2019 ARIA WEEK PROGRAM
Huge Line Up Announced
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THE 2019 ARIA WEEK PRESENTED BY MITSUBISHI ASX PROGRAM
HUGE LINE UP ANNOUNCED
ARIA MASTERCLASS WITH TUMA BASA
NOVA RED ROOMS WITH TONES AND I, DEAN LEWIS, GUY SEBASTIAN AND MORE
LIQUID LUNCH LIVE WITH NOEL GALLAGHER AND TIM ROGERS
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ARIA Week presented by Mitsubishi ASX returns to Sydney for the seventh year from Thursday 14th November with a huge and exciting lineup. ARIA Week presents a program of special one-off gigs, showcases, conferences and events taking place in and around Sydney, in celebration of Australian music, coinciding with the 2019 ARIA Awards.
ARIA is excited to announce that the 2019 ARIA Week will be presented by Mitsubishi ASX, helping to support the Aussie music industry and bring fans more incredible experiences across the program.
Also supported by the NSW Government, ARIA Week will once again see Sydney abuzz with the very best artists and groundbreaking music industry conferences, showcasing the wealth of talent and opportunity the Australian music scene has to offer.
ARIA is thrilled to confirm the 2019 ARIA Masterclass, with very special guest Tuma Basa, the Director of Urban Music, YouTube Music. Hip hop is the fastest growing genre on the planet, and Tuma Basa will discuss his work with hip hop artists around the world and what it takes to be successful in the global streaming era. More exciting speakers are still to be announced.
Nova’s Red Room performances throughout ARIA Week Presented by Mitsubishi ASX will celebrate the Australian music industry in the count down to the 2019 ARIA Awards. This year some of the country’s biggest artists including Birds of Tokyo, Dean Lewis, Guy Sebastian, Illy, PNAU and Tones and I will perform for their fans in a series of Nova’s Red Room shows on the ARIA Week calendar.
This year’s ARIA Week will see two rock legends meet again in a very special edition of Liquid Lunch Live, presented by ARIA and Double J. Noel Gallagher and Tim Rogers first toured together in 1998, when You Am I supported Oasis on shows in Australia, Hong Kong and Japan. 21 years later, the two friends will sit down in an exclusive conversation, to take place on Friday 22nd November. For more information on how to score tickets, keep an eye on Double J’s website.
ARIA Chief Executive, Dan Rosen said, “ARIA Week is a brilliant way to extend the celebration of Australian music across November in the lead up to the ARIA Awards. We have an incredible line up of Australian talent, from ARIA Hall Of Fame winners to up-and-comers, across inner-city Sydney to Byron Bay. I am very excited to see the events across a diversity of genres, from hip-hop to country, showcasing our artists across a wide range of the ARIA Award categories.
This year, we also have an incredible line up of industry panels. As the Director of Urban Music, YouTube Music, Tuma Basa is at the forefront of what is happening in the fastest growing genre on the planet. I also cannot wait to see the legendary Noel Gallagher sit down with the legendary Tim Rogers to discuss their shared past and the future of rock and roll.”
Derek McIlroy, Mitsubishi Motors Deputy Director, Marketing and Operations said, “We’re excited and proud to support the great number of talented and distinctive Australian artists from all over Australia, through our Mitsubishi ASX sponsorship of the ARIAs. Music is individual, a passion – and so is the car you drive. From now until ARIA Week you’ll see the new model – complete with our new premium sound system – on Sydney’s streets.”
The ARIA Awards is the flagship event of the Australian music calendar, and the coinciding ARIA Week is certainly no exception. It is a provoking and significant celebration of local music that presents the best and brightest of the Australian music industry throughout the venues of Sydney and NSW.
Sydney venues can become an official part of the ARIA Week presented by Mitsubishi ASX program by registering their shows on the ARIA Week website. Registered shows will be added to the list of official gigs on the ARIA Week website.
