DOORS 6.30PM // DINNER & SHOW FROM 6:30PM // SHOW STARTS 8.30PM

* THIS SHOW HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO SATURDAY 28TH AUGUST 2021. We apologise for any inconvenience. Tickets purchased for Friday 25th June will automatically be valid for the new date. For those who can no longer attend the rescheduled show on Saturday 28th August will be able to receive a refund by via the Moshtix. All ticket holders will be notified by Moshtix. 

The jungle is coming up to the door,  The birds that are calling are hard to ignore’

Robert Forster returns to Melbourne to play a special solo show at the brand new Brunswick Ballroom. This will be Forster's first show in Melbourne since early 2020.  Special guests to be announced.

‘Inferno’ is acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Robert Forster’s  latest solo album released mid 2019, and his second album over the last twelve years. Forster only makes records when he feels he has the songs – on Inferno, he has nine he totally believes in.

They range from the exhilarating top ten pop of Inferno (Brisbane In Summer), the beach shack groove of Life Has Turned a Page, via Remain’s 1977 New York strut, to finish in a way that this concise, brilliant, drama and wit filled album only can - on the big build epic One Bird In The Sky.

Inferno was made in Berlin in 2018, during the hottest German summer in decades. Noted producer/engineer Victor Van Vugt (Beth Orton ‘Trailor Park’, P J Harvey ‘Stories of the City, Stories from the Sea’), recorded the album; the first time he and Forster had worked together since Van Vugt engineered Forster’s debut solo album classic ‘Danger In The Past’ in Berlin in 1990.

Inferno in its making is a perfect mix of the familiar and the new. Also working with Forster again, are Brisbane based multi-instrumentalists Scott Bromiley and Karin Bãumler from ‘Songs To Play’ (2015). While, new recruits are drummer Earl Havin (Tindersticks, Mary J. Blige) and keyboardist Michael Muhlhaus (Blumfeld, Kante). Four musicians from the corners of the world, who, with Van Vugt’s bold and beautiful production, sound like a band of the ages. In front of them, Forster delivers the best vocal performances of his career

Praise for ‘Inferno’ single:

“There’s a classic rock’n’roll swing to the first cut from The Go-Betweens founder’s new album”   - Q Magazine

“Deliciously wry, effortlessly melodious reflections on ageing, climate change and the debatable consolations of cult status: “I don’t need no fame!” - Uncut

Over the last four years Forster has been busy. He curated the acclaimed, Domino Records released, ‘Anthology Volume 1 1978-1984’ on his old band The Go-Betweens. His memoir ‘Grant & I’ was Mojo and Uncut’s Book Of The Year. He continues to publish music journalism, play concerts, and he never stops writing beautiful songs.  

robertforster.net

Robert Forster facebook

TICKETING INFO

Due to current Covid restrictions shows will be seated and limited per sitting. 

Please note: Tables cannot be joined together on the evening. Please ensure everyone you wish to seat at your table is included in your booking to avoid being seated separately. Ideally if you can arrive together at the same time, that will help with seating you all together.

Please adhere to social distancing at all times and follow direction from venue staff.

Customers are required to check-in via the Service Victoria App as they enter the venue.

The venue will be taking a number of precautionary measures to ensure patron safety, including:
- Hand sanitiser dispensers
- Signage and social distancing markers throughout the venue
- Regular sanitising of the venue and full clean between sittings

Photo ID is essential, acceptable ID is a current and valid Australian Photo Drivers Licence, State Approved ‘Proof of Age’ card or Passport. 

VENUE INFO

DINNER AND SHOW
The kitchen will be serving the Dinner & Show Menu for this show, with dinner served from 6:30pm.
When the Ballroom offers a Dinner & Show experience, meals must be pre-booked with your tickets prior to the event. Only patrons who pre-purchase a Dinner & Show experience are able to dine in the venue on the night. You can view the delicious menu by clicking here.

ACCESSIBILITY
The Brunswick Ballroom is Accessible.
The Brunswick Ballroom has made significant improvements to accessibility by installing an Acorn Chairlift. (Model: New Acorn Indoor 180 Curved Stairlift.)

VENUE FAQS
To find out more about the venue, FAQs can be viewed by clicking here.