Rufus Wainwright

Friday 03 Feb 2012

2nd show for Melbourne!

Just announced, Tim McGraw & Faith Hill have added a 2nd Melbourne concert to their March tour, taking place on Wednesday 21 March at Rod Laver Arena! Being that this is the first time the country music superstars have toured together outside of North America it’s definitely a show ...
Wednesday 01 Feb 2012

Blitzen Trapper return!

Flannel wearing alt-country Northwestern rockers Blitzen Trapper have announced their Australian return for this coming April, appearing at both Byron Bay Bluesfest & West Coast Blues ‘N’ Roots as well as headlining shows in Sydney & Melbourne - tickets on sale now!
Monday 30 Jan 2012

John Fogerty returns!

Already announced as part of the Bluesfest line-up, legendary rocker John Fogerty has now confirmed a string of headline shows across Australia, as well as an appearance at the West Coast Blues ‘N’ Roots! Looking Out My Back Door: John Fogerty Performs Live! The Albums of Creedence Clearwater ...
Friday 27 Jan 2012

Perth gets Daltrey & YES

We’re excited to announce that both Roger Daltrey and Yes have added Perth dates to their April tours! In town to play Byron Bay Bluesfest, both acts had already confirmed sideshows on the East Coast & can now include a West Coast show as well! Ticket & show details ...
Wednesday 25 Jan 2012

Flo's support announced!

We're excited to announce New York City-based Blood Orange (AKA Dev Hynes of Test Icicles & Lightspeed Champion fame) has been locked in as the support for Florence + the Machine's upcoming Oz & NZ tour. Blood Orange is the music of a seedy yet inspirational New York night ...
Friday 13 Jan 2012

Foo Fighters playing Asia!

We’re ecstatic to announce that six-time Grammy award-winning rockers & 2011 MTV VMA Best Rock Video winners, the FOO FIGHTERS, will be heading to Singapore to perform for one night only at the Padang on Friday 2 March 2012, in what will be there only show in South East ...
Friday 13 Jan 2012

The Drums to play Byron

The Drums sweet tunes are pretty much synonymous with summer, so we're pleased to announce an extra Laneway Festival sideshow at one of the country's finest coastal towns. A last-minute show has been added to the Great Northern, Byron Bay on the last day of the Australia Day ...
Wednesday 11 Jan 2012

Coachella's coming to us!

The Internet has gone abuzz with the announcement of Coachella’s 2012 line up, with insiders & fans alike claiming it may be the best yet. Unfortunately Southern California is a little far for most of us Aussies & New Zealanders to get to, but never fear, we’ve got a ...
Thursday 05 Jan 2012

A Very Happy 2012!

Happy New Year everyone! We’re excited to be back and are gearing up for a huge 2012 - kicking off with tours from The Kooks & The Jim Jones Review, both in town now. January will also see Beth Orton & Vintage Trouble playing shows in Oz, as ...
Thursday 22 Dec 2011

Message from Michael

Hi, Chuggi here. To all our loyal supporters & partners, the venues & contractors AND ESPECIALLY the million or so fans who come to our shows & make magic with us year in year out. To the 100's of musicians, agents & managers all over the world who come down ...

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Salacious grandiosity... sparkling melodies... stunning lyrics...

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT

returns for a very special evening of solo splendour

"Both a showman and deeply creative songwriter with a superb knack for live performance." All Music Guide

"One of the most talented singer-songwriters of his generation." Bernard Zuel, Sydney Morning Herald

"One thing you should know about Rufus Wainwright: he's absolutely devastating live." PopMatters

Break out the diary, cancel your late February plans, and surprise your loved one(s) with tickets to something truly wonderful and intimate: the one and only Rufus Wainwright is returning to Sydney for two very special evenings featuring our prodigious wunderkind in solo piano and vocal mode.

The setting for this once-in-a-lifetime, exquisite affair is appropriately the rather gorgeous Verbrugghen Hall - the superb concert hall with world-class acoustics and seating for just 500 people at The Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

The UK's Observer Music Monthly might well have captured the essence of Mr. Wainwright's entire career when it recently remarked that his latest and fifth studio album, Release The Stars, is "complex, melodramatic, ambitious, vain, beautiful and frequently magnificent!"

Since then, Rufus Wainwright has released his second live solo album and accompanying DVD, Milwaukee at Last!!! - again to rave reviews - and will be releasing a highly anticipated new studio album later in 2010. It is very clear that Rufus Wainwright is a major talent of the 21^st Century; the question now is how far will this musical flair take him.

As music bible Mojo Magazine attests in its Release The Stars review, "Like (Brian Wilson's) Smile, it extends the language of pop, setting a fearsome standard for anyone equal to the challenge of matching his limitless invention."

But the important point to take from this announcement is this - do not delay in securing your tickets for this very special concert. If the 2008 Rufus Wainwright Australian tour is anything to go by - his return in 2010 will no doubt be the absolute musical highlight of your calendar year!