Amy Shark is touring her acoustic Songs & Stories show on a regional circuit around Australia. She will stop in Shepparton on February 15.
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Like her ocean apex predator namesake whose senses are sharp enough to smell blood in the water, Amy Shark says she can feel the audience’s pulse while performing to a small sea of faces during an intimate show.
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“With big shows — arena shows and festivals — I can run around like crazy and really let my hair down, but with these ones I can almost feel everyone’s heartbeat,” Shark, who is famously known for consistently wearing her hair half-up, said.
“I’ve missed that. I’ve missed really looking in people’s eyes and seeing their reactions.”
The eight-time ARIA award winner and Australian Idol judge is four shows deep into a new 20-date solo acoustic tour, which will see her return to Shepparton’s Riverlinks Eastbank stage on February 15.
“I had so much fun last time,” Shark said of her regional tour in 2022.
“It’s not that the big cities don’t appreciate you, but they’re really spoilt, so I think that the last time I went on the regional tour was just — and I really hate this word — but rewarding.
“It really felt special. Every town had different favourite songs and I feel like there were people there that had never heard of me before, that it was just something to do, so I kind of make it my job to win those people over.
“It was just a really fun tour, so I thought why not do it again but do it a little differently with the ‘Songs & Stories’ acoustic vibe.
“It feels like it’s been a real success so far, so I can’t wait to come to back to Shepp.”
Amy Shark last performed in Shepparton in July 2022 (pictured).
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The cozy performance will see Shark tell stories between her songs, not only about the music but about things that have happened lately in her life or throughout her career, giving fans a unique opportunity to learn more about the star.
“It’s pretty special,” she said.
“It’s definitely something I’ve wanted to do for a really long time.
“I kind of like having a little chat about certain songs and funny little stories that I have up my sleeve, and this one I feel like I have a lot more time to tell those stories.
“It’s a lot more relaxed, it’s just such a cool experience really.”
The Gold Coast-born singer burst on to the global music scene in 2016 with her six-time platinum single Adore.
She later took a bigger bite out of the industry, winning the APRA Song of the Year with her seven-time platinum Australian number-one hit I Said Hi, released in 2018.
Her debut number-one ARIA album Love Monster won four ARIA awards and was nominated for a further five in 2018 and became the highest-selling album by an Australian artist that year.
Shark kept circling in the fruitful waters of success.
Her follow-up album Cry Forever, which featured collaborations with blink-182’s Travis Barker, Ed Sheeran and Keith Urban, also debuted at number one on the ARIA charts.
She has continued to sink her teeth into all sorts of projects, with her judging role for TV’s Australian Idol winning her the Graham Kennedy Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent in 2023; the same year she supported Coldplay for its Perth stadium shows, graced the cover of Rolling Stone Australia and obtained Gold-accreditation for her single Can I Shower At Yours.
She returned to her judging role on Idol last year, released her third number-one ARIA album Sunday Sadness and toured Australia and New Zealand on ‘The Sadness Tour’.
After the feeding frenzy of the past few years, Shark will be swimming in calmer waters while she tours her Songs & Stories show from Mandurah to Nowra, Ballarat to Toowoomba, and Newcastle to Shepparton until early March.
She will perform in Shepparton at 7pm on Saturday, February 15, at Riverlinks Eastbank.
