Performer recreates the golden era for tour
HAVING released his third studio album in November 2013, The Voice winner Harrison Craig will hit the road in May for the Kings of Vegas tour.
The extensive Kings of Vegas: Lounge Sessions tour will take in 32 dates across the country, including Twin Towns on Saturday, May 20.
Crooner Harrison's Kings Of Vegas album pays homage to influences like Nat King Cole, Sinatra's Rat Pack, Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, Mel Torme, Frankie Valli, and includes new interpretations of classics such as Almost Like Being In Love, She's A Lady and Comin' Home.
For the release, the platinum-selling performer followed his lifelong passion to the spiritual home of some of the greatest performers ever to command a 90-piece band: Las Vegas.
"These guys created a style and turned it into a timeless genre,” Craig said.
"The way the songs were written, directed and orchestrated, nothing was done in a small way.
"I came back from Vegas extremely inspired and I knew exactly what kind of record I wanted to make.”
A swing record, the 10-track album focusses on rhythm with a blend of strings and brass.
Over the past three years, Harrison has set records on the ARIA charts with his debut album More Than A Dream achieving platinum status, while second album L.O.V.E remained in the top 10 charts for six consecutive weeks.
His unique tone and crooning style sets him apart in his genre and, come 2017, Craig will bring these songs to life on stage for his tour which will reach both capital cities and regional towns.
The upcoming tour will showcase songs from the Kings of Vegas album, which includes hits from the likes of Torme, King Cole, Bobby Darin, Valli, Presley, Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis Jr, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Barry Manilow and The Righteous Brothers.
Adding a modern flavour, Craig will also perform hits from new Kings of Vegas like Elton John, Billy Joel, Rod Stewart and Michael Bublé - plus a selection of Craig's own hits from his first two records in the two-hour concert.
"I'm counting the moments down until I can be back out there,” Craig said.