Arno Carstens And Albert Frost Added As Support To The Mike + The Mechanics Looking Back – Living The Years 2025 Tour
PLUS Nic Collins, son of Phil Collins, joins the Mike + The Mechanics SA tour!
Big Concerts and Mike + The Mechanics are excited to announce that Arno Carstens and Albert Frost will be opening for Mike + The Mechanics when they bring their ‘Looking Back – Living The Years 2025 Tour‘ to South Africa.
Adding to the excitement, Mike + The Mechanics are delighted to announce that Nic Collins is returning on drums for the forthcoming ‘Looking back – Living The Years 2025′ Tour. Arno Carstens and Albert Frost have been friends for what to them feels like a lifetime. Albert was the principal guitarist and co-writer on two of Arno’s albums – ‘Another Universe‘ and ‘The Hello Goodbye Boys‘.
Arno Carstens who during his career was the lead singer of the Springbok Nude Girls and subsequently, as a solo artist has released numerous albums and has won numerous music awards.
Albert Frost, a familiar and respected feature in the South African blues-rock scene. Having performed for 21 years with the Blues Broers and has recorded with Arno Carstens and various other prominent bands.
Over the years and specifically during the period during which they worked on recording and touring those two albums they performed in many memorable shows together.
“I believe that at the core we share a similar melodic and rhythmical feel for music. And a sense of humour” – Arno says.
We’re excited for this incredible duo to perform live on one stage and support the Mike + The Mechanics South African tour dates!
Nic Collins joins the tour!
Nic first started playing with Mike (Rutherford) on the globe-trotting sell-out Genesis ‘Last Domino?’ Tour in 2021/22 which was a colossal task for any drummer taking on a tour of that scale, but one that saw Nic draw plaudits all over the world not only from fans but also fellow musicians with Musicradar.com voting him one of Best Rock Drummers and Best Prog Drummers of 2021.
Mike invited Nic to join The Mechanics ‘Refuelled! Tour 2023’ as the bands drummer due to the unavailability of regular drummer Gary Wallis. It was a huge success giving the band a new energy and dynamic that thrilled crowds across Europe.
On rejoining the band, Nic says:
“I’m thrilled to be heading back on the road with Mike + The Mechanics. The last tour in 2023 was so much fun and I’m honored to have been asked to be a part of this next tour.”
Mike says:
“It’s great that Nic is joining us again. He brings a great energy to the band and it’s nice keeping it in the family.”
Starting in March 2025 and playing through the UK, this tour will see them play their hits including ‘Over My Shoulder‘, ‘The Living Years‘ and ‘All I Need Is A Miracle‘ as well as drift into some of Genesis’s much loved classic tracks.
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Tour Information:
Mike + The Mechanics
Cape Town
Venue:
Grand Arena, GrandWest
Date:
Thursday, 30 January 2025
Ticket Prices:
From R800 – R3085 (including VAT & service fees)
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Pretoria
Venue:
SunBet Arena, Times Square
Date:
Saturday, 01 February 2025
Ticket Prices:
From R800 – R2740 (including VAT & service fees)
Bookings:
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