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The Wolfe Brothers know they have to evolve to stay successful, as Brodie Rainbird tells

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rule — AC/DC have always kinda done the same thing, but it’s always been fantastic — but we just have to keep pushing it, otherwise you end up doing the same thing and that could become a little boring. It wouldn’t have that excitement of trying something new and pushing the boundaries.”

The Wolfe Brothers have become one of Australia’s favourite country rock bands since finishing second on TV show in 2012.

Their debut album came out in 2013, with the single

becoming the group’s first No.1 single on the Australian Country Charts.

In early 2014 The Wolfe Brothers won the Country Music Channel’s Best New Talent award and recorded their second album, with four singles from the record —

and topping the country charts.

After being named Best Band by the Country Music Channel in March last year, the group released their third album, last June, cracking the top 10 of the ARIA Charts. Singles

and — all all flew to No.1 on the country charts — as did The Wolfe Brothers’ latest release, a duet with Lee Kernaghan called

They’ve been touring lately as Kernaghan’s backing band, but The Wolfe Brothers are now set to embark on their own headline tour, which starts in their home state this week. With the band’s Tasmanian shows always selling out in advance, Rainbird encouraged fans to get in quick or risk missing out.

“Longley is the one that always sells out the quickest,” he said.

“It’s literally five minutes from where I grew up and five minutes down the road from the Wolfes’ farm, so it holds a special place in our hearts. It’s where we did some of our first gigs ever as a band, and we still play there and it’s really cool. It always packs out, and it’s a great afternoon.”

The Tasmanian leg of The Wolfe Brothers’ national tour, which also features performanc­es by Gold Coast singer-songwriter Straalen, begins in Burnie tomorrow night with a show at The Cinema from 8pm. They also play at Hotel Tasmania in Launceston from 8pm on Saturday.

Later this month, they play at the Queenstown Memorial Hall from 8pm on September 23, and finally at the Longley Internatio­nal Hotel from 2pm on September 24.

Tickets to all four gigs are available from www.oztix.com.au

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