‘Unashamed Desire’ is Missy’s first new release in over five years. It follows her private decision to quit music despite selling over a million copies of her first two albums, ‘The Sound of White’ and ‘On A Clear Night’, loads of critical acclaim, multiple ARIA Awards and gold certification in the U.S. for her song “Where I Stood”. The story of the journey that brought her back to music forms the backbone of her new album ‘The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle’ which will land on June 1. You can view the video here!

The clip for ‘Unashamed Desire’ is also out today, and features Missy suspended in the air by dancers in a powerful combination of music, theatre and art. The video was directed by the ARIA Award winning Natasha Pincus.

Tickets for the ‘The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle Tour’ go on sale Wednesday May 2. Special guest on all shows will be fellow Aussie singer songwriter Butterfly Boucher who co-produced Missy’s album with the Nashville based Brad Jones.

Missy has just been in the U.S. as special guest of Gotye. Last week – on the day his single “Somebody That I Used To Know” topped the U.S. charts – Missy joined Gotye on stage in San Francisco to perform Kimbra’s vocal part (Kimbra being in Europe to promote her album). The pair also teamed up again for a sold out show in Los Angeles the following night.

“I was so nervous to have to sing that song,” said Missy. “It was fun though and a real honour. I was already really excited to be playing some new songs for the first time at that show so getting to sing with Wally on that day of all days made a good night even better.”

‘The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle’ Australian Tour

Fri June 1                 Adelaide, Her Majesty’s Theatre

Tickets: www.bass.net.au / 131 246

Sat June 2                Perth, Astor Theatre

Tickets: www.bocsticketing.com.au / 08 9484 1133 / 1800 193 300

Wed June 6             Brisbane, The Tivoli

Tickets: www.ticketek.com.au / 132 849

Fri June 8                 Sydney, York Theatre, Seymour Centre

Tickets: http://sydney.edu.au/seymour / 02 9351 7940

Mon June 11           Wollongong, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre

Tickets: www.merrigong.com.au / 02 4224 5999

Wed June 13           Newcastle,  Newcastle  City Hall

Tickets: www.ticketek.com.au / 132 849

Thu June 14             Canberra, The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre

Tickets: www.canberratheatrecentre.com.au  / 02 6275 2700

Fri June 15               Geelong, Costa Hall, Geelong Performing Arts Centre

Tickets: www.gpac.org.au / 03 5225 1200

Sat June 16              Melbourne, Her Majesty’s Theatre

Tickets: www.ticketek.com.au / 132 849

Fri July 27                Mackay, Mackay Entertainment Centre

Tickets: www.mackaytix.com.au / 07 4961 9777

Sat July 28               Rockhampton, The Pilbeam Theatre

Tickets: www.pilbeamtheatre.com.au / 07 4927 4111

Sun July 29              Splendour In The Grass, Bryon Bay 

Tickets: moshtix.com.au / 1300 GET TIX (438 849) from 9am AEST Friday 27 April

Missy has just released the latest video instalment giving a behind the scenes look into the making of The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle’. You can check it out here: http://vimeo.com/40421942

– MISSY HQ

Hola! Tune into Triple J Breakfast tomorrow morning from 7am E.S.T to hear the worldwide premiere of Missy’s new single ‘Unashamed Desire’. Excitement! – MISSY HQ

Missy Higgins announced to play Splendour In The Grass! See the full announcement here http://splendourinthegrass.com/news.html – Missy HQ

OFFICIAL 2012 LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT

Greetings music lovers! After weeks of speculation, the time has finally come.

In 2012 SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS embarks on a new chapter in the life of Australia’s favourite winter festival. Back home at Byron Bay, from July 27 to 29 Splendour will once again transform Belongil Fields into the ultimate playground for music and arts enthusiasts.

Splendour returns to Byron Bay with 3 full days of knockout talent from around the globe! And while the site will feel familiar to many, it will also include all the bells and whistles from 2011.

