JOHN PRINE 2020 – CANCELLED

TOUR CANCELLATION INFORMATION:

With great regret and disappointment, Frontier Touring and Love Police wish to advise that John Prine has been forced to cancel his upcoming April 2020 AU tour dates in Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney, following the advice of his doctors regarding an existing hip injury. As always, John is appreciative of his loyal fans and friends all over the world, and looks forward to returning to Australia at a future date. Frontier Touring and Love Police sincerely apologise to fans affected by this cancellation.

Existing ticketholders are entitled to a refund, and should note the below details:

Refunds will be paid back to the original credit card you used to purchase tickets. Please note that whilst the refund has been processed, the time required by your bank to process a refund can vary.

Please note, only the original credit card holder will receive a refund. If you received your ticket(s) any other way, including via “Ticket Forward”, you will need to contact the original credit card holder for your refund.

If you stopped into one of the Ticketmaster outlets to buy your tickets using cash or EFTPOS, you’ll need to swing by one more time with the tickets, and the EFTPOS card used if applicable, to make the booking. The outlet staff will help you with your refund.

Legendary US songwriter John Prine returns to Australia for theatre headline shows in April 2020 in Melbourne, Sydney and the first time in Adelaide in 27 years.

Frontier Touring and Love Police are thrilled to announce the return of one of the USA’s most loved songwriters: two-time Grammy winner, 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and master storyteller John Prine, playing Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney in April 2020.

If you missed Prine’s spellbinding shows last March – his first tour of Australia in over 25 years – don’t make the same mistake twice. Prine’s stunning performances with his band earned accolades from critics and fans alike, and he enjoyed the shows so much he’s coming back for more!

Melbourne will witness the magic of John Prine on Tuesday 14 April at the Palais Theatre. The ‘Summer’s End’ singer will also perform on Friday 17 April at Sydney’s State Theatre. Adelaide, after a 27 year wait it’s your turn: Prine will play his very first performance in the SA capital in over two decades on Thursday 16 April at The Barton Theatre. Tickets to all dates go on sale Friday 6 September.

Prine’s melodic talents and phrase-turning words have seen him collaborate and perform alongside a ‘who’s who’ of the greats: Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, Iris Dement, Dan Auerbach, Tom Petty, the Everly Brothers, John Denver, Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, Carly Simon, Lucinda Williams, Norah Jones, Bette Midler, and more.

For almost 50 years John Prine has enjoyed a remarkable career. Born in 1946 in Maywood, Illinois, Prine was raised in the Midwest. His songs are filled with tales of blue collar suburbs, where country music, the Grand ‘Ol Opry, good Southern cooking, and annual visits ‘home’ to Kentucky were as naturally part of his family’s lives as Chicago hot dogs and baseball.

In April 2018 Prine earned the highest charting album of his career with his first solo record in 13 years, The Tree Of Forgiveness. Debuting at #5 on the Billboard 200, it was released via Prine’s label, Oh Boy Records. Just a few of the accolades Prine has received in his lifetime include Artist of the Year at the 17th annual Americana Honors & Awards; induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame; an Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for songwriting; being honoured at the US Library of Congress by Poet Laureate Ted Kooser; plus many more. He’s also survived two cancer surgeries, and continues to tour across the to sold-out audiences worldwide.

Grammy Award-winner John Paul White – one of half of acclaimed Americana, folk and country duo The Civil Wars – will head to Australia for the very first time in April 2020, as special guest of John Prine.

Don’t miss this chance to catch John Prine live in concert, touring April 2020!

‘Concert of the year’ – Nucountry.com.au

‘A true pleasure from start to finish.’ – The Music

‘What an honour it was to spend a night full of Prine’s rich stories and untouchable songs’ – Double J

‘A night to remember… John Prine is a master of capturing the human condition through words’ – Newcastle Herald

‘Beautiful songs… Nobody but Prine could write like that.’ – Bob Dylan

‘John Prine is one of my favourite songwriters and biggest inspirations of all time.’ – Kasey Chambers

‘Prine finds the beauty in the ordinary stuff of life. He speaks directly to our hearts.’ – Vance Joy

‘ One of the greatest songwriters and performers that ever was. His stage show is better than ever and attendance should be considered mandatory.’ – Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys)

‘Prine looks for transcendence through the mundane… and uses aging and the creeping passage of time as his vehicle.’ – Marlon Williams

‘He’s so good, we’re gonna have to break his fingers’ – Kris Kristofferson