Sahara Beck releases new single Crack Bang Bang, lifted from her critically acclaimed second album PANACEA. The 20-year-old, 3 x QMA winning singer-songwriter from the Sunshine Coast has also announced a stack of tour dates for this Summer. It has recently been announced that Sahara will be joining The Cat Empire and Xavier Rudd on a six-date, open-air national tour alongside fellow support acts HARTS and Ocean Alley. She has also added a series of summer festival and supports dates to her hectic touring schedule including The Falls Music & Arts Festival in Lorne, Jungle Love Music Festival as well as Port Macquarie Festival of the Sun.
Beck has just been nominated for Queensland’s Live Voice of the Year for the National Live Music Awards (NLMAs). PANACEA has garnered rave reviews since its April release, with its ambitious arrangements and wildly diverse influences – from jazz and soul to glitchy beats – gelling together into something that feels completely unique. Beck’s second LP, the record was built around a week-long session at the legendary 301 Byron Bay studios – just days before it closed for good. Working with long-time collaborator and engineer Jeff Lovejoy Lovejoy (Powderfinger, Tex Perkins, Evil Eddie), who also produced the album. The record may be full of experimentation, but it never strays from the simple formula of wonderful songs performed with genuine passion
SAHARA BECK ON TOUR
Friday 25 November – Jungle Love Music Festival, QLD
Saturday 10 December – Port Macquarie Festival of the Sun, NSW
Friday 30 December – The Falls Music & Arts Festival Lorne, VIC
Saturday 31 December – Supporting the Delta Riggs – The Night Quarter Helensvale, QLD
Saturday 14 January – Supporting Blue King Brown – Riversdale, QLD
Sunday 29 January – The Cat Empire + Xavier Rudd + Harts + Ocean Alley + Sahara Beck – Ballarat, VIC
Saturday 04 February – The Cat Empire + Xavier Rudd + Harts + Ocean Alley + Sahara Beck – Byron Bay, NSW
Sunday 05 February – The Cat Empire + Xavier Rudd + Harts + Ocean Alley + Sahara Beck – Bribie, QLD
Saturday 11 February – The Cat Empire + Xavier Rudd + Harts + Ocean Alley + Sahara Beck – Adelaide, SA