To celebrate the release of her new album “The Second City”, Shameem’s full band is undertaking a national Australian tour in late February/ early March, spanning 9 shows in 7 cities over 11 days! All the details for the shows, including ticket links, are here, barring one surprise solo show which will be announced on Facebook and Twitter during the tour itself.
After I released my EP Universe for Afternoon Tea in late 2009, I sat down and drew up a list of goals to move my music career forward. It looked something like this:
Sound check at El Rocco, Sydney
Four days, four shows, four cities in four states. Sound like a mad mad mad mad schedule to you? It was! Let’s dispel the myth now: touring is not like going on a holiday where you happen to rock up to a club some evenings and play a show. It’s hard, grinding work… great fun, but tough!
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By Robert Dunstan
Shameem is a contemporary jazz, soul and R&B singer who was born in Australia to a Chinese-Malaysian father and Iranian mother.
She’s currently on a national tour to promote the release of a self-titled debut which will bring the sonstress and her full band to Adelaide for one show only.
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This July Shameem & band are taking to the road… All tour dates are listed here – tell your friends all around Australia not to miss these shows! Get social by sharing around the tour’s Facebook event, and tweeting @shameemmusic hashtag #shameemnational tour – help us to create some buzz!!
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All photos taken by Marjorie Rose Butler. See more of Marjorie’s photos online.
Shameem & band have been invited to perform at Fuse Festival 2012! Held in Adelaide in February, it will be the first major music festival and music industry conference that the band has performed at.
Performing as part of the Fuse West showcase on Thursday February 23rd, Shameem and the band will get the opportunity to pitch their music to the influx of music industry professionals, conference delegates and the general public. Read more