Archive for the ‘International Tours’ Category

PJ Harvey Tours

This January sees Mercury Prize winner PJ Harvey make a welcome and highly anticipated return to Australia performing in Perth and Melbourne to showcase her newest, and most critically acclaimed album, Let England Shake. The themes on the album return, time and again, to the matter of war, the fate of the people who must do the fighting, and events separated by whole ages, from Afghanistan to Gallipoli.... Read the full story

Hall & Oates and Icehouse On Tour

Hall and Oates and Icehouse are touring Australia together in February in a combination of A Day On The Green and stand alone shows. These shows should be fantastic. If you only know Hall and Oates from their radio hits you might think that they are a bit MOR but let me tell you when they toured here a couple of decades ago it was one of the best musical concerts you could imagine. Daryl Hall in particular... Read the full story

Sade Returns After 20 Years

It’s been a long time since Sade last toured Australia, but she’s coming back for a series of shows this summer. Sade is actually not a “she” but a “they”. It’s an actual band made up of Stuart Matthewman on guitar/saxophone, Andrew Hale on keyboards and Paul Denman on bass, but they draw their name from the lead singer Sade Adu. The band have released a new album last year and it picks... Read the full story

Nick Drake Tribute Concert

Here is a truly rare concert event for Australian music lovers. Following acclaimed, sold-out performances across the UK, a special evening called “Way to Blue: The Songs of Nick Drake” is on its way to the Sydney Opera House November 11 and the Melbourne Recital Centre November 14 and 15. Curated by Nick Drake’s original producer, Joe Boyd (at the helm for two of the Drake albums – Five Leaves... Read the full story

New Orleans Comes To Australia

The music of New Orleans is coming to Australia in the form of the Legends of New Orleans tour. Famous for its music, its cuisine, its Mardi Gras, its voo-doo and of course, its nightlife, from the bottom of Bourbon St all the way up through the French Quarter – New Orleans’ role in the history of jazz and blues is undisputed. And now, from the city where it all began, a celebration of... Read the full story

Rod Stewart For Summer

With forty years of chart-topping singles and albums under his belt, Rod Stewart will be bringing his ‘The Hits’ tour on stages in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne as well as two special concerts at Hope Estate Winery in the Hunter Valley and Hanging Rock in the Macedon Ranges. Having a phenomenal 62 hit singles in the UK, of which 31 reached the top 10, concert goers can... Read the full story

Alice Cooper Does Sideshows

Alice Cooper is returning to Australia for the first time since 2009 to tour alongside Van Halen, Bad Religion, Hole, Sister of Mercy and more, as part of the Soundwave Revolution Festival. However for those fans that might struggle with the concept of 70+ hard rock bands in a day Alice will being doing a couple of sideshows. The last tour here was a ripper as my review suggested. Here’s an excerpt... Read the full story

Heart to Tour on Def Leppard Show

The news that Def Leppard would be returning to Australia was welcome as the bombastic hard rock legends always put on a big show of escapist stadium rock. However I was a lot more excited by the news that they would be sharing the stage with Heart, the Canadian band fronted by sister Ann and Nancy Wilson. Heart have always been an under-rated band to me and their early albums were one of the reasons... Read the full story

Stevie Nicks Tours With Dave Stewart

Stevie Nicks is coming back to Australia and will be touring this November and December. zIt will be her first visit here since touring with Fleetwood Mac a couple of years ago where she was in good form albeit slightly overshadowed by her partner in music Lindsey Buckingham. This time though Stevie has a new album, In Your Dreams to introduce to the audience and it’s a surprisingly strong effort... Read the full story

Roger Waters Plays The Wall

Roger Waters will perform his classic Pink Floyd album ‘The Wall’ in Australia in 2012. Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney have been locked in for dates starting in Perth on January 27. ‘The Wall’ was Pink Floyd’s 11th studio album and went on to become one of the biggest selling albums of all time. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) ranks ‘The Wall’ as the 4th biggest... Read the full story

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