{"id":14962,"date":"2026-05-20T08:09:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/14962\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T08:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:09:13","slug":"tism-tsim-fined-for-damaging-the-sydney-opera-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/14962\/","title":{"rendered":"TISM (TSIM?) Fined for Damaging the Sydney Opera House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TISM have always had a penchant for tawdry hijinks, so when it was revealed this week that the Aussie rockers were both changing their band name and had been heavily fined for damage to the iconic Sydney Opera House, Rolling Stone AU\/NZ understandably took both pieces of news with a heavy pinch of salt.<\/p>\n<p>However, it all seems to be true.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release sent to us this week, the band insisted they go by TSIM now, a small change.<\/p>\n<p>The press release announced a TISM \u2014 my apologies, TSIM \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/tism-australian-headline-tour-tickets-dates-95315\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Australian headline tour<\/a>, their first national run in over 30 years, which will take them to Adelaide, Darin, Melbourne, and more cities between July and October.<\/p>\n<p>The tour follows two shows at the Sydney Opera House last month, which were billed as \u201conce-in-a-lifetime\u201d concerts.<\/p>\n<p>According to documents obtained by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-05-19\/tism-sydney-opera-house-damage-18000-fine-national-tour\/106696580\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ABC<\/a>, however, the iconic venue issued the band with a damage bill totalling a whopping $18,488.80.<\/p>\n<p>The report stated that damage occurred members of the crowd as well as performers \u201cwalked and stood\u201d on seats inside the Concert Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Love Music?<\/p>\n<p class=\"observer-desc mb-2\"> Get your daily dose of everything happening in Australian\/New Zealand music and globally.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779264553_221_spinner.gif\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The report further alleged \u201ccrowd surfing and uncontrolled audience interaction\u201d also took place at the April concert, with \u201cliquids [including wine] spilled across seating areas\u201d causing staining and more damage. (Whose idea, really, was it to book a band better known for their schtick than their actual music for such a beloved venue? You get what you pay for.)<\/p>\n<p>In typical fashion, the band released a tongue-in-cheek statement about the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTSIM would like to strenuously deny responsibility for any damage to the Sydney Opera House after their shows on Friday April 10 and Sunday April 12,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTSIM do not know who is to blame, but we note that on Saturday April 11 Sir Donald Runnicles led the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in a dramatic performance of Mahler\u2019s \u2018Sixth Symphony\u2019 in the Concert Hall, featuring the legendary, pounding \u2018hammer blows of fate\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnough said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Enough said indeed.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re so inclined, TISM\/TSIM\u2019s forthcoming tour will feature a \u201cradically different\u201d selection of fan favourites, \u201cbecause TSIM wants all your money,\u201d the press release jokes. Plus, fans can expect \u201call the other weird shit\u201d that typically goes on at their shows.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets will go on sale at 11am on Monday, May 25th, following a pre-sale from 11am on Friday, May 22nd. All times are AEST. Sign up for the pre-sale <a href=\"https:\/\/davidroywilliams.com\/tours\/tsimnomistakes\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For complete tour and ticket information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/davidroywilliams.com\/tours\/tsimnomistakes\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>TSIM 2026 Australian Tour<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Friday, July 10th<br \/>Adelaide Beer &amp; BBQ Festival, Adelaide SA<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Saturday, August 22nd<br \/>Darwin Festival, Darwin NT<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wednesday, October 7th<br \/>Forum, Melbourne VIC<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thursday, October 8th<br \/>Forum, Melbourne VIC<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Saturday, October 17th<br \/>Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane QLD<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wednesday, October 21st<br \/>Canberra Theatre, Canberra ACT<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Saturday, October 24th<br \/>Metro City, Perth WA<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Friday, October 30th<br \/>Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Saturday, October 31st<br \/>Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TISM have always had a penchant for tawdry hijinks, so when it was revealed this week that the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[247,14473,15141,14477,15103,15142,15143,15144,15145,15146],"class_list":["post-14962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sydney","tag-sydney","tag-tism","tag-tism-sydney","tag-tism-sydney-opera-house","tag-tsim","tag-tsim-australia-tour","tag-tsim-australian-tour","tag-tsim-sydney","tag-tsim-sydney-opera-house","tag-tsim-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}