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ARIA WEEK PROGRAM
AT A GLANCE
Thursday 14th November – Busby Marou @ Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
Thursday 14th November – The Reunion: Young Stars of Country… 20 Years On @ Evan Theatre, Penrith
Friday 15th November – AusMusic T-Shirt Day
Friday 15th November – The Reunion: Young Stars of Country… 20 Years On @ Belmont 16 Foot Sailing Club, Belmont
Friday 15th November – Busby Marou @ The Factory, Marrickville
Saturday 16th November – Youth Group @ The Lansdowne, Sydney
Saturday 16th November – A Day On The Green @ Bimbadgen Winery
Saturday 16th November – Montaigne @ The Northern, Byron Bay
Saturday 16th November – A Day For The Beaches, Sydney
Saturday 16th November – The Reunion: Young Stars of Country… 20 Years On in Thirroul
Saturday 16th November – Busby Marou @ Ettamogah Hotel, Kellyville
Sunday 17th November – The Reunion: Young Stars of Country… 20 Years On @ Civic Theatre, Wagga Wagga
Tuesday 19th November – Women In Music Breakfast @ The Star, Sydney
Tuesday 19th November – CLIPPED ARIA Week Special @ Golden Age Cinema
Thursday 21st November – Nova’s Red Room with Illy
Thursday 21st November – The U2 Conference @ Studios 301, Sydney
Thursday 21st November – Ngaiire @ The Lansdowne, Sydney
Friday 22nd November – Liquid Lunch Live with Noel Gallagher and Tim Rogers
Friday 22nd November – Hermitude @ Enmore Theatre, Newtown
Friday 22nd November – The Reunion: Young Stars of Country… 20 Years On @ Twin Town Clubs, Tweed Heads
Friday 22nd November – Remi @ The Lansdowne, Sydney
Saturday 23rd November – Nova’s Red Room with Guy Sebastian
Saturday 23rd November – Conscious Presents @ Campbelltown Arts Centre
Saturday 23rd November – Tuka @ The Lansdowne, Sydney
Saturday 23rd November – The Reunion: Young Stars of Country… 20 Years On @ Ballina RSL Club
Monday 25th November – Nova’s Red Room with PNAU
Monday 25th November – CMAA Academy of Country Music Showcase
Tuesday 26th November – Nova’s Red Room with Dean Lewis & Birds of Tokyo
Tuesday 26th November – Mojo Juju @ City Recital Hall, Sydney
Tuesday 26th November – Telstra ARIA Masterclass with Tuma Basa
Tuesday 26th November – Producers BBQ @ 301 Studios, Sydney
Thursday 28th November – The Delta Riggs @ The Lansdowne, Sydney
Thursday 28th November – The Reunion: Young Stars of Country… 20 Years On in Griffith
Friday 29th November – Nova’s Red Room with Tones and I
Friday 29th November – Montaigne @ The Metro, Sydney
Friday 29th November – Lee Kernaghan @ Twin Town Clubs, Tweed Heads
Friday 29th November – The Reunion: Young Stars of Country… 20 Years On @ Bathurst RSL Club
Saturday 30th November – The Reunion: Young Stars of Country… 20 Years On @ The Cube, Campbelltown
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NOVA RED ROOM EVENTS
THROUGHOUT ARIA WEEK
Nova’s Red Room ARIA Week Presented by Mitsubishi ASX will celebrate the Australian music industry in the count down to the 2019 ARIA Awards. This year some of the country’s biggest artists including Birds of Tokyo, Dean Lewis, Guy Sebastian, Illy, PNAU and Tones and I will perform for their biggest fans in a series of Nova’s Red Room shows on the ARIA Week calendar.
Nova’s Red Room ARIA Week Presented by Mitsubishi ASX
Illy – Thursday 21 November
Guy Sebastian – Saturday 23 November
PNAU – Monday 25 November
Birds of Tokyo & Dean Lewis – Tuesday 26 November
Tones and I – Friday 29 November
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THURSDAY 14th NOVEMBER:
THE REUNION: YOUNG STARS OF COUNTRY… 20 YEARS ON 2019 TOUR @ PENRITH PANTHERS
Individually, Adam Harvey, Beccy Cole, Darren Coggan and Felicity Urquhart are four of the most recognisable country music artists in the Australian entertainment world. The Golden Guitars, Gold certified records, chart topping albums and countless number one singles between them barely scratch the surface of their combined achievements.
