ANNOUNCING PAUL DEMPSEY SHOTGUN KARAOKE VOL. 2 ALBUM & NATIONAL TOUR! PD Shares first taste with Cher cover!
ANNOUNCING PAUL DEMPSEY SHOTGUN KARAOKE VOL. 2 ALBUM & NATIONAL TOUR! PD Shares first taste with Cher cover!
We are very excited to announce that Paul Dempsey will release ’Shotgun Karaoke Vol. II ‘ & will be touring nationally to celebrate!
After more than a decade of fan requests, Paul Dempsey is finally delivering the sequel that listeners have been waiting for. Shotgun Karaoke Vol. II sees Paul return to the stripped-back, spontaneous approach that made the original 2013 LP such a compelling listen – raw, intimate, and refreshingly imperfect in all the right ways.
The album will be released on 24 October and the tour will take in some of the nations most iconic venues. All shows will be all ages. Paul today shares his take on Cher’s If I Could Turn Back Time HERE
Watch Paul Dempsey play If I Could Turn Back Time HERE
The concept remains as simple as ever, beloved songs performed live with nothing but Paul and his and acoustic guitar, in the spirit of actual karaoke. He’ll be playing a broad selection of covers beyond the tracks on both Vol I and Vol II. He’ll draw on scores of covers done over the years, diving deep into the rabbit hole a YouTube search for ‘Paul Dempsey covers’ takes you to.
Taking the cover concept one step further, Dempsey has continued the theme set with Volume I whereby the album cover is also a ‘cover’ inspired by a favourite cover. Where the cover artwork for Volume I took its inspiration from the book jacket of Hunter S. Thompson’s ’Songs of the Doomed’, the artwork for Volume II takes its inspiration from Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic, ’The Shining’. In both cases, one thing is strikingly clear – it’s Paul vs. the music.
Tickets go on sale on Friday 8 August at noon (local time) from pauldempseymusic.com however for mailing list subscribers & Patreon members there is a fan pre-sale on Thursday 10am. There is an email in your inbox with details on how to access the pre-sale. Be sure to check your junk mail!
Pre -order the album on vinyl, CD or pre-save digital along with other fun pre-order items HERE
TOUR DATES ARE;
Fri 31-Oct-25 His Majesty’s Theatre PERTH
Fri 07-Nov-25 Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House SYDNEY
Fri 14-Nov-25 Concert Hall, QPAC BRISBANE
Sat 15-Nov-25 Thebarton Theatre ADELAIDE
Sat 22-Nov-25 Palais Theatre MELBOURNE
All shows ALL AGES
“I don’t really care if they work with my style,” Dempsey explains of his song selection process with refreshing honesty. “I choose them because I genuinely love the song and think it would be fun to sing.”That philosophy has yielded an eclectic track list spanning decades and genres, from Cher’s bombastic“If I Could Turn Back Time” to Tanita Tikaram’s contemplative “Twist In My Sobriety,” Don Henley’snostalgic “Boys Of Summer,” and R.E.M.’s anthemic “Losing My Religion.” It’s the kind of playlist that would make your Spotify algorithm have an existential crisis.
