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ANNOUNCING A SECOND & FINAL SYDNEY SHOW

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 26, 2015 – SIMPLY RED’s The Big Love Tour lands in Australia this February, following a sold-out European arena tour.

The national tour will include an evening ‘On The Steps’ at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt, two shows at the iconic Perth Kings Park and at Melbourne’s Palais Theatre, and four “A Day On The Green” winery dates.

Simply Red have now announced a special second and final Sydney show at the State Theatre on Thursday February 25.

This will be Sydney audience’s final chance to see the iconic English group playing their hits and classics, plus select tracks for their new album Big Love.

Simply Red will joined on tour by special guest, Natalie Imbruglia.

Tickets for this second and final Sydney performance will go on sale at 10am Wednesday, December 2.

Telstra Thanks is bringing an exciting pre-sale just for Telstra customers from 12pm Friday, November 27 until 5pm Sunday, November 29. For more information on how to purchase, visit: telstra.com/music.       

Following a tour of Australia and New Zealand in October 2010, Simply Red finished its unbroken 25-year run with a farewell concert at London’s O2 that December. Fast-forward to 2015, and buoyed by the hugely positive response to their excellent new album ‘Big Love’ (available through Warner Music Australia), Simply Red will hit the road again, and in high spirits, playing all their classic hits. Fans will also rejoice at the release of ‘Song Book’, a four CD release with accompanying 36-page booklet celebrating 25 years of the band’s music.

 

For the Australian tour, singer Mick Hucknall will be joined by long-serving bandmates Ian Kirkham (sax), Steve Lewinson (bass), Kenji Suzuki (guitar), Kevin Robinson (trumpet and flute) and Dave Clayton (keyboards), plus new drummer Roman Roth, confirming their reputation as one of the great British groups.

Simply Red’s music has a timeless quality that has seen the band have top ten hits through the 80s, 90s and 2000’s, with album sales exceeding 60 million worldwide.

The band’s 1985 debut album ‘Picture Book’ headed into a 60s R&B groove, featuring super hits Hold Back the Years and Money’s Too Tight (To Mention). 1987’s million-selling ‘Men and Women’ went towards funk, and the vastly successful albums ‘A New Flame’ (1989) - home to If You Don’t Know Me By Now - and the hit laden ‘Stars’ (1991) found the balance between pop and soul. When Simply Red veered into contemporary dance music with the number one hit Fairground and the 1995 album ‘Life’, they imbued it with their own, unique sound.

Natalie Imbruglia will be special guest at all Australian shows. The pop singer’s debut album, 1997’s ‘Left of the Middle’, sold seven million copies worldwide and featured the single Torn, which hit No. 1 on multiple charts around the world, including the U.S. Billboard Top 40, and was certified platinum in the U.K. and her native Australia. With her latest album, ‘Male’, just out, her first since ‘Come to Life’ in 2009, Natalie is returning to live performance, also touring Europe and the UK with Simply Red.

One of Australia’s most-loved performers, the fabulous Tina Arena, will be very special guest at all A Day On The Green shows.