Right now, we are playing music in some of the UK & Ireland’s most historic and beautiful sites… so enamored are we of these songs and you all, our nearest and dearest, that we’re coming back in October, filling in some essential points on the map… Scotland, Belgium, Holland, Germany & Spain. We will be well practiced and on super top form when we arrive… see you there!
I am delighted to have our new record Gravity Stairs dropping today. It’s been wrapped in swaddling clothes and feeding formula for months but now will have to fend for itself and walk on its own two feet.
We have been rehearsing in NYC, appearing on TV… Jimmy Kimmel tomorrow night, the CBS morning news on Sat Jun 15 and a live one yesterday on ABC Kelly and Mark show.
The new songs are super fun to play and the tour is shaping up to be a celebration of all things real and right and true, not the least your voices added to the music… can’t wait to see you.
In the meantime we have a lovely new video for The Howl shot on Te Henga beach with a wolfman and sword wielding goddess.
Add the new Crowded House album ‘Gravity Stairs’ to your cart when purchasing a tour ticket, and automatically go into the draw for the chance to watch soundcheck at your chosen show. 1x winner with a guest will be selected per tour city.
TO ENTER: Simply add the album (either the digital download, CD, or signed Vinyl) to your ticket purchase and you’ll automatically go into the draw to watch soundcheck at the show you’ve purchased your ticket for. Ensure you’ve purchased tickets + Gravity Stairs album in one transaction.
We are excited to announce a special streaming event at Roundhead Studios this coming Friday 10th May from 7:45pm NZDT, a gathering of great artists currently working in our studio. It will be a sharing of songs and tall tales with strings attached.
Some will remember a month-long season of Infinity Sessions from August 2017 which led to the live recording of Neil Finn’s Out Of Silence album.
The INFINITY SESSIONS return bigger, brighter and for the long run. Our opening night will feature Neil Finn, Jimmy Barnes, Finn Andrews, Reb Fountain, Charlie Collins and brilliant arranger Victoria Kelly who has prepared strings for the occasion. The night will kick off with a special performance from LEAO as we settle into proceedings. Don’t miss it!
So much going on... carousing, cavorting, canoodling, carolling, conversing, carrying on... I can hardly keep track, but the band above seem ready and willing to take it onwards. Really excited to play these new songs for you and revisit the old faves with fresh energy and purpose. We have things up our sleeve, someone put peas under the mattress and we are short of sleep. That just proves we are ready to become princesses for you. In the meantime, Liam takes the stage at Zebulon in LA this Sunday with a sensational new show…looking forward to that!
What else? Just hope, that's all, just hope.
See you soon
Neil
Just announced…
Sudden Little Thrills music festival Hazlewood Green, Pittsburgh, PA September 7, 2024 On Sale Now
Upgrades are available here for North American concert tickets (except for Sudden Little Thrills festival) with a very limited number per show!
INCLUDES: · Exclusive access to Crowded House's pre-show soundcheck · Early entry into the venue · Crowd free, pre-show merchandise shopping · One Crowded House hat · One Crowded House tote bag · One Crowded House keychain · Commemorative VIP laminate & lanyard
Upgrade does not include a ticket to the show. You must have a ticket to the show in addition to the upgrade to participate.
See the Live page for all Gravity Stairs Tour dates and ticket links. Tickets are on general sale now, except Ravinia (on sale April 24) and Red Butte Garden (presale on May 13.)
The new album, Gravity Stairs, will be released on vinyl, CD and digital on May 31. You can pre-order here.
"Teenage Summer" brims with sparkling vocal harmonies and a longing for connection. Neil Finn imagined the song during the most isolated parts of the Covid lockdown, but instead of melancholy, it has a big, empathetic heart and hope to spare.
“It’s about trying to achieve some reality and being aware that connection is hard to make,” he says. “And even before Covid, it was hard to find closeness to people. That became particularly acute afterward.”
Gravity Stairs Tour North America
More dates added! This time we're able to offer email subscribers the Artist Presale code for some of these concerts: GRAVITYSTAIRS24
Well good people, I haven’t been as prolific with newsy letters as I would have liked, but was buried in record making for the last little while.
Now, however, there are just too many events to track, to report on, to illuminate. All I can say is a welcoming single Oh Hi to all the people, children and the young of heart that put me back together and keep me compelled. I love music, it can heal and bring back memory long buried.
There is a video with my cut out head planted on a young fella with some hot moves. I’ll post you the demo for that idea when I get home from London. I was here with my old friend Nick playing live and only live with an orchestra on the BBC and over brunch on Channel 4. We have the album in production now. It’s going to be a beautiful record to play live. I hope you can join us at some point.
I thank you for your attention and affection.
Love
Neil
Gravity Stairs will be released on vinyl, CD and digital on May 31. Pre-order & pre-save.
Track Listing: 1. Magic Piano 2. Teenage Summer 3. The Howl 4. All That I Can Ever Own 5. Oh Hi 6. Some Greater Plan (for Claire) 7. Black Water, White Circle 8. Blurry Grass 9. I Can't Keep Up With You 10. Thirsty 11. Night Song
Watch Oh Hi feat. BBC Concert Orchestra live at the R2 Piano Room. Listen to the programme hosted by Vernon Kay here. UK viewers can watch the session on BBC iPlayer.
Binary Buddy sure has some kooky moves. It’s making me dizzy.
Those of you who were lucky enough to see Liam Finn opening up for Crowded House in the U.S earlier this year will have seen him performing in amazing form with headset microphone and great gizmo skills . Those of you who didn’t get to see some of those unique moves now get to experience Liam with the first single and video from his new album which was devised and developed as a live stream throughout the year …..We’re proud….it’s a beauty!
The Australian Road Crew Association (ARCA) will release “Crowded House LIVE ’92–’94” as a 2-CD set on 1 December 2023.
This compilation of desk recordings was first made available as two separate albums in 2020 and 2021 on streaming and download platforms only. Now "You Can Touch".
ARCA raises funds and resources for Support Act’s Roadies Fund to provide financial, health, counselling and well-being services for roadies and crews.
Photograph by Youri Lenquette.
CD 1 1. Kare Kare 2. It’s Only Natural 3. Distant Sun 4. Mean To Me 5. Whispers and Moans 6. Locked Out 7. Don’t Dream It’s Over 8. Pineapple Head 9. Log Cabin Fever / Catherine Wheels 10. Sister Madly 11. Love This Life 12. In My Command 13. Chocolate Cake 14. Hole In The River 15. Fingers Of Love 16. Better Be Home Soon
CD 2 1. Recurring Dream 2. There Goes God 3. World Where You Live 4. Love You Till The Day I Die 5. Into Temptation 6. Black and White Boy 7. Private Universe 8. In The Lowlands 9. You Can Touch 10. I Feel Posessed 11. Nails In My Feet 12. Italian Plastic 13. Four Seasons In One Day 14. Weather With You 15. Fall At Your Feet 16. When You Come
