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Hi, it’s your friend Ben.

Hope all’s well.

I am celebrating the 20th anniversary Awake is the New Sleep with an Australian tour for September and October.

I’m not really a nostalgic person, I prefer to keep pushing forward with new projects and ideas, but this feels weirdly right to me. I’ve done so much touring in the last couple of years, averaging about 100 shows a year, and it’s become abundantly clear to me that this album Awake was a really vital part of so many people’s lives and emotional journeys. I’ve chatted to so many people about the wide-eyed exploration and optimism of the record, and how it still seems to find people at the exact right time that they need that kind of energy.

It’s an album that seemed to change a lot of lives, including mine. I’m looking forward to facing that, head on, and exploring what these songs mean to me and the audience today, 20 years on. They still feel potent.

I’m going to play the whole album in full, with a great band behind me, and tell you some stories about how these tunes came to be. We’re doing it 2005 style, no backing tracks, no click tracks, no video screens. Just a great band on a stage covered in flowers, singing songs about love and lust and adventure and interconnectivity. It’s gonna be a vibe.

Come along for the ride.

Big love!

Your friend.

Ben

Supported by Sally Seltmann

SET TIMES

1800: Doors
1900 – 1945 : Sally Seltmann
2015 – 2145: Ben Lee
2200 : End

Join us earlier in the day for the Show Time Series: Awake Is The New Sleep Family Listening Party. In this hands-on morning workshop, we’ll celebrate twenty years of Ben Lee’s Awake Is The New Sleep before his live performance of the iconic album in our Front Garden.

Families are invited to join us for a relaxed morning of creative making inspired by the music. As we listen to the album in full, you’ll craft your own interpretation of the cover art — using natural materials gathered from around the garden where the concert will take place.

Places are limited, reserve your spot HERE