The Frontier Touring Company is delighted to announce the return of
James Blunt to Australia in 2014., Blunt and his band will visit for a very special run of shows in May/June next year, with guests
Busby Marou.
The timing for this exciting announcement could not be better, with Blunt's brand new single
'Bonfire Heart', taken from his upcoming album
'Moon Landing', peaking at #1 position on the iTunes single chart and debuting at #5 on this week's ARIA single chart!
James Blunt shot to fame in 2006 with the smash singles
'You're Beautiful' &
'Goodbye My Lover' from his platinum selling album
'Back to Bedlam',
one of the UK's best-selling albums of the 2000's. For fourth studio
album Moon Landing, Blunt wanted to go back to sounding... like himself.
'I was playing a lot of ukulele - mainly because it makes me look bigger,'
says James. He also returned to producer Tom Rothrock, and to working
with just the two of them in the studio, occasionally bringing in
selected musicians from the
Back To Bedlam sessions.
Picking up a guitar and writing his first song at 14, Blunt wrote his
university dissertation on the music industry, took that guitar to the
war in Kosovo, and always dreamed of making music, saying what success
has meant, more than anything, is freedom.
'What it allowed me to do was go on tour with a band. That was absolutely amazing'.
But it also meant much more than that, with three world tours, four
number one singles, five Grammy nods (plus two BRITS, two Ivor Novellos
and a host of MTV awards), a six-piece band, seven whole years on the
road, nearly 17m albums and 20 million singles sales worldwide
following.
Bringing a full band with him for the tour and renowned for his charm
and grace on stage, Australian audiences will surely be captivated when
he returns for his first visit since 2011, playing songs from his
highly anticipated new album as well as a collection of hits.
'There's just something romantic, old-school and lonely about the moon landings,' he explains.
'A
nostalgic memory of something huge that we can hardly believe we once
achieved, and for some sad reason, can't achieve again - like first
love.'
"Goodbye My Lover was everything Sydney's jilted lovers could have
dreamed of. His timorous demeanour whilst sitting at the piano worked
rather well here, giving the hit song a raw touch and awarded him a
well-deserved standing ovation."
- The Music Network 2011
It's an exciting week for Australian duo
Busby Marou, with their new album
'Farewell Fitzroy'
(out now through Warner Music) debuting at #5 on the ARIA album chart
this week, they have also been confirmed as special guests for this
Australian/New Zealand tour with James! Two years on from their
acclaimed self-titled debut,
Farewell Fitzroy is 12 tracks of
folk-pop and country-tinged song craft, distinctly Australian
storytelling, and the gifted musicianship of Tom Busby and Jeremy Marou.
"Marou's sometime-falsetto and Busby's earthy, clear lead vocals combine in heavenly harmony, and their guitars do likewise."
- The Australian (4.5 stars)
James Blunt is certain to make audiences swoon at these theatre shows and tickets won't last, so be sure to grab yours.
TOUR DATES*:
Sun 1 Jun - Newcastle Civic Theatre, NSW
Mon 2 Jun - Brisbane Convention Centre, QLD
Fri 6 Jun - Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre, SA
Sat 7 Jun - Royal Theatre Canberra, NSW
Fri 13 Jun - Riverside Theatre Perth, WA
*Ticketek is selling for the above venues only.
