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TROPIC • MUSIC

Before too long

LOCAL SHOWS
One of Australia’s most adored
musicians will play at Cairns
and Port Douglas this July in his
return to live performances.
Words: Annabel Bowles

Wanna’ learn how to make gravy?
Well, you can before too long – Paul Kelly
is coming to the Tropical North.
The Aussie icon has recently announced a
huge 24-date national tour, On The Road
Again, visiting regional towns across months as shows after shows were first
Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria postponed then cancelled,” Kelly said.
and Tasmania. “We put our toe in the water with a
Paul Kelly is set to play at Cairns one-off New Year’s Eve performance for
Performing Arts Centre on Thursday TV but now we’re really looking forward
15 July, as well as the Port Douglas Yacht to stretching out and playing music night
Club on Saturday 17 July. after night.
Kelly is one of Australia’s finest “We want to see the whites of your eyes,
performers and songwriters, with a you lovers of sound, joy and fury; we want
place in the ARIA Hall of Fame, 25 studio to charge the air around us and change
albums, multiple film soundtracks, each other and send you home singing
and two live albums to his name. into the night!”
Iconic songs like To Her Door, How To Make Alongside his Cairns and Port Douglas
Gravy and Before Too Long won’t be missed shows, Kelly will play in Caloundra,
in Kelly’s latest tour, which follows two Toowoomba, Gold Coast, Ipswich,
album releases and countless livestream Rockhampton, Mackay, Meeniyan,
performances last year. Hobart, Warrnambool, Bendigo,
Kelly’s band will be joining him on every Geelong, Ballarat, Merimbula, Thirroul,
show, including Vika and Linda Bull, Bill Bathurst, Newcastle, Forster,
McDonald, Peter Luscombe, Ash Naylor Coffs Harbour, Tamworth and Yamba.
and Cameron Bruce.
“The band and crew and I have really MORE: tropicnow.com.au
missed each other over the last eighteen

Women to Management Mentor, while Carli Willis

the front is the First Nations Artist Management
Mentee and Bre Capell one of two Project
Management Mentees. QMusic takes
COLLABORATION participants through the processes of
A statewide music mentoring developing budgets, booking venues and
artists, and managing events – including
program, involving three local one show to be held at Tanks Arts Centre
women, is bringing a regional in late July.
tour to Cairns with female Grrrls to the North, featuring Brisbane-
artists front and centre. based hiphop sensation Jesswar as
headline act alongside local budding
artists Bellani, Kayla Gagai and Dizzy
From Cairns to Brisbane and regional Doolan, will play at Tanks on Saturday 26
centres in between, nine emerging June. The tour will not only highlight the
music industry professionals have fantastic role women play in the music
joined eight industry-leading mentors industry, but inject a much-needed boost
to plan a regional tour circuit in the Far to the live entertainment scene across
North. The program, QMusic, involves Queensland regions.
Melania Jack – the colourful personality
behind several productions including
The Ironing Maidens – as Project MORE: tanksartscentre.com
Bellani

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