For over five decades, Loudon Wainwright III has carved out a singularplace in modern songwriting, whose work can be sharply funny, heart-wrenchingand always deeply personal.

Now, LoudonWainwright III returns to Australia and New Zealand for the first time inalmost 20 years, bringing with him one of the most distinctive catalogues incontemporary folk & blues music.

Originally signed to Atlantic Records by Nesuhi Ertegun, Wainwright waslater recruited by Clive Davis to Columbia Records, where he released hisunexpected Top 20 hit ‘Dead Skunk’ in 1972. Since then, he has issued more thanthirty albums, including the Grammy‑winning High Wide & Handsome (2009).His songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Mose Allison, Bonnie Raitt, andhis son Rufus Wainwright, while his acting credits span film and television,from MASH to collaborations with Martin Scorsese and Steven Soderbergh.

Across his career, Wainwright has produced a string of enduringclassics, including ‘The Swimming Song,’ ‘Dead Skunk,’ ‘Daughter,’ ‘MotelBlues,’ ‘Down Drinking at the Bar,’ and ‘Lullaby.’

On stage,he remains a force: sharp‑witted, fearless, and emotionally unfiltered. ALoudon Wainwright III performance is part concert, part confession, part comedyset, an artist who is a master storyteller delivering his songs with the samehonesty, humour, and hard‑won wisdom that have defined his remarkable life inmusic and Australia and New Zealand is about to witness that, first-hand.

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