John Farnham will headline the inaugural Red Hot Summer Tour concert at Gateway Lakes, Wodonga, on Saturday, March 3.
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The touring festival confirmed the 2018 a massive all-Aussie second leg line-up this week.
Along with Farnham, the concert also features Daryl Braithwaite, Baby Animals, The Black Sorrows (with Vika and Linda) and 1927.
The Red Hot Summer Tour first leg – featuring the queen of rock Suzi Quatro, The Angels, Baby Animals, The Screaming Jets, Moving Pictures and Chocolate Starfish – will be at Mulwal Waterski Club on Saturday, January 6.
“Audiences loved seeing John Farnham as part of the 2017 sold out tour,” promoter Duane McDonald said.
“We’ve joined together an incredible Aussie line-up, some artists who have been part of the Red Hot Summer Tour family for a long time and some who we are newly welcomed to the stage.
“It is going to be a massive summer.
“We are taking the festival into some towns and venues that we have never played at before – look out, it is going to rock.”
Revered as one of the best male vocalists – by both fans and fellow musicians – Farnham has had an incredibly versatile career and audiences will have the chance to celebrate five decades of great music when he takes to the stage on the 2018 run.
His 1986 album Whispering Jack was the first record to sell more than a million copies in Australia and its chart topping single You’re The Voice cemented the honey toned solo artist as the ‘voice’ of the country.
Over the next several years he released hit after hit, including Pressure Down, Reasons, A Touch of Paradise, Age of Reason, Two Strong Hearts, Angels, Talk of The Town, Chain Reaction, Burn For You, Have A Little Faith (In Us) and That’s Freedom.
A long-time supporter of the Red Hot Summer Tour, Daryl Braithwaite puts on an incredible performance.
He is one of the most recognisable voices in the Australian music scene, and with a diverse career that has spanned decades.
Braithwaite’s consistency as a performer has never wavered, something that sees him performing regularly to packed crowds around the country.
Starting his career in the 1970s as the frontman for Sherbet, Braithwaite was crowned King of Pop and the band produced 20 national Top 40 singles.
In the 1980s Daryl set out on his own solo career, releasing smash hit singles such as One Summer, As The Days Go By and Sugar Train to name a few.
His anthemic version of The Horses is always a crowd-pleaser and a favourite for Red Hot Summer Tour fans.
Baby Animals burst onto the Australian scene in the 1990s with a solid rock force and Suze DeMarchi up front.
Baby Animals pumped out hits such as Rush You, Early Warning and One Word and the band scored themselves ARIA awards for best album and toured the globe.
When they split in the mid-1990s they ended a special era of Australian music.
The band’s inclusion again on the Red Hot Summer Tour line-up is a rare chance for music fans to see their original rock at its best.
Another icon of Australian music, Joe Camilleri, will be bringing his legendary band The Black Sorrows to the 2018 line-up.
An incredible songwriter, Joe penned some unforgettable hits with The Black Sorrows, from tracks such as Harley & Rose, Dear Children, The Chosen Ones, Never Let Me Go and Chained to the Wheel to Hold On To Me and New Craze.
After the success of his first band Jo Jo Zep and The Falcons, Joe pulled together a group of musicians and launced The Black Sorrows.
Since then, the band has sold more than a million albums worldwide, toured Europe (to sell-out shows) and won an ARIA for Best Band.
The Black Sorrows, with Vika and Linda, will certainly put on a party for the Red Hot Summer Tour.
As a band, 1927 are known for their enduring hits – with a swag of classics such as That’s When I Think Of You, Compulsory Hero, To Love Me, Don’t Forget Me and If I Could, to name a few.
They smashed onto the music scene with their quintuple platinum debut Ish in 1988, garnering themselves multiple ARIA awards.
With countless live performances, 1927 have reached legendary status and their most recent release – Generation i – has earned them a whole new legion of fans.
The Red Hot Summer Tour tickets are on sale from noon, August 24 through Ticketmaster.