I’m always impressed by a quality cover, a rendition that breathes new life into a song and makes a statement all its own. So I’m really digging what country artist Fanny Lumsden has done with Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know.” We’re used to hearing this song as a haunting indie-pop duet with Kimbra, but Fanny’s country-folk version features her live band, The Prawn Stars. It was also produced by Matt Fell, Dan Freeman and Fanny, mixed by Matt Fell, and mastered by William Bowden (who mastered Gotye’s original).
“After doing our own version of ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ on ABC’s Spicks and Specks last year, we started adding it to our live show, and have loved playing around with it so much that we thought it about time we recorded it! It’s the first song that has my whole live touring band on it, and it makes me so happy that each of these people I spend so much time with on the road, brought a little of themselves to the song. We also wanted to feature the harmonies, which are a big thing for us live.”
Fanny and The Prawn Stars are heading to the United Kingdom next month, but they’ll be back before you know it for shows with Paul Kelly and Lucinda Williams.
25 July 2025 – Together Again Festival @ Bolesworth Castle, Cheshire
26 July 2025 – Brudenell Club, Leeds
27 July 2025 – Nice n’ Sleazy, Glasgow
31 July 2025 – Belladrum Festival @ Belladrum Estate, Inverness
1 August 2025 – Arisaig Hall, Arisaig
2 August 2025 – Balquhidder Hall, Balquhidder
3 August 2025 – Three Villages Hall, Arrochar
7 August 2025 – Coughlans, Cork
8 August 2025 – Dolans, Limerick
9 August 2025 – Roisin Dubh, Galway
10 August 2025 – Whelans Upstairs, Dublin
12 August 2025 – YES (PINK ROOM), Manchester
13 August 2025 – Oslo Hackney, London
14 August 2025 – The Exchange, Bristol
15 August 2025 – Beautiful Days Festival @ Escot Park, Devon (SOLD OUT)
16 August 2025 – Country Calling Festival @ Hylands Estate, Essex
17 August 2025 – Komedia Studio, Brighton
20 August 2025 – Forty Five Vinyl Café, York (acoustic show)
21 August 2025 – Solfest @ Solway Coast, Cumbria
22 August 2025 – Greenbelt Festival @ Boughton House, Kettering
23 August 2025 – The Long Road Festival @ Stanford Hall, Lutterworth
26 August 2025 – RAC Arena, Boorloo/Perth (with Paul Kelly and Lucinda Williams)
29 August 2025 – Entertainment Centre, Meeanjin/Brisbane (with Paul Kelly and Lucinda Williams)
30 August 2025 – Qudos Bank Arena, Eora/Sydney (with Paul Kelly and Lucinda Williams)
31 August 2025 – Gympie Music Muster, Kabi Kabi Country/Gympie (with Paul Kelly and Lucinda Williams)
2 September 2025 – Mystate Bank Arena, Nipaluna/Hobart (with Paul Kelly and Lucinda Williams)
4 September 2025 – Entertainment Centre, Tarntanya/Adelaide (with Paul Kelly and Lucinda Williams)
6 September 2025 – Rod Laver Arena, Naarm/Melbourne (SOLD OUT – with Paul Kelly and Lucinda Williams)
7 September 2025 – Rod Laver Arena, Naarm/Melbourne (with Paul Kelly and Lucinda Williams)
5 September 2025 – Dashville Skyline, Wonnarua Country/Hunter Valley
10 September 2025 – Savannah in the Round Festival, Muluridji/Mareeba
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