AUSTRALIAN crooner and 2013 The Voice winner Harrison Craig is bringing his national tour to Bathurst this week to celebrate his third studio album Kings of Vegas.
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The tour, which began in May, pays homage to the most important music in Harrison's life.
From Nat King Cole to Sinatra's Rat Pack, Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, Mel Torme and Frankie Valli, the album includes new interpretations of classics such as Almost Like Being In Love, She's A Lady and Comin' Home.
When Fairfax Media spoke to Harrison he said he was looking forward to visiting the regions.
“It’s really important,” he said of including regional towns on a national tour. “So many times people who tour forget about playing everywhere, so great places sometimes miss out and that's not fair.”
Harrison said so far the tour has been going really well and being well received by audiences.
“It’s so cool to be back on the road,” he said. “The last time I did a tour was in 2014, so it’s been a while.”
With Kings of Vegas paying homage to the famous city, Harrison said he wanted his performances to take audiences back to that era.
The lounge type sessions will see Harrison on the piano crooning away, which he says brings an element of romance to the shows.
“An experience like this I think is fresh,” he said.
“Because it's coming from a 22-year-old guy with no pre-formed ideas of what it (old Vegas) is like … it’s coming from a place of love. I love the town, music and artists.
“And I think it's important to get that across - that it’s coming from the heart.”
Before he hit the road on this current tour Harrison decided to write a children's book, which was released recently. He hopes the book, Harrison's Song, will inspire children to use their own talents to overcome challenges.
Harrison battled with a stutter in his younger years and was bullied so for the past month he has been visiting schools across the country and speaking with students about overcoming obstacles.
“I think it’s really important to talk to kids about that,” he said.
Kings of Vegas will be at the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre this Friday, June 23. Phone 6333 6161 for bookings.