Richard Marx

Richard Marx is taking his 12 date The Songwriter Tour to New Zealand for the first time and returning to Australia in spring 2023.

Mar 7 – Wollongong, NSW @ Anita’s Theatre Mar 5 – Sydney, NSW @ State Theatre Produced by Frontier Touring and Arena Touring, the trek sees the Grammy winner supporting his 13th studio album,

The hearts of Richard Marx fans can finally stop breaking - for the first time in his 40-year career - the Right Here Waiting singer is touring New Zealand.

* In 2004 his work with Luther Vandross for the song Dance With My Father a won a Grammy for Song of the Year. In 1989 his classic Right Here Waiting topped the charts in both Australia and New Zealand.

'Right Here Waiting' and 'Hazard' singer Richard Marx is to tour New Zealand for the first time ever in 2023. He will kick off an Australasian tour with a ...

The three dates in 2023 mark the first time the singer has ever played Aotearoa. 'Right Here Waiting' and 'Hazard' singer Richard Marx is to tour New Zealand for the first time ever in 2023. From there, he'll head to Wellington's Opera House on February 21, before concluding the New Zealand leg of the tour in Auckland at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre on February 22.

Richard Marx will visit Australia for the first time since 2018 next year, touring in support of his new album 'Songwriter', which arrives today.

[Tickets](https://www.frontiertouring.com/richardmarx) on sale from Thursday, 6th October. Comprising 20 tracks, the record is neatly divided into various genres, with each block of five songs showcasing his proficiency in the pop, rock, country, and balladry. Kicking off with his first-ever shows in New Zealand, Marx will cross the Tasman soon after for shows in Brisbane ,Tweed Heads, Newcastle, Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Wollongong, Penrith, and Perth.

The American adult contemporary and pop rock singer-songwriter's show at NEX in March 2023 will be the first gig Marx has played in Australia since 2018. Songs ...

Marx has written a number one single in each of the last four decades, an accolade previously only reached by Michael Jackson. And don’t be too surprised if one of the tracks from the new album becomes a sing-a-long by the time he gets here. But Marx will also hit Australia armed with tracks from his thirteenth studio offering, Songwriter, which is out today.

Eighties pop-rock sensation Richard Marx, 59, has a new album "Songwriter," out Friday, and talks to The Post about being discovered by Lionel Richie, ...

“I’ve not seen Cynthia for, like, seven or eight weeks, and I know I’ve got another seven weeks to go, and I’m madly in love with her,” he said. I was like, ‘I have to marry this woman.’ ” I fell in love with her on that afternoon.” And I end up having the biggest f – – king crush on Madonna. “And I start sort of semi-flirting with her. “It’s me and Jackie Jackson from the Jacksons singing harmony on this song [ “I can’t say enough about what that did for me,” said Marx. “I had written a handful of songs; I’d made little demos of them on a cassette tape,” he said. “My sons grew up watching how much I love what I do, and I’m sure that that was a big influence on them,” said Marx, whose oldest son, Brandon, 32, is also a musician. “The thing that I’m the most proud of in my career is the diversity of my songwriting,” said Marx, whose golden pen has found success whether it be for Josh Groban ( But even he had to defer to one legendary tunesmith on his new album, “Songwriter,” out Friday. So I start sweating, and then I said, ‘Can you give me a couple hours?’ ”

Music legend Richard Marx is returning to Australia in 2023, with a planned concert appearance in Newcastle.

In 2022, Marx releases his 13th studio album, the multi-genre-spanning Songwriter, with four sets of all new songs, each influenced by his success across pop, rock, country music and ballad genres. His unwavering talent has led him to a string of triumphs through Right Here Waiting, which reached #1 status in both Australia and New Zealand, and Hazard, also peaking at #1 in Australia and #7 in New Zealand. Over the past four decades, the gifted American’s been a mainstay on Australian radio, thanks to his power ballads Right Hear Waiting and Hazard.

Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, producer and best-selling author Richard Marx as he brings his 9-date 'The Songwriter Tour' to New Zealand for the very ...

Grab them when they go live by heading [‘Right Here Waiting’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_E2EHVxNAE) which reached #1 status in both Australia and New Zealand and ‘ [Hazard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdmHHoI9beM)’, also peaking at #1 in Australia and #7 in New Zealand. “That I’ll also finally be able to play my first ever concerts in New Zealand is icing on the cake. - March 5 – State Theatre, Sydney Catch him when he comes to Melbourne, at St Kilda’s own Palais Theatre on March 4. - March 4 – Palais Theatre, Melbourne