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Megan Washington

Frontier Touring presents

Megan Washington

8:00pm, Thu 3 April, 2014
The Rev, QLD accessibility-icon
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Support Act: HEY GERONIMO

 

Frontier Touring are proud to announce that multiple ARIA awarding winning Megan Washington will play a very special and intimate show at The Rev in Brisbane for her fans this April, in support of her new single 'Who Are You'.

Since bursting onto the scene in 2009 Megan Washington has walked a path of highs and introduced us to her own brand of pure eclectic shining pop. Her first single 'Clementine' saw her win Triple J's Unearthed Artist competition. People started taking note of this sassy and fearless woman, then known only by her surname, Washington. The following EP, 'How to Tame Lions', was again greeted with healthy sales, glowing reviews and won the coveted, inaugural Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition for the title track (watch here) - no mean feat given the 4000 song entries received from all around the world. That same song would go on to win the 2010 APRA Songwriting award just 12 months later.

2010 was a stellar year for Megan Washington, playing to packed houses in every Australian city and her debut album 'I Believe You Liar' entered the Australian ARIA Album Charts at #3, remaining in the top 40 for almost 20 weeks and was awarded Platinum status within the year, later going onto multiple platinum.

That particular vintage also yielded sweet fruit for Megan Washington when she was nominated for seven, and won two, ARIA Awards for "Best Female Artist" and "Breakthrough Australian Artist" and stole the show with a Bob Fosse inspired performance of her song Sunday Best on the steps of the iconic Sydney Opera House, in a live national television broadcast...a hint of things to come.

"This terrific singer-songwriter is a star in her native Australia - but her acerbic, literate pop deserves a wider audience. Washington takes Costello's verbosity, all that new wave vitriol, and like him gives her music a pop sheen, sugaring the pill so that these songs about love and the terrible things it makes us feel and do become easier to swallow." Artist Of The Day - Guardian UK                                                                             

The release of the darker, more introspective 'Insomnia' EP perhaps hinted at a new direction for her, and a sold out Sydney Opera House show, by the same name book-end an incredible 2 years (watch the opening track from the EP, 'Holy Moses' here).

In 2013 saw Megan Washington arrive in London, embrace a musical revolution and  and reconnect with Australian record producer Samuel Dixon (Sia, Adele) who reignited the song writing flame, and shaped the creative direction of her new material.

Although it's been two years since we've received a new studio recording from this artist, 'Who Are You', is world-class and is definitely well worth the wait. Recorded in London's RAK Studios and Peter Gabriel's New World.

Given the history of her shows selling out in record time, don't miss this very rare opportunity to see Megan Washington perform in such an intimate venue.

Frontier Member's pre-sale from Monday 3 March, 2pm (AEDT) to Tuesday 4 March, 2pm (AEDT). Go to frontiertouring.com to register as a member.