TimeOut Country duo on the road again

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| Nick Dalton

NEW songs, new stories and the same two ratbags, Brooke McClymont and Adam Eckersley, hit the road again in 2023 on their ‘Country Music, You and Beer Tour’ new show.

Their national tour started at Campbelltown in NSW on February 3 and covers three states at 31 venues in NSW, Queensland and Victoria, including the Reef Hotel Casino in the

Cairns CBD on Saturday, March 25. Casino entertainment manager Bruce Stewart said the duo would be a hit with country music fans.

“Don’t miss this one night only show at BAR36 on Saturday, March 25 from 8pm,” he said.

The country artists and husband and wife duo released their debut album Adam and Brooke in 2018, charting at number one on the ARIA Country Album chart.

Brooke McClymont is one third of top-selling award-winning Australian country music trio The McClymonts. With over 175,000 album sales, two ARIA Awards, 11 Golden Guitar Awards, one CMA (USA) Award, one APRA Award and four number one ARIA Country Albums, the McClymonts are a dominant female group in Australian country music with major success from hits such as ‘Kick it up’, ‘Wrapped up good’ and ‘I’ve got this’.

Ms McClymont performed it on Network 10’s 2022 season of I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here where she was runner-up.

Mr Eckerlsey has won two Golden Guitar Awards: the first in 2015 for new talent of the year and then in 2016 in the category group or duo of the year for his group the Adam Eckersley Band. Their debut album ‘The First Album’ debuted Top 5 on ARIA Country Chart with ‘The Second Album’ debuting #7 on the ARIA Country Chart.

He was also recognised for his song writing, winning the APRA Award for Country Work of the Year (2015) and an Honourable Mention in the

International Songwriting Competition in 2014.

Mr Stewart said the ‘Country Music, You and Beer Tour’ would open with Anais Campbell, who is a Cairnsbased country musician and continued later with The Good Ol Boyz.

• The Cairns Celtic Craic show starts at the casino today, St Patrick’s Day, from 2.30pm in the casino and into the evening at BAR36, as well as tomorrow and from 4pm on Sunday at BAR36. Tickets are not required. Visit www.reefcasino.com.au.