“The show has grown over the past few years with the addition of an extra day. We have a bunch more bands on the lineup and new venues like The Forum, the Very Small Mall and Day Spa etcetera plus we’ve got some surprises in store this year. It will definitely be the best Splendour ever staged in Byron Bay” said Splendour co-producers Jessica Ducrou and Paul Piticco.

In 2012 Splendour will host its most eclectic gathering of artists to date. Over three mammoth days, punters will pick and choose from a lineup that showcases a host of “White” hot international acts – from brand new to massively respected and innovative trailblazers – alongside many of Australia’s finest artists and festival favourites.

The twelfth SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS event will also include all of the event’s most loved festival features…

The GLOBAL VILLAGE is so Byron Bay! It’s back with all the performances, workshops, markets stalls and global food fair that everyone loves.

It just wouldn’t be Splendour without the TIPI FOREST and as all seasoned Splendour punters know, venture here and be prepared to lose all track of time!

Need to brush up your festival fashion? Check out the VERY SMALL MALL and while you’re at it you might want to book a treatment at the SPLENDOUR DAY SPA to be looking your splendiferous best when you meet your mates at the COCKTAIL BAR. Here you’ll find a different club each night including Melbourne’s Survivor, Sydney’s Good God, Brisbane’s Cobra Kai and Byron Bay’s own Sunday Safari.

The SPLENDID ARTS PROGRAM will once again present a series of dynamic and interactive artworks. Keep on the lookout for artists and their work as it emerges across the site throughout the weekend.

As Splendour is a bigger show than it was when last staged at Belongil Fields, this year there will be noCAMPING on site but hey, it’s okay. A beautiful, beachside campground will be set up off-site at NORTH BEACH CAMPGROUND on Bayshore Drive, Byron Bay. It’s within easy walking distance of the festival or you can catch one of the free shuttle buses. You’ll find more information about camping atsplendourinthegrass.com.

SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS has a history of delivering innovative environmental initiatives to lighten our carbon footprint. Over the years, SPLENDOUR and its army of committed enviro-savvy punters have offset thousands of tonnes of carbon via carbon-offset tickets and on site recycling programs. Watch this space for info about how you can help to keep SPLENDOUR green!

Now, time to cut to the chase, SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS is proud as punch to present you with the artists who will grace the Supertop, Mix Up Stage and GW McLennan Tent this year….

JACK WHITE • BLOC PARTY (ONLY AUSTRALIAN SHOW) • SMASHING PUMPKINS • AT THE DRIVE-IN (ONLY AUSTRALIA SHOW) • THE SHINS • HILLTOP HOODS • THE KOOKS (ONLY AUSTRALIAN SHOW) •GOSSIP • MIIKE SNOW • DIRTY THREE (ONLY AUSTRALIAN SHOW) • LANA DEL REY • 360 • AZEALIA BANKS • TAME IMPALA • EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY (ONLY AUSTRALIAN SHOW) • BAND OF SKULLS •LADYHAWKE • THE AFGHAN WHIGS • MISSY HIGGINS • WOLFMOTHER • METRIC • KIMBRA •MUDHONEY • 50 YEARS OF DYLAN • SPIDERBAIT • DJANGO DJANGO • GYPSY & THE CAT • SAN CISCO• LAST DINOSAURS • ELECTRIC GUEST • MUSCLES • ANGUS STONE • DZ DEATHRAYS • HOWLER •LANIE LANE • FUN. • BIG SCARY • MICHAEL KIWANUKA • SEEKAE • FRIENDS • YACHT CLUB DJ’S •BERTIE BLACKMAN • JINJA SAFARI • BLUE KING BROWN • YOUTH LAGOON • POND • THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS • YUKSEK • TIJUANA CARTEL • BALL PARK MUSIC • THE RUBENS • BEN HOWARD • BLEEDING KNEES CLUB • ZULU WINTER • THE MEDICS • SHIHAD • HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE • HUSKY • KATE MILLER-HEIDKE • FATHER JOHN MISTY • EMMA LOUISE • CHET FAKER • HERE WE GO MAGIC •PARACHUTE YOUTH • MOSMAN ALDER • THE CAST OF CHEERS • WOLF & CUB • GOSSLING • PLUS TRIPLE J UNEARTHED WINNER AND LOCAL ACTS TO BE ANNOUNCED
Plus DJ’s:

