British music icon Cliff Richard to kick off Australian Can’t Stop Me Now tour in 2025
British music legend Cliff Richard is heading Down Under next year for a series of live concerts.
The 84-year-old pop icon will kick off the Australian leg of his Can’t Stop Me Now tour in Perth in November 2025.
A series of performances in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane will follow.
In a video shared to You Tube on Monday, the beloved singer announced that the tour was in honor of his 85th birthday.
Dressed in a gray jacket and white zebra shirt, Richard looked excited as he announced his first visit to Australia in 12 years.
“I’m happy to announce that I’ll be touring again in 2025 to celebrate my 80th birthday… oh, no, that’s done, isn’t it,” he joked.
“It’s my 85th birthday… look, you can’t stop me now,” he added.
Richard, who scored his first chart success in 1958, will begin his tour Down Under on November 1, 2025.
British music legend Cliff Richard is heading Down Under next year for a series of live concerts. The 84-year-old pop icon will kick off the Australian leg of his Can’t Stop Me Now tour in Perth in November 2025. A series of performances in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane will follow. (Pictured)
The Wired for Sound hitmaker will then travel to Adelaide for a show on November 4, followed by two concerts in Melbourne on November 6 and 7.
Two more shows in Sydney at the State Theater will follow on November 9 and 10 before heading to Brisbane for a final performance on November 12.
The fan favorite, who was knighted in 1995 for his charity work, also has four shows planned in New Zealand following his performances in Australia.
He also has a short UK tour planned ahead of Christmas 2025, including a show at London’s massive Royal Albert Hall.
He is best known for scoring no fewer than fourteen number one singles over the past sixty years. His well-remembered songs include 1958’s Living Doll, 1962’s Summer Holiday, 1976’s Devil Woman and 1979’s We Don’t Talk Anymore. Pictured: Richard performing in 2023
The iconic singer is best known for racking up a whopping 14 number one singles over the past sixty years and is fondly remembered for songs like 1958’s Living Doll and 1962’s Summer Holiday.
His other fan favorites include the 1976 hit Devil Woman and 1979’s We Don’t Talk Anymore.
Richard had more hits in the 80s, including Suddenly, a duet with Olivia Newton-John and the 1981 synth-pop classic Wired for Sound, a top 5 hit Down Under.
The affable artist is known as one of the best-selling pop stars of all time and has sold an estimated 250 million recordings. Pictured: Richard photographed in his heyday in 1968 with British pop star Cilla Black
The affable artist is known as one of the best-selling pop stars of all time and has sold an estimated 250 million recordings.
He first toured Australia in 1973 and last performed Down Under in 2013.
Tickets for Cliff Richard’s Can’t Stop Me Now Tour goes on sale Wednesday.