Cowboy Junkies Announce NZ & Australian Tour in 2020
Presented by David Roy Williams (DRW Entertainment) Canadian alt-country pioneers Cowboy Junkies will return to Australia and New Zealand for the first time in 20 years in May 2020.
Anyone who has followed Cowboy Junkies’ three decade-long journey knows the band has always remained true to its unique artistic vision. In 1988, they proved that there was an audience waiting for something quiet, beautiful and reflective. ‘The Trinity Session’ was like a whisper that cut through the noise with its introspective, quiet intensity; inadvertently starting a revolution. The Trinity Session fatured the band’s unforgettable cover of the Velvet Underground’s ‘Sweet Jane’, and combined folk, country, blues and rock in a way that had never been heard before and went on to sell more than a million copies; its influence however was broader and deeper. with its general mood (the album had been recorded in a church with the group performing around a single microphone) the record presaged the subsequent alternative-country movement in the ‘90s and beyond. Over subsequent albums the group helped introduce its audience to the work of seminal singer-writers including both Townes Van Zandt and John Prine, and their cover of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘State Trooper’ helped introduce him to the alternative world. All the while they were building a canon of similarly pared-down original songs and a catalogue of acclaimed albums to rival those of their favourites.
Their new album, All That Reckoning; once again gently shakes the listener to wake up. It may be the most powerful album Cowboy Junkies have yet recorded.
In a 5-star review Mojo Magazine said
…”the album was “equal parts tenderness and edge, sensual and beautifully disturbing"
While The Associated Press said
…“All that Reckoning shows Cowboy Junkies in peak form, adding another inspired, alluring album to their repertoire’.
National Public Radio called it
… “as vital as anything they’ve done.”
Innocent Words singled out singer Margo Timmins, calling her
…”One of just a handful of singers, alongside Nick Cave, PJ Harvey and the late Leonard Cohen, who consistently manage to take vulnerability, emotional rawness and translate it into powerfully moving records time and time again.”
Formed in Toronto in 1985 with siblings Michael Timmins on guitar, Margo Timmins on vocals, Peter Timmins on drums, and Michael’s lifelong friend Alan Anton on bass, the band has remained true to themselves and unlike most long-lasting groups, it has never had a break up or taken a hiatus. It’s never even endured a line-up change. The group has created a critically acclaimed body of work that has endeared them to an audience unwavering in its loyalty, and which is ripe for discovery by those who may have lost track along the way, or indeed who are new to the group’s many charms. Their May 2020 tour of Australia and New Zealand will be one the undoubted highlights of the musical year.
Show Dates
Tickets go on sale at 12.00pm Friday August 9 HERE
New Zealand
BRUCE MASON CENTRE - AUCKLAND - Friday 1st May 2020
OPERA HOUSE – WELLINGTON - Saturday 2nd May 2020
ISAAC THEATRE – CHRISTCHURCH – Sunday 3rd May 2020
Australia
RECITAL CENTRE - MELBOURNE – Wednesday 6th May 2020
THE GOV – ADELAIDE - Friday 8th May 2020
ASTOR THEATRE – PERTH - Sunday 10th May 2020
ENMORE THEATRE – SYDNEY – Wednesday 13th May 2020
TIVOLI THEATRE – BRISBANE – Saturday 16th May 2020
Ticketing:
TICKETS ON SALE Friday August 9 - 12.00pm (NZST Time)