1. First thing would be that I am doing an Australian tour in January! Because if you didn’t know that, and would like to know that, I would love to see you down at any of the shows haha!
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The band described as ‘humanity’s most exhilarating dance party’ are taking their incredible party-starting energy around Australia in 2020, visiting Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne during February, March and April. After the unprecedented success of their album, A Very Furnace Christmas in 2019 taking out #29 in the ARIA album charts and beating the King of Christmas himself, Michael Buble, Furnace and the Fundamentals are set to hit the road bringing their raucous party extravaganza across the country.
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THERE’S A PARTY GOIN’ ON RIGHT HERE!
10 artists added to the Bluesfest 2020 lineup
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Come Together for One Giant Rock Carnival!
Including Rose Tattoo & Electric Mary plus more
and introducing the UTSS Village & Playground!
Under the Southern Stars are thrilled to announce their spectacular Rock Carnival Festival Series coming to you this April 2020.
Playing together for the first time in Australia will be
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oday, the GRAMPIANS MUSIC FESTIVAL reveals its lineup for 2020. To kick off a brand new decade of festivities amongst the picturesque Grampians Mountain Ranges, the festival has served up some of Australia’s best names to ensure that 2020 is going to be unforgettable.
SIR ROD STEWART returns to Australia for an eight-date tour across the country, playing both arenas and winery dates.
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Following on from their sold-out ‘Yin & Yang’ Australian and New Zealand tour, Sydney-based party starters Bootleg Rascal have just announced a 15-date national tour across metro and regional areas.
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IRON MAIDEN will return to Australia in May 2020 to perform 5 massive arena shows on their Legacy of the Beast World Tour with special guests Killswitch Engage.
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The Menzingers are back with the release of new album Hello Exile, announcing Australian shows for March 2020.
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Off the back of a huge sold-out national headline tour, Australia’s elite metallers Northlane announce the 4D regional tour. The tour sees the band hitting up the east coast of Australia throughout January 2020 with special guests Gravemind and local triple j unearthed winners.
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Get ready for the biggest hard rock tour of the year! German icons SCORPIONS return to Australia in 2020 with WHITESNAKE, the legendary rock’n’roll band founded and formed by former Deep Purple singer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer David Coverdale, for a double headline east coast arena tour starting at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on Wednesday, February 19 before heading to Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on Saturday, February 22 and Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Monday, February 24.
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BAFTA award winning broadcaster, TV host, writer, environmentalist, amateur balloonist and storyteller. Kevin McCloud is all that and a bit more that you don’t know about. Now it’s time for him to tell his remarkable story – in his own words, live on stage. Kevin McCloud will be doing just that in February 2020 as he brings his live show to Australia.
Thu 13th February Perth Perth Concert Hall
Sat 15th February Adelaide Festival Theatre
Sun 16th February Melbourne Hamer Hall
Thu 20th February Brisbane Concert Hall
Fri 21st February Sydney State Theatre
Sun 23rd February Canberra Canberra Theatre
Tue 25th February Hobart Wrestpoint
Kevin has been a part of our lives for the past two decades, since the last millennium in fact, as the presenter of the hit TV show Grand Designs.
The World According to Kevin McCloud is a live theatre event, with Kevin sharing stories from the show, as well as anecdotes from his eventful life.
“Australia is an extraordinary place where luckily I feel very welcome,” Kevin says. “I like the can-do attitude that people have. It also has this fantastic energy about it, which is very appealing. So I’m looking forward to returning with my brand new show.”
It’s an evening that will entertain – and make you think. “I enjoy taking complex ideas and making them accessible,” Kevin says.
The World According to Kevin McCloud includes a Q&A session that allows audience members to ask Kevin questions and air their deep-seated concerns about architecture, DIY and cushions. Kevin will also dig into his own past in an entertaining survey of 1960s wallpaper, the Space Programme, McMansions, Community and the Planet. Everything that makes our environment in fact.
Raised in a house his parents built in Bedfordshire, Kevin, the son of a rocket scientist, studied the history of art and architecture at Cambridge, where he designed shows for the Footlights theatre club and its stars, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Emma Thompson.
Kevin also studied opera in Italy and designed the famous fruit and vegetable ceiling at the Harrods Food Hall, of all things. The Daily Mail described Kevin as a “heartthrob – the one your wives all fancy”, while The Guardian called him “a serious man of taste and integrity”. To prove that, he’s an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and is now allowed to use grown-up scissors and power tools.
In a piece headed “Kevin McCloud Is, Hands Down, The Greatest TV Host of All Time”, VICE dubbed him “the most puzzlingly charismatic TV host ever to grace our screens … Kevin McCloud is a character. He’s the person you dream of being sat next to at an otherwise dull dinner party.” Kevin, however, objects to the word ‘puzzlingly’.
In short, The World According to Kevin McCloud gives you the chance to get up close and personal with the man himself. “Come one, come all,” Kevin says. “There’ll be some very poor music and maybe a little construction mayhem. No hard hat necessary. Hope to see you there.”
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO KEVIN McCLOUD
Thu 13th February Perth Perth Concert Hall – BUY TICKETS HERE
Sat 15th February Adelaide Festival Theatre
Sun 16th February Melbourne Hamer Hall
Thu 20th February Brisbane Concert Hall
Fri 21st February Sydney State Theatre – BUY TICKETS HERE
Sun 23rd February Canberra Canberra Theatre
Tue 25th February Hobart Wrestpoint – BUY TICKETS HERE
via www.kevinmccloudlive.com.au
SIX things you might not know about Kevin McCloud
He studied opera and won a place at Florence’s Conservatory of Music.
After university, he retrained and worked as a theatre designer. He designed sets and costumes for the band Harvey and the Wallbangers and even a West End Show. Once.
He speaks French and Italian and has lived in both countries. There again, he describes himself as a
‘European first, Citizen of the World second, Honorary Yorkshireman third.’
He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2014, for services to sustainable design.
His favourite piece of architecture might be the rebuilt facade of the library at Ephesus in Turkey.
He converted his Land Rover to run on recycled vegetable oil.
