JON STEVENS PACKS THE BEST OF THE BEST INTO ONE SPECIAL TOUR THE NOISEWORKS & INXS COLLECTION NATIONAL TOUR
Jon Stevens is hitting the road with a show jam-packed full of hits,
hits and more hits. The Noiseworks & INXS Collection tour will
showcase the best of Noiseworks’ smash hits and Jon’s favourite
INXS songs, tracks which earned him a whole new fan base from
his time fronting the band. Every song on the setlist is a smash
radio hit and guaranteed to have audiences on their feet from the
outset.
For the acclaimed singer-songwriter, the inspiration for the tour
came from his fans themselves. Having just come off of the sold-
out run of the Red Hot Summer Tour, Jon and his band played only
the hits from his time in Noiseworks and INXS… and audiences
went wild. “You’ve got 10,000 people just going bananas when
you are playing those songs,” he says. “It makes you realise you
have to keep playing them. People want to hear Noiseworks and
INXS. My job is to make sure everyone has the maximum best time
possible.”
Jon Stevens hasn’t really stopped working – touring, writing or recording – since he first started out in the industry as a young musician. Fast forward to the early 1980s and with five mates Noiseworks smashed onto
the Australian airwaves with singles such as No Lies, Love Somebody, Take Me Back, Touch and In My Youth to name a few. They were the embodiment of what Aussie rock was and should be – hard-hitting, talented and
they put on a bloody good show. Never one to rest on his laurels, Jon Stevens didn’t stop working when Noiseworks when on hiatus. He followed up with solo albums, multiple stints in stage productions such as Jesus
Christ Superstar and earned world-wide acclaim taking centre stage with INXS. His next band – The Dead Daisies – stepped up that international reputation with the debut single Lock and Load written with and featuring the legendary Slash on guitar.
Over the years Jon always pulls out Noiseworks and INXS songs on tour, and they are the tracks that always resonate with the audience – get fans on their feet and rockin’. “We have all grown up listening to those songs,”
he says. “The INXS songs; they are great songs and they should still be heard and done properly. Andrew Farris
came to one of our recent shows and told me I need to play more INXS songs live. That is all you are going to hear, songs from your youth, and songs you grew up with – iconic songs from both bands.”
Whether touring with INXS, doing the festival circuit with Noiseworks, playing his own headline solo shows to packed houses, one thing has always been consistent with Jon, it is, and always will be, about the music. His
hard work over the years has truly paid off, as Jon Stevens is considered one of the country’s premier artists and a legend on the live music scene.
Tickets to The Noiseworks & INXS Collection are on sale now. For more information, please visit www.jonstevens.com/gigs