American rock band OneRepublic embark on a southern summer adventure as they hit Australian venues this November, delivering their renowned live performances and anthemic rock/pop hits.
Lead by multi-Grammy Award winning songwriter and producer, vocalist Ryan Tedder, OneRepublic will touch down in Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, rocking a swag of songs from their hugely successful three album repertoire, including: 'Apologize', 'Stop and Stare', 'Good Life', 'Secrets', 'All the Right Moves', 'Feel Again', 'If I Lose Myself' and 'Counting Stars'.
Fellow Americans Boyce Avenue* and emerging local artist Emma Birdsall will join OneRepublic on tour.
OneRepublic - which includes bandmates Zach Filkins (guitar), Drew Brown (guitar), Brent Kutzle (bass, cello), and Eddie Fisher (drums) - is fronted by highly in-demand songwriter and producer, triple-threat Ryan Tedder, who has contributed to some of the biggest pop songs of recent memory, including Beyoncè's #1 smash 'Halo', Leona Lewis's 'Bleeding Love' and Adele's 'Turning Tables' and 'Rumour Has It', for which he won his first Grammy.
Formed in 2002, the band exploded into the spotlight five years later with the release of Timbaland Featuring OneRepublic 'Apologize'. The remix track sky-rocketed to #1 in 16 countries and still ranks in the top 50 of Billboard's Hot 100's of All-Time Top Songs list. 'Apologize' has also become one of the most downloaded tracks of the digital age, selling more than 10 million copies.
The massive tune dominated airwaves locally, spending an incredible eight weeks at #1 on the ARIA Chart. In 2007, a month after the release of 'Apologize', OneRepublic cemented the connection with their global audience with the timely delivery their debut album 'Dreaming Out Loud', selling more than two million copies. Nearly four years after the release of sophomore album 'Waking Up', this year OneRepublic gave us their third and current studio album 'Native' (Universal Music Australia), offering a perfect balance of piano-fuelled EDM, blues, gospel and folk influences and sounds.
Entering the Billboard chart at #4 on debut, the album proceeded to rank top 5 in 23 countries and accumulate sales exceeding an incredible one million within the first week of release.
Australia has been a major part of this worldwide success with 'Native' residing top 10 of the ARIA Album chart for 14 weeks. The album features two hit singles currently sitting in the ARIA Single chart's Top 20 - three-times platinum lead single 'Counting Stars' which peaked at #2 for several weeks - and the follow up single 'Something I Need' which rose to #6 this week.
OneRepublic welcome special guests Boyce Avenue on the Sydney and Melbourne dates.
Boyce Avenue comprises of three Florida-based brothers: Alejandro (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Fabian (guitar, vocals) and Daniel (bass, percussion, vocals) Manzano.
Along with their 2010 debut album 'All We Have Left', featuring single 'Every Breath', the band have created superb covers of some of the best-known pop songs of all time.
Starting out in 2007, the band gathered huge momentum and a massive support network with their strong acoustic roots and melodic rock sound, delivered through their independent YouTube channel. The videos began to resonate instantly with YouTube viewers and to date the band's channel has almost four million subscribers and this month hit a staggering one billion views, making it one of the most watched of all time. The brothers like nothing better than connecting with their audiences and have played sold-out shows at some of the biggest venues in North America, Europe and the UK.
Opening all shows will be budding Australian singer-songwriter Emma Birdsall.
Emma first came to the public's attention last year as a captivating, soul-pop contestant on season one of The Voice, accumulating sales of more than 30,000 tracks and 1.1 million YouTube views during the season. A future star, Emma recently released lead single 'Lovers & Friends' from her forthcoming debut album 'Tales of Lovers & Friends' (Universal Music Australia).
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