If rock music is where you find your beat, these upcoming tours featuring classic legends deserve a spot in your diary.
Critics have labelled Tina – The Tina Turner Musical “Simply the Best,” for its tale of her inspiring life story along with more than 20 of her iconic songs, including Simply the Best, River Deep – Mountain High, and Proud Mary.
The show runs from Wednesday, August 14 to Sunday, August 18 at QPAC. For tickets, click here.
It’s the 40th anniversary of Australian Crawl’s first greatest hits collection Crawl File, and to celebrate you can catch James Reyne at the Alexandra Hills Hotel on September 7. Click here for tickets.
The album is being reissued on vinyl by Universal Music. Hear Reyne play the band’s debut single Beautiful People, and close with their most popular live song The Boys Light Up. In between are some of the most-loved Aussie songs of all time, including Reckless, Errol, Oh No Not You Again, Lakeside, Downhearted, and Things Don’t Seem.
Reyne says he doesn’t live in the past, but occasionally he pays it a visit.
“It was a long time ago,” he said, “and sometimes I feel like it was another person who lived that life.
“But I’m still making music and I’m still on the road. Australian Crawl was a great apprenticeship.”
Some of Australia’s biggest rock names – Dave Gleeson (The Screaming Jets/The Angels), Russell Morris, Jack Jones (Southern Sons) and Rai Thistlethwayte (Thirsty Merc/ Joe Satriani/ Sammy Hagar) have teamed up to perform their biggest hits as The Fabulous Caprettos.
The foursome will appear on stage for the entire concert to reimagine some of Australian rock music history’s most memorable moments from the 1960s to now, plus some new songs and surprises.
The October tour will include the Sunshine Coast at The Events Centre, Caloundra on the 3rd, and Tweed Heads Twin Towns Services Club on the 4th. For tickets, click here.
