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| Wed 05 Feb, 2020 | Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra - All Ages | |||||||||||||||
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| Fri 07 Feb, 2020 | QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane - All Ages | |||||||||||||||
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| Sun 09 Feb, 2020 | Civic Theatre, Auckland - All Ages | |||||||||||||||
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| Tue 11 Feb, 2020 | The Opera House, Wellington - All Ages | |||||||||||||||
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| Thu 13 Feb, 2020 | Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch - All Ages | |||||||||||||||
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| Date | Venue | Status |
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| Sun 02 Feb, 2020 | Hamer Hall, Melbourne - All Ages | |
| Tue 04 Feb, 2020 | State Theatre, Sydney - All Ages | |
| Wed 05 Feb, 2020 | Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra - All Ages | |
| Fri 07 Feb, 2020 | QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane - All Ages | |
| Sun 09 Feb, 2020 | Civic Theatre, Auckland - All Ages | |
| Tue 11 Feb, 2020 | The Opera House, Wellington - All Ages | |
| Thu 13 Feb, 2020 | Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch - All Ages |
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TOUR CANCELLED
Unfortunately, due to a longer-than-expected recovery period from a recent operation, Randy Newman must cancel his upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Newman says, “I couldn’t be more sorry, I really couldn’t. I wanted very much to perform in Australia and New Zealand. I promise I’ll make it up to you. I am especially sorry not to be there in person to express my support for, and love of, Australia during this time of crisis.”
Current ticket buyers will be emailed full refund details via the ticketing agency they purchased the tickets from.
“Few songwriters can cut to the quick the way Newman does. He remains a great American songbook unto himself.” – Guardian
“In Newman’s best music he leaves you wondering where you stand, what you think, what you believe, how the world works.” – Pitchfork
“Newman has a knack for writing songs that are so attuned to what’s going on in the U.S. that they become predictive, articulating uncomfortable thoughts that are in the air but had theretofore gone unarticulated.” – Vanity Fair
Randy Newman has announced a series of international ‘An Evening With Randy Newman’ tour dates for 2020, beginning with Australia and New Zealand in January and February (his first tour of Australia since 2011, and his first ever tour of New Zealand). These tour dates follow the release of Dark Matter, Newman’s first album of new material in a decade, which includes the Grammy-winning song 'Putin'.
Nonesuch Records released Dark Matter, the follow-up to 2008’s best-selling Harps and Angels, in August 2017 to widespread critical acclaim. ‘A collection of mordant musical entertainments that moves deftly from the sharply political to the deeply personal, from the Cuban Missile Crisis and Putin to songs of love and death that glide gracefully and cut deep,’ wrote Mojo, which rated it one of the best albums of the year, as did Uncut magazine, who proclaimed ‘Each satirical sketch is lavishly arranged like a miniature film score, with multiple characters, shifting points of view and dramatic lurches in musical style.’ In the words of the Daily Telegraph, ‘Newman has made an album that is a match for anything in his canon. Both topical and timeless.’
Newman began recording in 1968 with a self-titled album. Throughout the 1970s, he released several other acclaimed albums such as 12 Songs, Sail Away, and Good Old Boys. He began composing and scoring for films in the 1980s, and his work includes all four Toy Story pictures, A Bug’s Life, Cars and Cars 3. In addition to Dark Matter, most recently Nonesuch released The Randy Newman Songbook, comprising solo recordings of songs from throughout Newman’s five-decade career. His many honours include seven Grammys, three Emmys, and two Academy Awards, as well as a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 – the same year he was given an Ivor Novello PRS for Music Special International Award. Newman also was presented with a PEN New England Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence Award in 2014. In 2018 he collaborated with Rex Orange County on his version of Newman’s ‘You’ve Got A Friend In Me’, and in 2019, in addition to Toy Story 4, he collaborated with Chance The Rapper on ‘5 Year Plan’ for the album The Big Day.
TOUR DATES
Sunday 2 February – Hamer Hall, Melbourne
Tuesday 4 February – State Theatre, Sydney
Friday 7 February – QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane
Sunday 9 February – Civic Theatre, Auckland
Tuesday 11 February – Wellington Opera House, Wellington
Thursday 13 February – Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch
All shows – All Ages
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