JOSHUA HEDLEY & HIS BAND with EMILY NENNI

Australia's favourite Nashville honky tonk hero Joshua Hedley returns to Australia next month on the back of his sophomore album Neon Blue, which was released in April on New West Records to universal acclaim in country circles. Accompanying Joshua on his latest headlining Australian tour will be downunder debutante Emily Nenni, who comes from the Bay Area via Nashville, and who'll be here on the heels of her own second albumOn The Ranch, which is out the first week of November.

It only seems like yesterday that Joshua Hedley in Australia playing fiddle for Justin Townes Earle, was dragged to the mic on the main stage at the first ever Out On The Weekend Festival in Melbourne. Everyone involved in Justin's band had told promoter BT of Love Police what an incredible singer Joshua was, and BT wanted to hear it for himself. The next year, 2016, Joshua was back in Australia on his first solo tour anywhere ever. A deal with Jack White's Third Man Records was just around the corner, followed by his brilliant debut, Mr Jukebox. Of course BT and the Out on the Weekend audience only found out what the regulars at Lower Broadway Nashville honky tonk haven Robert's Western World had known for a decade or so. Joshua Hedley is the real deal.

Joshua Hedley's touring partner Emily Nenni also knows Robert's Western World well, having spent years sharpening her chops there and at the smoky double wide trailer Santa's Pub. And like Joshua, Emily has a unique approach. “What I love about country is the songs can be very honest and vulnerable, yet they’re beautiful enough to make you cry,” Nenni notes. “My music is sweet and sad, but I don’t take myself too seriously. It’s old school honky-tonk with a slightly different flavor.”

TOUR DATES

NOVEMBER

23 - BRUNSWICK BALLROOM, MELBOURNE, VIC

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24 - BRIDGE HOTEL, CASTLEMAINE, VIC

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25 - HOTEL WESTWOOD, MELBOURNE, VIC

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27 - ARCHIE'S CREEK HOTEL, VIC

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29 - ELTHAM HOTEL, NSW

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