Thursday 26 June 2008

BOWDITCH SELLS OUT HER NATIONAL ‘WINTER SECRETS’ TOUR, ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL DATES AND A HAS SPECIAL NOTE FOR YOU!

The Clare Bowditch ‘Winter Secrets’ tour featuring Clare in solo mode, performing an intimate evening of songs and stories has proven to be a wonderful formula. Having sold out all her shows last weekend on the opening weekend of the tour and with this weekend’s shows in Wollongong and Sydney also sold out, Clare’s loyal fans are reveling in the new show.

The ‘Winter Secrets’ competition which is enabling lucky winners a rare opportunity to perform live with Clare has been a huge success with hundreds of entries and some very special performances….

Here is what Clare has to say:

I am now four-shows into the Winter Secrets tour around Australia.
Thank you, thank you, thank you – so far it has been mind-blowing and soul-restoring. I was incredibly nervous about this tour (about being on my own, completely exposed on stage with new songs, new instruments, new stories) and yet the exceptionally involved audiences at each show have made sure I have come off feeling alive and filled up and brimming over with the enjoyment of being back on stage. Honestly, it has been wonderful. One of the greatest things about these shows have been the random collaborations I’ve been having on stage with the winners of the Winter Secrets Comp – people I’ve never met before that day, getting up there on stage with me, over-whelming us all with their skill and bravery. Viola, melodica, guitar, banjo, and of course voice; this is the landscape so far. And we have all felt the generosity of each audience; people have been joining in with us in ways that have been making Tim and I feel “Wow – we are lucky people”. The other day in Adelaide I completely forgot all the words to “Oranges”. I looked into the audience and saw a girl mouthing the words back to me. I stopped the song and said “Hey, how would you feel about coming up here and singing the song for me while I play guitar?” and to my joy she said “Sure!” And that’s how we met Angela. Wow; what a woman. The other major highlight?

Hot Little Hands in duo form (that’s Tim Harvey from the Feeding Set and his brother James). Standing in the audience in Ballarat on Friday night we overheard one young lady, to much agreeance, “Whoah. I’d go them in a minute”. It wasn’t the most PC of comments, but if you heard HLH on stage, and saw their costumes, you would forgive her. I reckon they might join me on Sunrise tomorrow morning. There’s a whole lot more theatre in this show than we were expecting. See you on the road. Love Clare x

Please check the current dates of the tour as shows are selling out everywhere, as well as an announcement of a 17 date tour with the one and only Wally de Backer of Gotye Fame across Europe in September. Click here for all dates and details.

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