Thursday, August 24, 2023

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Mackay and Whitsunday Life

Move Over Baby Shark, Amy Is The New Queen Of The Sea

Fresh off her Cry Forever arena tour, ARIA award winner and alt-pop singer songwriter, Amy Shark is hitting the road for a mammoth 42 date regional tour of Australia, presented by triple j, Handsome Tours, Select Music and Rage More.

Amy Shark will bring her critically acclaimed Cry Forever and Love Monster albums to regional fans right across Australia.

Amy has been touring Australia since May, and finally the show comes to her home state of Queensland this month.

“I’m the happiest when I’m on stage performing and I can’t wait to travel further into Australia where I’ve never been before, to explore some of these towns and meet everyone, it’s going to be a fun one,” Amy said.

After bursting onto the global music scene in 2016, Amy Shark’s 6 x Platinum single Adore put her on the map as one of Australia’s most formidable emerging songwriters.

This was followed by APRA award winning (Song of The Year) 6 x Platinum and number one Australian airplay chart hit, I Said Hi and the 2019 3 x platinum single Mess Her Up.

Shark’s debut/breakthrough #1 ARIA album and Platinum-certified LOVE MONSTER was recognised in 2018 with four ARIA awards (Album of the Year, Best Female Artist, Best Pop Release, Best Producer [Dann Hume]) and was nominated for another five.

LOVE MONSTER went on to become the highest selling album by an Australian artist for 2018. Not one to slow down, even in a global pandemic, 2020 saw Amy release her ARIA award winning, 2 x Platinum accredited single, Everybody Rise, which is nearing 37 million streams globally and spent 12 weeks in the top 10 Australian airplay chart.

Amy’s latest album, CRY FOREVER was her second #1 ARIA debut holding the top spot for two weeks consecutively. Shark teamed up with blink 182’s Travis Barker on Gold accredited single C’MON and global superstar Ed Sheeran to co-write platinum single Love Song’s Ain’t for Us featuring Grammy award winning artist Keith Urban.

Today Amy has amassed 798 million combined global streams.

Thrilled to be performing such an epic run of shows around Australia and showing her endless gratitude for the huge love from her regional fans, Amy enthuses, “I don't know when I'll get the chance to do a huge Australian run like this again so if I'm coming to your town, you are mine that night!

“No excuses.”

What: Amy Shark - See U Somewhere Australia Tour

When: Thursday 25 August 2022, 7.30pm

Where: MECC Auditorium

Tickets: For tickets and further information, head to https://www.amyshark.com, or www.themecc.com.au

ARIA Award winner Amy Shark is performing at the MECC next Thursday evening

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