Eddie Kowalczyk's Australian Tour, August 2009 Options

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Eddie just announced from his latest blog that he will be touring Australia in August. Finally something cool for you guys down under! Dates Below!


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Date: Sunday, Aug 9th, 2009
Venue: The Tivoli
City: Brisbane
Country: AU
Notes:
Tickets on sale July 10th

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Date: Wednesday, Aug 12th, 2009
Venue: Octagon Theatre
City: Perth
Country: AU
Notes:
Tickets on sale July 10th

Link:
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Date: Saturday, Aug 15th, 2009
Venue: The Forum
City: Melbourne
Country: AU
Notes:
Tickets on sale July 10th

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Date: Tuesday, Aug 18th, 2009
Venue: Norwood Concert Hall
City: Norwood
Country: AU
Notes:
Tickets on sale July 10th

Link:
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Date: Wednesday, Aug 19th, 2009
Venue: Enmore Theatre
City: Sydney
Country: AU
Notes:
Tickets on sale July 10th

Link:
Learn More

[ridley]

Been a while between posts, but I thought I'd drop by to give a quick review of the EK show at the Enmore.

Was stoked to get 2nd row tickets in the presale so was a nice change from sitting in the nosebleeds at previous +Live+ shows. Setlist was the same as the second Melb show (literally - he didn't even bother printing off a new one )

Enmore Theatre, Sydney 2009-08-19

Get Ready
Selling The Drama
The Distance
Nobody Knows
I Alone
Face & Ghost
Turn My Head
The Dolphin's Cry
Zion
The Beauty Of Gray
Overcome
They Stood Up For Love
Heaven

(encore break)
Supernatural
All Over You
Lightning Crashes
Dance With You

(encore break)
Sophia
Pain Lies By The Riverside
Blowin' In The Wind

Reading some of the reviews above it seems like he recycled a lot of the banter as well! Changing the lyrics to Heaven, rivalry with Can-BEAR-a, etc

Having listened to a few of his recent solo bootlegs, I was blown away by how different the experience of an Ed acoustic show is in the flesh - his vocals are really strong at the moment, the energy he gives off and the way he fills the whole venue with his voice is really something. And some of the upbeat songs like I Alone and All Over You totally rocked out , he was clearly feeding off the audience who were pretty loud and animated (...for a Sydney crowd ).

Highlight of the night for me though came after the show when I got to go backstage to finally meet the man (thanks to Megan at livefuss for running the meet'n'greet comp ).

It was a pretty surreal experience, tucking into the wine and nibbles that were left out for us while we waited for Eddie to make his entrance. He was very gracious in giving everyone in the room time for a chat, photo and autograph. I brought in my beloved 12" vinyl collection (Four Songs, MJ, TC, SS, TDTH) and he signed them all, remarking "wow, haven't seen these albums in a loooong time - mine are all packed up in the garage!".

I also got the chance to ask a couple of quick questions, firstly about a possible future release of the MTV Unplugged DVD: "I don't think so man, get em off youtube!" (or here ) and whether we'll ever see 'Hold Me Up' officially released: "yeah, not sure, one of those things where the old record company owns the rights..."; or the rumoured 15 Year Anniversary edition of Throwing Copper: "uh, maybe a 20 year edition!"

So there you go. I also met Toggsy from TheWebShow backstage, he finally got his Eddie interview and it's up now: thewebshow.tv

This post has been edited by ridley: Aug 21 2009, 12:56 am