Beloved Aussie troubadours Josh Pyke and Bob Evans have been entertaining audiences in South Australia, WA and Queensland on their massive national co-headline tour and now head for home with NSW, ACT and Victorian dates to come, including a couple of massive nights at the legendary Corner Hotel. Having embarked on the first ‘Evening with Josh and Bob’ a decade ago this year, fans can expect a finely honed performance and a varied, reminiscent repertoire of knockout songs from two of Australia’s best. Evans, also well renowned as the frontman of Jebediah, enthuses, “That first Evening with Josh and Bob ten years ago was a fairly rudimental affair in retrospect. We were both very much still finding our feet. Now, we have higher professional standards to which we hold ourselves and those bawdy jokes of a burgeoning bromance have developed in to, well, bawdy dad jokes. Bah, who am I kidding? We’re not that different ten years on.”
It’s been a huge couple of years for Josh and Bob, with Josh’s fifth studio album But For All These Shrinking Hearts dropping in 2015, and Bob’s new album Car Boot Sale coming out in June this year, both to widespread critical acclaim. The seasoned performers both set out on enormously successful solo tours over the last twelve months, but are thrilled to be coming back together for another jaunt around the country, as Josh Pyke says, “Ten years ago, I was working at a record store, had one song on the radio and was getting ready to record my first album. Next thing I knew I was organising a tour with a guy who (though I couldn’t tell him this) was a total hero of mine. Kev and I met, hung out, got drunk together and then set off on what was my first proper Australian tour. I learned a lot on that tour about how to do it right, how to perform, how to keep a relationship going back at home. I can’t wait to hit the road with Kev again, have some fun and play some songs!”
Tickets for the much-anticipated tour are on sale now. Every ticket purchased, will receive a free download of the exclusively recorded tracks, What The Future Holds and Desperate, performed by Josh Pyke and Bob Evans.
Tickets available from www.joshpyke.com or www.bobevans.com.au
THU 08 DEC | 48 WATT ST, NEWCASTLE NSW. SOLD OUT
FRI 09 DEC | THE FACTORY, SYDNEY NSW. SELLING FAST
SAT 10 DEC | THE STREET THEATRE, CANBERRA ACT. SOLD OUT
WED 14 DEC | CORNER HOTEL, MELBOURNE VIC. SELLING FAST
THU 15 DEC | SOOKI LOUNGE, BELGRAVE VIC. SELLING FAST
FRI 16 DEC | CORNER HOTEL, MELBOURNE VIC. SOLD OUT