FANNY
LUMSDEN RELEASES NEW SINGLE, A STUNNING COVER OF GOTYE’S “SOMEBODY THAT I USED
TO KNOW”
WATCH VIDEO
UK
& IRELAND TOUR DATES IN JULY/AUGUST
(June
10, 2025) Acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Fanny Lumsden returns
with her first new music since 2023’s ARIA, AIR and Golden Guitar Award-winning
album, Hey Dawn, unveiling an unexpected and totally glorious new
single courtesy of her version of Gotye’s global hit, Somebody That I
Used To Know, (featuring Kimbra).
The
song features Fanny’s full live band, The Prawn Stars – for the first time on a
recording - and was produced by Matt Fell, Dan Freeman and Fanny, mixed
by Matt Fell and mastered by William Bowden (who mastered the original Gotye
version).
Fanny
explains the inspiration behind the single, saying, "After doing our own
version of “Somebody That I Used To Know” on ABC’s Spicks and Specks
last year, we started adding it to our live show, and have loved playing around
with it so much that we thought it about time we recorded it! It's the first
song that has my whole live touring band on it, and it makes me so happy that
each of these people I spend so much time with on the road, brought a little of
themselves to the song. We also wanted to feature the harmonies, which are a
big thing for us live."
The
accompanying video featuring Fanny and her band The Prawn Stars, was shot in
the Upper Murray region of Australia, and directed and produced by Fanny
and Dan Stanley Freeman. Fanny says, “We got the band up early when they were
down to play the Man From Snowy River Festival and went up on top on the hill
and shot it in 1.5 hours!”
Download
/ stream Somebody That I Used To Know here and watch video below:
Fanny
is set to embark on another huge run of touring, playing Queensland festival,
Music in the Mulga on June 7 before heading back to the UK and
Ireland for 21 shows – her fourth time in 2 years following a triumphant
Glastonbury debut in 2023. After selling out her Country Halls Tour in
Scotland in 2024, marking the Tour’s overseas debut, Fanny and band The Prawn
Stars will also bring the intimate series of shows back here again this year,
putting on full band, full production shows of original live music in halls off
the regular touring circuit and raising funds for communities in the process.
At the end of August, she hits the road with Paul Kelly and Lucinda Williams in
Australia.
In the midst of all of this, Fanny and band are currently working on new music, set for release later this year.
FANNY
LUMSDEN – 2025 UK TOUR DATES
Friday
25 July 2025 - TOGETHER AGAIN Festival, Bolesworth (Bolesworth Castle,
Tattenhall, Chester CH3 9HQ) EVENT
Saturday
26 July 2025 - Brudenell Club, Leeds (33 Queens Road, Leeds, LS6 1NY) £19.75
EVENT
Sunday
27 July 2025 - Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow (421 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3LG) EVENT £19.69
Thurs
31 July 2025 - Belladrum Festival, Inverness (Belladrum Estate, IV4 7BA
Along the A883) EVENT
Friday
1 August 2025 - Arisaig Hall - Country Halls Tour, Arisaig,
Scotland (Astley Hall, New Street, PH39 4NP)) EVENT
Saturday
2 August 2025 - Balquhidder Hall - Country Halls Tour, Balquhidder,
Scotland (Balquhidder, Lochearnhead FK19 8PA) EVENT
Sunday
3 August 2025 - Three Villages Hall - Country Halls Tour, Arrochar,
Scotland (Shore Road, G83 7AB) EVENT
Thursday
7 August 2025 - Coughlans, Cork, Ireland (7 Douglas Street, Cork) EVENT
Friday
8 August 2025 – Upstairs at Dolans, Limerick, Ireland (Courtbrack, V94
VH4X) EVENT
Saturday
9 August 2025 - Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ireland (9 Dominic Street Upper Galway)
EVENT
Sunday
10 August 2025 - Whelans, Dublin, Ireland (25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2 D02
H527) EVENT
Tuesday
12 August 2025 - YES (PINK ROOM), Manchester (38 Charles St, M17DB) EVENT
Wednesday
13 August 2025 - Oslo, London (1a Amhurst Road, E8 1LL) EVENT
Thursday
14 August 2025 - The Exchange, Bristol (72 - 73 Old Market, BS2 0EJ) EVENT
Friday
15 August 2025 - Beautiful Days Festival, Devon (Escot Park, Nr Fairmile) EVENT
Saturday
16 August 2025 - Country Calling Festival, Essex (Hylands Estate, Chelmsford
(Writtle Entrance off of Greenbury Way – A414), CM2 8FS) EVENT
Sunday
17 August 2025 - Komedia Studio, Brighton (44-47 Gardner Street,
Brighton, BN1 1UN) EVENT
Wed 20 August 2025 - Vinyl Café, York (acoustic show) (29 Micklegate, YO1 6JH) EVENT
Thursday
21 August 2025 - Solfest, Cumbria (WEBSITE; North Lakes Country Park Aspatria)
Friday
22 August 2025 - Greenbelt Festival, Kettering (Boughton House NN14 3AG) EVENT
Saturday
23 August 2025 - The Long Road Festival, Lutterworth (Stanford Rd,
Leicestershire, LE17 6DH) EVENT
FANNY
LUMSDEN BIO
Growing
up on a sheep farm in western New South Wales, Australia all the way to Glastonbury
UK via hundreds of Country Halls throughout regional Australia, 2x ARIA
and 9x Golden Guitar, 3x AIR award winning artist Fanny Lumsden’s journey
has been a unique one. Having “established herself as one of the one of
the genre's most esteemed performers” (The Australian) and with her fourth
album HEY DAWN having taken the 2023 ARIA for Best Country Album,
the CMAA Golden Guitar for Alt-Country Album of the Year and 2024 Country Album
of the year at the AIR Awards, Fanny is a force to be reckoned with.
Debuting at #1 on the Australian Album ARIA charts, it was the 4th highest
selling country album of 2023 and her second album in a row to crack the ARIA
Albums Chart top 10 (main chart). Fanny is continuing to break the rules and
confirm herself as “undoubtedly the brightest new (country) star of the current
era” (Capital News).
Following
her “breakthrough” album Fallow which took ARIA and AIR Country
Album Awards plus five CMAA Golden Guitars, Fanny is recognised for her
regional Country Halls Tour and has taken her joyous, energetic, and brilliant
live show to debut in the UK, playing to a packed Avalon Stage at Glastonbury
in 2023. She has followed up with two hugely successful tours, including a
self-produced and promoted sold out Country Halls Tour run in Scotland. Her
Hey Dawn tour sold out shows through NZ, Ireland, UK and theatres across
Australia, and “confirms Fanny as a distinctive storyteller, and an indelible
personality who can win over fans in or outside of country music” (Doug Wallan,
The Australian).
“There
are certain visionary artists forging new paths and reinventing what popular
music looks and sounds like. Fanny Lumsden is one such artist, delivering a
compelling blend of stagecraft, storytelling, and musical prowess that has
mesmerised audiences all over the world” ★ ★ ★ ★★ Joshua Eckersley, BMA
Magazine 2023
“Leaves
absolutely no doubt what a breath-taking voice Lumsden has." ★ ★ ★ ★ Zanda Wilson, Rolling
Stone 2023
“Lumsden trusts in the song, not the rules." Bernard Zuel, Rhythms Magazine 2023
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