Beth Orton

Thursday 23 Feb 2012

News shows added!

It’s official, Australia is having a love affair with City and Colour! After tickets to the upcoming national tour went on sale in Sydney & Melbourne this morning the demand was so high that by 9:10am 2nd shows in both cities had been announced. Both all ages, the ...
Monday 20 Feb 2012

All ages Brisbane show!

It is safe to say that Aussie audiences can’t get enough of City and Colour! Just days after the tour was announced a new, all ages show has been added in Brisbane for Wednesday 9th May at The Tivoli. Under 18 fans will now have the opportunity to ...
Wednesday 15 Feb 2012

SUPPORT ANNOUNCED

Brisbane band, Holland, have been confirmed as the national support for Switchfoot on their 3 date headline tour when they’re in town this month for the Soundwave Festival. You can check out Holland’s debut single ‘No Control’ here. Tickets for Switchfoot’s headline shows on sale now!
Tuesday 14 Feb 2012

Touring Australia & NZ!

Already confirmed to headline Groovin’ The Moo in May, City and Colour have today announced they'll be following up a hugely successful 2011 tour with a string of headline theatre shows across the country, as well as visiting New Zealand for the first time ever. Tickets go on ...
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 ...

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January 2012

BETH ORTON
RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA IN JANUARY

It’s been nearly six years in the making, but come January 2012, iconic eclectic British singer/songstress Beth Orton makes her long awaited return to Australia for a series of solo acoustic concert dates.

The British chanteuse begins her run of shows in Brisbane on Sunday 15 January at the Old Museum Concert Hall, before heading to Sydney for two shows on Tuesday 17 & Wednesday 18 January at the City Recital Hall as part of the Sydney Festival. The tour then continues to Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre on Friday 20 January, The Gov in Adelaide on Saturday 21 January before finishing up in Perth with shows at The Quarry on Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 January.

Not seen down under since touring her 2006 opus Comfort of Strangers, Beth promises an intimate show that will feature material from all her classic recordings - including Trailer Park (1996) and her two Australian chart successes Central Reservation (1999) and Daybreaker (2002) - as well as a special sneak preview of songs from her highly anticipated upcoming album.

A fiercely independent trend-bucker from the very outset of her career, Beth Orton is well-renowned for her collaborations as for her own work - collaborations which range in style from her early ground-breaking and innovative sessions with William Orbit and The Chemical Brothers (recordings widely acknowledged as pre-figuring the folktronica movement), to her tender haunting vocals for folk legend Bert Jansch’s Black Swan album.

In the time since her last release Comfort of Strangers, Beth has been busy raising a family; but with a new album imminent in 2012 (on her new label, US based ANTI-), Beth explains the interval was also a period for some serious introspection: “The truth of the matter is I’ve taken off time to reassess my work, to think about the songs I write, and what it is I love most about what I do. It’s taken a lot to just really pull it down and deconstruct it and build it back up again. It’s taken me this long to get a body of work together that I feel proud of; but these songs are like nothing I’ve ever written.”

Hot on the heels of recording her new album, Beth Orton’s upcoming Australian dates will offer not just a rare opportunity to catch this esteemed artist, but also witness her in the process of defining a new chapter in her music.

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