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You’ve played many prestigious venues in your career. How do you feel about gracing the Sydney Opera House stage?
It’s on a lot of people’s bucket list, so I’m very excited. I’ve been doing this show [Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets, based on Williams’ memoir] at different venues. When I play, I always tell a little story about each song anyway, but this is where I stretch out and go more into detail, and I’ve got a visual screen behind me showing photographs of some of the characters I refer to in the songs. It’s similar to Bruce Springsteen’s Broadway show.
Lucinda Williams is touring with Paul Kelly around Australia and New Zealand from 26 August to 12 September. See here for all dates
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