Sydney, AU. (Top40 Charts/ EMI MUSIC Australia) - Having already sold out 2 shows at the
State Theatre, the legendary
Joe Cocker will play a 3rd Sydney show:
Enmore Theatre - Saturday February 23
Tickets on sale next Monday January 21 through Ticketek.
One of the very best soul and R&B singers of the last 40 years, Joe Cocker returns to Australia later this month after a hugely successful sold-out European arena tour.
Joe Cocker is a once-in-a-lifetime artist - instantly recognizable for his unique & oh so sensational guttural growl of a voice, Cocker has the uncanny gift of taking well-known songs and recrafting them to instantly make them his own.
Its that voice that powered his show-stopping performances at the Woodstock Festivals of 1969 and 1994, the same voice that took Lennon & McCartney's A Little Help From My Friends and turned it into a Cocker classic and which, cracked and broken, made You Are So Beautiful such a raw and soulful performance.
Whether its his funk, soul, guts & grit rendition of Bob Marley's Could You Be Loved, the ever so soulful Have A Little Faith or his raunchy reading of Randy Newman's You Can Leave Your Hat On, one of Cocker's greatest strengths is his ability to interpret other people's songs, usually transcending the original.
Cocker's latest album, Hymn For My Soul, is no exception. Covering the likes Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, and George Harrison, and produced by Ethan Jones, Cocker's latest album release has received critical acclaim. Reaching the top ten in several European countries including the UK, EMI Australia will release Hymn For My Soul in late January 2008.
As the new album Hymn For My Soul hits the shops later this month, Cocker fans can also look forward to the release of an updated Greatest Hits package drawing on his vast repertoire. Once again drawing from the catalogue of The Beatles and stamping it with his own inimitable style, Joe Cocker has also reworked Come Together for the critically acclaimed film Across The Universe, a musical in which he has a cameo role.
Since the apprentice gas fitter first sang professionally in Sheffield more than 30 years ago his voice and interpretative powers have given the world some of rock's finest musical moments.
Don't miss the unmistakable voice of Joe Cocker - live in concert this summer.
No WED JAN 30 - MELBOURNE HAMER HALL - limited tickets available
No THU JAN 31 - MELBOURNE HAMER HALL - limited tickets available
No SAT FEBY 2 - BAROSSA VALLEY 'BAROSSA UNDER THE STARS'* with Jimmy Barnes & Renee Geyer
No SUN FEB 3 - PERTH KINGS PARK* with Renee Geyer
No TUE FEB - 5 NEWCASTLE CIVIC THEATRE - SOLD OUT!
No WED FEB - 6 SYDNEY STATE THEATRE - SOLD OUT!
No THU FEB 7 - SYDNEY STATE THEATRE - SOLD OUT!
No SAT FEB 9 - BOWRAL CENTENNIAL WINERY* with Jimmy Barnes
No SUN FEB 10 - BRISBANE SIRROMET WINERY* with Jimmy Barnes
No TUE FEB 12 - TOWNSVILLE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
No THU FEB 14 - CAIRNS CONVENTION CENTRE - limited tickets available
No SAT FEB 16 - PORTARLINGTON SPRAY FARM* with Jimmy Barnes
No MON FEB 18 - LAUNCESTON ALBERT HALL^ - limited tickets available
No WED FEB 20 - HOBART DERWENT ENT. CENTRE^
No SAT FEB 23 - SYDNEY ENMORE THEATRE^ - ON SALE MON JAN 21
^SPECIAL GUEST on all shows up to February 16 (other than Barossa Valley): MIA DYSON
