You asked for it! A Missy DVD is in the works for release in early October. The DVD titled “If You Tell Me Yours I’ll Tell You Mine” will be the first time that the full story of Missy’s journey from schoolgirl to award winning recording artist has been told on film. Through in depth interviews with Missy, her family and her bandmates, viewers will be given a real insight into Missy’s strong views about music and her place in the world.

The DVD includes over 60 minutes of live footage ranging from childhood home movies through to concert performances from 2004 and 2005. It also includes behind the scenes footage of Missy at work in the recording studio, on holidays, and on tour plus the music videos for “Greed For Your Love”, “Scar”, “Ten Days” and “The Special Two”.

Check out Missy’s updated blog on her myspace page. You can automatically receive an email when new posts are added by subscribing to the blog.

Missy recently played a live set for VH1 in the States. Her performance is now online. Check it out HERE.

Missy makes a guest appearance on the new Tim Rogers And The Temperance Union double album “Dirty Ron/Ghost Songs” which is out now through FMR. The track Missy appears on is called Ghost Songs and you can listen to it here.

Missy has recorded a version of the Split Enz song ‘Stuff & Nonsense’ for the upcoming Finns tribute album ‘She Will Have Her Way’ due for release on September 24. All of the songs on the album have been recorded by Australia and New Zealand’s finest female singer/songwriters paying tribute to the genius songwriting of Tim & Neil Finn. A full track listing can be viewed here.

We have just added a stack of new US shows to the tour page including some Missy headline shows as well as support gigs for artists Will Hoge, Glen Phillips & Jason Mraz. Check out the tour page for more details. Additional shows may be added so keep an eye out.

It was an eventful birthday for Missy this year. As she was in the USA she actually celebrated it twice – once when it was August 19 Australian time and then the following day when that date arrived in America. On the first of these birthdays she performed “Scar” on the Craig Ferguson TV show before playing a sold out show at famous L.A. club The Troubadour. Check out an exclusive pic of the Craig Ferguson show here and of the Troubadour show here. Half way through the show, the capacity crowd at the Troubadour launched into a rousing version of “Happy Birthday”, prompting the embarrassed singer/songwriter to try to hide behind her keyboard. The following morning Missy flew out to the Colorado Folks Festival in order to see one of her favourite artists – Patty Griffin – perform live. Missy had the rest of the day off before appearing on that same festival on the next evening.

In another birthday treat Missy (who is now officially 22 no matter where you live) awoke to the news that she had sold over 20,000 tickets to her forthcoming Australian shows in their first day on sale. For more information about these gigs please check out the tour section on this site.

Tickets for Missy Higgins’ series of October concerts go on sale nationally at 9am tomorrow. The seven shows under the stars will top an amazing 12 months for the former JJJ Unearthed winner, who has won ARIA, APRA and MTV Awards and been hailed “Artist of the Year” by Rolling Stone Magazine.

To support the announcement of her forthcoming national tour, the title track from Missy’s Album “The Sound Of White” was released as a single this week propelling her album back into the national top 10.

Another Australian favourite Ben Lee will join Missy as a special guest on all of her upcoming Australian shows. Ben’s highly acclaimed album “Awake is the New Sleep” is also currently riding high in the local charts.

In addition to Missy and Ben, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne audiences will have the added pleasure of performances by acclaimed US singer/songwriter Ray LaMontagne.

Unfortunately, in a late development, Howie Day has withdrawn from the tour for scheduling reasons. However, his place will be taken by Australian artists Ash Grunwald (Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne), Holly Throsby (Darwin and Tasmania) and The McMenamins (Sydney).

Complete lineups and ticketing info is on the tour page.

Missy has started her own blog on her myspace page . If you are a myspace member you can also subscribe to Missy’s blog and be notified everytime it’s updated.

The fourth and final single from Missy’s debut album will be the title track, “The Sound Of White”. The song was the most added track at Australian radio last week and will be released on Sunday August 14. The CD single will also feature two previously unreleased original tunes – “Hold Me Tight” and “Unbroken” – both of which were recorded during the sessions for Missy’s album.

Conratulations to Bryson from Dubbo, NSW who won the sheet music competion run on this site. Congrats also to Daniela from Rowville, Vic who won the recent mailing list competition.

Today it was announced that Missy will return home in October for a very special series of outdoor concert events. Each will take place under the stars and will feature a handpicked lineup of likeminded musical talent.

“I wanted to be part of a night of music that I would really enjoy as a fan”, the 21 year old explains. “Each of the artists on these shows is a friend of mine and I really respect their music so it’s going to be great to sit outside and listen to all their songs at each of these gigs.”

Local indie hero Ben Lee will be the special guest on all shows. His independent album “Awake Is The New Sleep” has been a platinum success story this year.

“Missy and I recorded our albums down the road from each other last year”, Lee explains. “We went to barbeques together after work sometimes and we like each other’s music. That’s reason enough to tour together in my book.”

In addition to Missy Higgins and Ben Lee, American singer/songwriter Ray LaMontagne, will also perform on the Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne concerts.

Sydney duo The McMenamins will open several of the gigs and Jen Cloher will appear in Sydney.

Tickets for all shows will go on sale at 9am on Thursday, August 18th

All shows are all ages. 18+ Photo ID is required if you wish to purchase alcohol. Full info is available on the tour page.

Missy has donated her handwritten lyrics for ‘Don’t Ever’ as part of the ‘Before They Get Famous’ music charity auction to raise money for Cancer Research UK. To place your bid or see what else is up for auction visit the bidding page
at eBay UK.

Missy has announced a show at St. James Church in Piccadilly, London. Venue and ticket details are on the Tour page.

Missy recently did an interview and performance for the SBC Blue Room. You can now view it online HERE.

Missy has been nominated in two categories at this years Helpmann Awards. The Helpmann Awards annually recognises distinguished artistic achievement and excellence in the many disciplines of Australia’s vibrant live performing arts sectors, including musical theatre, contemporary music, opera, classical music, dance and physical theatre. The Categories Missy has been nominated in are:

Best Australian Contemporary Concert
Best Performance in an Austrailan Contemporary Concert

For more info on the Helpmann Awards visit the site.

Missy has been confirmed to play at the 15th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Colorado. The Festival which is being held 19-21 August maintains the honored tradition of inviting folk legends and rising folk stars to share the same stage for a sensational weekend of music. To see the full list of artists playing including Steve Earle, Joan Armatrading, Taj Mahal, Loudon Wainwright III, Patty Griffin, Kasey Chambers & Serena Ryder visit www.bluegrass.com

Missy has received a great review from music mag Billboard. It’s been added to the press section.

Missy kicked off her US tour with Howie day last night in Memphis and has heaps more to go throughout July and August. In other US news Missy is one of the Top 5 Most Requested CD’s for the week at KCRW Radio! Check it out at their site.

Allans Publishing have released an Easy Piano volume of all of the tracks from The Sound Of White. The Easy Piano volume is for those of you who enjoy playing a little piano and would like to have a go at Missy’s tracks. It’s instore now and will be available from this site very soon.

Missy fans have a chance of winning a signed copy of the folio by telling us in 25 words or less what your favourite Missy song is and why. Entries can be emailed to competition@www.missyhiggins.com by the 15th July. Good Luck!