Fans of wonderfully intimate music take note: the one and only Rufus Wainwright is returning to the Sydney Opera House for one very special evening featuring our prodigious wunderkind in solo piano and vocal mode.
The evening in question is Thursday October 14, 2010 at the Concert Hall within the Sydney Opera House. Further national Australian tour dates (also rarified solo performances) have been announced – see tour dates below!
As supporters of Rufus will know, this concert is a special thank you to his loyal and understanding Australian fans who had bought tickets expecting to see Rufus perform solo in February 2010 at Sydney’s Verbrugghen Hall. That show and surrounding performances were regrettably cancelled due to a family illness earlier this year, but Rufus made a promise to return to Australia later in 2010.
The passing away of his mother and “greatest admirer and critic”, legendary folksinger Kate McGarrigle, in January this year, and the enduring admiration for his sister, folk-rocker Martha Wainwright, are themes that pervade much of Rufus Wainwright’s breathtaking sixth studio album: ‘All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu’.
This is an album steeped in beauty, with hugely personal and deeply emotional songs, each channeled through Wainwright via only his fingers, voice and piano. A perfect precursor then for this hugely anticipated Australian solo concert and upcoming tour.
Of his latest offering to fans, Rufus last week said “Though it may appear at the outset that my new album and show are quite dark, don’t be alarmed, I’m no fool and will always make sure to ensure a well rounded evening: be prepared to laugh as well as cry your little eyes out.”
Reactions from fans and critics alike have been universally positive. About All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu, Q Magazine has said, “It’s a flabbergasting, intense album that demands intense listening.” While All Music Guide agreed the record is “a bold, absolutely emotionally naked statement that retains Wainwright’s devastating talent for artful, universally compelling songcraft.”
Do not delay in securing your tickets for this very special concert. As we said earlier this year – if the 2008 Rufus Wainwright Australian tour is anything to go by – his return in 2010 will no doubt be the absolute musical highlight of your calendar year!
THURSDAY 14TH OCTOBER, 2010 CONCERT HALL, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
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FRIDAY 15TH OCTOBER, 2010 CONCERT HALL, QPAC BRISBANE
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SUNDAY 17th OCTOBER, 2010 FESTIVAL CENTRE, ADELAIDE
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MONDAY 18th OCTOBER, 2010 PERTH CONCERT HALL, PERTH
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THURSDAY 21st OCTOBER, 2010 STATE THEATRE, SYDNEY
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SUNDAY 24th OCTOBER, 2010 PALAIS THEATRE, MELBOURNE
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