Third time lucky as River boys return to region
AFTER much anticipation, Ian Moss and Troy Cassar-daley are reuniting to for their rescheduled tour Together Alone and will be performing in Dubbo on Wednesday, 30 March.
Ian says he is excited to perform and get back to entertaining crowds again: “It’s been a disruptive couple of years, but we’re both feeling great about this tour.”
The Aussie rock legend and Cold Chisel guitarist’s passion for performing at theatres is restored and he admits he has grown to love the atmospheric tones of an intimate setting such as will be the case at the Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre (DRTCC) later this month.
Fellow musical legend, Troy Cassar-daley shares his mate’s excitement at the prospect of returning to Dubbo, where the town and its audiences have long supported his career.
“We will both be on acoustics so it will still be a high energy show that people can rock out to, but still focus on the music,” Ian expresses, telling Dubbo Photo News the headline for the tour, Together Alone, reflects the show’s combination of dual and solo acts.
Ian shares that they performed together last year in Troy’s hometown of Grafton: “We know we compliment one another with our voices and guitar styles”.
Returning to his hometown accompanied by Ian, Troy explains it was a surreal moment – as if he’d
“phoned a friend” and brought a standout show to his audience.
“It made me feel really proud to come from Grafton as we had wonderful core audience.”
Throughout the show the iconic singer-songwriters will play song for song, backing each other up as they go, however, Ian jokes that he needs to remember to play back up guitar for Troy, and not default to being a member of the audience.
“It’s so hard sometimes because he’s so good on his own.”
Troy expresses the storyline of the track list that will be performed on the night and assures
Dubbo Photo News that the region should expect a “great catalogue” of music.
With two great artists coming together, Troy describes a lot of their independent music functions as “glue” for the performance.
With their show rescheduled twice due to the pandemic, they hope that “third time is a charm” and can deliver a highly anticipated performance.
Both Ian and Troy reflected on their audience and used the time off to implement constructive protocols into their live show.
Troy says people can buy VIP experience tickets to hear the duo do a soundcheck and perform exclusive songs before the show.
“This adds another side to the performance and allows us to get personal with our audience,” Troy shares.
With this tour we want the audience to know that we’re really embarking on something special,” he continues, saying that both he and Ian are grateful for the support Dubbo has illustrated over their careers.
Head to either ianmoss.com.au or troycassardaley.com.au to purchase tickets