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Live shows: Melbourne, Berlin and Reykjavik; Brisbane and Hamburg
Robert Forster has the following shows currently scheduled: State Library of Queensland in Brisbane on Wednesday 12th June 2013, in conversation with Noel Mengel: details on the State Library of Queensland website The National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne on Friday 12th July 2013: details on the National Gallery of Victoria website. Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin on Saturday 3rd August 2013: details on the Haus der Kulturen der Welt website. Nachtasyl at the Thalia Theater, Hamburg on Sunday 4th August 2013: details on the Thalia Theater website The Iceland Airwaves festival in Reykjavik. The festival runs from 30th October to 3rd November 2013; the exact date of Robert's performance is to be confirmed. |
Primera Persona, May 2013
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Robert Forster will be playing at the Primera Persona festival in Barcelona on Saturday 4th May 2013. More information from the Primera Persona website. |
Melbourne, March 2013
Robert will be in discussion at the Arts Centre, Melbourne on Saturday 2nd March at 5pm. More information on the Arts Centre, Melbourne website.
Robert Forster European Tour 2012
Robert Forster plays two nights at the Buchhandlung Dombrowsky in Regensburg, Germany, on Saturday 8th December 2012 (8.30pm show) and Sunday 9th December 2012 (7.30pm). The Saturday show is now almost sold out. More information from Buchhandlung Dombrowsky.
Robert Forster live shows 2012
For his first live shows in over a year, Robert Forster will playing a series of shows in Australia. He will play the following dates:
Tuesday 23rd October
Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, Qld. Tix 073358 8600 or www.brisbanepowerhouse.org
Wednesday 24th October
Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, Qld Tix 073358 8600 or www.brisbanepowerhouse.org
Friday 26th October
Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury, Vic. Tix. 0394849831 or www.thethornburytheatre.com
Saturday 27th October
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine, Vic. Tix 035472 1196 or www.theatreroyal.info
Sunday 28th October
Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh, Vic. Tix www.caravanmusic.com.au
Friday 9th November
The Vanguard, Newtown, NSW. Tix 02 95579409 or www.thevanguard.com.au
Saturday 10th November
The Vanguard, Newtown, NSW. Tix 02 95579409 or www.thevanguard.com.au
Australia: Story Of A Cricket Country
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Robert Forster has essay on the Australian cricketer of the 1960s and 1970s Doug Walters included in a new book Australia: Story Of A Cricket Country, published by Hardie Grant in November 2011.
New South Wales Art Gallery Talk
Robert Forster gave a talk at the the New South Wales Art Gallery at The Domain in Sydney, for their Art After Hours series. The talk was on Wednesday 13th April, in the gallery's entrance court. A short video of the talk has been made available by the gallery.
Paul Kelly in conversation with Robert Forster
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Robert Forster recently hosted a conversation with Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly, discussing Paul Kelly's new book How To Make Gravy. The conversation can be viewed on The Monthly's Slow TV website. |
Robert Forster download single
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Walcott, taken from the EP included with the Foruli edition of Robert Forster's book The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll, is released as a download single on Monday 9th August 2010. The song is a cover of a track by Vampire Weekend. |
The Ten Rules of Rock and Roll - new hardback edition
Robert’s first book, 'The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll - Collected Music Writings 2005-2009' was published by Black Inc in Australia in early November 2009. A limited edition hardback edition of the book will be published by Foruli Publications in June 2010. This special edition of the book will be a box set limited to 500 copies and will be signed by Robert. It will include a signed offset litho art print and a 10" vinyl EP featuring new recordings by Robert of songs originally recorded by four of the artists discussed in the book. The vinyl EP includes the following songs - all are new exclusive tracks recorded especially for this EP:
A1 - I’ll Spend My Life With You' (originally recorded by The Monkees) Extracts from the recordings can be heard here: Robert's notes on the E.P. can be read on the Foruli website.
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The Go Between Bridge Concert
The Go Between Bridge Concert took place on Friday 25th June 2010, celebrating the opening of the Go Between Bridge in Brisbane. The concert featured Robert Forster, Angus & Julia Stone, Josh Pyke, Bob Evans, Yves Klein Blue and John Steel Singers.
