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"He doesn't run a lonely hearts club on this album."
For a brief moment, we were transported to a different time, Hawley and his band at the helm in fine form.
Richard Hawley has become a revered musician over the years and just in case his records weren’t enough to concrete that reputation in our minds, tonight’s gig certainly is.
“I really wanted to come back, I really did. The last time I was in Australia was so long ago, I think it was ’98 and that was when I was over there with Pulp and I’ve never played on my own. I want to come to Australia to see some real friends!”
A more intimate experience for his fans is on the cards
The iconic Brit plays three shows in January.
Sincerely touching, lyrically poetic and musically interesting, it seems Hawley has not been afraid to shake things up and push his songwriting further, and it is a move that has paid off handsomely.
“I don’t do all that fucking ArseBook shit," rants UK singer Richard Hawley, "I can’t cope with that. That really does my head in, the pointlessness. Hey, I’ve got 4,602 friends... I find it really fucking weird!”