George Clinton laid down the funk beat that has inspired more than five decades of musical evolution, from R’n’B and disco to post-punk and hip hop. His invitation to the Byron Bay Bluesfest has inspired this genre changemaker to take a final tour of Australia. He’ll be giving Melbourne fans some extra love at the Forum on April 25, 2019 just after the festival.
Since the 1960s, Clinton has broken ground with Parliament’s outlandish, science-fiction fashion and doop-wop vocal style, and Funkadelic’s psychedelic, rock-oriented sound. Leading both groups, and then spearheading a musical merger, Clinton created and still leads the music collective of rotating artists, Parliament Funkadelic. After amassing 77 years of wisdom, recording three platinum albums and more than 40 Rn'B hit singles, his performance is sure to be splendid final Aussie hoorah.
Die-hard fans will be be ready to tear the roof off with hits like ‘Give Up the Funk’ and ‘P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)’.