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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Unfortunately, in a late development, Howie Day has withdrawn from the tour for scheduling reasons.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.

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.

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.

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 announced a show at St. James Church in Piccadilly, London. Venue and ticket details are 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 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