Canadian superstar k.d. lang returns to Australia for concerts to celebrate 25th birthday of Ingenue

It was the album which made k.d. lang one of the most popular singers in Australia in 1992 and now the much-loved Canadian returns to celebrate Ingenue with a tour in July.

Lang will reprise her 1992 album Ingenue with an Australian tour for its 25th anniversary. Picture: Nic Gibson.

IT has been 25 years since k.d lang won the hearts of Australian music fans with her breakthrough record Ingenue.

The Canadian singer blessed with a voice adored by millions will return here in July to celebrate the record’s anniversary with the Ingenue Redux tour.

Lang will perform at Melbourne’s Plenary Hall on July 18, Perth’s Riverside Theatre on July 23 and Sydney’s ICC Theatre on July 26.

While lang had already won a Grammy Award for her Crying duet with Roy Orbison in 1989 and gained notice in the alt-country scene, it was Ingenue that would catapult on to the pop charts.

Propelled by the Grammy-winning single Constant Craving, the record would sell more than three million copies and guarantee sold-out theatre concerts every time she came to Australia.

The 54-year-old had semi-retired from music before releasing the case/lang/viers record last year with her friends Neko Case and Laura Viers, which peaked at No. 12 in Australia.

The famous vanity fair cover featuring Cindy Crawford shaving kd lang. Picture: Supplied.

Promoter Paul Dainty, who brought the reunited Guns N’ Roses to Australia for their Not In This Lifetime concerts, has been touring lang in Australia for the past three decades and said while the concerts would focus on the Ingenue songs, the singer would also feature her “other major hits”.

“I am thrilled k.d. is touring to celebrate this iconic album which was released in 1992, Ingénue is on the list of albums everyone should listen to before they die,” he said.

While it was her pristine voice which won hearts and made Lang one of the most popular artists of the 1990s, she also became an activist for lesbian causes and AIDS charities.

She famously posed for a Vanity Fair cover being shaved by Cindy Crawford in a barber’s chair.

lang lasted toured Australia in 2011 and tickets for the Ingenue Redux tour go on sale from 10am on February 28 via Ticketek.

Originally published as Canadian superstar k.d. lang returns to Australia for concerts to celebrate 25th birthday of Ingenue