Missy Higgins Announces 'The Sound Of White' 20th Anniversary Australian Tour
"It will be fun to play all those old songs again for the first time in ages."
Missy Higgins (Credit: Tajette O'Halloran)
From late March through to June 2024, Missy Higgins will tour across the country to celebrate 20 years of her debut album, The Sound Of White.
Yep, get ready to belt Scar, Ten Days, The Special Two and the title track at the top of your lungs, as Higgins will commemorate her Second Act with this tour. The Sound Of White is an ARIA #1 album, certified nine times platinum with four hit singles - the former a #1 in Australia, #2 on the triple j Hottest 100 of 2004 and Ten Days at #6 on the annual countdown.
Starting the 21-date national tour in Frankston, Higgins then heads for Ballarat, Canberra, Sydney, Perth, Hobart, Launceston, Melbourne, Mackay, Cairns, Townsville, Bendigo, Traralgon, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Adelaide, Tanunda, Toowoomba, Caloundra, and Newcastle. You can find all the dates and venues below.
Tickets to Missy Higgins’ upcoming Second Act tour for The Sound Of White go on sale via the Frontier Touring website on Wednesday, 13 December. However, Frontier Touring members can access early tickets on Monday, 11 December, with staggered timings to purchase tickets below.
In addition to performing The Sound Of White in its entirety, Higgins will also re-release the album as a deluxe edition on CD and vinyl on Friday, 5 April. The album will also feature a previously unheard number, Cry Me A River, which you can listen to now. Pre-order your copy of The Sound Of White here.
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Next year also marks the beginning of a new era for Higgins, who’s planning to release a new album in 2024.
“When I was writing The Sound Of White, I was going through the same things as lots of other teenagers, and I think that’s probably why those songs have struck such a chord with young people over the years,” Higgins commented in a press release. “Life throws some curve balls at all of us as we get a bit older, though, so I’d like to think that people who grew up with The Sound Of White will find something they can relate to in the new songs as well – even if they probably won’t get to hear them on commercial radio or TikTok.”
She added, “I wrote all those songs in my late teens when I never thought anyone would hear them, so they were very personal, like I was writing my secrets in a diary. I did less of that on later albums for lots of reasons, but lately, I realised I’d gone back to that confessional mode of songwriting. I guess it’s been my way of dealing with the end of my marriage. So, I feel like I’ve come full circle… I was starting life from scratch at 20, and now, like lots of people, I’m figuring out how to start life all over again at 40.
“In that respect, this new album that I’m recording right now will be a kind of sequel to The Sound Of White. They’re both looking forward nervously and wondering what comes next. They’re both asking questions like ‘Who am I?’ and ‘Who do I want to be?’ so I liked the idea of previewing some of this new material in the first act of a live show, then going back to the start of the story in the second act. Plus, it will just be fun to play all those old songs again for the first time in ages. At very least, it will be something different, and if I’ve learned anything over the last year or two, it’s that you’ve got to keep embracing new challenges!”
MISSY HIGGINS
THE SECOND ACT – THE SOUND OF WHITE 2024 AUSTRALIAN TOUR
All shows are all-ages.
Thursday 28 March - Frankston Arts Centre | Frankston, VIC
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (3 pm local time)
Friday 29 March - Civic Hall | Ballarat, VIC
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (3 pm local time)
Wednesday 10 April - Canberra Theatre | Canberra, ACT
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (noon local time)
Friday 12 April - State Theatre | Sydney, NSW
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (11 am local time)
Friday 19 April - Perth Concert Hall | Perth, WA
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (2 pm local time)
Friday 26 April - Hobart City Hall | Hobart, TAS
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (4 pm local time)
Saturday 27 April - Princess Theatre | Launceston, TAS
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (noon local time)
Friday 3 May - Palais Theatre | Melbourne, VIC
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (10 am local time)
Saturday 4 May - Palais Theatre | Melbourne, VIC
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (10 am local time)
Thursday 9 May - Mackay Entertainment & Convention Centre | Mackay, QLD
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (1 pm local time)
Saturday 11 May - Munro Martin Parklands | Cairns, QLD
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (10 am local time)
Sunday 12 May - Townsville Civic Centre | Townsville, QLD
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (10 am local time)
Friday 17 May - Ulumbarra Theatre | Bendigo, VIC
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (11 am local time)
Saturday 18 May - Gippsland Performing Arts Centre | Traralgon, VIC
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (2 pm local time)
Friday 24 May - QPAC Concert Hall | Brisbane, QLD
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (noon local time)
Saturday 25 May - HOTA Outdoor Stage | Gold Coast, QLD
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (9 am local time)
Friday 31 May - Her Majesty’s Theatre | Adelaide, SA
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (11:30 am local time)
Saturday 1 June - Barossa Arts Centre | Tanunda, SA
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (1:30 pm local time)
Friday 7 June - Empire Theatre | Toowoomba, QLD
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (noon local time)
Saturday 8 June - The Events Centre Caloundra | Caloundra, QLD
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (4 pm local time)
Friday 14 June - Sydney Coliseum | West HQ, NSW
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (noon local time)
Saturday 15 June - Newcastle Civic Theatre | Newcastle, NSW
On sale: Wednesday 13 December (10 am local time)
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