Pete Murray is back with his first Australian tour in more than two years to support the release of his album ‘Blue Sky Blue’ and of course, the Federal-based singer is coming home to play.
Pete will play the Coolangatta Hotel this week as part of his ‘The Free Tour’.
The tour will feature Pete’s hits, some new songs, a new band and sees him returning to the venues where many of his loyal fans experienced his early dynamic live shows. Coming with him for the tour will be Busby Marou.
The highly anticipated album ‘Blue Sky Blue’ featured the first single from the album “Always a Winner” which embraced his exciting new sound, inspired by new chapters in his personal life. Hitting top 5 in the airplay charts immediately around Australia, the single reflected a conscious change in the recording approach, with a new team of musicians and working with US producer Tom Rothrock (Beck, Foo Fighters, Elliott Smith).
‘The Free Tour’ takes its name from the second single that recently landed – ‘Free’, a song about breaking loose from the shackles and a perfect title for a tour that comes after such a long break from Australian gigging.
“I’m really looking forward to finally getting back out on the road and playing these shows,” explains Pete. “The new album took longer to write and record than anything I’ve done since ‘Feeler’ so I’m really looking forward to playing some of these songs to people. Plus it’s time to continue my quest to try to find the perfect truck stop burger!”
Pete recently returned home after a massive soldout tour of Brazil where he made the beautiful video for ‘Free’.
“There was something about the liberating energy of that country which felt like a great fit for this song,” explains Murray. “We shot the film clip as the tour happened over there, so hopefully when people watch it they’ll get a sense of what it was like to be playing shows in such an amazing place.”
‘Blue Sky Blue’ is Pete Murray’s fourth studio album; his three previous releases having sold over a million copies in Australia and the listeners of Triple J recently voted his classic ‘Feeler’ in the top 100 Aussie albums of all time.
WHO: Pete Murray
WHERE: Coolangatta Hotel
WHEN: Thursday, October 27
