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Attention all Gomez fans! Although it's been more than a decade since the English band released a new album, the group's songwriting lynchpin – Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball – return to Australia for an extensive tour, this time with a special 25-year anniversary celebration of both the band’s out-of-this-world albums.
It's been 25 years since Gomez won a Mercury Award for their debut album 'Bring It On' (featuring the hits 'Whippin' Piccadilly', 'Tijuana Lady', 'Get Myself Arrested' and 'Get Miles'. The following year they backed up with sophomore album 'Liquid Skin' ('Revolutionary Kind', 'We Haven't Turned Around' and 'Rhythm And Blues Alibi').
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Dave
September 7th 2024
Excellent show start to finish , would go again to see Ben play live and the warm up band were good too
Aberdeen, United Kingdom@The Blue Lamp
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THE most unique music venues in Australia, set in repurposed WW2 naval oil storage tanks, amidst the rainforest of the Cairns Botanic Gardens precinct, 4km from Cairns.
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Ben Ottewell Biography
As a singer and lead guitarist in rock band Gomez, Ben Ottewell is well known for his unmistakable voice and talent for blistering and inspired guitar solos. Rolling Stone declared, "Gomez's not-so-secret weapon is Ben Ottewell.” And as GQ Magazine once wrote and anyone listening can attest, "[his] voice is not of this world.”
Since his first solo release, Shapes & Shadows (2011), Ottewell has been pleasing audiences with a series of successful acoustic tours across the UK, US and Australia. Now with a newly-recorded album of songs for his second solo project, Rattlebag, the singer is set to return to the road, performing his new music as well as a few Gomez favorites.
Simultaneously stripped-down and lush, Rattlebag is a collection of beautifully poetic tales of salvation and redemption, of sanctuary and braving rocky seas in search of distant shores. Ottewell’s infectious melodies and bluesy riffs will stick with you, and beg you to sing along.
“There’s a time and place for us / I will take you there,” he sings (“Shoreline”). Ben Ottewell proffers hope and promise accompanied by sublime acoustic and slide guitars, and that’s something we can all use.
Read MoreSince his first solo release, Shapes & Shadows (2011), Ottewell has been pleasing audiences with a series of successful acoustic tours across the UK, US and Australia. Now with a newly-recorded album of songs for his second solo project, Rattlebag, the singer is set to return to the road, performing his new music as well as a few Gomez favorites.
Simultaneously stripped-down and lush, Rattlebag is a collection of beautifully poetic tales of salvation and redemption, of sanctuary and braving rocky seas in search of distant shores. Ottewell’s infectious melodies and bluesy riffs will stick with you, and beg you to sing along.
“There’s a time and place for us / I will take you there,” he sings (“Shoreline”). Ben Ottewell proffers hope and promise accompanied by sublime acoustic and slide guitars, and that’s something we can all use.
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