AUSTRALIAN TOUR NEWS ROUNDUP – KEITH URBAN with BIRDS OF TOKYO, TINA ARENA, BAT OUT OF HELL, GUNS N’ ROSES, STEVE HACKETT, BOB EVANS and THE SCREAMING JETS

AUSTRALIAN TOUR NEWS ROUNDUP – KEITH URBAN with BIRDS OF TOKYO, TINA ARENA, BAT OUT OF HELL, GUNS N’ ROSES, STEVE HACKETT, BOB EVANS and THE SCREAMING JETS

KEITH URBAN ANNOUNCES BIRDS OF TOKYO AS SPECIAL GUEST ON ‘THE SPEED OF NOW WORLD TOUR 2021’

Four time Grammy and ARIA award winning global superstar, Keith Urban has enlisted celebrated Australian rock band, Birds of Tokyo as the special guests on his ‘THE SPEED OF NOW WORLD TOUR 2021,’ which opens on December 1st in Newcastle. These are Urban’s first shows in Australia in more than two years, his first in Perth since 2014 and the first stops of his ‘THE SPEED OF NOW WORLD TOUR’.

Urban’s live shows are legendary, as unpredictable as they are explosive and with the addition of Birds of Tokyo, ‘THE SPEED OF NOW WORLD TOUR 2021’ is shaping up to be one of the year’s most anticipated tours. Not only will the tour feature all new state-of-the-art production, it will debut brand new music from Urban’s #1 album “THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1.”

Across the last two years, ARIA award winning Birds of Tokyo have enjoyed multi-platinum album sales and a run of hit singles; the radio smash “The Greatest Mistakes” plus the double platinum certified single “Good Lord”, glorious anthem “Unbreakable” and the celebratory “Two Of Us”. These songs formed the basis of their 2020 album “Human Design”, which debuted at #1 on the ARIA Album Chart.

Wednesday 1 December 2021 Newcastle Entertainment Centre
Friday 3 December 2021 Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
Saturday 4 December 2021 Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
Monday 6 December 2021 WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
Wednesday 8 December 2021 Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Friday 10 December 2021 Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Saturday 11 December 2021 Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Tuesday 14 December 2021 RAC Arena, Perth
Friday 17 December 2021 Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Saturday 18 December 2021 Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Sunday 19 December 2021 Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre

 

TINA ARENA’S ‘ENCHANTÉ’ AUSTRALIAN TOUR IN MAY 2021

Tina will perform selections from her transcendent songbook live – backed by a band plus string quartet. In Melbourne at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl Tina will be accompanied by her band and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with a special reserved seated lawn.

Enchanté: The Songs Of Tina Arena, celebrates this Australian icon’s truly outstanding body of work. Renowned composer, violinist and dancer Eric Avery will be special guest on the tour.

Sunday 2 May Brisbane, Convention & Exhibition Centre
Wednesday 5 May Sydney, Aware Super Theatre, ICC Sydney
Saturday 8 May Gold Coast, Convention & Exhibition Centre
Tuesday 11 May Adelaide, Entertainment Centre
Saturday 15 May Melbourne, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Arts Centre Melbourne with MSO
Saturday 22 May Perth, RAC Arena
Wednesday 26 May Wollongong, WIN Entertainment Centre
Friday 28, Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 May Canberra, Llewellyn Hall

BAT OUT OF HELL – THE ROCK MUSICAL TOURING AUSTRALIAN ARENAS IN NOVEMBER

Thursday 18 November RAC Arena, Perth WA
Sunday 21 November Adelaide Entertainment Centre Arena, SA
Wednesday 24 November Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney NSW
Friday 26 November Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne VIC
Sunday 28 November Brisbane Entertainment Centre, QLD

The AWARD-WINNING stage musical has been transformed into an arena rock musical and will feature iconic songs from the Bat Out Of Hell albums, including “You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth,” “Bat Out Of Hell,” “I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That),” and “Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad”. These electrifying rock songs propel an epic story of rebellious youth and passion as Strat, the immortal leader of The Lost, has fallen in love with Raven, the beautiful daughter of the tyrannical ruler Falco.

