Michael Franti to tour Australia

Michael Franti is a regular visitor to Australia and once more, Michael Franti and Spearhead will return for shows in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra. Since his last sell-out tour of Australia, Michael has travelled to the trouble zones of Iraq, Israel & Palestine. This wasn’t a USO green zone sponsored visit. Franti and his team organised a trip that would take him to the core of the red-zoned, war torn neighbourhoods of Baghdad, the West Bank and Gaza Strip with his guitar, video cameras and the intent to experience first hand the human cost of war. Ironically, Franti’s journey has inspired his most uplifting set of songs to date. He explains “The thing that I found is that when I was in the war zones, nobody wanted to hear songs about war. They wanted to hear songs about connection to people and songs about love and life; songs that make them dance”. ‘Yell Fire!’ is available now in Australia. “This is an album where all of those things have been rolled into one. I feel this is our best record yet.”MICHAEL FRANTI AND SPEARHEAD TOUR DATES Sunday, 17 September - Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide Wednesday, 20 September - The Forum, Melbourne Friday, 22 September - The Enmore, Sydney Sunday, 24 September - The Tivoli, Brisbane Tuesday, 26 September - ANU, Canberra

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