Guitarist and founding member of British India, Nic Wilson has announced he will retire from music at the end of this year, finishing up with one final tour – the Nic The Poet farewell tour – spanning 24 dates that’ll see the iconic Melbourne rockers kick off at The Basement in Canberra on November 2, before swinging through Albury, Perth, Margaret River, Freo, Bunbury, Townsville, Cairns, Bendigo, Geelong, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Southport, Sunshine Coast, Adelaide, Shoalhaven and finishing up at Port Macquarie to play Westport Park on January 27, 2019.
Formed at St Bede’s college in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, British India burst onto the scene in 2007. A love of music and a driving determination was the key ingredient that turned four budding musicians into a fierce garage band, who quickly gained a reputation for explosive live shows and the ability to write great pop songs.
A chance meeting with legendary producer Harry Vanda and future manager Glenn Goldsmith resulted in their debut album Guillotine being released independently in July 2007.‘ Supported by triple J radio and relentless touring the album would go onto sell 20,000 copies and the band won the AIR award for ‘best new Group’ in 2007.
Within 12 months British India released their 2nd album Thieves to great fanfare. The album debuted at No 5 and was nominate for 3 ARIA awards. By the end 2008 British India had become one of the biggest young rock bands in the country. They continued to assent, releasing Avalanche in 2010, yet another Top 10 debut.
The band turned a new corner in their career in 2012 signing with Liberation Records and Mushroom Music.
At Liberation, British India would release their most successful albums to date, Controller & Nothing Touches Me. They also scored their first Gold Record with the hit I Can Make You Love Me. In 2017 they released their 6th studio album Forgetting the Future again playing a sold out national tour.
Over the last 10 years, British India have notched up 8 entries into the Hottest 100, released 6 albums, played every major festival in Australia and have headlined over 700 shows. They have toured with many international acts and supported The Rolling Stones.
“British India is something we started as snotty nosed high school kids, that became something much bigger and more important to people than we could have ever expected. The three lads in the band were the three best men at my wedding and the three best men to play a part in in my life.
We decided on everything together as children to adults and proved that democracy can prevail when done right.
I was lucky to share every terrible Tarago road trip with them laughing hysterically as the road disappeared behind us. I was lucky to share the stage at first playing to nobody and then playing to thousands.
And I was lucky to live out the dream a 12-year-old version of myself pined for daily. To play music to people who cared. For that – I thank you. But time moves on and I have other things I want to try my hand at and I am ready to see what else I can do.
Thank you for the memories everybody. Rock n Roll, I gave you the best years of my life.” Nic Wilson 2018
Always busy and currently in the studio working on new material, the band are excited to celebrate Nic Wilson’s awesome career and plan to send him off in style with one final tour with their best mate. This will be the last chance to see the original British India line up on stage.
BRITISH INDIA ‘NIC THE POET’ TOUR 2018
Tickets on sale Wednesday 26th September at 9:00AM
BRITISH INDIA
‘NIC THE POET’ TOUR
NOVEMBER 2018 – JANUARY 2019
Tickets on sale Wednesday 26 September (9.00am local time)
Friday 2 November
The Basement | Canberra, ACT
18+
Tickets available from oztix.com.au
Saturday 3 November
SS&A Club | Albury, NSW
18+
Tickets available from ssaclub.com.au
Thursday 8 November
Northshore Tavern | Hillarys, WA
18+
Tickets available from oztix.com.au
Friday 9 November
Settlers Tavern | Margaret River, WA
18+
Tickets available from oztix.com.au
Saturday 10 November
Amplifier | Perth, WA
18+
Tickets available from oztix.com.au
Sunday 11 November
Newport Hotel | Fremantle, WA
18+
Tickets available from oztix.com.au
Friday 16 November
Stirling Arms Hotel | Guilford, WA
18+
Tickets available from oztix.com.au
Saturday 17 November
Prince Of Wales | Bunbury, WA
18+
Tickets available from oztix.com.au
Sunday 18 November
Indi Bar | Scarborough, WA
18+
Tickets available from oztix.com.au
Friday 23 November
The Office | Townsville, QLD
18+
Tickets available from oztix.com.au
Saturday 24 November
Tanks Arts Centre | Cairns, QLD
18+
Tickets available from tanksartscentre.com
Friday 30 November
Tap House | Bendigo, VIC
18+
Tickets available from oztix.com.au
Saturday 1 December
Barwon Club | Geelong, VIC
18+
Tickets available from oztix.com.au
Thursday 6 December
Highfield Hotel | Caringbah, NSW
18+
Tickets available from moshtix.com.au
Friday 7 December
Tattersall’s Hotel | Penrith, NSW
18+
Tickets available from oztix.com.au
Saturday 8 December
Narrabeen RSL | Narrabeen, NSW
18+
Tickets available from oztix.com.au
Friday 14 December
The Zoo | Brisbane, QLD
18+
Tickets available from oztix.com.au
Friday 21 December
The Corner | Melbourne, VIC
18+
Tickets available from oztix.com.au
Saturday 12 January
Hastings Foreshore | Hastings, VIC
18+
Tickets available from ticketmaster.com.au
Saturday 19 January
Broadwater Entertainment Precinct | Southport, QLD
18+
Tickets available from ticketmaster.com.au
Sunday 20 January
Sunshine Coast Stadium | Sunshine Coast, QLD
18+
Tickets available from ticketmaster.com.au
Friday 25 January
Harts Mill | Port Adelaide, SA
18+
Tickets available from ticketmaster.com.au
Saturday 26 January
Shoalhaven Turf Club | Shoalhaven, NSW
18+
Tickets available from ticketmaster.com.au
Sunday 27 January
Westport Park | Port Macquarie, NSW
18+
Tickets available from ticketmaster.com.au