BENI • SAMPOLOGY (AV/DJ SHOW) • CANYONS (DJ SET) • NINA LAS VEGAS • DANNY T • ALISON WONDERLAND • NICE AND EGO (AV/DJ SET) • FLUME • GLOVES • LUKE MILLION • HARRIS ROBOTIS •ALLEY OOP
TICKET PRICES
3 Day Tickets – $350* + booking fees
Gains entry to the event site on Thursday night as well as Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Single Day Tickets – $135* + booking fees
For day by day band listing check the website!

North Beach Campground Tickets
Camping Ticket – $99 + booking fees

*you have the option to offset your carbon emissions for $3 per ticket

TICKETS ON SALE

9am start AEST on Thursday 5 May through Moshtix or phone 1300 GET TIX (438 849)

Hello friends,

Here’s a sneak peek at Missy’s new album artwork for ‘The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle’.

The artwork is by Melbourne artist, Kate Tucker, who earlier this month was selected as a finalist in one of Australia’s most prestigious art prizes, The Archibald Prize, also with a painting of Missy.
Check out more of Kate’s incredible work here www.katetucker.com.au

“Kate is an extraordinary artist, I’m a huge fan of her work and when we met through a mutual friend we clicked straight away,” Missy says. “With the album art she’s managed to capture the essence of this album so completely and wonderfully. To me it portrays not only the darker, creative and more introspective side of me but also the ‘performance’ persona, (or the ‘razzle dazzle’) and how these two worlds merge.”

We hope you love the album artwork as much as we do! And check out the second instalment of making ‘The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle’ video below. Enjoy!

– From Missy HQ

CHECK OUT THE SECOND INSTALMENT OF MAKING THE OL’ RAZZLE DAZZLE

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Hello everyone!

It’s hard for me (and probably you) to believe it, but after a ridiculously long time I’m releasing a third album.

I’m sure you’ll hear more of the story over the next few months: what I’ve been up to, why it’s taken me so long etc. but I wanted to drop you a short note first, not least of all to thank you for waiting so bloody long!

A lot has happened over the last few years, I actually thought I’d quit music for a while there, but of course my heart found that I couldn’t beat without it. I eventually recorded this album in Nashville, Tennessee, with fellow Aussie Butterfly Boucher and Nashville producer/engineer Brad Jones and as you’ll no doubt hear, we had a lot of fun being creative in the studio. That was our only vision, really: to be totally free and to have fun.

As for the songs, everything I have experienced over the last few years: the ups, the downs, the uncertainty, the questioning and all the lessons learnt have made it on to this album. There are a few songs that touch on struggling to juggle the ‘performer’ side of things with the personal, and how that led to feeling as though I had metaphorical rock stuck in my throat for a long time; there is a song about my beautiful grandma, a song of frustration at the world’s leaders, songs about an electric kind of love, heartache, desire, and the journey back to my estranged, yet only true love: music. The parody of the ‘entertainer’ is explored on many tracks, thus the album is called The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle. It’s a bit tongue in cheek, you could say.

Anyway, I guess it took walking away to realise how truly grateful I am for everything, to refill the creative well, and hopefully make my most creative album yet.

Thank you all, truly, for all your support and encouragement over the years, I promise it hasn’t gone unnoticed.

Fingers crossed I see you at a show some time soon.. (if you’re in San Fran or LA I’m supporting Goyte on April 18th and 19th respectively, come along!! For everyone else, dates will be announced soon, I promise).

Lots of love,
Missy xx

Attention all fans in San Fran and LA, Missy Higgins has just been announced to perform as a special guest at the upcoming Goyte shows in April.

Missy will be performing prior to Gotye at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on Wednesday, April 18. The general public can buy tickets on Friday, March 30.

