Rock icons The Used have announced their Australian 25th Anniversary Tour offering an unforgettable experience for fans, with three nights in each city across Australia featuring a full album playthrough of the music they created that shaped the sound of early 2000s alternative rock. The celebration will highlight their first three albums performed in full: their self-titled record The Used (2002), In Love And Death (2004) and Lies For The Liars (2007).
- Wed 13 Aug = The Used (Self Titled) (2002)
- Thu 14 Aug = In Love and Death (2004)
- Sat 16 Aug = Lies for the Liars (2007)
The Used dropped their landmark self-titled debut in 2002. A genuine game-changer of a record, the self-titled LP melded together rage, honesty and radio-accessible melody in a way that few acts of the era had managed.
Powered by singles The Taste Of Ink, Buried Myself Alive and Blue And Yellow, The Used spread like wildfire amongst the teenagers of North America and then the world, going platinum in the US (and gold in Australia) and launching a dizzying ascent to stardom, that very few saw coming.
With follow-up LP In Love and Death, The Used’s success had blown out of the water, delivering rock radio staples All That I’ve Got and I Caught Fire.
When their third record, Lies for the Liars, delivered their second consecutive Billboard Top 10 spot, peaking at number five, the band's fame had reached the point where they were chosen to soundtrack the Michael Bay Transformers movie and their status as one of the most important bands in the great emo explosion of the ‘00s was cemented.