Here is the PRESS RELEASE from Universal Music Australia:

Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba has long been a favourite of Australian audiences. On his last Australian tour, crowds were word perfect as they hung on his every note.

For Dashboard fans, it’s been two long years between tours, but the wait is finally over. Dashboard Confessional will return to Australia this September to perform shows with his band in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth!

Since his last Australian sojourn, Carrabba has been busy writing and recording a new album Dusk and Summer (out now through Universal Music). The release hints at a new direction for Carrabba; who backed by a full band still offers plenty of those sing-along choruses fans have come to know and love.

‘I decided I needed to explore that full sonic realm again… I think everything is cyclical. I’ll be back to me and a guitar at some point. But people are hopefully embracing what I’m doing now… It’s still me; I’m just taking a different avenue to get there.’
Dashboard Confessional’s shows have a history of selling out in Australia, so fans hoping to see Chris Carrabba should get in quickly when tickets go on sale on FRIDAY 4 AUGUST.

DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2006

Tuesday 5 September The Tivoli, Brisbane
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au; Rocking Horse 07 3229 5360 or www.rockinghorse.net; Skinny’s 07 3229 2389 or www.skinnys.com.au

Wednesday 6 September Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Friday 8 September Palais Theatre, Melbourne
Palais Theatre 03 9537 2444; Ticketmaster 136 100 or www.ticketmaster.com.au

Sunday 10 September Concert Hall, Perth
BOCS 08 9484 1133 or www.bocsticketing.com.au