CHOCOLATE STARFISH
Eatons Hill Hotel - Grand Ballroom (Eatons Hill, QLD)
Saturday, 29 May 2027 7:00 pm
CHOCOLATE STARFISH TURN UP THE HEAT FOR BAT OUT OF HELL’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY
Australia’s highest-selling album will get a high-octane live revival as Chocolate Starfish bring their acclaimed Bat Out Of Hell show back to stages across the country in 2027.
Chocolate Starfish will hit the road in 2027 with a reimagined version of their acclaimed Bat Out of Hell show, marking 50 years since the landmark album was released in 1977, and 35 years since Chocolate Starfish first burst onto the Australian music scene.
Returning by popular demand, the production will hit seven venues across Australia (with further announcements to come), bringing a fresh take to the songs that helped define an era.
Tickets and further information are available at www.chocolatestarfish.com.au
Few rock albums have travelled as far beyond their original moment as Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell. Half a century after its release, its powerhouse choruses and operatic storytelling remain irresistible - and Chocolate Starfish are ready to turn the volume up again.
“It's been four years since we toured our Bat Out of Hell show. Our fans have spoken, and we're bringing it back with a fresh take for the 50th anniversary of the album,” said Chocolate Starfish frontman Adam Thompson.
“It's wild to think that one in 15 people in Australia own the Bat Out of Hell album. There's a lot of love out there for the classic original, and we'll honour and celebrate that on tour next year.”
For Thompson, the connection to the iconic album goes well beyond its extraordinary commercial success.
He was 13 when he first heard Bat Out of Hell, growing up in regional Australia with few musical influences beyond conservative local radio. Jim Steinman's songs offered an escape hatch into a world of soaring melodies, romance and rebellion.
“The songs and Meat Loaf's voice transported me out of that country isolation and into a fantasy world. It’s shaped the theatrical and dynamic way I looked at songwriting and performance ever since,” Thompson added.
That sense of drama remains central to Chocolate Starfish's approach. Rather than simply recreating the original recordings, the band brings its own distinctive sound and live-wire energy to Steinman's compositions.
With Thompson's commanding vocals at the centre, the result is a celebration of an album whose songs still demand to be played loud.
Resonating across generations, the show will give audiences who grew up with Meat Loaf a chance to revisit a defining album. For younger fans, it is an opportunity to experience the full-throttle spectacle of songs that were built for the stage, delivered with Chocolate Starfish’s signature brand of theatrical rock.
From their hit cover of Carly Simon's You're So Vain to their original favourite Mountain and perennial crowd-pleaser Four Letter Word, Chocolate Starfish have built a reputation for taking familiar material and making it unmistakably their own, balancing reverence for the original with a healthy dose of irreverence – and that will play out on the Bat Out of Hell tour.
The band arrived in the early 1990s with a sound and stage presence that helped establish them among Australia's most formidable live acts. Two Top 10 albums, six Top 50 singles and a 1994 Australian Music Award for Most Popular Album cemented their place in the national music landscape.
Thirty-five years on, Chocolate Starfish are drawing some of the biggest audiences of their career while introducing their high-energy performances to a new generation of fans.
The Bat Out of Hell anniversary tour opens at Anita's Theatre in Thirroul on Friday, March 12, before travelling through regional New South Wales and hitting the State Theatre in Sydney, before heading to Queensland and then culminating at Melbourne's Palais Theatre on Saturday, June 5. Further dates and states to be announced.
For tour information, visit www.chocolatestarfish.com.au
For further information: www.chocolatestarfish.com.au
Australia’s highest-selling album will get a high-octane live revival as Chocolate Starfish bring their acclaimed Bat Out Of Hell show back to stages across the country in 2027.
Chocolate Starfish will hit the road in 2027 with a reimagined version of their acclaimed Bat Out of Hell show, marking 50 years since the landmark album was released in 1977, and 35 years since Chocolate Starfish first burst onto the Australian music scene.
Returning by popular demand, the production will hit seven venues across Australia (with further announcements to come), bringing a fresh take to the songs that helped define an era.
Tickets and further information are available at www.chocolatestarfish.com.au
Few rock albums have travelled as far beyond their original moment as Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell. Half a century after its release, its powerhouse choruses and operatic storytelling remain irresistible - and Chocolate Starfish are ready to turn the volume up again.
“It's been four years since we toured our Bat Out of Hell show. Our fans have spoken, and we're bringing it back with a fresh take for the 50th anniversary of the album,” said Chocolate Starfish frontman Adam Thompson.
“It's wild to think that one in 15 people in Australia own the Bat Out of Hell album. There's a lot of love out there for the classic original, and we'll honour and celebrate that on tour next year.”
For Thompson, the connection to the iconic album goes well beyond its extraordinary commercial success.
He was 13 when he first heard Bat Out of Hell, growing up in regional Australia with few musical influences beyond conservative local radio. Jim Steinman's songs offered an escape hatch into a world of soaring melodies, romance and rebellion.
“The songs and Meat Loaf's voice transported me out of that country isolation and into a fantasy world. It’s shaped the theatrical and dynamic way I looked at songwriting and performance ever since,” Thompson added.
That sense of drama remains central to Chocolate Starfish's approach. Rather than simply recreating the original recordings, the band brings its own distinctive sound and live-wire energy to Steinman's compositions.
With Thompson's commanding vocals at the centre, the result is a celebration of an album whose songs still demand to be played loud.
Resonating across generations, the show will give audiences who grew up with Meat Loaf a chance to revisit a defining album. For younger fans, it is an opportunity to experience the full-throttle spectacle of songs that were built for the stage, delivered with Chocolate Starfish’s signature brand of theatrical rock.
From their hit cover of Carly Simon's You're So Vain to their original favourite Mountain and perennial crowd-pleaser Four Letter Word, Chocolate Starfish have built a reputation for taking familiar material and making it unmistakably their own, balancing reverence for the original with a healthy dose of irreverence – and that will play out on the Bat Out of Hell tour.
The band arrived in the early 1990s with a sound and stage presence that helped establish them among Australia's most formidable live acts. Two Top 10 albums, six Top 50 singles and a 1994 Australian Music Award for Most Popular Album cemented their place in the national music landscape.
Thirty-five years on, Chocolate Starfish are drawing some of the biggest audiences of their career while introducing their high-energy performances to a new generation of fans.
The Bat Out of Hell anniversary tour opens at Anita's Theatre in Thirroul on Friday, March 12, before travelling through regional New South Wales and hitting the State Theatre in Sydney, before heading to Queensland and then culminating at Melbourne's Palais Theatre on Saturday, June 5. Further dates and states to be announced.
For tour information, visit www.chocolatestarfish.com.au
For further information: www.chocolatestarfish.com.au