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Steve Prestwich of Cold Chisel. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Steve Prestwich of Cold Chisel. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

New Cold Chisel Album Features Final Steve Prestwich Recordings

by Paul Cashmere on March 12, 2012

in Live,New Music,News

The new Cold Chisel album ‘No Plans’ features the final recorded moments of Steve Prestwich.

Steve Prestwich of Cold Chisel. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Steve Prestwich of Cold Chisel. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Steve died in January, 2011. Cold Chisel had already started work on the ‘No Plans’ album and were a number of songs in at the time of Steve’s death.

The ‘No Plans’ album will also feature a new Steve Prestwich song ‘I Got Things To Do’.

‘No Plans’ is the first Cold Chisel album since 1998’s ‘The Last Wave Of Summer’ 14 years ago on the band’s 7th studio album.

Cold Chisel studio discography:

Cold Chisel (1978)
Breakfast At Sweethearts (1979)
East (1980)
Circus Animals (1982)
Twentieth Century (1984)
The Last Wave Of Summer (1998)
No Plans (2012)

Cold Chisel will launch ‘No Plans’ at Bluesfest and then add a few more shows in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne.

Dates are:

April 5, Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, Bluesfest
April 7, Swan Valley, Sandalfold
April 12, Melbourne, Festival Hall
April 18, Sydney, Hordern Pavilion

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