Jimmy Barnes Flesh and Blood Tour is rescheduled to September due to the uncertainty of border restrictions around the current Australian COVID outbreak.

Eccles Entertainment wish to advise that due to the uncertainty of border restrictions around the current Australian COVID outbreak, Jimmy Barnes upcoming Flesh And Blood New Zealand tour has been rescheduled to September. The tour will now kick off in Wellington on Saturday 25 September at Michael Fowler Centre, followed by a sold out Christchurch Town Hall show on Tuesday 28 September, before the final sold out show at Auckland’s Civic Theatre on Friday October 1.

“I would rather be on stage than nearly anywhere else in the world but I would never want to endanger any of our New Zealand music fans. So due to COVID, I have had to reschedule my shows. I didn’t want to postpone and postpone, week after week so we’ve moved the shows back by a couple of months or so. I hope we get on top of this by then and we can all celebrate live music together again” – Jimmy Barnes

Fans in Christchurch and Auckland who purchased tickets for the original dates do not need to take any action. These tickets remain valid for the new dates. Wellington ticket holders will be contacted and receive new tickets to reflect the venue change. Fans who are unable to attend the rescheduled dates can obtain a full refund by contacting their original ticketing outlet by Monday 19 July.

Full dates and ticket details at the bottom of this page.

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Flesh And Blood will be released on 2 July and is the twentieth studio album by Jimmy Barnes. Less than a week after release, Jimmy will be bringing his eight piece band made up mostly of his family to New Zealand for a three date tour.

Beginning at the newly refurbished Christchurch Town Hall on Wed 7 July, then playing the iconic Civic in Auckland on Fri 9 July before wrapping up with a bang at Wellington’s TSB Arena on Saturday 10^th July, this will be the first international dates Jimmy has played since the beginning of 2020.

“It’s great to be back playing live again”, says Jimmy. “It was good to get some downtime at home for a change but now we’re hungry to get back onstage together. If 2020 taught me anything it’s that Facebook and YouTube videos can be fun but they’re no substitute for a real gig.”

The ten songs on Flesh And Blood feature multiple contributions from Jimmy’s extended family. His son Jackie plays drums, his daughters Mahalia, Eliza-Jane and Elly-May all contribute vocals, as does Jackie and granddaughter, Tyra Harrison.  His son-in-law, Ben Rodgers, engineered the album, played bass and collaborated with Jimmy’s nephew, renowned photographer Jesse Lizotte, on the album cover, plus he and Jane also duet together on the American classic Love Hurts.

“I realise lots of people have struggled badly during the last year but I’ve been able to stop and count my blessings”, Jimmy explains. “Jane and I have been married for four decades but I’ve basically always been on the road so this was literally the first time we’ve ever spent so many months at home.

It made me realize how lucky I am to be surrounded by our big musical family. As you can tell from all those songs we posted online we really like to sing with each other, so making an album with lots of the people I love felt like a natural way to help us pass this time together.”

The introspective lyrics on most of the new material clearly flows from their creation ‘at home’ during a difficult time and according to Jimmy the album’s creation took a few surprising twists. Initially the plan was re-record some of the acoustic cover versions by ‘The Jane Barnes Band’ that had struck the biggest chords on social media. However, only two of those songs made the final cut (Tennessee Waltz and Love Hurts) because Jimmy and his brother in law, Diesel, got on a roll and ended up co-writing six tracks including the one that gave the album its title. Jackie and Jane each also co-wrote a tune (I Move Slow and Around In Circles respectively) while Cold Chisel ‘brother’, Don Walker, contributed a stark ballad called The Truth. One way or another, it was a family affair.

The sound of Flesh And Blood also took an unexpected turn once the band headed into the studio.

Barnes said, “Back in the 90’s I made an ‘unplugged’ album called “Flesh and Wood”. We started out planning to create a sequel to that but we ended up mainly using electric guitars just because they suited most of the songs. Also my producer, Kevin Shirley, kept encouraging us to add some more rock energy and we didn’t need much of a nudge given that everyone had so much pent up energy from being locked down. I guess that’s why I’ve ended up making one of my most ‘live sounding’ records in a year when there were hardly any real gigs to play.”

Jimmy debuted the title track from Flesh And Blood at the State Memorial Service for his close mate, Michael Gudinski: “Michael’s loss really hit us hard. Everything he did was about family one way or another which is probably why he liked that song (Flesh and Blood) so much. I’m dedicating this record to his memory.”

Appropriately the deluxe CD of the album will include a bonus DVD featuring ten of the most popular ‘at home performances’ that were the initial inspiration for this release. Bearing the tongue in cheek title, The Jane Barnes Band’s Greatest Hits, this limited version will be an additional souvenir of a year that won’t be forgotten in a hurry.

Flesh And Blood will be released on 2 July and is the twentieth studio album by Jimmy Barnes. In his homeland of Australia, he has enjoyed twelve solo chart toppers plus five with Cold Chisel taking his career tally to a record setting total of seventeen #1 albums.

JIMMY BARNES FLESH AND BLOOD TOUR  NEW ZEALAND TOUR RESCHEDULED
SEPTEMBER 2021

ALL SHOWS ALL AGES

Saturday 25 September
Michael Fowler Centre | Wellington, NZ
All Ages – NEW DATE + VENUE (Prev. Sat 10 July at TSB Arena)
ticketmaster.co.nz | 0800 111 999

Tuesday 28 September
Christchurch Town Hall | Christchurch, NZ
All Ages – NEW DATE (Prev Wed 7 July)  SOLD OUT
ticketek.co.nz | Ph: 0800 842 538
 
Friday 1 October
Civic Theatre | Auckland, NZ
All Ages – NEW DATE (Prev Fri 9 July)  SOLD OUT
ticketmaster.co.nz | 0800 111 999
 
Patrons are advised to purchase tickets only through authorised ticket sellers.
We cannot guarantee any ticket purchase made through any means other than the official ticketing agents listed on the Eccles Entertainment website.
 
Flesh And Blood the single is out now – Listen here. Flesh And Blood the album is released on 2 July 2021 through Bloodlines/Mushroom and can be pre-ordered here
 
Tracklisting:
Flesh And Blood
I’m Coming Home
Gateway To Your Heart
The Truth
Around In Circles
‘Til The Next Time
I Move Slow (feat. Elly-May Barnes & Jackie Barnes)
End Of The Road
Love Hurts (feat. Jane Barnes)
Tennessee Waltz (feat. Eliza Jane Barnes)
 
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