Guitarist and founding member of British India, Nic Wilson has announced he will retire from music at the end of this year, finishing up with one final tour – the 'Nic The Poet' Farewell Tour – spanning 24 dates that'll see the iconic Melbourne rockers kick off at The Basement in Canberra on November 2, before swinging through Albury, Perth, Margaret River, Freo, Bunbury, Townsville, Cairns, Bendigo, Geelong, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Southport, Sunshine Coast, Adelaide, Shoalhaven and finishing up at Port Macquarie to play Westport Park on January 27, 2019.
Local fans can catch Nic riffing one last time with the rest of British India live @ Tattersall’s Hotel in Penrith on Dec 7.
Formed at St Bede's college in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, British India burst onto the scene in 2007. A love of music and a driving determination was the key ingredient that turned four budding musicians into a fierce garage band, who quickly gained a reputation for explosive live shows and the ability to write great pop songs.
A chance meeting with legendary producer Harry Vanda and future manager Glenn Goldsmith resulted
in their debut album Guillotine being released independently in July 2007.' Supported by triple J radio and relentless touring the album would
go onto sell 20,000 copies and the band won the AIR award for 'best new Group' in 2007.
Within 12 months British India released their 2nd album Thieves to great fanfare. The album debuted at No 5 and was nominate for
3 ARIA awards. By the end 2008 British India had become one of the biggest young rock bands in the country. They continued to assent, releasing Avalanche in 2010, yet another Top 10 debut.
Pic: 2018 will mark the final tour for front-man guitarist & founding
member of British India - Nic Wilson.
The band turned a new corner in their career in 2012 signing with Liberation Records and Mushroom Music.
At Liberation, British India would release their most successful albums to date, Controller & Nothing Touches Me. They also
scored their first Gold Record with the hit I Can Make You Love Me. In 2017 they released their 6th studio album Forgetting the Future again playing a sold out national tour.
Over the last 10 years, British India have notched up 8 entries into the Hottest 100, released 6 albums, played every major festival in Australia
and have headlined over 700 shows. They have toured with many international acts and supported The Rolling Stones.
"British India is something we started as snotty nosed high school kids, that became something much bigger and more important to people than we could have ever expected. The three lads in the band were the three best men at my wedding and the three best men to play a part in in my life.
We decided on everything together as children to adults and proved that democracy can prevail when done right.
I was lucky to share every terrible Tarago road trip with them laughing hysterically as the road disappeared behind us. I was lucky to share the stage at first playing to nobody and then playing to thousands.
And I was lucky to live out the dream a 12-year-old version of myself pined for daily. To play music to people who cared. For that – I thank you. But time moves on and I have other things I want to try my hand at and I am ready to see what else I can do.
Thank you for the memories everybody. Rock n Rol,l I gave you the best years of my life." - Nic Wilson 2018.
Always busy and currently in the studio working on new material, the band are excited to celebrate Nic Wilson's awesome career and plan to send him
off in style with one final tour with their best mate. This will be the last chance to see the original British India line up on stage.
British India 'Nic The Poet Tour' 2018
Tickets on sale Wednesday 26th September at 9:00AM
Fri 02 November – The Basement, Canberra, ACT
Tickets from http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?eventId=93526
Sat 03 November – SS&A Club, Albury, NSW
Tickets from http://www.ssaclub.com.au/ticketed-events/
Thu 08 November – North shore Tavern, Hillarys, WA
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Fri 09 November – Settlers Tavern, Margaret River, WA
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Sat 10 November – Amplifier, Perth, WA
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Sun 11 November – Newport Hotel, Fremantle, WA
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Fri 16 November – Stirling Arms Hotel, Guilford, WA
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Sat 17 November – Prince Of Wales, Bunbury, WA
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Sun 18 November – Indi Bar, Scarborough, WA
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Fri 23 November – The Office, Townsville, QLD
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Sat 24 November – Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns, QLD
Tickets from https://www.tanksartscentre.com/whats-on
Fri 30 November – Tap House, Bendigo, VIC
Tickets from http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?eventId=93532
Sat 01 December – Barwon Club, Geelong, VIC
Tickets from http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?eventId=93535
Thu 06 December – Highfield Hotel, Caringbah, NSW
Tickets from https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/british-india/107079
Fri 07 December – Tattersall's Hotel, Penrith, NSW
Tickets from http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?eventId=93547
Sat 08 December – Narrabeen RSL, Narrabeen, NSW
Tickets from http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?eventId=93549
Fri 14 December – The Zoo, Brisbane, QLD
Tickets from http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?eventId=93551
Fri 21 December – The Corner, Melbourne, VIC
Tickets from http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?eventId=93553
Sat 12 January – Hastings Foreshore, Hastings, VIC
Tickets from http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/underthesouthernstars
Sat 19 January – Broadwater Entertainment Precinct, Southport, QLD
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Sun 20 January – Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast, QLD
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Fri 25 January – Harts Mill, Port Adelaide, SA
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Sat 26 January – Shoalhaven Turf Club, Shoalhaven, NSW
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Sun 27 January – Westport Park, Port Macquarie, NSW
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