Mike Muir’s Supergroup Infectious Grooves Playing Bluesfest ’24 & Tour

Posted on January 24, 2024 by Paul 'Browny' Brown

After dominating Australian stages last year with Suicidal Tendencies, it seems Mike Muir is a sucker for punishment because he’s heading back for some shows with HUGE names in his side-project Infectious Grooves – making their appearance down under for the first time since playing at Soundwave Festival in 2008, 16 long years ago!

The funk metal band have been announced for Bluesfest on April 1st and the lineup is certainly going to turn heads with Mike announcing a cavalcade of musicians teaming up for this tour – including bassist Robert Trujillo, drummer Jay Weinberg, and guitarists Dave Kushner and Dean Pleasants.

In a lengthy Instagram post, the punk rocker shared:

“Unfortunately our brother, drummer Brooks Wakerman was not available to do this run of shows due to Avenged Sevenfold dates. Drummer for IG is definitely not an easy gig to fill. Starting with Stephen Perkins (Infectious Grooves) on drums, then followed with a 17 year old Josh Freese (Foo Fighters etc) and then came a 14 year old Brooks (The Teenage Drum Sensation) Wakerman, IG has always been blessed with some amazing drummers.

IG is beyond stoked and honored to be able to have the incredible Jay Weinberg to be the driving force as he beats the funk out of the drums on this run!

“It’s an absolute honor to play with the legendary Infectious Grooves on this incredibly exciting Australian tour! Playing with some of my favorite musicians, in one of the most beautiful countries, for some of the greatest fans of heavy music in the world…I couldn’t be more thrilled to get started. See you all soon!”- Jay

Super limited dates due to everyone’s schedule. We’d love to do a massive run of dates, but it’s not possible with everyone’s schedule. These are short notice, but we jumped at the opportunity to lock some dates in at this time. So when the rest of the dates are announced, be there or be prepared to let your friends tell you what you missed out.

Needless to say, Robert Trujillo, Mike Muir and Dean Pleasants are beyond stoked to welcome Jay Weinberg and Dave Kushner in for this event (and a few more soon to be announced shows)!

Tickets via theinfectiousgrooves.com