BURT BACHARACH

FAREWELL TO SYMPHONIES TOUR

With the Burt Bacharach Band & Singers

& Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Adelaide Festival Theatre

MONDAY 16 APRIL 2012

Legendary composer Burt Bacharach returns to Adelaide with his magnificent band and singers, in concert with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra at the Adelaide Festival Theatre on Monday 16 April, as part of his national Farewell to Symphonies Tour. During his last Australian visit, the ultra cool, cult hero was honoured with his eighth Grammy and proclaimed The Greatest Living Composer (2008 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award) at the 50th Grammy Awards. He is also the recipient of three Academy Awards.

Burt continues to set industry records and creative standards. He broke new ground with his Grammy awarded 2005 album, At This Time, taking on social and political issues in his first-ever lyrical collaborations. His Grammy awarded musical Promises, Promises, returned to Broadway last year and earned four Tony nominations. Six decades into one of song writing's most successful and honoured careers, Burt has contributed to the careers of Frank Sinatra, Tom Jones, Barbra Streisand, Dusty Springfield, Neil Diamond, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, REM, Sheryl Crow, Gene Pitney, The Beatles and Ronan Keating. Mike Myers considers Burt his "Lucky Charm" and cast him in all three Austin Powers films. Burt has written over 500 compositions and produced a phenomenal catalogue with more than seventy timeless hits including - Alfie, What’s New Pussycat?, Any Day Now, Blue on Blue, Close To You, Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head, There's Always Something There to Remind Me, I Say A Little Prayer, Arthur's Theme, Do You Know The Way to San Jose?, A House is Not A Home, The Look of Love, I'll Never Fall in Love Again, Message to Michael, That's What Friends Are For, Trains And Boats And Planes, This Guy's in Love With You, Only Love Can Break A Heart, Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa, Wives and Lovers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Walk on By, What The World Needs Now Is Love, One Less Bell to Answer and Anyone Who Had a Heart. In 2007, Burt was so inspired by his Sydney Opera House debut with Sydney Symphony, that he specifically composed an eleven and a half minute orchestral piece, For The Children, which had its Australian premiere on his second sold-out tour, six months later. Burt's first live album was recorded on this tour and the thirty-eight track double CD, Burt Bacharach Live at the Sydney Opera House, was released internationally in October 2008, to five star reviews. Anyone Who Had A Heart will be entranced with every sophisticated, magical moment that is Burt Bacharach in concert, with his sensational band, singers and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, in this, his final performance at the Adelaide Festival Theatre, on Monday 16 April. Don't Walk On By. Tickets are on sale from Monday 17 October through BASS on 131 246 and www.bass.net.au For more information, bio and images, please contact:

Bluehawk Presents publicist Sue Camilleri on 08 89 412 512 or 0408 412 512 and email soozcam@bigpond.net.au.

BURT BACHARACH FAREWELL TO SYMPHONIES WITH HIS BAND, SINGERS & ASO

Mon 16 April Adelaide Festival Theatre BASS 131 246 www.bass.net.au www.artistnetwork.com.au www.bluehawkpresents.com www.wma.com/burt_bacharach

4 October 2011