Country stars join forces for tour

They are playing at the Astor Hotel on Thursday, August 3. 

The Golden Guitar and Country Music Channel award winners are releasing a new EP to go with the tour called ‘Our Backyard’,

This EP, which will be released on August 4 features all new material. 

Brimming with great new songs that tell quintessentially Australian stories, Our Backyard is the first dedicated collaboration for these amazing entertainers. From the title track to ‘Millionaire’ and ‘Drink’, the music and lyrics reflect the true Australian experience across life, love and friendship.  

Our Backyard combines the talents and experiences of these two great artists to create an Australian narrative familiar to us all. With Amber’s unabashed sentimental vocals and Travis’ true country rock sound Our Backyard captures a sentiment surrounding our relationships and our culture that is guaranteed to resonate with audiences.

With both coming off solo album releases, they both decided that now was the best time to combine their talents and dedicate their efforts to creating a genuinely enjoyable album.

Amber and Travis wanted to create music that was more than simple duets but a true collaboration containing the essence of both artists – two distinct voices coming together. 

“At the moment our careers are both going well and having some down time in between our next solo albums we thought it was time to have a little fun and throw caution to the wind”, Amber said.

The pair have been friends since 2004 when they bonded over being the only Sydneysiders at the College of Country Music (now Academy of Country Music).

Amber was the 2015 and 2016 Country Music Channel (CMC) Oz Female Artist Of The Year (the only fan voted country music awards in the southern hemisphere) and 2015 Golden Guitar Female Artist Of The Year.

Earlier this year, Travis Collins took home not only his first Golden Guitar but a total of three: Male Artist Of The Year, Single Of The Year (Just Another Girl) and APRA AMCOS Song of the Year (Call Me Crazy). 

Two months later, Travis was also awarded three CMC Awards - Australian Video of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, and CMC Oz Artist of the Year.

His most recent album ‘Hard Light’ has produced three number one songs and has charted in the ARIA top 20 all-genre charts. He was also an APRA nominee for Country Work Of The Year with his track Call Me Crazy.