Popular Irish singer-songwriter Luka Bloom is setting Australian cities on fire with his much-anticipated ’50 Years Of Song’ Australian tour. The Irish singer is now performing in cities nationwide until April this year. Luka Bloom’s last Australian tour came in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Luka Bloom is known for his deep sense of social justice and his ability to capture contemporary life in heartfelt lyrics and melodies. He has released four albums since his last visit to Australia. Despite the passing years, his voice remains as sincere and his guitar skills as mesmerizing as ever.
Luka Bloom Shares Long Statements, Remembering His Old Australian Tours And Music
Expressing his deep connection to Australia, Luka Bloom fondly recalls his first gig in the Southern Hemisphere back in 1992 via a press release statement. “On Friday the 20th November, 1992, I did my first gig in the Southern Hemisphere. It was in the Enmore Theatre in Sydney. My love for Australia was born, and it has never dimmed, or faded, not in the slightest. Over 14 tours, I have loved every show, every town or city I have played in. It is always fun and always an adventure,“ says Luka Bloom of his connectiont to Australia”.
Luka Bloom continues. “When my 15th tour of Australia begins in February 2024, it will be 5 years since my last visit in 2019. Too long. But there it is; so much has happened in our world. Approaching 70 now, I am closer to my final visit to Australia than my first one. Every gig counts these days. They always did, but especially now. Every opportunity to sing in Australia is precious to me. I am grateful for the welcome you have given me, and my songs. And cannot wait to return”.
He further said about the cities he hasn’t performed yet. “This tour will be long, with cities I have never before sung in, like Cairns, Townsville; and later Albany in the Southwest. It will be great to make some new friends and meet the friends I know already. Since the last tour I have recorded 4 albums. Live in De Roma, is from a concert in the great Roma Theatre in Antwerp, in November 2019”.
Luka Bloom concludes his statement by saying. “Bittersweet Crimson is a studio album from Windmill Lane, recorded in February 2020, just before ’The Great Pause’ of Covid….. Out of the Blue, is an instrumental album recorded during ’The Great Pause’ from 2021. Wave up to the Shore is a collection of 50 songs and tunes from across the 50 years I have been doing this.’ “We have some catching up to do, in the great red land. I can’t wait.”‘
Australian Tour Dates 2024
- Thursday, 22nd February: Brunswick Ballroom, Melbourne | SOLD OUT
- Friday, 23rd February & Saturday, 24th February: Memo Music Hall, Melbourne | SOLD OUT
- Sunday, 25th February: Archies Creek Hotel, Archies Creek | SOLD OUT
- Friday, 1st March: Franklin Palais, Franklin
- Sunday, 3rd March: Boathouse Centre, Launceston
- Tuesday, 5th March: Northern Republic Euroa, Euroa
- Wednesday, 6th March: Star Hotel, Yackandandah
- Friday, 8th March: The Street Theatre, Canberra | SOLD OUT
- Saturday, 9th March & Sunday, 10th March: Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy
- Monday, 11th March: Town Hall, Queenscliff | SOLD OUT
- Friday, 15th March: Lizotte’s Newcastle, Newcastle
- Saturday, 16th March & Sunday, 17th March: Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba
- Tuesday, 19th March: Moo Music Centre, Mooloolaba
- Thursday, 21st March: C2 Civic Theatre, Townsville
- Friday, 22nd March: Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
- Sunday, 24th March: Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane
- Wednesday, 27th March: The Factory, Sydney | SOLD OUT
- Friday, 29th March: Milton Theatre, Milton | SOLD OUT
- Tuesday, 2nd April: The Gov, Adelaide
- Thursday, 4th April: Rechabite Hall, Perth
- Friday, 5th April: Performing Arts Centre, Mandurah
- Saturday, 6th April: BREC Entertainment Centre, Bunbury | NEW SHOW
- Wednesday, 10th April: The River, Margaret River | NEW SHOW
- Friday, 12th April: Albany Town Hall, Albany
Tickets via here.
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