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IVA DAVIES – ICEHOUSE: 2025 RED HOT SUMMER TOUR INTERVIEW

The 2025 RED HOT SUMMER TOUR series has kicked off with a stellar all Aussie line-up. The celebrated ICEHOUSE are headlining and  supported by other crowd favourites Noiseworks, Wolfmother, Eskimo Joe, Baby Animals, Killing Heidi & Bachelor Girl. These renowned outdoor shows, continue to sell out year after year. The much-loved festival offers music fans a dose of colossal songs that will ensure a huge day out.

With a career spanning over 45 years, ICEHOUSE is one of Australia’s most iconic bands, transcending age groups with their hit songs, well known and loved by audiences across generations, playing to sell-out, capacity audiences in Australia, New Zealand and throughout the world. Formed by Iva Davies, the band’s frontman and musical creative force, ICEHOUSE went on to have an amazing 28 Platinum albums, eight Top 10 albums, over thirty Top 40 singles, and sell the equivalent to over 30 Platinum albums.

ICEHOUSE’s unofficial Australian anthem, Great Southern Land, has been a part of almost every Australian’s summer soundtrack for the past 40 years and in 2014, it was inducted into the National Film and Sound Archive’s Sounds of Australia registry. It’s also been remixed a number of times, most notably Bill Laswell’s The Great Southern Mix, clocking in at almost 16 minutes, and the Byrralku Dhangudha remix from 1994, which features Indigenous musicians playing and singing the chorus in their own language. Its message is as current and relevant today as it was when it first appeared.

In 2017, the band received another tribute when Qantas invited the public to vote for the names of the planes for their new fleet of Dreamliner 787-9s. Out of over 60,000 name suggestions submitted, Great Southern Land won the honour of the very first plane in the fleet being named after the iconic hit. In the same year, ICEHOUSE also celebrated 40 years of live performance with a national Australian tour and several outdoor performances in New Zealand and has continued to perform selected concerts for sell-out audiences in both countries since then.

Australian Musician editor Greg Phillips caught up with singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and Icehouse frontman Iva Davies over a zoom call to discuss the current Red Hot Summer Tour (with Noiseworks, Wolfmother, Eskimo Joe, Baby Animals, Killing Heidi, & Bachelor Girl) his early inspirations, career reflections, gear journey, diversity of music projects and more.

 

And in this recently posted video, Iva Davies discusses a cherished Gibson Les Paul Custom guitar which was stolen in 1980 and asks for the public’s help for its return. If you have information for Iva about finding the guitar, please email ICEHOUSE management at info@thebackinggroup.com

 

RED HOT SUMMER TOUR DATES 2025:
Saturday 1st February
Park Beach Reserve, Coffs Harbour NSW
This is an 18+ show

Saturday 8th February
Broadwater Parklands, Southport QLD
This is an 18+ show

Saturday 15th February
Speers Point Park, Lake Macquarie NSW
This is an 18+ show

Saturday 22nd February
Berry Showground, Berry NSW
All ages show – Under 18’s must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian

Saturday 22nd March
Sandalford Wines, Swan Valley WA
This is an 18+ show

Saturday 29th March
Gateway Lakes, Wodonga VIC
All ages show – Under 18’s must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian

Tickets are available at: www.ticketmaster.com.au

For further information, please visit: www.redhotsummertour.com.au

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