Ed Kowalczyk's Australian Tour, Oct/Nov 2010 (Dates inside) Options

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Australia Tour Dates:

Thu Oct 28th, 2010 The Powerstation Auckland New Zealand ED KOWALCZYK (FULL ROCK BAND)

Sat Oct 30th, 2010 Newcastle Leagues Club Newcastle Australia ED KOWALCZYK (FULL ROCK BAND)

Sun Oct 31st, 2010 The Enmore Theatre Sydney Australia ED KOWALCZYK (FULL ROCK BAND)

Tue Nov 2nd, 2010 Hi Fi Bar Brisbane Australia ED KOWALCZYK (FULL ROCK BAND)

Fri Nov 5th, 2010 The Forum Melbourne Australia ED KOWALCZYK (FULL ROCK BAND)

Sat Nov 6th, 2010 The Barton Theatre Adelaide Australia ED KOWALCZYK (FULL ROCK BAND)

Mon Nov 8th, 2010 Metro Freo Perth Australia ED KOWALCZYK (FULL ROCK BAND)

http://edkowalczyk.com/tour-dates

This post has been edited by dangum: Sep 29 2010, 12:25 am

[Pokey]

Actually I've thought a lot of their concert recordings even sounded quite messy. I don't think their "These Days" DVD was amazing. They nailed it on some songs like Stumblin' by On My Mind just sounded sloppy.

It does suck when you see national bands charging international prices though.

[dangum]

Ed's tour is getting some good promotion here in Perth. In both of our street magazines, Ed got half a page advertisement. In the X-Press mag it was in the inside back cover on glossy paper.

X-Press Magazine - 12 August 2010


Drum Media Magazine - 12 August 2010 (close up)

[SecretInsomnia]

Ed's tour is getting some good promotion here in Perth. In both of our street magazines, Ed got half a page advertisement. In the X-Press mag it was in the inside back cover on glossy paper.

X-Press Magazine - 12 August 2010

Wow! Two of my favorite bands on one page! I should move to Australia! (well, Ed's not really my favorite band, still the leadsinger of what was my favorite band ).

What are the MSP doing in Australia btw? Do they visit your country often? Wished they just did some shows in Holland for once!! (duhh, it's much closer then Australia, dammit! )

[dangum]

What are the MSP doing in Australia btw? Do they visit your country often?

They're doing a national tour of Australia. I'm not sure how often they visit Australia - the only time I saw them live was in 1999 at the 'Big Day Out' festival.

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I found an interview in the X-Press street magazine. Issue 1237 - 28 Oct 2010

ED KOWALCZYK
Ed Or Alive



After more than two decades and seven albums as the frontman of multi-platinum US rock outfit Live, ‘90s icon Ed Kowalczyk is embarking on a new chapter with the release of his debut solo LP; a formidable record aptly titled Alive. Ahead of his performance at Metro Fremantle on Monday, November 8, JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD discovered how the singer-songwriter conquered his qualms about taking his next musical step alone.

Although Ed Kowalczyk had fans worried he had disappeared from rock’n’roll forever after vanishing from the spotlight following the release of Live’s final album, 2006’s Songs From Black Mountain, the unmistakable bald headed singer is back and ready to rock, albeit without support from his band this time around.

“There’s a kind of literary metaphor I like to use when talking about my career,” the Pennsylvania native divulges. “It’s like: if you wrote down all the moments of my life in music into book form you’d have reached the page where it reads ‘Part II’.
“It’s like, you’re reading and you think you know exactly where the story is going and then all of a sudden there’s this stop and, even though it’s confusing as all hell because you weren’t expecting it, there’s all this anticipation and you know something big is coming – that’s exactly how I feel; like something big is happening and I’m smack-bang in the middle of it.”

As the driving force behind one of the most popular ‘90s American rock groups, Kowalczyk delivered seven studio albums including the hugely successful Throwing Copper and Secret Samadhi. However, following the dissolution of his group in early 2007, Kowalczyk admits it took a few years of uncertainty about his personal and professional future to reaffirm his desire to continue on his journey as a musician.

“I started to feel this kind of malaise, because I had been making music the same way for so long,” Kowalczyk says, admitting that, in hindsight, he couldn’t be happier with the decision to tough it out on his own. “I knew that a change was needed so I could be re-inspired musically and lyrically – to help me get back to being a creative individual again.”

To support the release of his debut solo-album, Alive, Kowalczyk has announced dates for a national tour through November, during which a combination of fresh songs and reinterpretations of fan favourites from the Live back catalogue (including the tunes that made him a household name in Australia – Dolphin’s Cry, Lightening Crashes and I Alone) will be delivered with a brand new backing band formed earlier this year.

“I’ve reached this stage where I’m reinvigorated and raring to perform again,” Kowalczyk says, explaining that his acoustic-steeped solo international tour in 2009 – which included an August show in Perth – whet his appetite for performing in the live setting, and asserting that now, more than ever, he’s itching to get back on the road to share his new tunes with audiences across the globe.
“For more than two years, I’ve been playing alone on stage with nothing but my guitar backing me up, so I’m absolutely feeling ready to come back and rock out,” Kowalczyk says. “In my heart I always knew I would come back to the big, driving full-scale rock sound… That’s the setting in which I learned to perform and, to be completely honest, I just feel more comfortable and confident rocking out.”

Despite the return to his rock roots, Kowalczyk explains that playing his tunes unaccompanied has certainly taken acclimatisation.
“It gets to a point – usually about halfway through the set – when I suddenly realise I’m the whole show and I can’t throw to a big band jam and rely on them to back me up,” he explains. “Knowing that it’s just you and the people, and if it doesn’t sound good there’s no one you can blame but yourself – that’s a very daunting thing for a performer.”
In spite of this low lying anxiety, Kowalczyk admits that he ultimately views his solo performances as an incredible opportunity to connect with his fans in a more intimate way than he had when performing as the frontman of Live.
“I’m there with the people in a different sort of way, and I think they will be pleasantly surprised with the voice and clarity that my new songs have,” Kowalczyk explains. “I’m reconnecting with the fans and they, in turn, are re-inspiring me both as a musician and as a person.”

As for Live fans who are saddened with Kowalczyk’s departure from the much-loved rock band, he hopes most will understand that the change was necessary for this new chapter in his musical career.
“There are always some people who will be upset about it, but for the most part the response to the new music has been pretty positive,” he concludes. “What I’m putting out right now is who I really am and, in the end, I can only hope that the fans are still going to be willing to support me when I get to Part III, IV, V and beyond.”

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