2019 marks the 20th anniversary of these four talented and highly decorated artists forming a tour called The Young Stars Of Country. The tour’s name was the brainchild of the booking agent they shared at the time. These young and feisty newcomers fought to have their own names splashed across the light-boxes and chalkboards of the venues they played for fear of not being remembered… Adam, Beccy, Darren and Felicity were not to know that this was the beginning of a musical bond and personal friendship that was to last for two decades.
You can expect some very special moments in this show. When four artists come together after 20 years of love and respect for each other, the audience is in for a once in a lifetime treat.
For more information and tickets, please click here.
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FRIDAY 15th NOVEMBER:
AUSMUSIC T-SHIRT DAY
Support Act is once again calling on fans of Australian music – and the people responsible for bringing it to our ears – to join them on Friday 15th November for AusMusic T-Shirt Day. The aim is to raise funds for artists and music industry professionals who have fallen on hard times, whether it be in the form of financial hardship, ill health, injury or mental health issues.
Aussie music lovers are invited to donate via the Support Act AusMusic T-Shirt Day website, and then post and share pics wearing an Australian band t-shirt, using the tags #ausmusictshirtday, and @supportact.
If you don’t already have something to wear on the day, Levi’s and Support Act have partnered with six Aussie artists – TkayMaidza, INXS, Ruel, Angus & Julia Stone and Parkway Drive – to offer limited edition t-shirts, available in-store and online, with 100% of proceeds going to Support Act.
The funds raised will help Support Act expand its Wellbeing Helpline and continue to provide crisis relief to artists and music workers in need.
AusMusic T-Shirt Day is supported by ARIA, triple j, and Support Act with participation invited from music lovers everywhere.
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SATURDAY 16th NOVEMBER:
A DAY ON THE GREEN
When global superstar and Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas brings his national solo tour to Bimbadgen Estate, he’ll be supported by three legends of Australian music. Also on the line-up will be chart-topper Pete Murray along with ARIA Hall of Fame members Daryl Braithwaite and Russell Morris.
Rarely is there a chance to witness so many icons at a single concert event. This is one special show you won’t want to miss.
For more information and tickets, please click here.
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SATURDAY 16th NOVEMBER:
YOUTH GROUP @ THE LANSDOWNE, SYDNEY
To celebrate the release of their fifth album ‘Australian Halloween’ on October 11th, Youth Group will reunite for three intimate East Coast shows and will be supported by Knievel and Bree Van Reyk.
After forming in the late 1990s, the four-piece released four critically acclaimed albums and achieved worldwide success with 4x platinum single ‘Forever Young’, an Alphaville cover which was recorded for the soundtrack of the US drama series, The O.C., reached #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart and won the band the 2006 ARIA Award for Breakthrough Single.
‘Australian Halloween’ was written in an abandoned laundromat in Huddersfield, a post-industrial town in the north of England. Having relocated to the UK with his young family, chief songwriter and singer/guitarist Toby Martin rented the space expecting to write a very English solo record. Instead what came out was a body of work that not only felt distinctly like a Youth Group album, but was largely concerned with Australia and missing home.
For more information and tickets, please click here.
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SATURDAY 16th NOVEMBER:
A DAY FOR THE BEACHES @ RAT PARK, NARRABEEN
Bursting with live music, local art, markets, food trucks and activations, A Day For The Beaches is a brand new community event curated by Northern Beaches natives Ocean Alley. The full day, all-ages, drug and alcohol free event will raise money and awareness for local charities One Eighty and the Cerebral Palsy Alliance.
Ocean Alley will lead the live music component of the event, which promises to showcase the thriving local Northern Beaches music scene. The line-up also includes rising rockers Dear Seattle, bluesy groove quintet Eagle Eye Jones and Brit-pop band Stumps. Rounding out the bill are psychedelic five-piece Liquid Time, alt-rockers The Brights, grungy garage-punk outfit Monkey Knife Fight and indie beach quartet BUTTERBOX.
For more information and tickets, please click here.
