Ed Kowalczyk - 2014 Australia / New Zealand tour, ‘Throwing Copper’ 20th Anniversary Celebration Options

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Ed Kowalczyk will be touring Australia in February of 2014.


February 5, 2014 - Perth (Metro City)
February 7, 2014 - Adelaide (Her Majesty's Theatre Adelaide)
February 8, 2014 - Melbourne (Forum Theatre)
February 9, 2014 - Melbourne (Forum Theatre)
February 11, 2014 - Sydney (Enmore Theatre)
February 12, 2014 - Brisbane (The Tivoli)
February 14, 2014 - Auckland (The Tuning Fork)

Pre-sale starts September 27. Public on-sale October 4.

http://www.livenation.com.au/artist/ed-kow...?omq=ed%20kowal

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Of and don't forget about Shit Town

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Promo video for the tour


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X99Bpo9WW5M

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Article from Rip It Up.

The ‘90s were a different time. Before pop royalty like Britney, Katy and Beyoncé dominated the radio, Australian airwaves were rife with the music of Live – an unassuming rock band from the States that introduced Australia to gloriously epic rock songs like Dolphin’s Cry and I Alone, and taught us to embrace lyricism about phoenixes and roses.

It seems the members in Live didn’t heed the Dolphin’s Cry, however. In 2009 the band dissolved after some well publicised disputes, resulting in frontman Ed Kowalczyk (yes, the bald guy) leaving the band. Since then the songwriter has since gone on to enjoy lucrative solo career, but this February he’ll be hitting Australian soil with something more of a throwback in mind – to perform Live’s most famous album, 1994’s Throwing Copper, in celebration of its 20th anniversary as a solo act.

The performances will also act as a springboard for him to showcase material from his new album, The Flood And The Mercy.

Kowalczyk chats to Rip It Up from his home in Connecticut in the midst of some “decompression time”.

“I just go back from a month-long tour of Europe promoting The Flood And The Mercy so I’ve just been catching up at home and trying to relax.”

Kowalczyk’s new album The Flood And The Mercy, the third in his solo back catalogue, comes out this week through Sony.

“The new album – I’m super proud of it. Again, we just nished this amazing tour of Europe and the fan response was just incredible. They were really into the music, so that has me really energised,” Kowalczyk continues.

“Of course, when I’m coming to Australia to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Throwing Copper we’re also going have a set/encore to get some of my solo songs in there. I imagine it will be a pretty long show. We’ll have to get to a lot of different places. Put together by producer Jamie Candiloro, The Flood And The Mercy features a number of exciting collaborations. Notably, founding R.E.M member Peter Buck on a variety of “mysterious sounding” instruments, from guitar to mandolin to sitar.

“[Peter Buck] performed on nine songs, and that was sort of a dream come true for me, being a massive R.E.M fan,” he divulges.

“So I’m over the moon about it. And the fans that have heard it so far are really loving it.”

Despite the choppy history with his old band, Kowalczyk’s songwriting “craft” has “always really been the same, even as a solo artist.

“My craft has always really been the same, which is sitting down with an acoustic guitar and coming up with the best melodies I can. So that really hasn’t changed, if anything I’ve just gotten some more collaborations – like this album – which are outside the envelope. I didn’t write anything with Peter [Buck], but we collaborated on the production. So mostly it’s still the same, as far as me just sitting down and coming up with things, but in this new chapter of my life as a solo artist its all about branching out and getting to know new people.”

The success of Throwing Copper in Australia is no secret, with the album virtually acting as the primary sustenance for Triple M throughout the better half of the late ‘90s. The Australian response to Kowalczyk’s songwriting has not gone unnoticed.

“When I think of Australia in general, it’s just this incredible feeling that my music has landed. That it’s just reached really deeply with people. Australian fans have just connected with it on such a deep level with such longevity, and the excitement is just still so palpable for everything I’m doing. As an artist you dream about this kind of fan base, it’s a dream come true.”

Aside from the fans, one thing Kowalczyk fondly remembers about our sunburnt country is the coffee.

“One of the best ‘dishes’ I’ve ever had in Australia is the coffee!” he laughs.

“You guys really know how to coffee. You guys are absolutely devoted to it, and every time I come home I realise how spoilt you guys are on the coffee front.”

http://www.ripitup.com.au/music/article/ed...ew-october-2013