West Australian songstress Felicity Groom has been announced as the main support for a national tour with John Butler. Taking in capital cities and a host of regional areas, Groom will open and participate in these rare, intimate shows.
The tour rounds out a busy 12 months for Groom, who released her debut album ‘Gossamer’ at the end of 2011. Described by Blunt Magazine as “a beautiful and mighty debut”, the album was named triple j feature album upon it’s release.
Groom ticks some impressive boxes: she’s got the cool, feminine confidence of a 60s pop princess like Francoise Hardy, only her sugary melodies are peppered with bouts of wailing and growling sure to appeal to fans of the dirty rock of Nick Cave or PJ Harvey. It’s these melodies that have seen Groom been named a Triple J Unearthed Feature Artist, before going on to win the Western Australian contingent of the Triple J Unearthed Award for the Sydney Songwriting Summit.
From there, Groom went on to win WAMi Awards in and Best Indie Pop Act in 2009 & 2010 and Best Commercial Pop Act 2011. These awards arrived among a busy touring schedule which including supporting artists such as Little Birdy, Bob Evans, Tame Impala and Eskimo Joe on their respective national tours as well as playing a series of international shows across Europe, including the iconic Glastonbury festival.
Felicity Groom – supporting John Butler
Sat 17 March - Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle WA
Tickets from: www.heatseeker.com.au & 78 Records, Mills Records, Planet, Fremantle Arts Centre Reception, Blue 62 Busselton, Prince of Wales Bunbury, Star Surf (Perth, Hillarys and Mandurah).
Mon 19 March - Goldfields Arts Centre, Kalgoorlie WA
Tickets from: venue Box Office Tel: 08 9088 6900, www.goldfieldsartscentre.com.au
Wed 21 March - Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Mandurah WA
Tickets from: venue Ormsby Terrace, Mandurah Tel: 08 9550 3900 www.manpac.com.au/shows.php
Thurs 22 March - Clancy’s Fish Pub (outdoors), Dunsborough WA
Tickets from: www.heatseeker.com.au & 78 Records, Mills Records, Planet, Fremantle Arts Centre Reception, Blue 62 Busselton, Prince of Wales Bunbury, Star Surf (Perth, Hillarys and Mandurah).
Fri 23 March - Albany Entertainment Centre, Albany WA
Tickets from: in person at the AEC Box Office or Tel: 08) 9844 5005 www.albanyentertainment.com.au
Sun 25 March - Queens Park Theatre, Geraldton WA
Tickets from: Box Office and venue office Tel: 08) 9956 6662 www.queensparktheatre.com.au
Mon 26 March - Carnarvon Civic Centre, Carnarvon WA
Tickets from: Carnarvon Visitors Centre, 21 Robinson Street, Carnarvon (08 9941 1156), or online at www.carnarvonciviccentre.com
Wed 11 April - Tamworth Town Hall, Tamworth NSW
Tickets from: Tourism Tamworth on Tel: 02) 6767 5300; Over the counter at Tamworth Visitor Information Centre (corner Peel and Murray Streets) or Online at www.visittamworth.com
Sun 15 April - Her Majesty’s Theatre, Ballarat VIC
Tickets from: venue Box Office – MajesTix – Tel: 03 5333 5888, or www.hermaj.com
Tues 17 April - East Bank, Shepparton VIC
Tickets from: Riverlinks Box Office Tel: 03) 5832 9511 or www.riverlinksvenues.com.au
Wed 18 April - The Capitol Theatre, Bendigo VIC
Tickets from venue: Tel: 03 5434 6100 or www.thecapital.com.au
Thurs 19 April - Federation Hall, Hobart, TAS
Tickets from venue and via www.tso.com.au/
Fri 20 April - Princess Theatre, Launceston, TAS
Tickets from: venue box office Tel: 03 6323 3666 or www.theatrenorth.com.au
Sun 22 April - Meeniyan Hall, Meeniyan VIC
Tickets from: Telephone Lyrebird Arts (03) 5664 9239 or email lyrebirdarts@hotmail.com - website lyrebirdartscouncil.com.au/ or call into: Dear Antiques 40 Bair St, Leongatha; Main Street Revelation 31 Main Street, Foster; Gecko Studio Gallery Falls Rd, Fish Creek; The Duck Hut Whitelaw St, Meeniyan
Tues 24 April - Hifi Bar, Melbourne VIC
Tickets from: www.thehifi.com.au, Tel 1300-THEHIFI (843 443), Polyester Records - CBD & Fitzroy, Sight n Sound - Northcote & Boronia.
Fri 27April - Metro, Sydney NSW
Tickets from: premier.ticketek.com.au/default.aspx or www.metrotheatre.com.au/events/metro
Sun 29 April - Gov Hindmarsh SA
Tickets from: venue www.thegov.com.au Tel: 08) 8340 0744, Moshtix - www.moshtix.com.au
1300 GET TIX (1300 438 849), Venue*Tix - www.venuetix.com.au, Tel: 08) 8225 8888
