If you can’t make it to the 26th Annual Bluesfest Extravaganza, we have your entertainment over Easter 2015 covered. The first delivery of sideshows has arrived and has set the pace for an impressive 2015 Bluesfest Touring Season.
First up, we have an artist who Bluesfest Festival Director Peter Noble calls “one of the best live artists performing anywhere today”, we can’t wait to have Bluesfest 2014 standout Beth Hart back for her second round of Bluesfest sideshows including Sydney and Melbourne.
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The former Black Crowes front man Chris Robinson will be introducing his brothers of Psychedelic Blues Rock when The Chris Robinson Brotherhood head to Sydney and Melbourne for the first time next April.
Also stopping off in Sydney and Melbourne, is the original line-up of G.Love & Special Sauce, who is set to deliver their eclectic mix of laid back Blues, Hip Hop and R&B and have some fun with their loyal Australian fans once again.
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic will be bringing the funk to Sydney and Melbourne and according to Bluesfest Festival Director Peter Noble, this tour is one not to miss; “George Clinton is a legend – no he is much more – he is a bedrock artist – a true originator who stands equally beside James Brown, Sly Stone and no one else as the creators of Funk music. His famous statement of the music he created – ‘get on the one’ meaning get on the first beat – not the second – made funk music what it is today. There is no Funk music without George Clinton – it’s that simple – and it’s the funky truth.”
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Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue (TS&OA), arguably one of New Orleans finest music exports and another Bluesfest favourite will be heading back to Bluesfest for the fourth time as well as Sydney and Melbourne. This band is something special and don’t just take our word for it; “Genius Player” – Lenny Kravitz, “Completely Blown Away” – Jeff Beck.
Full details of the sideshows are below.
Beth Hart Australian Tour 2015
After her mind blowing 2014 Australian tour, power house vocalist Beth Hart will be returning to Australian shores to turn the art of singing into an out-of-body experience – she is simply world class and boasts A-list collaborations with the likes of Jeff Beck, Slash, Buddy Guy and Joe Bonamassa.
ONSALE: 13/10/14 9am
The Metro, Sydney
TUE 31 MARCH 2015
ticketek.com.au 132 849
Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne
THU 2 APRIL 2015
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The Chris Robinson Brotherhood Australian Tour 2015
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood was formed in 2011 and will be bringing their own brand of Rock and Roll, full of grooves Psychedelia and killer vocals on their first Australian tour in 2015.
Their third album and most recent release, Phosphorescent Harvest has been described as a new set of sounds. All the way from California – Chris Robinson, Neal Casal, Adam MacDougall, George Sluppick and Mark Dutton are set to impress!
ONSALE: 13/10/14 9am
The Corner, Melbourne
SAT 4 APRIL 2015
bluesfesttouring.com.au 02 6685 8310
Metro Theatre, Sydney
MON 6 APRIL 2015 ticketek.com.au 132 849
G. Love & Special Sauce Australian Tour 2015
All the way from Philadelphia USA, the original line up of G. Love & Special Sauce are making their triumphant return! 20 years after the release of their self-titled debut album and 8 years since their last live performance together, the original line up of G. Love & Special Sauce arrive on the back of their 2014 album Sugar, breathing new life into their groove-heavy, Chicago-Blues infused brand of stripped down Rock and Roll
Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne
SAT 4 APRIL 2015
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ONSALE: 15/10/14 9am
The Basement, Sydney
SUN 5 APRIL 2015
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ONSALE: 13/10/14 9am
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic Australian Tour 2015
The legendary George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, one of the most important innovators of Funk music alongside James Brown, Sly Stone and the Funky Meters, brings the ‘awe-funk-some’ P-Funk Collective back to Australia & New Zealand next year.
ONSALE: 13/10/14 9am
The Enmore Theatre, Sydney
WED 1 APRIL 2015
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170 Russell, Melbourne
FRI 3 APRIL 2015
bluesfesttouring.com.au 02 6685 8310
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Australian Tour 2015
New Orleans based Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue are a hard-edged Funk band that employ Hip-Hop beats, Rock dynamics and improvisation in a Jazz tradition. The band has toured the U.S. and Canada, Europe, Australia, Japan, Russia and Brazil.
Trombone Shorty began his career as a bandleader at the tender age of six, and toured internationally for the first time age 12 before joining Lenny Kravitz’s horn section at 19 for a 105-date world tour in 2005/06.
Find yourself at one of his sideshows, and you will be in the thick of the endless party that follows TS&OA everywhere they play!
ONSALE: 13/10/14 9am
Factory Theatre, Sydney
WED 1 APRIL 2015
bluesfesttouring.com.au 02 6685 8310
The Corner, Melbourne
MON 6 APRIL 2015
bluesfesttouring.com.au 02 6685 8310
