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In 2026, The Whitlams will take its renowned orchestral collaboration to audiences across Australia. Following three shows with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to over 6000 concert goers, the finest orchestra in each of the other states is now lined up to perform the show across the first half of next year.

The Whitlams has spent two decades reshaping its catalogue for the concert hall. What makes these shows remarkable is not just their scale, but how the drama of small moments is magnified by the beautifully written arrangements into something deeply poignant. Stories of friendship, romance, grief, and humour are conveyed by eight unique composers who each deploy the full arsenal of large ensemble dynamics in their own way, from the delicacy of 20 piece strings to the all-in power of the more grandiose moments, the effect of which Freedman has likened to “being hit over the head with a velvet hammer.”

Classic compositions including "No Aphrodisiac" and "Blow Up the Pokies" will be joined by highlights of The Whitlams' 2020s resurgence with songs from the two recent albums, "Sancho" (2022), and Americana influenced, "Kookaburra" (2024).

Setlists

  1. Set 1

    1. 1.Beauty in Me
    2. 2.Ease of the Midnight Visit
    3. 3.Charlie No. 1
    4. 4.Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No. 2)
    5. 5.Keep the Light On
    6. 6.Charlie No. 3
    7. 7.Nobody Knows I Love You
    8. 8.Fallen Leaves
    9. 9.Cries Too Hard
    10. 10.Two Little Boys (Theodore F. Morse cover)
    11. 11.The Curse Stops Here

  2. Set 2

    1. 12.Blow Up the Pokies
    2. 13.Melbourne
    3. 14.Up Against the Wall
    4. 15.Out the Back
    5. 16.Year of the Rat
    6. 17.No Aphrodisiac
    7. 18.Thank You (For Loving Me at My Worst)
    8. 19.Gough
    9. 20.You Sound Like Louis Burdett

  3. Encore

    1. 21.Band on Every Corner

  1. Set 1:

    1. 1.Beauty in Me
    2. 2.Ease of the Midnight Visit
    3. 3.Charlie No. 1
    4. 4.Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No. 2)
    5. 5.Keep the Light On
    6. 6.Charlie No. 3
    7. 7.Nobody Knows I Love You
    8. 8.Fallen Leaves
    9. 9.Cries Too Hard (Restarted about twenty seconds into the song because Tim was “thinking of the Frida Kahlo lyrics”)
    10. 10.Two Little Boys (Theodore F. Morse cover)
    11. 11.The Curse Stops Here

  2. Set 2:

    1. 12.Blow Up the Pokies
    2. 13.Melbourne
    3. 14.Up Against the Wall
    4. 15.Out the Back
    5. 16.Fondness Makes the Heart Grow Absent
    6. 17.Year of the Rat
    7. 18.No Aphrodisiac
    8. 19.Thank You (For Loving Me at My Worst)
    9. 20.Gough
    10. 21.You Sound Like Louis Burdett

  3. Encore

    1. 22.Band on Every Corner
    1. 1.Thank You (For Loving Me at My Worst)
    2. 2.Made Me Hard
    3. 3.Blow Up the Pokies
    4. 4.Charlie No. 1
    5. 5.Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No. 2)
    6. 6.Royal in the Afternoon
    7. 7.I Make Hamburgers
    8. 8.No Aphrodisiac
    9. 9.Melbourne
    10. 10.Year of the Rat
    11. 11.Gough
    12. 12.You Sound Like Louis Burdett
    1. -Look at This Face (Oh My God They’re Gorgeous) (Handsome Boy Modeling School cover)
    2. 1.Thank You (For Loving Me at My Worst)
    3. 2.Gough
    4. 3.Royal in the Afternoon
    5. 4.Melbourne
    6. 5.Blow Up the Pokies
    7. 6.You Gotta Love This City
    8. 7.Laugh in Their Faces
    9. 8.The Day John Sattler Broke His Jaw (Perry Keyes cover)
    10. 9.Charlie No. 1
    11. 10.Charlie No. 3
    12. 11.You Made Me Hard (Bernie Hayes cover)
    13. 12.No Aphrodisiac
    14. 13.I Get High
    15. 14.Why Doesn't Andy? (Tim Freedman said that the Whitlams had only played this rarity a couple of times live before.)
    16. 15.Fall for You
    17. 16.Keep the Light On
    18. 17.Year of the Rat
    19. 18.I Make Hamburgers
    20. 19.You Sound Like Louis Burdett
    21. 20.I Will Not Go Quietly (Duffy's Song)

  2. Encore

    1. 21.Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No. 2) (Pub Choir Version - with the Audience singing the lyrics)
    2. 22.There's No-One
    3. 23.Happy Days
    4. -It Was A Very Good Year (Frank Sinatra cover)
    1. 1.Make the World Safe
    2. 2.Thank You (For Loving Me at My Worst)
    3. 3.Chunky Chunky Air Guitar
    4. 4.Pretty as You
    5. 5.You Gotta Love This City
    6. 6.God Drinks at the Sando
    7. 7.Blow Up the Pokies
    8. 8.400 Miles From Darwin
    9. 9.Time
    10. 10.Made Me Hard
    11. 11.High Ground
    12. 12.Unreliable
    13. 13.Her Floor Is My Ceiling
    14. 14.There's No-One
    15. 15.The Curse Stops Here
    16. 16.Catherine Wheel (Meg Washington cover)
    17. 17.Charlie No. 1
    18. 18.No Aphrodisiac
    19. 19.Fall for You
    20. 20.Royal in the Afternoon
    21. 21.I Get High
    22. 22.I Make Hamburgers
    23. 23.Keep the Light On
    24. 24.Year of the Rat
    25. 25.You Sound Like Louis Burdett
    26. 26.I Will Not Go Quietly (Duffy's Song)

  2. Encore

    1. 27.Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No. 2)
    2. 28.Gough

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Reviews

Rating: 5 out of 5 based on 2 reviews
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  • Great night!

    by Heather on 5/11/24The Princess Theatre - WoolloongabbaRating: 5 out of 5

    What a fabulous night. Great support act and The Whitlams never disappoint!! Such great singing, songwriting and musicianship! I laughed I cried and didn’t sit still !!

  • You Gotta Love this City

    by Henry on 14/10/24City Recital Hall - SydneyRating: 5 out of 5

    What an amazing first experience for us at the City Recital Hall with its great acoustics and being able to enjoy The Whitlams first Sydney gig on tour. Loved the intimacy and ease of access and the many bars.