHRMTNGUWTLSY\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/amyl-and-the-sniffers-auckland-review-intoxicatingly-high-octane-aussie-punks-rock-the-powerstation\/OEXD5OVHLRDERBHRMTNGUWTLSY\/\">two concerts in Auckland and one in Wellington<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cOur sincere apologies to the band and their fans.\u201d The punk rock outfit shared their frustration at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[94422,74,94420,95,1135,17181,20703,17247,156,9517,2082,4975,27917,18693,296,5829,123,9943,4505,111,139,69,90,62122,9214,94424,94425,94421,94423,223,165,8229,2742,19054,1316],"class_list":["post-138645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-40k","tag-after","tag-amyl","tag-and","tag-australian","tag-bar","tag-cancelled","tag-drinks","tag-entertainment","tag-fans","tag-for","tag-free","tag-frustrating","tag-gig","tag-into","tag-many","tag-melbourne","tag-memories","tag-moment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-punk","tag-put","tag-rockers","tag-shouted","tag-sniffers","tag-tabs","tag-the","tag-their","tag-they","tag-thousands","tag-turned","tag-when"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}