PINKY BEECROFT makes a rare visit to Melbourne for the launch of his new album “Lonesome Wolf” – his first studio album in more than a decade.

“I’m bringing a piano as well as a fabulous band. Special guests. A new album. Some old favourites. Some deep cuts for the true believers. It’s going to be intimate, personal, revealing and mysterious — sometimes all at once.”

Pinky Beecroft is an unpredictable thing. He was the singer songwriter front-man of Machine Gun Fellatio – a band known for legendary live shows, extreme shenanigans and a string of radio hits. At the height of their success Pinky abruptly quit the circus and disappeared. There were rumours: he’d gone into hiding in Norway; he’d relocated to the Arizona desert; he’d passed away.

Some things we know for certain: Pinky turned up in TV shows as diverse as The Glasshouse and The World 9-Ball Championship. He performed sold-out shows as a stand-up comedian. He won an ARIA for Song Of The Year and co-wrote the number 1 song on the Hottest 100 (“”No Aphrodisiac”” recorded by The Whitlams). He did relocate to the Arizona desert, for some time. He also recorded a couple of astonishingly lovely solo records, toured with a band called The White Russians, supported Elvis Costello, produced television series and remained an eccentric and supremely unpredictable outsider-figure in the Australian cultural landscape.

Now, after a long period of hibernation, he’s back with a brand-new album of pensive piano, banjo-grooves and alt-country-flavoured gems. Recorded on the outskirts of Melbourne with producer and multi-instrumentalist Damian Cafarella, the record is a stunning new chapter from the songwriter who gave us Unsent Letter.

About this upcoming show, he says: “I finished a new record, and it’s disturbingly, almost catastrophically good. I’m going to play songs from it. I’m going to play some hits. I’m going to work my ass off to make this one magical evening. The quality will be considerably higher and the price-point profoundly lower than any of my so-called peers. Please join me, I’d love to have you.”

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