Australian Tour 2008
Billions Australia are pleased to announce the very first Australian tour for American songwriter Sufjan Stevens, in January 2008. With a penchant for storytelling, Sufjan Stevens mixes autobiography, religious fantasy, and regional history to create folk songs of epic proportions. Aside from his appearance at the Sydney Festival, Sufjan is set to perform two special theatre shows in Brisbane and Melbourne.
His grand proposal to make a record for each of the 50 US states has thus far transpired two albums, Michigan and Illinois. A preoccupation with epic concepts has motivated other projects, including an electronic record for the animals of the Chinese Zodiac (Enjoy Your Rabbit, 2001), a five-disc Christmas box set, and, more recently, a symphonic tone-poem for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Sufjan has toured extensively around the U.S. and Europe, performing as a variety of thematic incarnations—the Michigan Militia, The Illinoisemakers, and more recently as The Majesty Snowbird /Incredible Kite Brigade —traveling from the desert towns of Arizona to the chilly reaches of Iceland. With his step-father Lowell, Sufjan owns and operates his own music label, Asthmatic Kitty Records, named after Lowell’s beloved cat Sara, who suffers from acute feline asthma.
Sufjan’s Brisbane, Sydney Festival and Melbourne performances will feature a full rock band, a wind and brass ensemble, and video projections.
Tickets for Brisbane and Melbourne dates go on sale Friday 16 November.
Thursday 10 January 2008 - The Tivoli, Brisbane QLD
Address: 52 Costin St, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
Phone: 07 3852 1711
Price: $60 + bf
Outlets: Ticketek outlets; www.ticketek.com.au; Phone: 132 849
Saturday 12 January 2008 - State Theatre, Sydney Festival NSW
Address: 49 Market St, Sydney
Phone: 02 9373 6852
Outlets: Ticketmaster: www.ticketmaster.com.au; Phonecharge 1300 723 038
Sunday 13 January 2008 - State Theatre, Sydney Festival NSW
Address: 49 Market St, Sydney
Phone: 02 9373 6852
Outlets: Ticketmaster: www.ticketmaster.com.au; Phonecharge 1300 723 038
Monday 14 January 2008 - State Theatre, Sydney Festival NSW
Address: 49 Market St, Sydney
Phone: 02 9373 6852
Outlets: Ticketmaster: www.ticketmaster.com.au; Phonecharge 1300 723 038
Wednesday 16 January 2008 - Forum Theatre, VIC
Address: 154 Flinders St, Melbourne
Phone: 03 9299 4950
Price: $60 + bf
Outlets: All Ticketek outlets; www.ticketek.com.au; Phonecharge: 132 489
Source: Billions Australia
November 2nd, 2007 admin
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