Neko Case Tickets

From leading power-pop supergroup The New Pornographers to her 20-year journey through lustrous, spellbinding confessionals, smouldering torch songs and 2009’s chart-topping, Grammy-nominated Middle Cyclone, one of pop’s finest singer-songwriters, Neko Case returns with her tour de force voice and five-piece band for an Opera House  debut at her life-affirming best, accompanied by  2013’s critically acclaimed The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You.

A restless traveller since leaving a broken home raised on rock 'n' roll greats (The Pretenders, The Clash, Blondie), the ‘honorary’ Canadian's fiery whip-smart song-writing defies genre classification. Often identifying with the voiceless:  women, murderers, and other folks on the fringe of society, animals and tornados, Neko is a deft storyteller, drawing on dreams and fables, akin to the gothic-spun folk and roaring sonic affairs of Nick Cave, Calexico and The Sadies. Ever-anchored by the lush intertwining harmonies of Kelly Hogan and new collaborators M. Ward, Mudhoney's Steve Turner and My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James, Neko has cemented her bloodline connection between country greats (Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn) and indie contemporaries (Cat Power, Feist) alike.

Described by NPR Music as ‘one of the most powerful and seductive voices in rock’, the 43-year-old Virginian’s vocal’s stand apart, never failing to mesmerise audiences with the formidable strength, emotion and downcast beauty of her music. Cinematic, ornate, shifty and quirky at times, Neko’s music continues to evolve. If Middle Cyclone was all about the awesome but unpredictable power of nature, The Worse Things Get... is about the fallibility of one’s own self, accepting shortcomings and the narrowness of socially-constructed paths and rising above it all.

Now returning for her first visit in 4-years, Neko Case brings her signature, luminous voice to the Concert Hall's epic surrounds – performing from her 20-year songbook in peerless, soul-baring spirit. 'I just want people to feel like I was straight with them, and messy, because I just let go and trust them completely'.