To celebrate his landmark album For The Working Class Man, Barnes will hit the road.
He will play the iconic album from start to finish on Working Class Man 40th Anniversary Tour, taking the crowd from ‘I’d Die to be With You Tonight’ to ‘Paradise’, plus cuts from his back catalogue.
Released in December 1985, For The Working Class Man went straight to number one on the Australian chart.
The album spent seven weeks at number one, becoming Barnes’ longest-running chart-topper. And it has sold more than 500,000 copies in Australia.
Joining Barnes for the shows is his Cold Chisel bandmate Ian Moss.
Barnes is the most successful artist in Australian chart history. He’s had 16 solo number one albums plus six chart-topping albums with Cold Chisel.
The nearly-70-year-old has been hit with a series of health issues in recent years after more than five decades of performing and touring.
The Cold Chisel frontman underwent open-heart surgery in late 2023 after being hospitalised with bacterial pneumonia, and then had emergency surgery in August 2024 when the infection returned to his hip. Fighting excruciating pain, Barnes was given a temporary joint but managed to return to the stage seven weeks later.
In February this year, Barnes again underwent surgery after being given the all-clear to have his hip replaced with a permanent joint.
In an interview with ABC News Breakfast, Barnes described himself as "fighting fit".
Barnes and his band play Christchurch's Wolfbrook Arena on April 17 followed by Spark Arena in Auckland on April 19.
