Down Under — Men At Work's Colin Hay — Live In San Francisco — June 11, 2023 (4K)

Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band play Men At Work's 80's hit "Down Under" live in concert at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco, California on June 11, 2023. Down Under was written by Colin Hay and Ron Strykert and was first released in 1980 as the B-side to Men At Work's "Keypunch Operator" single. A new version later appeared on Men At Work's debut studio album, Business As Usual (1981). The song reached Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band consists of Ringo Starr (vocals / drums), Steve Lukather (guitar / bass / vocals), Colin Hay (guitar / vocals), Edgar Winter (keyboards / saxophone / vocals), Warren Ham (saxophone / flute / keyboards), Hamish Stuart (guitar / bass / vocals), and Gregg Bissonette (drums). ================== Colin Hay official bio: Born in Scotland, Colin Hay moved with his family as a teenager to Australia, where he first came to international fame with seminal ’80s hitmakers Men At Work. While the band would reach the heights of stardom—they took home a Grammy Award for Best New Artist and sold more than 30 million records worldwide on the strength of #1 singles like “Who Can It Be Now?” and “Down Under”—by 1985, they’d called it quits and gone their separate ways. Hay released his solo debut the following year and, over the course of the next three-and-a-half decades, went on to record twelve more critically acclaimed studio albums that would help establish him as one of his generation’s most hardworking and reliable craftsmen. Rolling Stone praised his “witty, hooky pop” tunes, while NPR’s World Café lauded his “distinctive voice,” and late night hosts from David Letterman and Craig Ferguson to Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel have all welcomed him for performances. Over the course of his remarkable solo career, Hay developed a reputation as a gifted raconteur with serious comedy chops, and his frequent appearances at LA’s Largo club helped garner him a legion of fans in the entertainment world. Among them was actor/director Zach Braff, who called Hay’s mix of heartfelt songwriting and hilarious storytelling “one of the most amazing things I had ever seen.” Braff would go on to feature Hay’s music prominently in the Grammy-winning soundtrack for Garden State and invite him to appear as himself on the hit series Scrubs, which helped introduce his music to a whole new generation of listeners. On top of his rigorous schedule as a solo artist, Hay has also managed to tour the world several times over with Ringo Starr & His All–Star Band, release an audiobook of Aesop’s Fables, star in the award-winning documentary Waiting For My Real Life, and even provide the voice for Fergus Flamingo in Disney’s The Wild. “When the pandemic hit, I was forced to stay put for the first time in years,” Hay recalls. “It was horrendous every day to watch the news and see so many people struggling, but even so, musical ideas were creeping into my head, so I followed where they led and embraced the freedom that came with sitting still for a change.” With no tour dates on the horizon, Hay allowed himself to slow things down and work at a different pace than he was used to. For the first time in his career, he had several uninterrupted months to work continuously with his longtime friend and collaborator Michael Georgiades, and the two began penning a series of gorgeous, thoughtful tracks that would eventually form the framework of Now And The Evermore. “I’m approaching 70 now,” he explains, “and it’s clear to me that I’m in the home stretch. I don’t feel any fear or a resignation about it, though, just an urgency to say the things I need to say and do the things I need to do.” ==================== Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band live tour dates (2023): June 2 - Eugene, OR @ Cuthbert Amphitheater June 3 - Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater June 4 - Woodinville, WA @ Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery June 6 - Denver, CO @ Bellco Theatre June 7 - Colorado Springs, CO @ Pikes Peak Center June 9 - Lincoln, CA @ Thunder Valley Casino June 10 - Jacksonville, OR @ Britt Festival June 11 - San Francisco, CA @ Masonic Auditorium June 13 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Eccles Theater June 15 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre June 16 - Paso Robles, CA @ Vina Robles Amphitheatre June 17 - San Jose, CA @ San Jose Civic Sept. 17 - Ontario, CA @ Toyota Arena Sept. 19 - Tucson, AZ @ Linda Rondstadt Theater Sept. 20 - Albuquerque, NM @ Rio Rancho Center Sept. 22 - Kansas City, MO @ The Uptown Sept. 23 - St Louis, MO @ The Fox Sept. 24 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium Sept. 26 - Clearwater, FL @ Coachmen Park Sept. 27 - Atlanta, GA @ The Fox Sept. 29 - Indianapolis, IN @ The Murat Theatre Sept. 30 - Milwaukee, WI @ Miller High Life Theatre Oct. 1 - Minneapolis, MN @ Mystic Lake Oct. 3 - Grand Rapids, MI @ DeVos Performance Hall Oct. 5 - Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre Oct. 6 - New Buffalo, MI @ Four Winds Casino Oct. 7 - Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple