WE CAN BE HEROES: Live with Paul Dempsey

NEW DATE: Wednesday 31 March 2021
Tickets on sale Monday 15 March, 10am

Newcastle Art Gallery and New Annual present an intimate gig with featured exhibition subject and renowned Australian musician Paul Dempsey.  

In this one of a kind acoustic performance, Dempsey will share his own stories from life on the stage and his career spanning more than 25 years. Tackling subject matters beyond the realm of rock n roll, Dempsey’s songs explore everything from the existential angst of artificial intelligence to the possibility of apocalyptic romance - ensuring he is never predictable. Dempsey is regarded as one of the country’s finest and most fiercely original lyricists.

This event was originally scheduled to celebrate the closing weekend of WE CAN BE HEROES: a backstage pass. The exhibition presented a behind the scenes tour viewed through the lens of four leading Australian music photographers - Charlie Hardy, Maclay Heriot, Sophie Howarth and Luke Kellett. The exhibition celebrates the connection and relationship between the photographer and their subject.

Tickets: $75 + booking fee - LIMTED TICKETS AVAILABLE!

This is an 18+ ages event.

Tickets on sale Monday 15 March, 10am

About the artist 

Paul Dempsey is the singer, guitarist and principal songwriter of one of Australia’s most successful and respected bands, Something for Kate. He is equally known as one of Australia's most original and successful solo artists. Having released six platinum and gold albums to date with Something for Kate, amassing a staggering 13 Australian Record Industry Award nominations, multiple Rolling Stone gongs for best band, best album & best male vocalist along with countless sold out tours with everyone from David Bowie to Death Cab for Cutie, Dempsey decided to step out on his own in 2009 releasing his first solo album. His solo albums include the gold  ‘Everything Is True’, and 2016’s 'Strange Loop’.