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SATURDAY 16th NOVEMBER:
BUSBY MAROU @ ETTAMOGAH HOTEL
Much loved Australian duo Busby Marou will be touring Australia in October and November in support of their upcoming fourth studio album The Great Divide (Warner Music).
The APRA Award-winning duo kicked off their thirteen date tour in Brisbane on Friday 25 October before embarking on a month’s journey across the country, stopping at locations in QLD, NSW, VIC, SA and WA, including a host of regional shows. Their final show will take place in Townsville on Saturday 23 November. The duo will be accompanied nationally by Byron Bay musician Bobby Alu and in Cairns by Leanne Tennant.
For more information and tickets, please click here.
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SATURDAY 16th NOVEMBER:
MONTAIGNE IN BYRON BAY
FRIDAY 29th NOVEMBER:
MONTAIGNE IN SYDNEY
On the back of her second studio album, ‘Complex’, Montaigne is embarking on a headline tour, including shows in Byron Bay and Sydney, partnering with PLUS1 to donate $1 from every ticket to Bush Heritage Australia, a national non-profit organisation dedicated to conserving biodiversity in Australia.
The ARIA Award-winner has built a solid following with her art-pop style, take-no-prisoners attitude, strong political statements and powerful performance style.
For more information and tickets, please click here.
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TUESDAY 19th NOVEMBER:
WOMEN IN MUSIC PRESENTED BY ARIA & PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY MITSUBISHI ASX
ARIA has teamed up with Women In Music Sydney Australia to host a special networking breakfast as part of the ARIA Week line-up. Held at The Star, this event is a celebration of the extraordinary women in the industry and what they’ve learnt throughout their careers.
Featuring speeches from respected figures in the Australian Music Industry and a delicious breakfast, the morning will also be raising funds through a charity raffle for women’s charity Share The Dignity and their initiative ‘It’s In The Bag’. Share The Dignity makes a real, on-the-ground difference for girls and women experiencing homelessness, domestic violence and period poverty. The charity collects thousands of sanitary products each year for women in need, while campaigning for justice for women in Australia. Women In Music attendees will be encouraged to bring a handbag filled with feminine products along to the event to donate to women in need.
The breakfast is an opportunity to chat with fellow music lovers in a comfortable and relaxed networking hub, paired with a fresh glass of orange juice or a sneaky champagne, preparing the women of the music industry for the exciting ARIA Week ahead. Doors open at 8am and the event will finish at approximately 11am.
This event is invite-only.
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TUESDAY 19th NOVEMBER:
CLIPPED ARIA WEEK SPECIAL @ GOLDEN AGE CINEMA
CLIPPED is Australia’s premiere music video festival. This year, they have teamed with ARIA to present a special evening celebrating the nominees for the 2019 ARIA Award for Best Video presented by YouTube Music. See the best Australian music videos of the year on a big screen and go behind the scenes on how they were made.
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THURSDAY 21st NOVEMBER:
THE U2 CONFERENCE @ STUDIOS 301, SYDNEY
To coincide with U2’s Joshua Tree Tour, the U2 Conference will be held in Australia for the first time, featuring exclusive film screenings, presentations and opportunities for interactive discussion between fans and researchers.
The U2 Conference Australian Edition 2019: Image + Experience will be held on 21st November 2019 at Studios 301 in Sydney. The U2 Conference brings together fans, academics and the music industry to talk about and share insights into the biggest rock band on the planet.
Special guest, Australian filmmaker and ARIA Award winner Richard Lowenstein made the rarely seen U2 documentary U2 Lovetown in 1989 when U2 played 27 shows in Australia on their Lovetown tour with BB King. Lowenstein produced videos for ‘Angel of Harlem’ and ‘Desire’ from U2’s Rattle and Hum album and Bono was the first person he interviewed for the movie, Mystify Michael Hutchence. The U2 conference will celebrate the connection between U2 and Michael Hutchence with a special screening of Lowenstein’s Mystify: Michael Hutchence.
U2 are the most successful band in ARIA Chart history, with a record 11 #1 albums. ARIA will be supplying data and content about U2’s career in Australia as part of the U2 conference program.
