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The Chats Announce New Album ‘Half Cut’ & Massive 17-Date Australian Tour

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The Chats | Credit: Supplied GET FUCKED! Australia’s favourite pub-punk reprobates The Chats are officially back, announcing their first new album in five years, Half Cut , alongside a whopping…

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