LIVE GALLERY: PAUL KELLY Live At Qudos Bank Arena 30/8/2025 (feating Lucinda Williams)

How Good! Chronicles
Sep 1
2 min read

Australia's answer to Bob Dylan, Paul Kelly returned to Sydney to perform a string of his 40 year catalogue and new material whilst on his current tour across the country and New Zealand.

Joining him on the the tour is Tallimba country singer Fanny Lumsden and the Grammy award winning rock & country singer Lucinda Williams.

Lucinda got things moving with her stories and nods to Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and Neil Young and a tribute to her good friend Tom Petty. It was great to see her come on stage without the aid of a walking stick after her stroke in 2020 which left her frail which would be a career killer for most acts.

Setlist

Can't Let Go (Randy Weeks cover)
Stolen Moments
Drunken Angel
Lowlife
You Can't Rule Me (Memphis Minnie cover)
Changed the Locks (Lucinda Williams and Tom Petty song)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (The Beatles cover)
Joy (followed by Led Zeppelin's Heartbreaker riff)
Honey Bee
Rockin' in the Free World (Neil Young cover)

LUCINDA WILLIAMS PHOTO GALLERY:

Paul prooved to Qudos Bank Arena that he wasn't done yet and it wasn't just a nostalgic show as the storyteller continues moving forward. Personal highlights include the aussie pub classics "Dumb Things" and "To Her Door", true Australiana. A new release "Rita Wrote A Letter" which is the sequel to Kelly's Christmas anthem "How To Make Gravy" follows the story of Joe, Dan and Rita was performed live for the first time in Sydney. A deeply satisfying mix of emotional songwriting, musical craftsmanship, and arena-scale showmanship. For many fans, this was a bittersweet “biggest-ever” statement for Kelly—firmly rooted in his legacy, and robustly forward-looking.

Paul and the band including his nephew Dan Kelly turned a sold out arena show into a small sit down intimate experience. The tour coincided with the release his 30th album set to be released in November ironically named "Seventy" to celebrate Kelly's first 70 years of life on earth and we look forward to the next 70 years of this storyteller's journey.

Paul Kelly Setlist 30/8/2025

Houndstooth Dress
Firewood and Candles
Before Too Long (Paul Kelly and the Messengers song)
Rising Moon
Careless (Paul Kelly and the Messengers song)
Rita Wrote a Letter
Double Business Bound
Love Never Runs on Time
When I First Met Your Ma (Paul Kelly and the Messengers song)
Harpoon to the Heart
Every Day My Mother's Voice (with Jess Hitchcock)
Sonnet 18 (with Jess Hitchcock)
If I Could Start Today Again
They Thought I Was Asleep (Paul Kelly and The Stormwater Boys cover) (Acoustic)
From St Kilda to Kings Cross
All Those Smiling Faces
To Her Door (Paul Kelly and the Messengers song)
Northern Rivers
Our Sunshine (Paul Kelly & Uncle Bill song)
Deeper Water
Dumb Things (Paul Kelly and the Messengers song)
How to Make Gravy
From Little Things Big Things Grow (Paul Kelly and the Messengers song) (with Jess Hitchcock)