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| Elton John is returning to Australia |
He's back. Legendary rocker Elton John is returning to Australia in the next week for a series of three concerts in Sydney, Perth and, for the first time, Darwin.
Soul, country-folk, rock and the didgeridoo will comprise just some of the styles that will open his three-concert tour of Australia.
When Sir Elton kicks off the first concert of his tour in Perth on May 10, Broome-based indigenous country folk/rock band the Pigram Brothers will open, whilst Aussie soul sensation, Eran James (who supported Elton by special request last year), again graces the pop superstars stage for all three concerts, including the prestigious 25 year celebrations at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on May 12.
When the Rocket Man lands in Darwin on May 17, Eran James will start the TIO Stadiums open-air concert, followed by blind aboriginal multi-instrumentalist Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, who will perform songs from his Gumatj country, one of the First Nations of North East Arnhemland, and mostly in his Yolngu tongue.
Hailed by the Sydney Morning Herald as the greatest voice this continent has ever recorded, Yunupingu sings with the voice of an angel, his love of country, being born blind, the death of his father and creation stories of his Yolngu people.
Elton Johns interest and support of new and eclectic artists is legendary - he gave a leg up to Australias Catherine Britt who scored a Nashville signing after he made a couple of calls; was the butt of 2001s mad media storm when he performed a duet with then break-through controversial rapper Eminem at the Grammys; and cited 25-year-old bohemian, sharp, witty and brilliant songwriter, Ryan Adams and his Heartbreaker album as the inspiration for his 2001 Songs From the West Coast. Elton thanked Adams on the albums liner notes for making me do better and told MTV, I also like Macy Gray and Mary J. Blige. These people are very inspiring to me. They are young, very talented, and they give me a kick of new life. I've made 40 albums. It's nice to listen to new things."
And their new thing Elton is assured to hear on this tour: from the saltwater-lifestyle, earthy harmonies of the seven-piece Pigram Brothers (yes, all seven are brothers), to the elegant soul of teenager Eran James, and the beautiful singing voice, and songs, of Yunupingu.
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