It is with great regret we advise you that TONY JOE WHITE has been forced to cancel his upcoming Australia / New Zealand shows this October due to severe back pain. Tony Joe is not a young man, and after a recent show at Nashville’s legendary Ryman, the great man was almost unable to walk after suffering severe pain in his calves and had to be helped off the stage while in extreme pain. Since then the discovery of a bulging disk in his back has meant an immediate end to future engagements that involve significant travel until physical therapy can hopefully reinstate him to a healthy state for travel.
From tour promoters. “Although there is disappointment in this cancellation, we only send him love and strength in his recovery. We hope to bring him down here again once he has recovered for all his adoring fans to experience his greatness one more time.”
Tony Joe was set to headline at the Southern Fork Americana Fest in Auckland on October 10th.
Ticket holders for the Tony Joe White show and Festival Pass holders will be contacted directly by Ticketmaster and will have the option to request a full refund or wait until the replacement act has been announced before making the decision, after which they will still have the option of a full refund.
Additional tickets they may have purchased through the red/white/blue scheme will still be valid.
SOUTHERN FORK AMERICANA FEST 2018
Friday, Oct 5 – Willie Watson + Holly Arrowsmith
Saturday, Oct 6 – Steve Gunn + Arthur Ahbez
Wednesday, Oct 10 – TBC
Friday, Oct 12 – Reb Fountain + Tom Cunliffe
Saturday, Oct 13 – The Eastern + Emily Fairlight
Wednesday, Oct 17 – Margo Price + Courtney Marie Andrews
To once again offer enthusiasts the chance to see more acts and to encourage music fans to discover new artists, the festival will have a special ticket pricing scheme, enabling them to receive discounts on multiple ticket purchases.
Southern Fork Americana Fest 2018 is back for its fifth year in Auckland. An unmatched bill of international and local artists ready to satisfy every country, blues and folk lovers’ dreams!
This year’s line-up features our favourite Americana/blues and folk artists from around the world including; rising Nashville star Margo Price, NY-based singer and guitarist Steve Gunn, folk traditionalist Willie Watson, country singer Courtney Marie Andrews, Tui-Award winner Reb Fountain, psychedelic-folk troubadour Arthur Ahbez, NZ’s favourite string band The Eastern, Christchurch treasure and fellow Tui-Award winner Holly Arrowsmith, introspective alt/folk songwriter Emily Fairlight and folk wordsmith Tom Cunliffe.
Courtney Marie Andrews is excited to return after performing two shows in 2017 supporting Sam Outlaw and Joe Pug, “New Zealand, I adore your beautiful country and I can’t wait to make my way back there for the third time!”
MARGO PRICE
“one of the most compelling country talents to come out of Nashville” (Vulture). Margo Price‘s most recent release, All American Made was written alongside partner/husband Jeremy Ivey and unapologetically depicts the trials of ever day life, politics and sexism. It was hailed as “a potential classic,” by Pitchfork and Rolling Stone praised its “amazingly vivid songcraft“. Passing up on a more slicker, polished sound, Price has been lauded for her commitment to the grit and honesty in her music.
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COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS
Courtney Marie Andrews played her first NZ show in July 2017 following the success of her album Honest Life. The crowd described Courtney’s performance as “exquisite“, and “utterly brilliant“. Earlier this year, Courtney revealed May Your Kindness Remaina record dedicated to the people she met on the road. UK’s Guardian gave the album 5 stars, describing it as “a brilliant record, proof that old forms can still be timeless.”
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STEVE GUNN
Steve Gunn is a New York-based guitarist and songwriter. With a career spanning nearly fifteen years, Steve has produced volumes of critically acclaimed solo, duo, and ensemble recordings. Close listening reveals the influence of blues, folk, ecstatic free jazz, and psych in his continually unfolding output. In 2016 Steve released, Eyes On The Lines, his first album for Matador Records which the Washington Post called, “so intimate and so mysteriously distant all at once“.
