80s Stars Kim Wilde And Nik Kershaw Announce October Australian Tour

Bust out your legwarmers and shoulder pads – 80s girl next door Kim Wilde and 80s heart-throb Nik Kershaw have announced that they’ll be touring Australia together in October. This will be Wilde’s first headline tour since 1994 and Kershaw’s first trip to Australia since 1985. Holy nostalgia, Batman.

Kim Wilde, known for her hits Kids In America and her version of The SupremesYou Keep Me Hanging On, has sold 10 million albums and 20 million singles and is the most charted British female artist of her generation. Nik Kershaw had a string of top 10 singles in the 80s, including Wouldn’t It Be Good, I Won’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me, Wide Boy and The Riddle. Between them they had a massive 13 Top 40 hits.

Nik Kershaw will also be part of Kim’s backing band for the tour, along with Kim’s brother, Ricky Wilde, and his daughter, Scarlett Wilde, on backing vocals. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, 23rd April.

Kim Wilde with Nik Kershaw



Wednesday, 16th October


Tivoli, Brisbane

Tix: Ticketek

Thursday, 17th October

Chelsea Heights, Mornington

Tix: Ticketmaster

Friday, 18th October

The Palace, Melbourne

Tix: Ticketek

Saturday, 19th October

Enmore Theatre, Sydney

Tix: Ticketek

Sunday, 20th October

Astor Theatre, Perth

Tix: Show Ticketing

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