Talented singer/songwriter Missy Higgins has announced a one-off Australian tour which includes a show at Newcastle’s Civic Theatre!
The announcement of this special concert series follows hot on the heels of two other major Missy announcements. Firstly, she revealed that she is due to give birth to her first child in early January (hence her strictly limited touring plans). Secondly, she just unveiled a brand new album of eclectic Australian cover versions and a companion book of essays. Both the album and the book are called OZ.
The concerts will see Missy combining some OZ songs with her own classics such as “The Special Two”, “Scar”, Steer”, “Where I Stood”, “Unashamed Desire” and Everyone’s Waiting”.
Special guest on the tour will be acclaimed young singer/songwriter, Dustin Tebbutt, whose evocative songs “The Breach” and “Bones” have made him one of triple j’s most played new Australian artists. Dustin will perform at all shows with the exception of Darwin and WA dates. Also appearing on most dates will be Jherek Bischoff who co-produced OZ. Jherek has worked with leading innovators, including David Byrne (Talking Heads) and Amanda Palmer.
Explaining the OZ project, Missy said, “I wanted to put together a group of wonderful Australian songs just as a different sort of challenge. I wanted to avoid all the obvious ones, though because “Great Aussie Songbook” collections have kinda been done to death. All that mattered was whether I felt I could make the songs my own so the tracklisting ended up as a real mixed bag of lollies.”
Missy will play the Civic Theatre in Newcastle on Friday, October 3. Tickets go on sale on August 14 at 10am via the Civic Theatre.
