BOWEN * YOUNG to tour Australia in January

Potts Entertainment is excited to announce that BOWEN * YOUNG, the Nashville based duo comprising Australian singer-songwriter and actor Clare Bowen and American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumental Brandon Robert Young, will head down under in January for a run of intimate acoustic shows.

After a busy year that has seen them release the first music from their forthcoming debut album, Us, and tour extensively throughout the US and UK (including a Hyde Park date as special guest of music icon Billy Joel), BOWEN * YOUNG will kick off their Australian tour on January 12 in Geelong, before taking to Melbourne, Castlemaine, Sydney, Newcastle, Tamworth, Clare’s home town of Wollongong and wrapping up in Brisbane.

Secure tickets via www.bowenyoung.com

“I’m so excited to be coming back home for the first time in four years, to reconnect with all my fans in Australia and share this new music with them,” says Clare. “I can’t wait for this tour, to see all my friends and family and make some amazing memories with you on these shows”.

Brandon adds, “Touring Australia with Clare has been some of my favorite moments playing music. Since we first wrote these new songs together, we’ve been counting the days til the stars aligned for us to get back down under and share them with everyone. It’s going to be something special”.

Fans can expect haunting and ethereal songs that masterfully delve into the depths of ferocious love, heartbreaking loss and steadfast hope, in a unique style of music the couple has dubbed “Cinematic Americana.”

Clare, the charismatic actress who played Scarlett O’Connor in the popular show Nashville, is known as a ray of sunshine around the world. She is an empath who leads with her heart, able to communicate and translate emotions whether on stage or screen.

Brandon, who began singing at age five under the gentle guidance of his mother, had a very different upbringing and path to Nashville. In 2000, he moved from Enfield, CT, to Nashville, where he taught himself to play guitar. He worked as a courier during the day and spent his nights filling empty composition books with song after song.

He spent a decade touring with music legend John Hiatt, first as percussionist and background vocalist and eventually becoming one third of The John Hiatt Trio. He worked on three of the famed artist’s albums, the last of which was nominated for a Grammy in the Americana category.

It was serendipity that brought BOWEN * YOUNG together in 2013, when Brandon was a last-minute replacement for Clare’s no-show duet partner for her first solo set at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. They immediately discovered they had wonderful chemistry both onstage and off. Brandon proposed to Clare at the Ryman Auditorium during the couple’s Grand Ole Opry set in 2015. They were married by John Carter Cash at the Cash Cabin in 2017.

Joining the tour as special guests will be acclaimed singer-songwriters Timothy James Bowen and Imogen Clark, performing on all shows.

Timothy James Bowen is a singer-songwriter with an unforgettable voice who lays his soul bare with every word. Known to audiences around the world for his tender, heartfelt songwriting and his extensive touring from all corners of regional Australia to Nashville, where he has made multiple appearances on the legendary Grand Ole Opry, as well as touring with sister Clare across the USA.

Imogen Clark is an AIR-nominated artist from Western Sydney, whose powerful songwriting has taken her all the way to Abbey Road, where her latest single ‘If I Want In’ was recorded. Legendary artists from Colin Hay to Jim Lauderdale have sought her out as a co-writer and she has toured with everyone from Shania Twain to The Tallest Man on Earth, as well as multiple tours as a special guest of Clare Bowen.

BOWEN * YOUNG together with Timothy James Bowen and Imogen Clark will be a magical night not to be missed, a beautiful intimate evening of music sure to linger in the memories for many years to come. Tickets on sale Friday 24 November 8am (venue local times).

BOWEN * YOUNG
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS TIMOTHY JAMES BOWEN & IMOGEN CLARK

Presented by Potts Entertainment

Tickets on sale Friday, 24 November 8am (venue local times)
Wollongong show on sale 10am

For all tickets: https://www.bowenyoung.com/

TOUR DATES

Friday, 12 January - Barwon Club, Geelong, VIC

Saturday, 13 January - Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne, VIC

Sunday, 14 January - Theatre Royal, Castlemaine, VIC

Friday, 19 January - Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW

Saturday, 20 January - Lizotte’s, Newcastle, NSW

Sunday, 21 January - Capitol Theatre, Tamworth, NSW

Saturday, 27 January - IMB Theatre, Wollongong, NSW