Despite a once in a century pandemic (and with it, zero live work) Melbourne based, new country outfit Darlinghurst close out what’s been a complex and challenging year with a stack of encouraging news.
Now with borders opening up and with it the promise of consistent live work, Darlinghurst will finally get the chance to perform live again kicking off in Melbourne on 9 December.
UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS
9 December 2021 – Temperance Hotel, South Yarra VIC
10 December 2021 – Sooki Lounge, Belgrave VIC
24 December 2021 – Carols By Candlelight, Melbourne VIC
1 January 2022 – Bellarine Estate, Bellarine VIC
9 January 2022 – Wonderland Spiegeltent, Barwon Heads VIC
17 January 2022 – Kix Live In The Park, Tamworth NSW
19 January 2022 – Moonshiners, Tamworth NSW
28 January 2022 – Albury Entertainment Centre (w/Jon Stevens), Albury NSW
13 February 2022 – 5th Annual Kickstart Summer Concert, Perth WA
19 February 2022 – Taronga Park Zoo (w/Daryl Braithwaite), Sydney NSW
6 March 2022 – Hobart Botanical Gardens (w/Daryl Braithwaite)
13 March 2022 – Brighter Days Festival, Bright VIC
17 March 2022 – Lizotte’s, Newcastle NSW
19 March 2022 – Point Live, Portsea VIC
24 March 2022 – Griffith Regional Theatre (w/Jon Stevens), Griffith NSW
25 March 2022 – Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre (w/Jon Stevens), Wagga Wagga NSW
26 March 2022 – Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre (w/Jon Stevens), Wagga Wagga NSW
31 March 2022 – Tamworth Town Hall (w/Jon Stevens), Tamworth NSW
1 April 2022 – CEX Coffs (w/Jon Stevens), Coffs Harbour NSW
23 April 2022 – Gippsland Country Music Festival, Gippsland VIC
7 May 2022 – Big Country Festival, Berry VIC
12 May 2022 – West Gippsland Arts Centre (w/Jon Stevens), Warragul VIC
13 May 2022 – The Pier Bandroom (w/Jon Stevens), Frankston VIC
14 May 2022 – Shoppingtown Hotel (w/Jon Stevens), Doncaster VIC
Said the band’s Jason Resch “We love working in the studio and we LOVE working live. As long as we’re working we’re happy!” Thoughts echoed by the band’s Matt Darvidis, “We’ve been forced to hibernate for far too long; now we’re just itching to get on that stage and perform cause it’s what Darlinghurst’s meant to do. For me personally? I just can’t wait to get back to Tamworth in January”
Darlinghurst scored 3 nominations for the 50th Golden Guitar Awards for New Talent of the Year, Capital News Group or Duo of the Year and Contemporary Country Album of the Year.
Said the band’s Pagan Newman “Cassie and I watched the Nominations Live Stream and when we realised we scored three nominations we went absolutely nuts … we toasted and toasted our good fortune until at some point I think we morphed into Patsy and Edina [ha ha]. We had a call scheduled with our label later that afternoon and have zero recollection on what was said. We think it went well but to put it mildly we were a little excited!”
It was announced that Darlinghurst will perform at Carols by Candlelight on Christmas Eve at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne with a live audience of 11,000 and an estimated broadcast audience of around 2M on the Nine Network.
Cassie Leopold said, “Since I was a kid I’ve watched Carols on the tele and had this dream to perform at Carols by Candlelight. It beggars belief to know that dream will be realised on December 24. It’s good to dream and even better when your dreams come true”
All these positive milestones have manifested off the back of a 2 year long run for Darlinghurst that began in August 2019 with the release of ‘Sorry Won’t Get You Back’ and followed by 7 more singles [latest being ‘Bad Things’]; delivered 4 #1 radio hits on the Music Network Countrytown Hot 50 Chart; 4 Golden Guitar Nominations [one in 2021]; features and interviews on the Today Show, Sunrise and Kyle & Jackie O. And on the rare moments they could perform, they elicited rave reviews like this from Stack Magazine when they supported Jimmy Barnes: “Holy Moly … how have we never heard of this band!”.