On April 19 Missy will also perform at Gotye’s show in Los Angeles at the Nokia Theatre – LA Live. Tickets for this L.A. show will go on sale to the general public on Friday, March 30.

Missy will be previewing material from a new album she’s planning to release over summer, so get your tickets and hear the music here first.

– Missy Higgins HQ

My good friend Kate Tucker who painted me for the The Archibald Prize 2012 has been announced as one of the finalists for it! You can see the painting here & Kate’s website at katarzynkha.com

missy x

Missy Higgins has been announced as a finalist & semi-finalist in the INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION. Her songs making finalist status are ‘Steer’ in the Adult Album Alternative category & ‘Where I Stood’ in the Folk/Singer-Songwriter category. Missy also picked up semi-finalist status for her song ‘The Special Two’ in the Folk/Singer-Songwriter category. For a complete list, go to http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/winners.

If you’d like to vote for either of Missy’s finalist songs, please do! Voting is open to the public until March 31st here!

Renowned as one of the most prestigious songwriting competitions in the world,

ISC received over 16,000 entries from over 120 countries worldwide, representing all styles and genres of music. Winners will be selected from the ISC celebrity judging panel, including high-profile industry executives and iconic artists such as Ozzy Osbourne, Jeff Beck, Duran Duran, Tom Waits, Kelly Clarkson, Wynonna and many more. Winners will be announced in April, 2012. Prizes include over $150,000 in cash, merchandise, and services, including a Grand Prize of $25,000 cash and $20,000 in additional prizes.

Candace Avery, Founder and Director, states, Each year ISC has grown exponentially since its inception, and the caliber of entrants has grown with it. This years finalists reflect the very best in the craft of songwriting, and once again, Australian songwriters shine in the competition, making up a staggering 31{8c7182c8a34ec4ec9212ad453ffbf7291e5ae01fcacfb4928d4d46071654c352} of all finalists from outside the U.S. With entries coming from over 120 countries, this is an impressive accomplishment and further showcases the diversity and undeniable talent in the Australian songwriting community on the world stage.

The complete list of ISC judges includes:

Recording Artists: Tom Waits; Tori Amos; Jeff Beck; Lucinda Williams; My Morning Jacket; Kelly Clarkson; Ozzy Osbourne; Keane; McCoy Tyner; Wynonna; Francesca Battistelli; Billy Currington; Tegan and Sara; Massive Attack; Simon Le Bon and Roger Taylor (Duran Duran); Michael W. Smith; Janelle Monae; Alejandro Sanz; Johnny Clegg; Jeremy Camp; Ray Wylie Hubbard; John Mayall; Craig Morgan; Basement Jaxx; James Cotton; Sandra Bernhard; Trombone Shorty; Robert Earl Keen; Black Francis (The Pixies); Mose Allison; Robert Smith (The Cure); Amadou & Mariam; Darryl McDaniels (Run D.M.C.); Toots Hibbert (Toots & The Maytals); and Matt Thiessen (Relient K).

Industry Executives: Monte Lipman (President, Universal Republic Records); David Massey (President, Mercury Records); Brian Malouf (VP A&R, Walt Disney Records); Bruce Iglauer (Founder/President, Alligator Records); Angel Carrasco (Sr. VP A&R, Latin America, Sony/BMG); Ric Arboit (President, Nettwerk Music Group); Anastasia Brown (Music Supervisor, FORMAT); Dr. Demento (Radio Host, The Dr. Demento Show); Allison Jones (VP of A&R, Big Machine Label Group); Steve Lillywhite (Producer); Dan Storper (President, Putamayo World Music Records and Putumayo Kids); Kim Buie (A&R and Artist Manager, Thirty Tigers); Douglas C. Cohn (Sr. VP, Music Marketing & Talent, Nickelodeon); Trevor Jerideau (VP of A&R, RCA Records); Antony Bland (Co-Owner, CandyShop Management); Steve Smith (VP of A&R, Aware Records); Leib Ostrow (Founder/CEO, Music For Little People); and Cory Robbins (Founder/President, Robbins Entertainment)

Missy Higgins HQ