Fanny Lumsden announces headline show for Whelan’s Upstairs, Dublin

Acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Fanny Lumsden returns with her first new music since 2023’s ARIA, AIR and Golden Guitar Award-winning album, Hey Dawn, unveiling an unexpected and totally glorious new single courtesy of her version of Gotye’s global hit, Somebody That I Used To Know, (featuring Kimbra).

The song features Fanny’s full live band, The Prawn Stars – for the first time on a recording –  and was produced by Matt Fell, Dan Freeman and Fanny, mixed by Matt Fell and mastered by William Bowden (who mastered the original Gotye version). 

Fanny explains the inspiration behind the single, saying, “After doing our own version of “Somebody That I Used To Know” on ABC’s Spicks and Specks last year, we started adding it to our live show, and have loved playing around with it so much that we thought it about time we recorded it! It’s the first song that has my whole live touring band on it, and it makes me so happy that each of these people I spend so much time with on the road, brought a little of themselves to the song. We also wanted to feature the harmonies, which are a big thing for us live.”  

The accompanying video featuring Fanny and her band The Prawn Stars, was shot in the Upper Murray region of Australia, and directed and produced by Fanny and Dan Stanley Freeman. Fanny says, “We got the band up early when they were down to play the Man From Snowy River Festival and went up on top on the hill and shot it in 1.5 hours!”

FANNY LUMSDEN ANNOUNCES HEADLINE FOR WHELAN’S UPSTAIRS, DUBLIN

SUNDAY, 10 AUGUST 2025

Tickets €17.50 including booking fees on sale Friday, 14th June at 10amfrom www.singularartists.ie