SummerSalt – The Cat Empire & Xavier Rudd
This weekend a brand new concert series which epitomises the great Australian outdoor summer comes to Sydney’s most iconic beach. With sun, salt air, and sweet music to wash over the Australian coast, SummerSalt will create the perfect setting to dance the afternoon away with your friends or chill on the beach.
The music for SummerSalt will be provided by, The Cat Empire and Xavier Rudd, two acts which couldn’t fit more perfectly with the relaxed beach atmosphere if they tried.
As The Cat Empire’s Harry James Angus told City Hub, “We did some of these shows earlier in the year and they were just sensations, so we knew we needed to do more. Its such a simple concept, a nice day by the beach with the right band, there’s nothing complicated about it.”
This weekends show will mark the return to touring for The Cat Empire who took a break following three solid years of touring. Taking this break taught them how crucial it is to find the right balance between touring and being at home.
“When you tour too much you risk having the show turn from a spontaneous musical experience into a professional act but if you’re home too much you get bored.” Harry explained, “If you get the balance right though touring is really fun, adventurous and exciting plus coming home if fun too because you can relax knowing you won’t be sitting around twirling your thumbs.”
SummerSalt is a unique concert event in that it caters to a wide range of audiences from kids to adults to families. This is exciting for Harry and The Cat Empire because they’ve realised just how wide their reach has become throughout the years.
“One of the things that has become more and more clear with our band over the years is that we were never really ‘in fashion’ but we don’t really go ‘out of fashion’ either. We have fans from the very young end of the spectrum right through to the slightly elderly end of the spectrum.”
The other half of the SummerSalt musical equation is Xavier Rudd, who has been hailed as one of Australia’s most proficient multi-instrumentalists and continues to enthral audiences worldwide. Pairing Xavier and The Cat Empire is a very exciting prospect for fans of both bands and also Harry.
“Xavier has jumped up and played with us and vice versa a few times throughout the years but it’s amazing that we haven’t done a tour together before now.”
Nov 26. Bondi Beach, Bondi. $106.93-$239.47+b.f. Tickets & Info: www.summersaltmusic.com.au
