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Jimmy Barnes / Photo – Jesse Lizotte

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The Working Class Man is turning 40 – and you’re all invited to the party!

To celebrate his landmark album For The Working Class Man, JIMMY BARNES is hitting the road for the Working Class Man 40th Anniversary Tour, proudly presented by MG Live and Face To Face Touring.

Barnesy, as he’s affectionately known, will be playing the iconic album from start to finish, taking the crowd from I’d Die To Be With You Tonight to Paradise, plus classic cuts from his chart-topping catalogue.

The tour kicks off on Saturday 22 November at Mount Duneed Estate, Geelong VIC, and then heads to Sirromet Wines, Mount Cotton QLD on Saturday 29 November; Bimbadgen, Hunter Valley NSW on Saturday 6 December; The Regatta Grounds, Hobart TAS on Saturday 17 January; Peter Lehmann Wines, Barossa Valley SA on Saturday 31 January; and Sandalford Wines, Swan Valley WA on Saturday 7 February.

Tickets on sale now via Ticketmaster. All ticket and tour information via mg.live

Released in December 1985, For The Working Class Man went straight to number one on the chart and helped define Jimmy’s hugely successful solo career. As the authors of The 100 Best Australian Albums declared, “It defined both him and much of Australia.”

The album spent seven weeks at number one, becoming Barnesy’s longest-running chart-topper. And it has sold more than 500,000 copies in Australia.

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Ian Moss / Photo – Tania Smith

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“For The Working Class Man was such a significant album in my life. I got to make the record with some amazing people, and it really set up the rest of my solo career.

I’m so excited to be celebrating For The Working Class Man with some of my dearest friends and favourite artists.

And I can think of no better way to mark this milestone than by performing these songs in some of the most beautiful and iconic outdoor venues across Australia.” Jimmy Barnes

For The Working Class Man is packed with classics, including Jimmy’s first Top 10 solo single I’d Die To Be With You Tonight, the Top 40 smash Ride The Night Away, and the beautiful ballad that he wrote for his wife Jane, Without Your Love.

And, of course, the album features his signature song, the unofficial national anthem, Working Class Man.

For the Working Class Man also included seven reworked songs from his chart-topping solo debut Bodyswerve, including No Second Prize, Daylight and Promise Me You’ll Call.

To coincide with the landmark tour, a special 40th anniversary release of the album via Mushroom Music will be welcome news to collectors and music fans alike, released on Friday 14 November and available to preorder now here. Honouring the formats originally released in 1985 and newly remastered for the anniversary, For The Working Class Man will be released as a 2LP ‘flame’ coloured, hand-poured vinyl in a gatefold jacket, the first time it’s been on two records since it hit shelves. Also for the first time since 1985, the singles will be available as an exclusive limited-edition boxset of coloured 7″s – Ride The Night Away, I’d Die To Be With You Tonight, Working Class Man – and a new fourth single which includes a stripped back, re-worked version of Working Class Man and a 10-minute reflection by Jimmy on the creation of the iconic music video. The 40th Anniversary Edition will also be available on CD and cassette. The album’s cultural impact is undeniable; it continues to hold lasting significance in the DNA of Australian music. Working Class Man was recently included in the triple j Hottest 100 of Australian Songs. The juggernaut that is JIMMY BARNES is showing no signs of slowing down.

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ICEHOUSE / Photo – Tony Mott

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Joining JIMMY BARNES for these epic shows are three of the biggest stars of the Working Class Man era who are also still at the top of their game – ICEHOUSE, IAN MOSS and KATE CEBERANO.

Led by the evergreen Iva Davies, ICEHOUSE is responsible for one of the biggest Australian albums of all time – 1987’s classic Man of Colours. Two singles from the album were smash hits in the US: Electric Blue (#7) and Crazy (#14). Iva also wrote the enduring classic Great Southern Land. As author Andrew P Street said, “Great Southern Land remains one of the greatest evocations of the sheer ancient emptiness of Australia.” ICEHOUSE were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2006.

Barnesy’s Cold Chisel comrade IAN MOSS hit number one with his first solo album, Matchbook, featuring the classic Tucker’s Daughter. After eight studio albums, he recently released the acclaimed live album Live At Anita’s (“the new live album shows that Mossy’s voice is still a thing of beauty, while his guitar work remains instinctive and inventive” – STACK magazine). In 2014, Mossy’s fellow musicians ranked him as Australia’s greatest guitarist in a News Corp poll.

KATE CEBERANO was still a teenager when For The Working Class Man was released, but she was already a star, fronting the band I’m Talking.  Kate has recently been embracing Oz-music’s rich past with her Australian Made: Live show – and is treating audiences to an encore on Jimmy’s tour. Boasting a setlist of her own Platinum catalogue alongside songs made famous by Cold Chisel, ICEHOUSE, Divinyls through to Sia, Bernard Fanning and Wolfmother, this is a simultaneous act of grateful reflection and bold creative evolution.

JIMMY BARNES is the most successful artist in Australian chart history. He’s had 16 solo number one albums – no artist has had more – plus six chart-topping albums with Cold Chisel. Barnesy’s 21st solo album, DEFIANT, entered the Australian charts at number one in June this year. Cold Chisel’s new live album, The Big Five-O Live, will be released on August 8.

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The shows will also honour a dear friend who was instrumental in the making of the album. The late-great Michael Gudinski said, “I’m as proud of For The Working Class Man as any album the Mushroom Group has released.” Michael called the album Jimmy’s gift to his fans – “a record for everyone who’s believed in him … For The Working Class Man.”

The time has come to celebrate the album in all its glory.

Tickets on sale NOW from Ticketmaster.

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“Ah yeah, let me tell you all about it …”

7 things you might not know about For The Working Class Man

– Kim Carnes sang backing vocals on I’d Die To Be With You Tonight.

– I’d Die To Be With You Tonight was written by Chas Sandford, who co-wrote John Waite’s classic Missing You.

– Working Class Man was written by Jonathan Cain from American band Journey. He wrote it about Jimmy’s audience – staunch, working-class people who work hard and want to have a good time on a Saturday night.

– Ride The Night Away was written for Jimmy by Steven Van Zandt, the guitarist in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, and Steve Jordan, who is now the drummer in The Rolling Stones.

– Mick Fleetwood played drums on Ride The Night Away and Without Your Love.

– Working Class Man was the theme song for Ron Howard’s 1986 movie Gung Ho.

– The American record company planned to release the album as A Week Away From Paradise. The US version ended up being self-titled.

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Kate Ceberano / Photo – Ian Laidlaw

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JIMMY BARNES
WORKING CLASS MAN
40th Anniversary Tour
Tour Dates

with special guests ICEHOUSE, Ian Moss & Kate Ceberano

Saturday 22 November
Mount Duneed Estate
Geelong VIC
Lic. All Ages

Saturday 29 November
Sirromet Wines
Mount Cotton, QLD
Lic. All Ages

Saturday 6 December
Bimbadgen
Hunter Valley, NSW
Lic. All Ages

Saturday 17 January
The Regatta Grounds
Hobart, TAS
Lic. All Ages

Saturday 31 January
Peter Lehmann Wines
Barossa Valley, SA
Lic. All Ages

Saturday 7 February
Sandalford Wines
Swan Valley, WA
Lic. All Ages

TOUR DETAILS

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Patrons are advised to purchase tickets only through authorised ticket sellers. We cannot guarantee any ticket purchase made through any means other than the official ticketing agents listed on MG  Live and Face To Face Touring’s websites

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For The Working Class Man
(40th Anniversary Edition)
OUT 14 NOV
PREORDER

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AMNPLIFY – DB