November 24th, 2024Mick Thomas and The Roving Commission headed this way

With Darren Lowe

Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission, the hard-working band led by ARIA award winning singer songwriter and former Weddings Parties Anything main man Mick Thomas, is headed our way as part of their All you Christmases tour.

In the tradition of ‘Weddings, Parties, Anything’, Mick will play a series of festive shows, this time on an extensive tour, including two shows in the region.

The band are fresh from recording a new album in Neil Finn’s Roundhead Studios in Auckland with award-winning producer Steve Schram.

To help make the record, which will follow their 2023 ARIA Top 40 Coolin’ By Sounds record’s release Where Only Memory Can Find You, the band has announced a number of pre-order crowd funding packages.

Mick explained the decision to cross the Ditch: “It’s a really important thing for us to keep going forward each year and actually make new music and even though there’s been plenty out in the past few years, the origins of this album go way back to pre-Covid lockdown days when we had planned to go to America to make another album.”

Expect a selection of Mick’s recent solo material with the band featuring stalwarts Jen Anderson (fiddle), ‘Squeezebox Wally’ ( Mark Wallace on accordion), Brooke Taylor (vocals/guitar), Mark Foley (drums) and Ben Franz from The Waifs (bass).

They’ll be playing at the Bridge Hotel in Castlemaine on November 29 and Leavers in Creswick on December 1.

Leavers, Creswick live gigs coming up include:

Isobel Knight – Friday, November 23

Emily Lubitz and Tom Woodward – Friday, November 39

Mick Thomas – Sunday, December 1

Elly Mack and the Unbelievers – Friday, December 6

The Royal Highjinx – Saturday, December 7

Ben lee – Sunday, December 8