Icehouse reschedule Perth shows after medical emergency

After three spectacularly received shows in New Zealand, Icehouse’s first two Australian shows of their 40 Years! Live tour this week have to be scrapped. An unidentified band member was hospitalised due to a “medical emergency.”

The two dates at Perth’s Crown Theatre were scheduled for Wednesday February 1 and, on doctor’s orders, Thursday February 2.

“Iva (Davies) and the rest of the band are making sure he has the greatest of care,” Icehouse commented on Facebook.

The shows are now rescheduled. Tickets for the Wednesday show are now automatically transferred to Friday June 16. Thursday’s show has been moved to Saturday June 17.

Refunds are offered from Ticketmaster for those who can’t make the new dates.

Last night the band posted, “Icehouse sends apologies to the fans who missed out on the shows this week for their disappointment and for any inconvenience caused. We thank the team at Crown for their understanding and support.”

The rest of their tour schedule is listed below:

Thursday Feb 9 – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide

Saturday Feb 11 – Red Hot Summer Tour – Old Mount Gambier Gaol, Mt Gambier

Saturday Feb 18 – Red Hot Summer Tour – Country Club, Launceston

Friday Feb 24 – Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane

Saturday Feb 25 – Tamworth Regional Entertainment & Conference Centre

Saturday March 11 – Red Hot Summer Tour – Mackay Park, Bateman’s Bay

Sunday March 12 – A Weekend in the Gardens

Friday March 17, Saturday 18 – Wrest Point Entertainment Centre, Hobart

Saturday March 25 – Red Hot Summer Tour – Roche Estate, Hunter Valley

Saturday April 1 – Red Hot Summer Tour – Harrigan’s Drift Inn, Jacob’s Well, Qld

Saturday April 22 – Red Hot Summer Tour – Bendigo Jockey Club, Bendigo

Friday June 23, Saturday June 24 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney

The three New Zealand shows on the weekend were part of the Summer Concert Tour, with headliners Icehouse joined by Bonnie Tyler and Alan Parsons Project. Two were sold out, with 15,000 attending the Taupo Amphitheatre and 16,000 at the Queenstown date.

As part of the 40th celebrations, a 10-album career-spanning box set Icehouse – The Complete Collection is out on February 17 on CD and digitally. All the albums are now available on streaming services, and the debut Icehouse album (when the group was called Flowers) has been issued on vinyl for the first time since its original release.

Icehouse have sold over three million albums locally, more than nine million internationally, and have achieved 28 Platinum album sales in Australasia.