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Damien Rice 25th Anniversary of 'O'

  • Contemporary Music
  • Folk
  • Indie
  • Concert Hall
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Spotlighting the album that soundtracked a generation’s heartbreak

Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice is returning to celebrate 25 years of O, performing the landmark album in full alongside a selection of much-loved repertoire.

If you experienced love, lust or loss in the early 2000s, it’s likely you listened to the lovelorn masterpiece that is Damien Rice’s O. With gut-wrenching lyrics and haunting vocal features from Lisa Hannigan, Rice dances on the knife-edge of falling in and out of love. In the vein of Jeff Buckley and Elliott Smith, Rice quickly became a master of modern folk adored around the world. 25 years on, Rice returns to the album that changed everything over two spellbinding nights celebrating O. 

From The Blower’s Daughter to Cannonball, prepare for the unique catharsis of listening to O in its entirety alongside a selection of much-loved songs from across Rice’s catalogue. Made all the more captivating by his one-of-a-kind stage presence, this is a live music experience set to be at once transcendent and utterly down-to-earth.

Presented by Sydney Opera House

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Listening to Damien Rice is both painful and absolutely beautiful. Like true art.

The AU Review

Few artists have put out a work that is this atmospheric and tender.

Stereogum

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Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

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Concert Hall

The Concert Hall is located beneath the largest of Sydney Opera House’s roof sails, filling the upper levels of the west side of the building. Best accessed through the covered concourse. 

All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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