In that time they’ve toured ceaselessly, with both singer and band being called on by a galaxy of stars wanting to tap into that soulful well that Sharon and the boys have dug. Lou Reed, Robbie Williams, Mark Ronson, Amy Winehouse, Rufus Wainwright, They Might Be Giants and Lily Allen all spring to mind. Not only that but Sharon will be soon taking to the silver screen as a nightclub singer in Denzel Washington’s new movie The Great Debaters. As exciting all of this is, you’ll be relieved to hear that amongst all this Sharon Jones fever they’ve recorded and released the wonderful new album 100 Days, 100 Nights.

The band first toured Australia in 2006 and immediately confirmed their status as one of the greatest live bands EVER at sold out shows right across the country including best-on-ground performances at the Byron Bay Blues & Roots festival.

This time around they are playing a combination of the finest festivals, special events, theatres and club dates at the back end of our summer. Expect nothing but an explosive soul, funk workout featuring crazy dancin’, super-soul power, mean chops, pure joy, high energy, thrills and spills!!!

Here are the dates

Tue 26 Feb HiFi Bar & Ballroom, MELBOURNE
Wed 27 Feb HiFi Bar & Ballroom, MELBOURNE
Tickets on sale Friday 16th November
from www.thehifi.com.au, phonecharge 96547617, missing link, polyester

Sun 2 Mar Becks Music Box, PERTH
Perth International Arts Festival Closing Party
Tickets on sale Monday 12th November from Bocs Ticketing (08) 9484 1133 or perthfestival.com.au

Mon 3 Mar Vancouver Albany Arts Centre, ALBANY
Tickets on sale Monday 12th November
from Albany Town Hall Theatre (08) 9844 2222 or perthfestival.com.au

Thu 6 Mar Gt Northern Hotel, BYRON BAY
Tickets on sale Friday 16th November
from Hotel Great Northern 02 6685 6454, www.byronbayentertainment.com, oztix 1300 762 545, ABC centra Ballina 02 6686 2436, Music Bizarre Lismore 02 6622 3262

Fri 7 Mar Tivoli Theatre, BRISBANE
Tickets on sale Friday 16th November
from www.ticketek.com.au, skinnys and rockinghorse

Sat 8 Mar Golden Plains Festival, VICTORIA
Visit www.goldenplainsfestival.com.au for ticketing details

Sun 9 Mar WOMAD Festival, ADELAIDE
Tickets from usual festival outlets

Wed 12 Mar Enmore Theatre, SYDNEY
Tickets on sale Friday 16th November
from www.ticketek.com.au, the venue or phone 9550 3666

Dan is the founder of Wham City, a utopian art and music collective based in Baltimore, and frontrunner of the Future Shock genre emerging from Baltimore’s growing underground music scene.

Since 2004 Dan has been touring almost nonstop throughout the United States and Europe with the likes of Girl Talk, Spank Rock, Lightning Bolt, Cat Power, Kool Keith, Diplo, Blue Oyster Cult, Wolf Eyes, and many others.

Dan’s music is often compared to Devo, due to his masterful combination of a lo-fi electronic sound with an absurdist pop sensibility and a punk rock lust for noise. Also influenced by Talking Heads, Scratch Orchestra, People Like Us and Raymond Scott, Dan’s mission is to take contemporary experimental composition and electronic music out of the circle of the esoteric intellectual gangs and hipster communities, and into the more informal “fun time.”

DAN DEACON AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES

Fri Feb 22 – Sydney: Oxford Arts Factory. Tickets $19 +BF from Moshtix.
Sat Feb 23– Melbourne: Evelyn Hotel. Tickets $19 +BF from Polyester (387 Brunswick St, Fitzroy and 288 Flinders Lane, City), TITLE (183 Gertrude St, Fitzroy), the Evelyn bottle shop and http://www.mistletone.net
Sun Feb 24 – Melbourne: Laneway Festival
Wed Feb 27 – Perth Festival: Beck’s Music Box
Thu Feb 28 – Adelaide: Rocket Bar. Tickets $15 +BF from Oztix.
Fri Feb 29 – Brisbane: Troubadour. Tickets $19 + BF from Oztix.
Sat Mar 1– Brisbane: Laneway Festival
Sun March 2 – Sydney: Laneway Festival

Dan’s recent album Spiderman of the Rings’ is out now on Mistletone Records.

183 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
Ph: 03 9417 4477

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