ARCHIE ROACH ANNOUNCES REGIONAL NSW TOUR
Photo credit: Adrian Cook
Iconic Australian artist Archie Roach AM continues to take his music and message on the road, today announcing a run of shows through regional NSW this August as part of his ‘Tell Me Why’ tour. Tickets go on sale 9am Friday 18 June 2021 from https://www.archieroach.com/tour
Taking in everywhere from Byron Bay down to Dubbo, the tour will also include a special appearance at the Byron Writers Festival. The tour announcement comes following a recent stunning series of performances through regional Victoria.
Archie explains though that heading to Bundjalung country in Northern NSW will always have special meaning for him.
"I really love connecting with audiences in regional communities and it's going to be particularly special to tour around Bundjalung country, where my father was from, with shows in Lismore and Grafton in particular,” Archie says. “Performing in smaller regional venues feels more intimate. I think the audiences understand a little more about what it is I talk and sing about; how community can be strong and there for each other as community should."
The new tour comes as something of a relief for both Archie and his dedicated community of fans around the country. 2020 was meant to be a landmark year as it marked the 30th anniversary of his multi award winning debut album ‘Charcoal Lane’ – considered one of the most important ever produced in this country.
It was also the year that Archie would embark on his final national tour giving countless dedicated fans the chance to connect with him one last time. However, when the COVID pandemic hit, it put a stop to that final tour. His return to the stage earlier this year has been an important reminder of the power and emotion his shows are built around.
As The Age put it, “Roach is one of this country’s most important and treasured singer-songwriters. Through his songs he has educated this country on the history of Aboriginal experience and the injustice and desecration of his people and land. His profoundly spiritual presence would capivate for the next hour-and-a-half in imparting a deeply personal and moving on-stage memoir of his life.”
Tell Me Why, the title of his award winning memoir (Simon and Schuster) and companion album, is an intimate, moving and often confronting account of his resilience and strength of spirit, and also of a great love story. It’s an extraordinary odyssey of love and heartbreak, family and community, survival and renewal – and the healing power of music.
Archie voices the joy, pain and hope he found on his path through these songs to become this country’s foremost First Nations singer-songwriter and storyteller that he is today – beloved and respected by fans the world over.
Through the past year he has also turned his attention online creating his powerful and insightful ‘Kitchen Table Yarns’ series that went to air on his YouTube channel. Streamed online from his kitchen table on his mother’s Gunditjmara ancestral lands in south west Victoria, the weekly series of episodes have celebrated the songs and stories behind Charcoal Lane. Archie is soon to announce a continuation of this series where he’ll talk to young emerging First Nations singer songwriters from across Australia, stay tuned.
To find out more, head to www.archieroach.com
ARCHIE ROACH ‘TELL ME WHY’ NSW TOUR DATES
FRI 06 AUG | ARCHIE ROACH IN CONVERSATION AT BYRON WRITERS FESTIVAL, BYRON BAY NSW | Tickets available Tuesday 22 June here
SAT 07 AUG | NORPA, LISMORE NSW | Tickets available Tuesday 22 June here
SUN 08 AUG | SARATON THEATRE, GRAFTON NSW | Tickets available here
WED 11 AUG | JETTY MEMORIAL THEATRE, COFFS HARBOUR NSW |Tickets available here
THU 12 AUG | GLASSHOUSE THEATRE, PORT MACQUARIE NSW |Tickets available here
FRI 13 AUG | CITY HALL, NEWCASTLE NSW |Tickets available here
SAT 14 AUG |ANITA'S THEATRE, THIRROUL NSW | Tickets available here
TUE 17 AUG | BATHURST MEMORIAL ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, BATHURST NSW | Tickets available here
WED 18 AUG | DUBBO REGIONAL THEATRE & CONVENTION CENTRE, DUBBO NSW | Tickets available here
Archie Roach - Tell Me Why feat Sally Dastey (official video)