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A review of the opening concert appears on the mess + noise website. Reports on the bridge opening have appeared in the Brisbane Times and the Courier-Mail. The Go Between Bridge web page. |
Robert Forster in The Word magazine
Robert Forster is the guest in the latest Word podcast.
A two-page interview with Robert about The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll appeared in February 2010 issue of The Word magazine from the UK. A longer version of the interview can be heard on the Word website at www.wordmagazine.co.uk/forster.
The Word print interview can be downloaded as a pdf here.
Another interview with Robert about The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll on the Black Inc. blog.
Audio interviews with Robert about the book can be heard on the ABC Perth and ABC Melbourne websites. Robert has also appeared on ABC Brisbane in conversation with Richard Fidler.
A review of The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll appears on Caught By The River.
The view from Brisbane on ABC features Robert talking about snow in Brisbane.
Rock And Roll Friend
The current issue (October 2009) of Rolling Stone in Germany is their 15th birthday issue and it contains a new Robert Forster recording of Rock and Roll Friend on its accompanying CD. This version of the song was recorded recently in Brisbane.
The John Steel Singers
Robert has finished producing the debut album for The John Steel Singers. The album was recorded during June and July 2009 in Sydney and Brisbane. The first single from the album, Masochist is out now and can be heard on the band's MySpace page. The John Steel Singers LP will follow in early 2010.
Halfway
Robert is currently producing an album for Brisbane band Halfway which shall be released early 2010.
The True Story of Butterfish
Adele Pickvance has written music for the Nick Earls play The True Story of Butterfish, running at the Brisbane Powerhouse from 1st to 25th October 2009. Robert Forster has contributed a song, It's Not What You Think. Tickets and more information on the Powerhouse website.
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Two tracks from the play, It's Not What You Think by Robert Forster and The Light That Guides You Home by Adele Pickvance, are available to download from emusic.com, amazon.com, iTunes and other music retailers. An article by Nick Earls about the songs and their place in The True Story of Butterfish is on The Random Blog |
The True Story of Butterfish was recently the subject of an article in the Brisbane Times.
An interview with Nick Earls appears in The Age.
Robert Forster at the Darwin Festival
Robert Forster will play at this year's Darwin Festival. The show will take place on 22nd August 2009 - for further information see the Darwin Festival website.
Interviews with Robert about his appearance at the festival have appeared in the Northern Territory News on 11th August 2009 and 21st August 2009.
Queensland Music Festival Song Trails
This year's Queensland Music Festival includes Song Trails, a series of songwriting workshops taking place at various locations around Queensland from 27th July to 31st July 2009. Robert Forster is part of the touring team who will be leading these songwriting workshops. For more information on the workshops and how to register for a place, visit the Queensland Music Festival Song Trails Central website. Following the Song Trails tour there will be a free finale concert on 2nd August 2009 at the Brisbane Powerhouse.
Reports from the front-line of the Song Trails tour are on the Song Trails blog.
A report on one of the workshops has appeared in the Bundaberg News Mail.
Vagabond Holes: David McComb & The Triffids
Robert Forster is one of the contributors to Vagabond Holes: David McComb & The Triffids, due to be published by Fremantle Press in August 2009. More information on the Penguin Books Australia website.
Robert Forster in Homelovin' fanzine
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Robert Forster is featured in the new issue of Homelovin' fanzine. The fanzine features articles on The Evangelist, the show at Lancaster Library in September 2008 and the editor's experiences in painting Robert - a drawing of the painting appears in the fanzine and can be seen here. |
Robert Forster 2008 tour blog
A blog for the US and European legs of the 2008 tour has been started at steephills.blogspot.com. The blog will be regularly updated with news from the road.
The Evangelist
Robert Forster's latest album The Evangelist was released in April 2008. The album was recorded in London in October 2007 and was produced by Mark Wallis and Dave Ruffy. It has been released on the following labels:
Tuition Records (Germany/mainland Europe): 4th April 2008/11th April 2008
Tag 5 (UK/Ireland): 21st April 2008
Yep Roc (USA/Canada): 21st April 2008
EMI Australia (Australia): 21st April 2008
The Evangelist can be streamed in full from the Yep Roc website. Click the button to stream the full album:
The album is available as a CD and as a digital download. Tuition will also be issuing the album on vinyl.