GUNS N’ ROSES BRINGING LIVE MUSIC BACK IN NOVEMBER

As the name of GNR’s 2017 Not In This Lifetime tour suggested, many GNR fans once believed that they would only be able to experience founding members Axl, Slash and Duff sharing a stage again in their dreams. But then the band’s classic line-up regrouped for Coachella 2016 and the Not In This Lifetime tour was announced shortly afterwards, thrilling fans all over the world until November, 2019.

The Australian leg of Guns N’ Roses’ Not In This Lifetime stadium tour marked the first time that Australian fans witnessed Axl, Slash and Duff reunited since 1993’s Use Your Illusion tour and the band’s onstage chemistry was undeniable.

GNR’s 2021 Australian tour is the light at the end of the bleak tunnel we’ve all negotiated. All aboard the Nightrain to Paradise City for what promises to be a heaving celebration of the unbreakable human spirit!

Saturday 6 November Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast
Tuesday 9 November Adelaide Oval
Thursday 11 November Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sunday 14 November ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Tuesday 16 November Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Wednesday 24 November Optus Stadium, Perth

 

STEVE HACKETT – GENESIS REVISITED RESCHEDULED DATES ANNOUNCED FOR 2022

Steve Hackett will perform the entire album Selling England By The Pound AND the classic Genesis live album Seconds Out in June 2022 on his reschedules GENESIS REVISITED tour of Australia.

Brisbane – Monday 20 June 2022 – The Tivoli
Sydney – Wednesday 22 June 2022 – Enmore Theatre
Melbourne – Thursday 23 June 2022 – The Palais
Adelaide – Friday 24 June 2022 – The Gov
Perth – Sunday 26 June 2022- Astor Theatre

Now bringing in a bigger and better show, not only will Steve be performing “Selling England By The Pound” in its entirety, but Steve will now also be including favourite Genesis live album “Seconds Out” featuring ‘The Carpet Crawlers’, ‘Afterglow’, ‘The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway’, ‘Suppers Ready’ and more !

“We’ve been wanting to come back to Australia so much, and whilst the unavoidable postponements are disappointing, we know the anticipation will be such that when we do finally get there, the concerts will be so much sweeter. We are really looking forward to bringing back live music to you all” Steve Hackett

 

BOB EVANS TO TOUR NEW ALBUM ‘TOMORROWLAND’ NATIONALLY

Beloved Australian singer songwriter, Bob Evans has today released his anticipated sixth studio album Tomorrowland, a glorious record written about the passage of time, and the mystery of the past and the future.

Bob Evans is the ARIA-winning alter ego of Jebediah frontman Kevin Mitchell who has graced the Australian music scene for more than two decades and has written some of the country’s most adored songs. With an extensive back catalogue of well-crafted songs full of meaningful, considered lyrics buoyed by that familiar voice, it’s safe to say the latest Bob Evans offering is in sync. Mitchell poignantly explains, “I found that many of the songs and the lyrics I was writing were tied up in and wrapped around time. The album starts with a song called ‘Born Yesterday’, which is about feeling nostalgic for my early adulthood and ends with a song called ‘End of the Day’, which is about the troubling uncertainty I feel about the future and how I reconcile that with being a parent of young children. So I found that most of the songs are dealing with the mystery of the past and the future in some kind of way. In many ways the past is as much a mystery as the unknown future. Memories are funny things and our perspective on the past is constantly changing with time and as we age.”

“Every time an album is released it feels special, a small but significant accomplishment. This one feels a little extra than normal though, having been born out of such tumultuous times,” explains Mitchell. “I’ve never waited so long between the studio and release day before which was hard because I knew I was sitting on something good and I’m just so glad people are finally hearing it. I went into recording this album feeling refreshed, as if I was beginning a whole new chapter for Bob Evans, one with more electric guitars, a live band actually playing live in a room together and not fussing over perfection but striving for feel. There are influences and production aesthetics that I have never brought in to my world before and the end result is one that I’m immensely proud of as being a record unlike any I’ve made before.”