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THURSDAY 21st NOVEMBER:
NGAIIRE @ THE LANSDOWNE, SYDNEY
This year has already proven to be a big one for Ngaiire, with one of her unreleased songs shortlisted for the Vanda and Young Global Songwriting Competition and the promise of more new work on the horizon, following on from the release of two critically acclaimed albums ‘Lamentations’ in 2013 and ‘Blastoma’ in 2016.
Hailing from the Eastern Highlands and New Ireland provinces of Papua New Guinea, Ngaiire has a career that crosses genres and art form. She has become renowned for her impressive vocal force, tight beats, boisterous costuming and big pop sounds that have seen her receive four National Live Music Awards, an FBi Radio SMAC Award for ‘Best Live Act’ and the inaugural Australian Women in Music Award for ‘Artistic Excellence’.
A multi-faceted and highly acclaimed creative, Ngaiire’s work has seen her grace the stages of Glastonbury to Splendour in the Grass, national tours alongside the likes of Sufjan Stevens, Alicia Keys and Leon Bridges, compose for dance companies and have her work performed at experimental art spaces.
Gearing up for a huge year of new music in 2020, don’t miss your chance to see one of the country’s most powerful vocalists live on stage this November and be one of the first to catch a glimpse of what’s to come.
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FRIDAY 22nd NOVEMBER:
LIQUID LUNCH LIVE WITH NOEL GALLAGHER AND TIM ROGERS
This year’s ARIA Week will see two rock legends meet again in a very special edition of Liquid Lunch Live, presented by ARIA and Double J. Noel Gallagher and Tim Rogers first toured together in 1998, when You Am I supported Oasis on shows in Australia, Hong Kong and Japan. 21 years later, the two friends will sit down in an exclusive conversation, to take place on Friday 22nd November.
For more information on how to score tickets, keep an eye on Double J’s website.
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FRIDAY 22nd NOVEMBER – HERMITUDE @ ENMORE THEATRE, NEWTOWN
Hermitude are back with a daring new single ‘Northern Lights’ featuring Soaky Siren and Vory. The Australian duo (AKA Luke Dubs and El Gusto) have also just announced a whopping big world tour with Australian dates scheduled for this November.
Sounding completely fresh and new, and yet irresistibly familiar all at the same time, Hermitude’s new single ‘Northern Lights’ will lure you in with its light beginnings, before pulling you under with its earth-shattering drops. Sonically reminiscent of their mammoth single, ‘The Buzz’, which saw the Blue Mountains duo rise to International success, ‘Northern Lights’ signifies their most bright and brash release thus far.
For more information and tickets, please click here.
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THURSDAY 22nd NOVEMBER:
REMI @ THE LANSDOWNE, SYDNEY
Time for a party, REMI will treat fans old and new at The Lansdowne in Sydney on November 22 and wrapping up the following week at Brisbane’s Brightside on November 29.
With a limitless talent between the magical pairing of Remi Kolawole and Sensible J, “5 A.M.” and its accompanying video only further affirms immensely captivating and innovative musical talents of the hip hop heavyweights. With a new visual and shows on the horizon, REMI are set to make their mark on 2019 and beyond.
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SATURDAY 23rd NOVEMBER – CMAA ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC SHOWCASE
The Country Music Association of Australia and ARIA present the ARIA Week Country Showcase on Tuesday 26th November. The event will feature 2019 ARIA Award Nominees sharing songs & stories in a writers round showcase.
Venue TBC.
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SATURDAY 23rd NOVEMBER: CONSCIOUS PRESENTS @ CAMPBELLTOWN ARTS CENTRE
Conscious Presents is a concert showcasing the work of five Western Sydney-based, socially minded hip-hop artists and this year’s participants of the Conscious project. The 2019 artists: Rebecca Hatch, Jessica Jade, Mirrah, Nardean and Zeadala will be performing an all-ages show to celebrate their participation and achievements of the past year being a part of Conscious.
Each artist will be performing their latest material, alongside guest MC, L-FRESH The LION and DJ sets from DJ MK-1. Conscious supports the development and career pathways of socially minded hip-hop artists with connections to Western Sydney.
