Entertainment
9 May, 2024
‘Sound of white so special’
IN celebration of 20 years of one of Australia’s most beloved debut albums, The Sound of White, Missy Higgins is bringing her tour Second Act to Cairns this week.
On Saturday, May 11, fans at Munro Martin Parklands will get to revisit the storytelling, the joy and the tears of the ARIA award-winning album The Sound of White in its entirety as Ms Higgins, not only brings it back to life, but also takes the audience through the history of her songs.
Currently, 37 of the 38 shows of The Second Act tour have been sold out with Cairns being the only one with tickets still available.
In a chat to Cairns Local News, Ms Higgins reflected on the impact of The Sound of White. I didn’t expect the reaction this tour received, it sold out quickly, we kept having to add more shows and it made me realise – this album has been quite special to a lot of people,” she said.
“I wrote so many of these songs as a teenager in my bedroom at my parents’ house, and never in my wildest dreams did I think they would see the light of day and become a part of so many people’s lives.
“So many of these songs I wrote, not thinking about who might listen to them, there’s an innocence to them. You can only have one first album and that experience of people listening to your music for the first time is so special.”
Ms Higgins said this would be one gig for the early fans with the show divided into two parts.
“This is the 20th anniversary of my first album and we will be playing that album in its entirety, but I also have an album coming in a few months, so we’ll be playing a few songs from that album,” she said.
“It’s a special show because it’ll be in two halves. In the first half I’m playing solo piano, telling some stories, playing some new songs plus some very old B-sides, and unreleased songs.
“Then we’ll have an interval and after my whole band will come on stage with a cellist and a trumpetist, and we’ll be playing the whole of The Sound of White as well as telling some stories and background of the songs.
“Everyone has their own stories and narratives to these songs which is great so it’ll be fun telling them what they’re all about.”
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