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PRESS RELEASE: Bluesfest Touring is bringing the magic of Bluesfest to Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Canberra next April. The 2017 touring season features some of the highlights of the festival for those who aren’t lucky enough to make the trip to Byron Bay over Easter. FIRST BLUESFEST 2017 TOURING ANNOUNCEMENT PATTI SMITH AND HER BAND PERFORM HORSES THE LUMINEERS BONNIE RAITT SNARKY PUPPY ANDREW BIRD Patti Smith and her band will perform Horses to what are sure to be sold out houses in Sydney and Melbourne. It has been eight years since ‘the godmother of punk’ last toured Australia, and nearly 41 years since the release of her first and most celebrated recording Horses. She will be accompanied by two members of the original group, Lenny Kaye and Jay Dee Daugherty, bassist / keyboardist Tony Shanahan, who has been a part of her band for twenty years and Jack Petruzzelli to perform Horses in its entirety during this not-to-be missed tour, as well as several time-honoured favourites. Bluesfest Touring & Handsome Tours are proud to announce that The Lumineers are heading to Sydney, Melbourne and Perth to celebrate their eagerly anticipated sophomore album Cleopatra. The Lumineers have gone on a journey that has taken them to the top of the charts, to the Grammys, even to President Obama’s iPod! Their popular anthem ‘Ho Hey’ took the world by storm back in 2012, spending a staggering 62 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and has had more than 153 million views on YouTube! Rock and Roll Hall of inductee Bonnie Raitt is more than a best-selling artist, respected guitarist, expressive singer and accomplished songwriter…. She has become an institution in American Music. Fans will have the chance to experience her incredible performances in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. Snarky Puppy have gone from the best kept secret to one of the most respected names in instrumental music. They seamlessly fuse a deep knowledge and respect for musical tradition, with sonic and conceptual innovation in a way that is able to reach the most critical or carefree audience. This convergence of musicians from white and black America have performed regularly with artists like Erykah Badu, Snoop Dogg, Kirk Franklin, Justin Timberlake, Roy Hargrove, and Marcus Miller among others. Music innovator Andrew Bird returns to Australian for the first time since 2010 when he moved crowds at Falls Festival and sold out the Sydney Opera House. Do not miss out on the return of this remarkable live performer as he tours to Sydney and Melbourne. “Watching Patti Smith perform live – for the first, second or fifth time – feels like a life-changing experience.”- The Independent (Field Day) It has been eight years since Patti Smith ‘the godmother of punk’ last toured Australia, and nearly 41 years since the release of her first and most celebrated recording Horses. Horses was conceived to be, in her description, “three chord rock merged with the power of the word.” “Horses and its shamanistic punk poet siren are undiminished 40 years on” – theartsdesk.com Best-selling author, performance poet & visual artist Patti Smith’s list of artistic accomplishments doesn’t end there. She is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, recipient of the Polar Music Prize, a human rights activist and also holds the honour of “Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres” from the French Ministry of Culture. The Lumineers “essentially granted the choice of playing to whomever they wanted, wherever they wanted, whilst simultaneously owning the keys to cities all over the world.” – The AU Review After a solid three years of touring six of the seven continents; including two Australian tours of sold-out performances; The Lumineers return with their eagerly anticipated second album Cleopatra. The Lumineers exploded onto the scene with their monster single, ‘Ho Hey’ (which spent a staggering 62 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #3) and its follow-up, ‘Stubborn Love’ (recently featured on President Barack Obama’s Spotify playlist). Their self-titled debut earned The Lumineers a pair of Grammy nominations (Best New Artist, Best Americana Album) and sold an impressive 1.7 million albums in the U.S., and 3 million worldwide. Cleopatra features singles ’Ophelia’ and ’Cleopatra’ and is proof that Schultz, Fraites and Pekarek are neither taking their good fortune for granted, nor sitting back on their laurels. It has seen the band undertake a massive world tour, selling out multiple dates and playing arena and amphitheatre shows. Bonnie Raitt tour dates: Snarky Puppy Tour Dates: Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW – MON 10 APRIL 2017 “you couldn’t take your eyes off the stage, even for a moment. Except, perhaps, when you were closing them, allowing his violin to take you into a dreamlike state...” – The AU Review "I never walk onstage knowing what I’m doing," says the artist. "It’s a shrug-of-the-shoulders approach and people like it, it seems human to them. I began playing with the idea of reinvention, so that onstage a wild untamed thing can happen. I wanted to make a record that lets me subvert or expand my onstage personality." Andrew Bird Tour Dates: |
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