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THE WHITLAMS’
video out today
for new tale
“Ballad of Bertie Kidd”
+ TIM FREEDMAN
Solo Tour
November/December 2020
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The Whitlams. Tim Freedman, Jak Housden, Warwick Hornby, Terepai Richmond. Launceston Tasmania, February 2020. Picture: Scott Gelston
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Notorious criminal Bertie Kidd appears himself in the film clip for The Whitlams’ first new single in 14 years based on his own botched robbery from three decades ago “Ballad of Bertie Kidd”. Kidd, now 87 and retired from his mercurial life of crime, sat for filmmaker Johnny Barker in his home outside Launceston.
Bertie Kidd’s cameo bookends the beautifully shot video in which his personal archive of photographs is unveiled chronologically, while Tim Freedman performs at a grand piano in one of the grand houses of Sydney. The video can be viewed here.
Bertie Kidd is regarded as criminal royalty in the Australian underworld. He was released from jail two years ago and won a case against the Australian Government to avoid deportation to England. The first of three volumes of biography, “The Audacious Kid”, was released earlier this year.
As the song begins, Tim Freedman is cornered by a Rabbitohs fan at the pub who relates a tale that only the patron saint of hapless criminals could have dreamt up. His confidante reveals the tale of four blokes in 1988 who put their balaclavas on too early en route to an art gallery heist. Looking rather suspicious in their stolen Sigma, they are spotted by the cops, and thwarted in their ambition to possess a fine collection of Pro Hart and Ken Done masterpieces.
The Whitlams’ 2020 national tour sold out multiple shows soon after going on sale, and all dates have been rescheduled to August and September 2021. The time off has allowed the band to write a new album, due for release in mid-2021.
In the meantime, Tim Freedman is undertaking a rare solo tour during Nov/Dec 2020 which includes some shows as part of Great Southern Nights and covers an extensive area of NSW and Queensland, as well as shows in Hobart and Launceston.
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TIM FREEDMAN
SOLO TOUR 2020
Tickets on sale now from www.thewhitlams.com
Sunday November 29: SS&A Albury, Albury, NSW
Friday December 4: Country Club, Launceston, TAS
Saturday December 5: Altar, Hobart TAS
Thursday December 10: Soundlounge, Currumbin, QLD
Friday December 11: Bar Wunder, Toowoomba, QLD *early and late show* SOLD OUT
Saturday December 12: Villa Noosa Hotel, Noosaville, QLD *early and late show*
Sunday December 13: Ipswich Civic Centre, Ipswich, QLD
Tuesday December 15: Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm, QLD
Wednesday December 16: Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm, QLD
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