You’ll be In Good Company when two of Australia’s finest crooners, Damien Leith and Darren Coggan, take to the stage at PACC next month.
The duo, celebrating the songs that shook the world by the artists who changed it, will appear at Performance Arts Culture Cessnock for one night only on Friday 5 April from 7.30pm.
Individually, their critically-acclaimed portraits of Roy Orbison, Cat Stevens, Elvis Presley, John Denver and The Beatles have had audiences on their feet across the globe on every occasion.
Now, together, Leith and Coggan re-live the tracks everyone sang along with, accompanied by the lush sounds of A Good Company of Strings Quartet.
As solo artists, both have a long history of writing and performing.
Leith, a former Upper Hunter resident, became a household name when he won Australian Idol in 2006.
Since then, he’s made an indelible imprint on the Australian music scene as a prolific singer-songwriter, producer, author, playwright and TV and radio personality.
With multi-platinum selling albums under his belt and acclaimed sold-out tours paying homage to greats like Orbison and Presley, he remains one of the country’s most beloved performers.
Coggan is a masterful storyteller who has carved an impressive career in the Australian country music industry with a swag of Golden Guitars under his belt.
He’s equally at home in musicals and on screen, currently presenting the lifestyle TV program Sydney Weekender.
He has received critical acclaim for his portrait of Stevens, which has seen him perform sold-out shows everywhere, including the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Glasgow Concert Hall and Liverpool Philharmonic.
Leith and Coggan: In Good Company features back-to-back hits with immortal songs from the treasure trove of history: Pretty Woman, Hey Jude, Father & Son, Country Roads, Halleluiah, Rhinestone Cowboy and so many more.
Set against the backdrop of popular culture, the stories and the messages in these tracks are timeless.
They’ve become part of the fabric of our existence and the foundation of music as we know it today.
Tickets are on sale at the PACC Box Office, by phone on 4993 4266 or online at mypacc.com.au
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