Windang surf-rock duo Hockey Dad are now in an enforced 14-day hotel quarantine period due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Early on Saturday evening in Brisbane, the band had just finished their first set of three rescheduled performances at Fortitude Music Hall.
About to walk out for an encore, guitarist/vocalist Zach Stephenson and drummer Billy Fleming received a "tap on the shoulder".
"Sorry boys; you need to stop now and head into isolation," they were told by their tour manager, following advice from Queensland Health.
There was no encore, and the show scheduled for later that evening and Sunday's show also postponed.
Hockey Dad are now in an enforced 14-day hotel quarantine period.
Having travelled from Wollongong to Brisbane on Wednesday, ahead of the June 24 declaration of the Greater Sydney region being classed as a hotspot, the band says they obtained a COVID-19 test on arrival and self-isolated until they received a negative result.
The duo also said they didn't expect an updated restriction at 6pm on Saturday, back-dating to the Greater Sydney region hotspot classification to June 21.
"The hardest part for me was just being on such a high from the show and dropping to such a low in an instant," Fleming said.
"We felt amazing as we walked off-stage.
"We really felt like we had pulled off something special. Despite all odds we were finally playing these shows after over a year's worth of postponement.
"As the crowd started yelling for us to jump back on for an encore, we got the tap on the shoulder and were escorted away from the stage to receive the bad news."
Stephenson said the past week leading up to these shows had been "probably the most stressful time in my touring history playing in this band".
"Just want to say thank you to our entire crew and everyone at the FMH for their support and understanding during this time," he said.
"Biggest thanks go out to our fans who bought tickets and held them for over a year and still stick with us through these times.
"Thank you also to the whole Australian music community for your support."
New dates for the remaining Fortitude Valley Music Hall shows in Brisbane will be announced soon.
The band has a regional tour of Australia scheduled to begin in August.
Hockey Dad fans can get their live fix by tuning into triple j's Live At The Wireless on Monday from 8pm.
The triple j's live music team captured the band's performance at Melbourne's Forum Theatre from April this year.
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