For more information and tickets, please click here.
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SATURDAY 23rd NOVEMBER:
TUKA @ THE LANSDOWNE
Aussie hip hop heavyweight Tuka is hitting the road this November for the ‘Selling Me Out’ Tour, which marks his first solo headline shows since 2015. His gig at Sydney’s Lansdowne Hotel will be part of the 2019 ARIA Week program.
Celebrating the launch of new singles ‘Selling Me Out’ and b-side ‘F*ck You Pay Me’ Tuka will be touring a brand new show with a live band, special guests including ALPHAMAMA and a swag of hits.
A gifted poet who campaigns tirelessly for women’s rights, animal rights, and the rights of other marginalised groups, Tuka has charted in triple j’s Hottest 100 a massive 7 times, and his last solo album ‘Life Death Time Eternal’ debuted at #6 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
For more information and tickets, please click here.
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TUESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER:
PRODUCERS BBQ @ 301 STUDIOS
Studio 301 presents the 2019 Producers BBQ, an event to honour our industry’s producers, engineers and ARIA nominees in what has become an annual tradition in the ARIA Week celebrations. This will be the second year that the event will be hosted at Studio 301’s new $12m facility, and will feature performances from ARIA nominated artists.
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TUESDAY 26th NOVEMBER:
MOJO JUJU @ CITY RECITAL HALL, SYDNEY
Award-winning artist Mojo Juju will take to the stage at City Recital Hall to perform her award-winning album ‘Native Tongue’. ‘Native Tongue’ is an intimate look at the stories behind the songs from Mojo Juju’s third album of the same name.
Through the telling of family history and her own personal experiences, Mojo Juju explores her relationships with Elders and Ancestry and how that informs her own identity, through her music. Raw, honest, emotional and intrinsically political, the show contemplates her Mother’s Indigenous heritage, her Father’s experience as a Filipino immigrant and her own place in the cultural landscape of modern Australia.
For more information and tickets, please click here.
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TUESDAY 26th NOVEMBER:
ARIA MASTERCLASS: SUCCESS IN 2019 @ TELSTRA CIC
The music industry is constantly changing, and the path to success is being forged by those who take risks and drive fresh ideas. This year, ARIA Masterclass will feature panels discussing success in 2019.
Key speaker Tuma Basa (Director Of Urban Music, YouTube Music) will talk about his work on the forefront of taste making, and how hip hop is dominating in a digital world.
More speakers to be announced.
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TUESDAY 28th NOVEMBER:
THE DELTA RIGGS @ THE LANDSDOWNE, SYDNEY
In support of their fourth studio album ‘Modern Pressure’, The Delta Riggs are heading out on a run of club shows across the country in November and December, promising an exciting mix of sweat, swagger and guitars.
The Delta Riggs have become a much-loved staple on the Australian indie live music scene, and it’s the stories they’ve heard from real people on the road that provided much of the inspiration for ‘Modern Pressure’.
For more information and tickets, please click here.
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FRIDAY 29th NOVEMBER:
LEE KERNAGHAN @ TWEED HEADS
Lee Kernaghan is one of the all-time greats of Australian music, with 38 number 1 hits and a ute load of Golden Guitar awards to his credit. Following his sold out 25th Anniversary Tour Lee began turning his experiences out on the road into songs and a brand new album “Backroad Nation”.
Lee said, “Backroad Nation is a celebration of us, our way of life and the people who make our country great. Much of the inspiration for the songs has come from the people I’ve met and the places I’ve travelled to from Alice Springs to the Deni Ute Muster, from the mighty Pilbara region in WA to backroads QLD and everywhere in between.”
Since the release of his mega hit Boys From The Bush, Lee has scored a plethora of hits with songs like The Outback Club, Hat Town, She’s My Ute, Planet Country, Flying With The King, Australian Boy and Spirit Of The ANZACS – the highest selling Australian album of 2015. Fans are encouraged to book tickets early to secure their place to celebrate with Lee as he tours the country with his new album and incredible new show – Backroad Nation.
For more information and tickets, please click here.
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