John Butler Missy Higgins at Bimbadgen Hunter Valley
Aussie music icons John Butler Missy Higgins will be joining forces in February for a massive national tour including a day on the green concert at Bimbadgen in Pokolbin in the Hunter Valley.
Billed as the Coming Home tour, the name reflects both the title of John’s new album and the fact that it will finally reunite two artists whose early careers were closely intertwined.
In 2004 Missy was supporting JOHN BUTLER TRIO at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on the night that her debut hit Scar went to number one and a few months later they were pivotal early drivers for the “Wave Aid” tsunami benefit show at the SCG. The pair won their first ARIA Awards as Best Male and Best Female artists in 2004 and 2005 respectively and even shared their first Rolling Stone cover together. Since those early days, John and Missy have done numerous benefit gigs together and have stood side-by-side in several environmental campaigns but this will be their first national tour together in nearly 15 years.
For the a day on the green events, they will be joined by special guests DAN SULTAN and upcoming singer songwriter STELLA DONNELLY.
“Just Call is an earnest love song I’ve had for 13 years which I was finally able to finish in these sessions,” John Butler said. “This is the story of how I found my best friend and partner, out in a small town in the middle of nowhere, in a world of 7 billion people.”
“What you’re hearing is the destination but getting here felt like an odyssey; some rite of passage that I couldn’t go around, couldn’t go over, couldn’t go under; I had to go through. This album is my most personal work yet and it feels like taking it on the road to connect with fans directly is the final act of delivering this body of work,” said John Butler.
“This album touches on the anxieties and demons I’ve been grappling with since the last album, but it’s also full of joy, hope and redemption, and I’m looking forward to conveying the stories and passion of this journey one-on-one live with fans.”
After the Top 5 success of her recent album Solastalgia – and the birth of a baby girl just last year – MISSY HIGGINS will return for this handful of big gigs in early 2019 alongside her long-time musical compadre John Butler.
“It will be so good to get out of the house and get back on the road alongside John and his band,” said Missy. “I have great memories of all those gigs I did with him when I was first starting out and it will be great to play some really special venues together again after all these years.”
Together, JOHN BUTLER TRIO and MISSY HIGGINS have created the soundtracks to countless lives as two of Australia’s most treasured singer songwriters. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to witness them both live and in full effect, reunited once more to tour the country for a once-in-a-lifetime show.
Joining John Butler Missy Higgins will be Dan Sultan and Stella Donnelly.
John Butler Missy Higgins a day on the green is on Saturday 16 February at Bimbadgen, Hunter Valley NSW.
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