Listen to her new single below.
Australian singer-songwriter Fanny Lumsden is on tour here next month and, in preparation, has released a new single, her first new music since 2023’s award-winning album, “Hey Dawn”, unveiling an unexpected version of Gotye’s global hit, ‘Somebody That I Used To Know‘ (featuring Kimbra).
The song features Lumsden’s full live band, The Prawn Stars, for the first time on a recording, and was produced by Matt Fell, Dan Freeman and Lumsden. Lumsden 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.” In the midst of all of this, she is currently working on new music, set for release later this year.
The accompanying video was shot in the Upper Murray region of Australia and directed and produced by Lumsden and Dan Stanley Freeman. Lumsden 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!” You can see the video below.
After selling out her Country Halls Tour in Scotland in 2024, marking the Tour’s overseas debut, Lumsden and her band return 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.
The tour dates are listed below, and you can access tickets via this link.
Fanny Lumsden UK and Ireland tour dates 2025:
Fri July 25 – TOGETHER AGAIN Festival, Bolesworth
Sat July 26 – Brudenell Club, Leeds
Sun July 27 – Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow
Thu July 31 – Belladrum Festival, Inverness
Fri Aug 1 – Arisaig Hall – Country Halls Tour, Arisaig, Scotland
Sat Aug 2 – Balquhidder Hall – Country Halls Tour, Balquhidder, Scotland
Sun Aug 3 – Three Villages Hall – Country Halls Tour, Arrochar, Scotland
Thu Aug 7 – Coughlans, Cork, Ireland
Fri Aug 8 – Dolans, Limerick, Ireland
Sat Aug 9 – Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ireland
Sun Aug 10 – Whelans, Dublin, Ireland
Tue Aug 12 – YES (PINK ROOM), Manchester
Wed Aug 13 – Oslo, London
Thu Aug 14 – The Exchange, Bristol
Fri Aug 15 – Beautiful Days Festival, Devon
Sat Aug 16 – Country Calling Festival, Essex
Sun Aug 17 – Komedia Studio, Brighton
Wed Aug 20 – Vinyl Café, York (acoustic show)
Thu Aug 21 – Solfest, Cumbria
Fri Aug 22 – Greenbelt Festival, Kettering
