Hard-Ons Concert History

The Hard-Ons are a band from Sydney, Australia formed in the early 1980s by three students from the Punchbowl Boys High School. The multicultural trio of drummer/vocalist Keish De Silva (of Sri Lankan descent), guitar/vocals Blackie (Yugoslavian heritage) and bassist Ray Ahn (Korean ancestry) were initially too young to play in licensed venues, but honed their skills playing at parties and school dances. After turning 18, the band made its first 'proper' live debut in June 1984 at Ultimo's Vulcan hotel.

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Hard-Ons Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 13)

Date Concert Venue Location
Apr 02, 2011
Hard-Ons / Wicked City The Tote Hotel Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Jan 26, 2011
Big Day Out 2011
Washington / Anna Lunoe / Operator Please / Dead Letter Circus / The Jim Jones Revue / Knievel / LCD Soundsystem / Boomgates / Plan B / Matt and Kim / Bass Kleph / Smudge / Cameras / The Snowdroppers / Lowrider / Eagle and the Worm / Gareth Liddiard / Pnau / Will Styles / The Parades / Hard-Ons / The Hummingbirds / The Greenhornes / Metals / Super Wild Horses / Paul Dempsey / Papa vs. Pretty / Only / Streetparty / Cabins / Wolfmother / CSS / Flatwound / Gypsy and the Cat / Little Red / The Bloody Beetroots / John Butler Trio / Amy Meredith / Chris Arnott / CATCALL / Jinja Safari / Regular John / The Mission In Motion / Blue King Brown / Ratatat / Sampology / Kids of 88 / World Champion / Grinderman / Blackmilk / Lanie Lane / Kid Kenobi & Mc Shureshock / Chaingang / T-rek / Booka Shade / Vitalic / I Am Giant / Mark Murphy / The Naked and Famous / Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros / Lupe Fiasco / Sia / Crystal Castles / Deftones / Tool / Rammstein / Primal Scream / Die Antwoord / The Vines / Andrew W.K. / Airbourne / Birds of Tokyo / Bliss N Eso / Children Collide / Gyroscope / Iggy & the Stooges / Angus & Julia Stone / M.I.A. Show all bands
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Sydney Showground Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Jan 26, 2011 –
Jan 27, 2011
Big Day Out 2011
Papa vs. Pretty / Only / Sampology / Andrew W.K. / Super Wild Horses / Lowrider / Airbourne / Primal Scream / Streetparty / Kids of 88 / Plan B / I Am Giant / Blue King Brown / Anna Lunoe / Operator Please / Cameras / Kid Kenobi & Mc Shureshock / Bass Kleph / T-rek / Eagle and the Worm / CATCALL / The Snowdroppers / Regular John / Cabins / Knievel / Booka Shade / The Parades / Lanie Lane / World Champion / Jinja Safari / Amy Meredith / Blackmilk / Hard-Ons / Smudge / The Mission In Motion / Chris Arnott / Paul Dempsey / Flatwound / Metals / Boomgates / Pnau / The Naked and Famous / Ratatat / Gareth Liddiard / Chaingang / Washington / Vitalic / The Jim Jones Revue / Will Styles / Mark Murphy / Wolfmother / Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros / Iggy & the Stooges / LCD Soundsystem / The Vines / Lupe Fiasco / Sia / Crystal Castles / Matt and Kim / Deftones / Tool / Rammstein / John Butler Trio / Die Antwoord / The Bloody Beetroots / CSS / Gypsy and the Cat / Birds of Tokyo / Grinderman / Bliss N Eso / Little Red / Children Collide / Gyroscope / The Greenhornes / Dead Letter Circus / The Hummingbirds / Angus & Julia Stone / M.I.A. Show all bands
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Sydney Olympic Park Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Show Duplicates for Jan 26, 2011
Oct 30, 2010
Hard-Ons / The Quickening / Our last enemy / Celebrity Morgue / The Go Go Haunters / Tropical Vampirates / The Vampers / Whiskey and Speed / Demoniker / D Rouser / Pretty Boys / My Cerulean Heart / Howling Steel The Step Inn Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Oct 29, 2010
Hard-Ons The Garage London, England, United Kingdom
Oct 06, 2010
Hard-Ons / Mutter / The Dufrenes Wild at Heart Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Jul 23, 2010
Hard-Ons / Useless Children / Fangs of a Tv Evangelist East Brunswick Club Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Jul 22, 2010
Hard‐Ons Enigma Bar Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Jul 16, 2010
Hard‐Ons Annandale Hotel Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Oct 10, 2009
Hard-Ons Corner Hotel Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Sep 26, 2009
Sounds of Spring Festival 2009
Children Collide / Clare Bowditch / The Fauves / OUCH MY FACE / Salmonella Dub / Hermitude / The Scare / Nova Scotia / Hungry Kids of Hungary / Phrase / Mammal / Tex Perkins / Little Birdy / Ash Grunwald / Blue King Brown / Cloud Control / Shonen Knife / Astronomy Class / Castel / The Panics / Drapht / Root / Josh Pyke / The Beautiful Girls / Further / Numbers Radio / Rogerthat / The Midnight Youth / Frenzal Rhomb / Kram / Something With Numbers / Nancy Vandal / Tim Rogers / I Heart Hiroshima / Tongue / Rhubarb / Dead Letter Circus / Pe'z / Hard-Ons / Horrorshow / After the Fall / British India / Dave Mccormack & the Polaroids / The Living End / Butterfingers / Quan / The Kill Devil Hills / The Butterfly Effect / Giants of Science / My Disco / Shihad / Drawn from Bees / Elf / The Amity Affliction / Calling All Cars / Downsyde / Grand Atlantic / Mm9 / Jericco / Dj Katch / Finabah / Mexico City / Mary Trembles / Toothfaeries / Kate Bradley / DJ Perplex / Melodyssy / Urthboy / Disco Nap / Texas Tea / The Coalition Crew Show all bands
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RNA Showgrounds Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Show Duplicates for Sep 26, 2009
Aug 28, 2009
Hard‐Ons Annandale Hotel Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Apr 16, 2009
Hard‐Ons Gruta 77 Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Apr 08, 2009
Hard-Ons / Thee Tinkees United Club Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Mar 30, 2009
Hard-Ons The Prince Albert Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Mar 29, 2009
Stupids / Hard-Ons / Vanilla Pod / Jimmy and the Destroyers The Underworld London, England, United Kingdom
Mar 28, 2009
The Hard-Ons / The Stupids / Serf Combat / Refuse All The Fighting Cocks London, England, United Kingdom
Mar 19, 2009
Hard‐Ons Tavastia Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Show Duplicate for Mar 19, 2009
Mar 18, 2009
Hard-Ons Klubi Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland
Mar 17, 2009
Hard-Ons

Tullikamari, Tampere, Finland

KlubiTullikamari Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
Feb 07, 2008
The Assassination Collective / The Hard Ons / The Thaw / Call The Medic, Call The Nurse!!

G20 Arrestees Benefit Show

The Annandale Hotel Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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