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'A Triumph'****The Australian
'Contender for album of the year' **** The Age
'Its hard to imagine him ever producing another record more inclusive and satisfying than this' **** Rolling Stone
'His vocals are so exquisitely relaxed and honest that his stories shine through brilliantly' **** JMag
'Everything is True is brimming with beauty and intelligence' **** The Mag
'Refined acoustic pop from one of our leading craftsmen' **** The West Australian
'Dempsey is a gifted observer of the human condition..a truly beautiful collection'**** The Daily Telegraph
'Paul Dempsey is trying to do it all. And he's winning' Inpress
'The tally for genius lyrics per second is positively baffling..eleven excellent reasons to acquaint yourself with one of Australia's finest songwriters' Beat

DEMPSEY WINS AGE MUSIC AWARD

We are pleased to announce that Paul was presented with the Age EG Music Award for Best Male for Everything is True. This was a publicly voted award - a big thank you to all those who voted. Congratulations to Paul.

The third single to be released from Everything is True is Fast Friends. Released via digital format only, the single features 2 solo acoustic b-sides ; Ramona Was A Waitress & Have You Fallen Out of Love? both recorded live at the Apple iTunes instore. Available via iTunes only by clicking here

ANNOUNCING PAUL DEMPSEY SOLO SHOWS FOR TASMANIA & REGIONAL NSW & VICTORIA!

Only weeks after completing a sold out national tour with his band, Paul will head back out on the road due to the large number of requests received from people in areas the tour did not initially visit. This time he will be going it alone in solo acoustic mode and heading to regional and outer-city areas in NSW, VIC and Tasmania.
Tickets are sure to sell fast so make sure to get in early for your chance to see Paul playing songs from Everything is True in intimate solo-acoustic mode.

Tickets are on sale now to all venues* from HERE Tickets for Lizottes only from HERE

TOUR DATES: Mon Dec 7 Lizotte's Kincumber NSW
* Tues Dec 8 Brass Monkey Cronulla NSW
Wed Dec 9 Mona Vale Hotel Mona Vale NSW
Thurs Dec 10 Heritage Hotel Wollongong NSW
Fri Dec 11 Cambridge Hotel Newcastle NSW
Sat Dec 12 Doyalson RSL Doyalson NSW
Thurs Dec 17 Theatre Royal Castlemaine VIC
Fri Dec 18 Bended Elbow Geelong VIC
Sat Dec 19 Hellenic Hall Hobart TAS

See www.pauldempseymusic.com for full details.

You may remember that back in August Paul played an exclusive live solo acoustic set at the Apple store in Sydney for 300 competition winners. Well, we are very excited to announce that this live performance, which was recorded by the folks at iTunes is now released as an E.P. It is exclusively available at iTunes. Click to purchase.

The tracklist for the E.P is as follows;
1.Theme from Nice Guy
2.Bats
3.Fast Friends
4.Bird in a basement
5.Safety in Numbness

FAST FRIENDS VIDEO - BEHIND THE SCENES

Check out pictures from behind the scenes during the video shoot for upcoming single, Fast Friends HERE

Paul has ben nominated for 3 ARIA Awards for Everything is True; Best Male Artist, Best Adult Contemporary Album & Producer of the Year. Congratulations Paul

For a limited time Everything Is True comes in 2 different versions;

'Limited Edition', which includes 'Counterfeits & Forgeries', the bonus disc of covers recorded by Paul
'Itunes exclusive' which includes the bonus track, Paul's cover of the Teenage Fanclub classic, 'Sparky's Dream'.

To order & check out all the details, click here

The bonus disc, 'Counterfeits and Forgeries' contains these covers recorded by Paul;

1. Time to Pretend (MGMT)
2. Heaven (Talking Heads)
3. So Like Candy (Elvis Costello)
4. Disappearer (Sonic Youth)

RAMONA WAS A WAITRESS CD SINGLE RELEASED INSTORE

The very limited edition CD single version of Ramona Was A Waitress has been released in stores. This single features 3 b-sides including Paul's cover of the Kim Carnes classic, 'Bette Davis Eyes' as well as two fantastic remixes to get you off your seat. Get it from all Leading Edge stores, Sanity stores, order it through JB HiFi online store for delivery and all good indie stores around the country. (For a list see www.pauldempseymusic.com)

RAMONA OUT ON ITUNES NOW!
The brand new single, Ramona Was A Waitress is available now from itunes. Just click HERE and is also available in physical CD format in a very limited edition which features Paul's cover of Bette Davis Eyes and 2 exciting re-mixes. It is available from all Sanity, Leading Edge stores and from JB Hi Fi Just click HERE

Paul Dempsey is the singer, guitarist and principal songwriter of Australian band, Something for Kate. Dempsey has also always played solo shows and toured solo when not busy with Something for Kate as well as producing records for other artists.

In late 2007 Paul began writing his first solo album. It was recorded for the most part in December of 2008 in a secluded studio in New South Wales with engineer, Wayne Connolly (You Am I, Youth Group) and then mixed at the start of 2009 in Los Angeles with Doug Boehm (Elliot Smith, French Kicks).

The first single, Out the Airlock was initially given away as a free download through www.pauldempseymusic.com and then subsequently released exclusively by itunes in May 2009.

The 2nd single, Ramona Was A Waitress was released through itunes on July 3rd and as a CD single in stores on July 24th.

Paul then completed a sold out national solo tour of Australia during which he got himself acquainted with playing the new album tracks live. The album, titled Everything Is True was released on August 14th through EMI Music Australia. The critical response to the album has been overwhelming, garnering 4 and 4 1/2 star reviews from publications ranging from Rolling Stone to The Australian. Everything is True debuted at No.5 on the ARIA chart after spending over a week in the No.1 position on the iTunes chart. The album has so far spent 7 weeks in the ARIA chart.

Paul has been nominated for 3 ARIAS (Australian Record Industry Awards) for BEST MALE ARTIST, BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM & PRODUCER OF THE YEAR.

Paul and his band have recently completed a sold out national tour and Paul has just announced another tour in solo acoustic mode which will take in various regional centers throughout December. Paul will play a number of festivals this Summer - stay tuned for more announcements.

Request Out the Airlock & Ramona Was A Waitress here:

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