If you already know you won't make the trek to Byron Bay for Bluesfest 2013, you will have the opportunity to see some of the acts closer to home. Bluesfest have announced the first sideshows. Anyone waiting on an Iggy & The Stooges sideshow announcement keep waiting....
The Voice of Supertramp .....Roger Hodgson will bring his full band to Australia for the very first time. Keen?
See him at the following venues.
Melbourne Palais Theatre Thursday March 28 2013 www.ticketmaster.com.au
Brisbane Tivoli Saturday March 30 2013 www.ticketek.com.au
Sydney State Theatre Wednesday April 3 2013 www.ticketmaster.com.au
Adelaide Thebarton Theatre Friday April 5 2013 www.venuetix.com.au
Perth Riverside Theatre Sunday April 7 2013 www.ticketek.com.au
Grab a double dose of blues and and soul with Bonnie Raitt (Makes the Rolling Stone list of both 100 best guitarists and vocalists of all time ) and Mavis Staples ( one of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll) at the following venues.
Adelaide Thebarton Theatre Tuesday 26 March 2013 www.venuetix.com.au
Melbourne State Theatre Wednesday 27 March 2013 www.artscentremelbourne.com.au
Sydney Enmore Theatre Wednesday 3 April 2013 www.ticketek.com.au
The Blind Boys of Alabama will play with some fabulous guests including Sweet Honey In The Rock in Sydney and Melbourne as well as the magnificent Mavis Staples in Bribane.
Sydney Enmore Theatre Monday 1 April 2013 www.ticketek.com.au
Brisbane Tivoli Thursday 28th Mar 2013 www.ticketek.com.au
Melbourne Arts Centre, Hamer Hall Wednesday 3 April 2013 www.artscentremelbourne.com.au
Here is Mavis Staples playing "The Weight" with some other awesome players in Wilco and Nick Lowe.
