ONSTAGE: THE SERIES will see both fans and artists, on the iconic Palais Theatre stage together for a limited run of shows backdropped by the expansive, beautiful art deco auditorium.
Kicking off the series on Wednesday 4 Jan is Chris Cheney. After nine albums and countless incendiary shows across Australia and the globe with his band The Living End, Cheney stepped out on his own for the first time with the release of The Storm Before The Calm, an album that captures him in his songwriting prime and shows a deeper side to the guitar-slinging, rock n roll wild man – one that we’ve never seen before. Cheney explains, “I was on a mission to make an album that showed a new depth and soul to my writing. That meant on some songs stripping right back to the bare essentials, pushing the vocal up the front and not burying it within the big rock production generally associated with The Living End.” Written and recorded across sessions in Nashville, LA and in his Melbourne garage, the album’s ten tracks offer an incredibly personal look at the singer-songwriter as he details his struggles through personal breakdowns and losses.
