RANDY HOUSER

announces Australian headline dates

this December

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“wholly different, thicker and more throbbing, a caldron bubbling over,” – NEW YORK TIMES

“Some voices are just huge, so sizable a listener can fall in. Houser has that sort of voice. A veteran performer, he is able to animate a song’s lyrics with texture and even intimacy.” – MAINE MUSIC NEWS

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Country music star Randy Houser announces a trio of headline Australian shows, taking over Brisbane’s Tivoli Theatre on Tuesday 11^th December, Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory on Thursday 13^th December, and Melbourne’s Corner Hotel on Friday 14^th December.

Randy returns to Australia just months after making his Australian debut at premiere country music festival CMC Rocks QLD in March, blowing audiences away with his powerful voice and explosive live show. Soulful and bluesy, Houser commands the stage with hard-hitting power, performing dynamic songs that resonate with classic country tropes.

His return down-under will showcase a new stripped-back approach, taking away the pageantry of country stardom after a realisation by the artist:

“I just felt like I was singing karaoke, I walked offstage and I had not had a good time—it felt like I wasn’t the one making the music.” – RANDY HOUSER

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This new mindset was the catalyst for Randy Houser’s upcoming fifth album, Magnolia out Friday November 2 (BMG). A return to the rootsy sound he grew up playing in the tiny town of Lake, Mississippi, the album shows Houser pushing himself melodically and lyrically. The June release of single ‘What Whisky Does’ gave listeners their first taste of the album, Rolling Stone dubbing it as a “classic tears-and-twang drinking song”, earning great hype for Magnolia.

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