One of the most vital voices in American songwriting, Lucinda Williams will bring her extraordinary life and music to the Sydney Opera House this August for a single, unmissable night of stories, songs and soul.
Announced today, Lucinda Williams and her band, Don’t Tell Anybody The Secrets – a very special night featuring songs, stories & visuals will take place Sunday 31 August in the iconic Concert Hall. It marks Williams’ first headline appearance at Australia’s most iconic venue and promises a richly layered performance that spans memoir and music, legacy and resilience.
Part concert, part reading, part cinematic memoir, Don’t Tell Anybody The Secrets will see the singer pair live performance with visuals and spoken passages from her memoir. Backed by her revitalised full band, Williams will take audiences through the key moments, heartbreaks and musical milestones of her singular life – from her Southern childhood, through the long road to worldwide recognition with 1998’s Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, to recent collaborations with artists such as Bruce Springsteen and Margo Price
This one-off Opera House performance arrives amidst a moment of deep creative resurgence for Williams. In recent years, she has released her sixteenth studio album (Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart), published a critically lauded memoir (Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You), and mounted a triumphant return to the stage following a debilitating stroke in late 2020. In cities across the US – including sold-out shows in New York, Austin and Nashville – this unique show format has left audiences spellbound.
As fans will know, in 2020, just as the pandemic took hold, Williams suffered a stroke that impaired the left side of her body and left her temporarily unable to walk or play guitar. But she returned to the stage within a year, buoyed by the energy of her band and her determination to keep singing. “I figured, ‘Hell, all I have to do is stand up there and sing. How hard can that be?’” she told Vanity Fair. And sing she has – with renewed urgency and power.
Her latest album Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road is testament to this creative resurgence – a bracing, joyful, and deeply felt collection recorded at The Beatles’ legendary studio in London, the hallowed Abbey Road Studios.
This one-off Opera House performance arrives amidst a moment of deep creative resurgence for Williams. In recent years, she has released her sixteenth studio album (Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart), published a critically lauded memoir (Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You), and mounted a triumphant return to the stage following a debilitating stroke in late 2020. In cities across the US – including sold-out shows in New York, Austin and Nashville – this unique show format has left audiences spellbound.
As fans will know, in 2020, just as the pandemic took hold, Williams suffered a stroke that impaired the left side of her body and left her temporarily unable to walk or play guitar. But she returned to the stage within a year, buoyed by the energy of her band and her determination to keep singing. “I figured, ‘Hell, all I have to do is stand up there and sing. How hard can that be?’” she told Vanity Fair. And sing she has – with renewed urgency and power.
Her latest album Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road is testament to this creative resurgence – a bracing, joyful, and deeply felt collection recorded at The Beatles’ legendary studio in London, the hallowed Abbey Road Studios.
LUCINDA WILLIAMS
AUSTRALIA
AUGUST 2025
Presented by Frontier Touring
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Runs 24 hours from: Wednesday 23 July (11am AEST)
or until presale allocation exhausted
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Begins: Thursday 24 July (12pm AEST)
Sunday 31 August
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House | Sydney, NSW
Lic. All Ages
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Also playing:
PAUL KELLY
with special guests Lucinda Williams and her band (USA) + Fanny Lumsden (AU)
Reb Fountain (NZ)
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Tuesday 26 August
RAC Arena | Perth, WA
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Friday 29 August
Brisbane Entertainment Centre | Brisbane, QLD
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Saturday 30 August
Qudos Bank Arena | Sydney, NSW
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Tuesday 2 September
MyState Bank Arena | Hobart, TAS
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Thursday 4 September
Adelaide Entertainment Centre | Adelaide, SA
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Saturday 6 September
SOLD OUT !
Rod Laver Arena | Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 7 September
Rod Laver Arena | Melbourne, VIC
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