PJ Harvey - WOMADelaide

Friday night WOMADelaide headliner, PJ Harvey. PJ Harvey’s career has always commanded attention. A multi-instrumentalist, she is primarily a vocalist, guitarist and pianist. Her 2025 Australian tour will be her first in eight years. The live show - with her band comprised of John Parish, James Johnston, Jean-Marc Butty and Giovanni Ferrario - received near faultless 5-star reviews in late 2023 across the UK and Europe, and then again across a string of 2024 European summer festival headline performances. It incorporates the Grammy-nominated tenth studio album I Inside the Old Year Dying (co-produced by John Parish and Flood), as well as songs from Harvey’s extensive back-catalogue. To develop the live show, Harvey worked with Theatre Director Ian Rickson, Set Designer Rae Smith, Lighting Designers Paule Constable and Louisa Smurthwaite, and Fashion Designer Todd Lynn. Held on the traditional lands of the Kaurna People, WOMADelaide – World Of Music Arts and Dance - is an iconic open-air festival celebrating cultural discovery in the heart of Adelaide’s stunning Botanic Park / Tainmuntilla. The Worlds Festival, since 1992, is a truly unique part of the Australian festival landscape, showcasing the best, the essential – and the surprising – in music, arts, dance and ideas from around the world. Tickets on sale now.