Concrete Playground

Master of the implied jazz hands, Rufus Wainright returns to Sydney in October to play an intimate man-and-piano show at the the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall. Son of the equally famed Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainright III, and brother to Martha Wainright, Rufus has a daunting musical pedigree, which he seems to have all but pushed aside to forge his own (intense) fanbase with his poetic, bare-all lyrics. His debut album, Poses, led to wide acclaim, as has every single thing he's been involved in since (except that drug addiction that led to temporary blindness, perhaps). Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall, his take on Judy Garland's 1961 concert, a song-for-song show in 2006, has become something of an iconic moment in pop performance.

After his cancelled shows earlier in the year, this is one event not to miss. Tickets go on sale on Friday, June 4, at 9am.