King of the 80s Rick Springfield has announced his first ever solo tour of Australia.
The Grammy-winning singer and New York Times best selling author is returning to Australia with a national tour opening in Perth on October 7.
It's been a while since Australian audiences have seen the Aussie rocker in concert with his own band, although he was the headliner for the Countdown Spectacular tour of 2007.
Springfield has sold more than 25 million records and has multiple top-40 hits, including Don't Talk to Strangers, An Affair of the Heart, I've Done Everything for You, Love Somebody and Speak To The Sky. He won the Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal in 1981 for his hit Jessie's Girl.
While based in the US, Springfield insists he's still an Aussie at heart and can't wait to perform in his motherland.
"My best memories of my early career are all centred around Australia. It will forever be my home. I cant believe I have never done a full tour in Oz as a solo performer," he said in a statement on Tuesday night.
Springfield has been busy over the past few years. In 2010, Springfield released his autobiography, Late, Late at Night. It entered The New York Times best-seller list at No. 13 and hit the Los Angeles Times and Publishers Weekly lists as well. Rolling Stone named it one of the top-25 rock autobiographies of all time.
Springfield's 2012 documentary An Affair of the Heart, which captured the close ties between Springfield and his fans, debuted at numerous film festivals and won special jury awards at the Nashville, Florida, Boston, and Daytona Film Festivals.
Last year he teamed up with Dave Grohl on Grohl's multi-faceted passion project, Sound City and later this year he will release his first novel, Magnificent Vibration, and will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
RICK SPRINGFIELD AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES
Oct 7 - Crown Theatre, Perth
Oct 9 - Eatons Hill Hotel, Brisbane
Oct 10 - Twin Towns Services, Tweed Heads
Oct 11 - Revesby Workers, Whitlam Theatre
Oct 13 - Royal Theatre, Sydney
Oct 14 - Enmore Theatre, Sydney
Oct 16 - Wrest Point Entertainment Centre, Hobart
Oct 17 - Palais Theatre, Melbourne
Oct 18 - Theabarton Theatre
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