Clare Bowditch - What Was Left Regional Tour

Doors 6pm

Show 7.30

Twenty years ago, Melbourne's indie-darling, a young Clare Bowditch surprised even her own parents by scooping the coveted 'Best Female Artist ARIA' thanks to herbreakthrough album What Was Left.Recorded in the back shed with her then boyfriend, producer and drummer Marty Brownjust one year after they welcomed their first child, What Was Left stands as anextraordinarily anomaly; a stunningly instrumented, profoundly intimate, cheeky,rebellious, heart-breaking, uplifting, and now uniquely beloved time-capsule ofemotions and topics the majority of pop songs did their darndest to avoid, like grief andmotherhood. Full of longing and passion, encouragement and cynicism,In late 2025, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the seminal work that first brought thename Clare Bowditch into our orbit, join her for a run of regional shows.This is your perfectchance to be up-close and in person with one of Australias mostentertaining story-tellers, to feel the warmth, hear the untold stories, and re-experiencethe songs from What Was Left. It will also be your first chance in a long time to hearClare's newand yet to be released work, which some believe to be 'her finest yet'To mark this special occasion, What Was Left will also be available for the very first timeever on Vinyl.Featuring the legendary artwork of Kat MacLeod, on beautiful white vinylwith full lyrics,and the limited edition ep Loose Acoustic One Takes that was a bonus disk with theinitial CD release.The success of What Was Left marked the beginning of what has been Clare'sgenuinely anomalous twenty year career as an artist and story-teller spanning acting,broadcasting, community advocacy and the penning of a best-selling memoir. Mostly,she says, she was just raising kids and pets and trying not to 'fuck it up'. You can hear allabout it when you come to the shows