Man Overboard just got home from their first ever Australian tour with I Am Villain and they had a blast. The band was kind enough to snap a bunch of photos as well as write-up a little tour journal to show fans what exactly went on on their first trip to the Down Under for PropertyOfZack. Read up on the journey, and make sure to check out all the pictures, especially the ones with kangaroos in them!

From Justin Collier:  

We began our tour at Philadelphia International Airport. Lots of this for the next two days… Sitting and waiting and flying for long periods of time. 

First show was in Adelaide. We got there and met up with our trusty TM, Jeff Philips and headed to the hotel for a quick nap before heading to the venue to meet I Am Villain. Our buds Balance & Composure were also in Australia and had the day off so they came out to the show to hang! Sadly there is no photographic evidence of this :(

Melbourne was the next two shows. They were AWESOME and we had a real blast. Andrew and Jeanna from Soundwave/3Wise came to hang out the one night we had off and things got a little out of hand with a jug of wine. Oh and Mike/Wayne went to Lord Of The Fries as per suggestion of everyone we met. 

After Melbourne we flew to Sydney for a day off and then did two smaller Suburb shows in Wollongong and Gosford. While smaller than the Melbourne shows they were still really fun! We had some Pizza Hut and Jeff and I went for some Indian Food (yum). 

Sydney is a really nice city. I woke up early most mornings and took a stroll around town to find wifi (which is hard to come by) and a nice coffee. I found a school for Boomerangs and we spent most mornings eating at a little 24 hr food spot called Frescas. Actually I went to Campos a few times too. 

The Sydney show was pretttty insane. We had quite the good time and the set was amazing. Lots of stage dives, sing alongs, broken things, unplugged guitars, knocked over mic stands, etc etc

At some point this happened… I can’t remember which day but yeah.



For our final show we flew to Brisbane and went to see some distinctly Australian animals at the Lone Pine Animal Sanctuary! What a time that was! 

The final show in Brisbane was a real blast, lots of fooling around and good times… Sadly we had to say goodbye to Jeff our TM and our new buds in I Am Villain. They have a new record coming out sometime next year so keep an eye out for that. 

We had a serious blast while in Australia so thanks to everyone who made it possible (AJ, Andrew, Jeanna from Soundwave/3Wise), Jeff our TM, I Am Villain, everyone who came to a show and sang along, took photos/video, got us stuff, hungout, bought merch, etc etc etc.  MUCH LOVE