Barratt Waugh has joined the Cliff & Dusty Tour from the UK and has made an instant impact. The audiences love him and his voice just soars. If there is anyone else in the world with a bigger vocal range then they’ve been hiding. It is no wonder Sir Cliff Richard ask him to join his Royal Albert Hall concerts. His soaring voice just fills the theatre and leaves audiences mesmerised. I am just so pleased I invited him to join this current tour. Australian’s have not heard a voice like this before and it is no wonder his album I Love You Goodbye is already No5 on the Classical Charts. It is contemporary classics but whatever tag you give to his music his vocal range is just breathtaking. Bring on the rest of the tour.
It had @%)*# rain all day in Sydney. We arrived at the Zoo for sound check. It was bucketing down. We wondered who would come out in this? 30 minutes from show time the audience appeared as if from nowhere, the skys cleared and not another drop. An occasional look at the stars, and the moon even peeped out as if to say ‘sing a song about me.’
Sheena sang up a storm as Dusty (excuse the pun) and there was a real buzz about. From the bleakest of weather outlooks sprang one of those special nights; the view, the animals and some very resilient humans who came to party. Bring on the tour.
‘Cliff & Dusty’ tour dates are now all finalised and it’s the biggest tour we have undertaken to date – 21 shows in all, many also featuring Sir Cliff Richard’s protege Barratt Waugh who will arrive in Australia from the UK late April to join the tour. The band is bigger with two extra musicians added. Just means we ne…ed a bigger bus. No queues for the amenities please. The dates are:
Twilight at Taronga, Happy Birthday Sir Cliff Richard – Taronga Zoo, NSW
15 April Campbelltown RSL Club, NSW
16 April Mingarra
29 April Rooty Hill RSL, NSW
30 April Canberra Playhouse (canberratheatrecentre.com.au or 6275 2700)
6 May Bunbury Entertainment Centre (Tickets on sale 2011)
7 May Burswood Theatre Perth (Ticketek or 132 849)
13 May Launceston Country Club (tixtas.com.au or Country Club)
14 May Wrest Point Casino Hobart (tixtas.com.au or country club)
21 May Her Majesty’s Theatre Adelaide (bass.net.au or 131 246)
3 June Caloundra Events Centre Qld (Tickets on sale 2011)
4 June Empire Theatre, Toowoomba, QLD
10 June Wintersun, Port Macquarie, NSW
11 June Club Forster, NSW
17 June Sale, VIC
18 June The Palms at Crown, Melbourne
25 June Evan Theatre – Penrith, NSW
2 July Castle Hill RSL, NSW
23 July Bankstown Sports Club, NSW
30 July Dapto Leagues Club, NSW
13 Aug Ryde Eastwood, Leagues NSW
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If there is a better concert location in the world I’d like to hear about it. Performing at Twilight at Taronga www.twilightattaronga.com.au in March is going to be one for the showreel. How often do you get to sing outdoors with the magnificent Sydney Harbour and the Opera House at dusk as your backdrop. There is something quite surreal about performing in concert with one of the great concert venues of the world in the background but hey, someone’s got to do it.
Cliff & Dusty tribute tour dates announced today at www.martyrhone.com This show is going to contain some really serious hit songs, like 2 hours of them such is the catalogue of these two greats but I am also very excited to have Sir Cliff Richard’s protege Barratt Waugh joining us from the UK for this tour. Barratt has toured twice with Cliff including a 41 date sellout stint at the Royal Albert Hall. So look out for us because we’re coming to a city near you. I’m joined by Sheena Crouch as Dusty and Barratt for this 3 month tour that will take us right across Australia from east to west, north to south and places in between. Hopefully we’ll see you there.
