Author Archives: Joel Cangy

MISSY HIGGINS REIMAGINES ‘WIDE OPEN ROAD’ BY THE TRIFFIDS

To commemorate Mushroom Group’s 50 year milestone, I’ve recorded a reimagined version of one of my favourite songs by The Triffids – ‘Wide Open Road’, which is officially out now, head to the link to have a listen 🎶 👉https://mg50.lnk.to/missyhiggins
 
It’s one of the first things ever that my live band and I have recorded together. It’s hard being in different cities but we did it. And very happy with the result. I chose this song not only because it’s an old favourite of mine but because it really speaks to me now at this point in my life. After the heartache of the last year, I’m starting to get a glimpse of the wide open road ahead of me. Sometimes it feels daunting, sometimes it feels full of possibilities. Either way, the idea of ending a big relationship only to find yourself staring into the unknown… that feeling I can relate to, and sing with my whole heart. I hope you like it, I’m proud of what we did. Thank you once again to Brendon Love for your very clever producing skills.
 
Missy x
Watch the visualise for ‘Wide Open Road’ on Youtube

Missy Higgins to play Deni Ute Muster 2023

I’m excited to announce I’ll be playing at the Deni Ute Muster in September this year, and will be playing alongside so many of our great singer/songwriters, including Jessica Mauboy, Lee Kernaghan, John Williamson, Travis Collins, Casey Barnes, and more awesome people. Yeehaw!

🎟 Tickets are on sale now.

Hope to see you there 💃 X

 

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS

‘EDGE OF SOMETHING’ NOMINATED FOR APRA/AMCOS SONG OF THE YEAR

Wow very honoured to be nominated for @apraamcos song of the year for Edge Of Something, a song I wrote with @antonypartos and @matteozingalesofficial for the @abctv drama Total Control. Writing songs for both seasons of this incredible show over the course of all the lockdowns was such a special experience and I’m so grateful for the opportunity. Especially thankful to Deborah Mailman, the lead actor, whose performances made it so easy to write to, I was constantly blown away by her portrayal of her character and could have written a hundred more songs just exploring her complexity and strength. I’m so proud of this song. Thank you to everyone who voted 🙏 🙏🙏🙏

 

Missy Higgins – Winner of Melbourne Prize for Music 2022

In my 20s I had a complete existential crisis moment where I lost sight of why i was still a songwriter. I’d forgotten what drove me to write in the first place when I was a teenager holed up for days on end excruciatingly pulling these reluctant creatures out of my soul. Surely it’s a selfish pursuit, a naval gazing indulgence that I’d tricked people into wanting from me? So I quit music. I went to uni. I filled my brain with spread sheets and foot notes and big words I thought would impress myself. But it didn’t work. Some child inside me wanted to dance, she just didn’t know how to allow herself to. Years went by without a song, then one day I found myself reluctantly playing a festival in America. And finally, it was there on that stage that I saw it for the first time. The difference I was making. The difference that music makes. There were people in that audience that had been following my entire career and were ecstatic that I was finally out of hiatus. They’d been playing my albums over again like a spirit guide easing them through the grinding sharp, confusing bits of life. They held on to those lyrics like it was one of the few things that understood them and articulated the things they couldn’t. I could hear it in the echo of my words coming back to me, a thousand strange souls carrying my burdens with me, and in doing so transforming them together into triumphs. It was union. It was communion. After that everything changed. The way I saw my “silly” pop music, changed. It was and is, along with every other genre of music, vital as a tool of human connection. The oldest one we’ve ever had, in fact.
I am incredibly honoured to receive this award, THANK YOU Simon Warrender, all the judges and everyone involved in the Melbourne Prize For Music. Thank you to my record label Eleven Music and John Watson Management who have been the most understanding and incredible partners an artist can have through their career. I just hope I can continue to write from a place of truth, joy, fragility and gratitude for the complications, interruptions and multitudes of every day life here in Melbourne. May music always be a friend to every one of you.
Thank you 🙏
 

New video: Missy Higgins – Big Kids (Live at Mundi Mundi Bash with the Wilcannia Central School Choir)

What a bloody pleasure and privilege to sing with the Wilcannia Central School kids choir, and their fabulous teacher Sarah. I couldn’t think of a better song to collaborate on than Big Kids, for so many reasons. It’s inspired by a kick-arse Indigenous woman (Deborah Mailman’s character in the ABC drama Total Control) who walks into Parliament and shows them who’s boss. And it’s about showing the rest of the world that they should never underestimate you and what you’re capable of. These girl’s did it proud! Loved collaborating with you all 🖤💛❤️

 

 

CLICK HERE to listen to Big Kids on Spotify

Missy Higgins sits down with Zan Rowe for Take 5 on ABC TV

Had the pleasure of sitting down with the legend Zan Rowe for a chat on her very cool new show (previously a podcast) Take 5. I had to choose 5 songs around the theme of identity and I’m not going to lie, I got emotional. Actually that’s an understatement-one of the songs unleashed a torrent of snotty tears 😭 I went deeper in this chat than I’ve gone in a long time, and Zan held me there beautifully. Thank you Zan.

It’s been a big year.

If you’d like to tune in, it airs Tuesday October 4th at 8pm, on ABC TV + iview.


5 New Shows Added To Red Hot Summer Tour 2023

I’m wrapped to announce that the Red Hot Summer Tour have added 5 NEW shows for next year’s run. 💫📍 Hunter Valley, Swan Valley, Cairns, Jacobs Well and Darwin we’re coming your way! ❤️ Grab your tickets early.. a few shows have already sold out.

🎟 Ticketmaster Pre-Sale 🌟 Tuesday 20th September @ 10am (local time)

🎫 General Public On-Sale 🌟 Thursday 22nd September @ 9am (local time)

Tickets available from HERE Can’t wait to see you all next year 💃

 

Missy Higgins To Headline Red Hot Summer Tour 2023

I’m very excited to announce that I’ll be heading around the country in 2023 for the Red Hot Summer Tour, with an amaaaazing bunch of artists 💃
 
I’ll be playing alongside Paul Kelly, Bernard Fanning, Mark Seymour, Vika & Linda, Ian Moss & Troy Cassar-Daley, for 18 shows… ! So bloody good to get out on the road playing again. Lots of time to make up for after the last few years of lockdowns!! 🎤  Feeling very grateful for these shows.
 
Ticketmaster pre-sale from Tues 30th Aug @ 10am (local time).
 
Tickets on-sale to the general public from Thurs 1st Sept @ 9am (local time).
 
Make sure to grab yours early so you don’t miss out 👉 bit.ly/RHST23
 
Can’t wait to see you all there 🎉 ❤️💛💚💙

Missy Higgins to play Sounds By The River in South Australia

Can’t wait to get back out to South Australia on January 21 for @Sounds By The River, which is taking place the bank of the beautiful Murray River, in Mannum.

I’m wrapped to be playing this one alongside my good friends Paul Kelly, Bernard Fanning, Mark Seymour, Via & Linda, Ian Moss & Troy Cassar-Daley.❤️

Tickets on sale Thursday @ 9am (local time) 👉 bit.ly/3QgKD3L

See you all there! ⚡️🌈