Rock and Roll Hall of Famer James Taylor announces Kings Park show

Grammy Award-winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee James Taylor has announced his 2024 Australian tour, An Evening with James Taylor and His All-Star Band.

The tour will kick off at Kings Park & Botanic Garden on Friday, April 12, before hitting stages in Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sydney.

As a recording and touring artist, James Taylor has touched people with his warm baritone voice and distinctive style of guitar-playing for more than 50 years. His songs have had a profound influence on both songwriters and music lovers of all generations: Fire and Rain, Country Road, Sweet Baby James, and Carolina in My Mind. In 1971, he scored his first number-one single with You’ve Got A Friend, written by Carole King, earning him his first Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal.

Over the course of his songwriting and performing career, Taylor has sold more than 100 million albums, earning gold, platinum, and multi-platinum awards since the release of his self-titled debut album in 1968. In 2015, Taylor released Before This World, the first-ever #1 album of his career.

Taylor’s 19th studio album, American Standard, earned him the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album and gave him the honour of being the first artist to have a Billboard Top 10 album in each of the past six decades.

An Evening with James Taylor and His All-Star Band hits Kings Park & Botanic Garden on Friday, April 12, 2024. Tickets are on sale Friday, December 8 from livenation.com.au