THU 03 JUN | KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL, KINGSCLIFF NSW (18+)
FRI 04 JUN | BLACK BEAR LODGE, BRISBANE QLD (18+)
SAT 05 JUN | VILLA NOOSA, NOOSAVILLE QLD (18+)
FRI 11 JUN | GRACE EMILY HOTEL, ADELAIDE SA (18+)
SAT 12 JUN | THE ROSEMOUNT HOTEL, PERTH WA (18+)
SUN 13 JUN | THE RIVER, MARGARET RIVER WA (18+)
WED 16 JUN| HERITAGE HOTEL, BULLI NSW (18+)
THU 17 JUN | LIZOTTE’S, NEWCASTLE NSW (18+)
FRI 18 JUN | CAMELOT LOUNGE, SYDNEY NSW (18+)
SAT 19 JUN | FROST & FIRE FESTIVAL, FORBES NSW (All Ages)
SUN 20 JUN | THE BRASS MONKEY, CRONULLA NSW (18+)
THU 24 JUN | SOOKI LOUNGE, BELGRAVE VIC (18+)
FRI 25 JUN | BRIDGE HOTEL, CASTLEMAINE VIC (18+)
SAT 26 JUN | NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB, NORTHCOTE VIC (18+)

 

THE SCREAMING JETS TO TOUR NATIONALLY IN SUPPORT OF 30TH ANNIVERSARY RE-RELEASE OF DEBUT ALBUM ‘ALL FOR ONE’

In 1990 five blokes from Newcastle called The Screaming Jets took the Aussie music scene by the scruff of the neck and gave a red hot shake. Flash forward to 2021 and as a 30th year anniversary celebration, and a tip of the hat to where it all began, the current line-up has re-recorded the ‘All For One’ album with a fresh new take. Overseen by original producer, Steve James, the album has been repackaged with new artwork with a clear reference to the original.

Dave Gleeson says of the recording process: “The plan was always to re-record the album for this milestone. We just didn’t realise we’d be recording under these circumstances. One of the things that we’ve always loved about the recording studio is that it’s a bunch of blokes, locked away in our own world creating and mucking on. Obviously that option wasn’t open to us due to Covid, so we had to do it like the kids do. Our producer Steve James pulled it all together and because we weren’t messing around with arrangements it all went down very quickly and painlessly.”

The Jets are now ready to celebrate the anniversary of the album that started it all with a national tour, and the band will perform ‘All For One’ in its entirety from start to finish for the very first time.

JULY
THU 8 – WALLABY HOTEL, MUDGEERABA, QLD
FRI 9 – MUSIC IS LIFE FESTIVAL, BILOELA, QLD

AUGUST
FRI 13 – FREO SOCIAL, FREMANTLE, WA
SAT 14 – CHARLES HOTEL, PERTH, WA
FRI 20 – THE TRIFFID, BRISBANE, QLD
SAT 21 – BRIBIE ISLAND HOTEL, BRIBIE ISLAND, QLD
FRI 27 – CENTRAL HOTEL, SHELLHARBOUR, NSW
SAT 28 – REVESBY WORKERS, REVESBY, NSW

SEPTEMBER
FRI 3 – GATEWAY HOTEL, GEELONG, VIC
SAT 4 – COMMERCIAL HOTEL, SOUTH MORANG, VIC
FRI 10 – YOUNG SERVICES CLUB, YOUNG, NSW
SAT 11 – BATHURST PANTHERS, BATHURST, NSW
FRI 17 – BELMONT 16S, BELMONT, NSW
SAT 18 – SAWTELL RSL, SAWTELL, NSW
FRI 24 – THE BRIDGE HOTEL, ROZELLE, NSW
SAT 25 – THE BRIDGE HOTEL, ROZELLE, NSW

OCTOBER
FRI 8 – THE BRIDGEWAY HOTEL, ADELAIDE, SA

 

 

 

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