James Reyne (Official)

Sunday Session - Doors open 3.30pm3.30 Bars and Food Stalls available4.30pm Support Act6.00pm James Reyne*times approximate and subject to change without notice“I just feel that I’m getting better,” James Reyne says. “I’m a better singer and a better songwriter.”It’s a simple statement, but also remarkable – considering that this is an artist who has sold more than two million albums and written some of the most memorable Australian songs of all time.For more than four decades, James Reyne’s songs have provided the soundtrack to endless Australian summers, including ‘The Boys Light Up’, ‘Reckless’, ‘Beautiful People’, ‘Lakeside’, ‘Daughters Of The Northern Coast’, ‘Fall Of Rome’, ‘Hammerhead’, ‘Motor’s Too Fast’ and ‘Slave’.James has been a part of our lives since making an unforgettable debut on Countdown in 1979, with both arms in plaster (the result of being hit by a car, crossing Swanston Street in Melbourne).“Lucky for the Australian music industry that James Reyne chose to strut through its door in 1979,” Wendy Milson and Helen Thomas wrote in their 1986 book Pay To Play. “His was exactly the profile … an injection of chutzpah to recharge a listless business burdened with hard-to-market punk acts.”He’s been a solo artist for more than 30 years, releasing 12 studio albums, plus four live albums. Fun fact: Australian Crawl had just one Top 10 single (1983’s chart-topping ‘Reckless’ from the Semantics EP), whereas James has had five Top 10 solo hits. Overall, James has had 19 Top 40 singles (seven with Australian Crawl, nine solo, and three as part of Company of Strangers) and 11 Top 10 albums. Australian Crawl sold more than one million albums in Australia, placing six albums in the Top 5, including 11 weeks at number one. Thirty years after it was released, Australian Crawl’s debut album, The Boys Light Up, was featured in The 100 Best Australian Albums. “Australian Crawl would never have gone much beyond their living rooms on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula,” the authors stated, “had it not been for singer/songwriter James Reyne … a keen observer of human nature and a man with a vitriolic wit.”2020 saw the release of James’ 12th solo studio album, Toon Town Lullaby, as well as the 40th anniversary of Australian Crawl’s landmark debut album, The Boys Light Up.Put simply, James Reyne is a legend of Australian music. But he continues to do things his own way.