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Secret Sounds and Handsome Tours present
JAMES VINCENT McMORROW
(IRL)
Early In The Morning 15th Anniversary Tour 2025

Secret Sounds and Handsome Tours are thrilled to announce the return of James Vincent McMorrow to Australia for the first time since 2017. This June, McMorrow returns playing a string of headline shows marking the 15^th anniversary of his beloved debut album, Early In The Morning. He will play the album live in its entirety, solo with just a guitar, revisiting the songs that launched his career and connected with audiences worldwide. In addition to playing the full album, James will also be performing new music and select covers, giving fans a unique mix of nostalgia and fresh sounds.

TICKETS ON SALE 11AM (LOCAL) FRIDAY 21 MARCH
Secret Sounds & Handsome Tours Presale: Thu 20 March, 11am (local) – Fri 21 March, 10am (local)

ABOUT JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW
James Vincent McMorrow released his beloved debut album, Early In The Morning, 15 years ago to widespread acclaim. Spanning intimate and larger iconic venues across Australia, Europe, and North America, this tour offers fans a rare opportunity to experience Early In The Morning live from start to finish, along with special performances of new material and celebrated covers.

Honestly, when the idea of these shows was pitched to me I wasn't really into it. I make music in order to push myself forward, the idea of looking backwards at something I made at the very beginning felt a bit odd.

Then late last year I was in the studio working on some new ideas and I found myself sitting playing songs off Early in the Morning, ones I hadn't played in over 10 years. I sat in front of the mic and recorded the entire album from memory, just to see how it felt. I'd forgotten how much I loved that record. I had no clue what I was doing when I made it, it wasn't profound, it was just someone hanging on for dear life and trying to will it into existence. The naivety of it all came flooding back to me, I didn't realise how much I missed the naivety.

That album changed my life, when it came out I felt like a whole person for the first time, even when I was driving around in my car playing for 30 people every night, it felt like I was doing a thing that mattered. The bigger and bigger it got, the less I got to appreciate and enjoy it all. Maybe that's inevitable, for me, I know I was struggling mentally with being in the public eye, it's never been my favourite thing. One thing I have only realised in these last few months is just how much that album means to people. It's not something I've ever thought about, I don't sit around thinking about my records and what they mean. But people keep letting me know, feels like time has been incredibly kind to it.

A lot has changed for me, but the more I thought about it the more I realised that selfishly I wanted to have some new moments centred around the album, ones that I could enjoy it in the moment. There is no agenda, it's just naivety and nostalgia, i want to stand on a stage with a guitar and sing the songs that changed my life.

So that's what I'm going to do. The show will be split into 2 halves, the first half I will play all of Early in the Morning front to back. Then after an interval I'll come back and play songs from across the other records, also some covers and new songs. It's just gonna be me on stage, see you there.

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For complete tour & ticket information, visit: secretsounds.com & handsometours.com