Taylor Henderson has always wanted to come to the country music capital - and now he finally is.
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The singer will bring his A-game to the Tamworth Capitol Theatre stage on March 28 as part of his The A Team tour.
"I really wanted to get to Tamworth," he said. "I've never been and I love country music ... so I said 'I'm coming to Tamworth, it's happening'."
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"I really wanted to make sure I would travel out to as many places as I could, whether that's capital cities or regional."
Mr Henderson said the show is interactive and he hopes it can help locals escape "a little bit of that world that's hurt them" in the aftermath of devastating fires and prolonged drought across NSW.
"While a lot of it's been torn apart, music is an amazing thing to build a piece of it back together," he said.
I really wanted to make sure that I would travel out to as many places as I could, whether that's capital cities or regional
- Taylor Henderson
Hailing from country Victoria himself, Mr Henderson became a household name as the runner-up on television series The X-Factor in 2013.
He said he will spend the two-hour show playing a combination of his own music and songs by British singer-songwriter sensation Ed Sheeran.
"Ed Sheeran was a huge influence on my life," Mr Henderson said.
"He can sing so good and I just knew there was something special about him," he said.
Henderson has released hits of his own that he'll be bringing to the stage, too.
His single Borrow my Heart, launched in 2013, debuted at the top of the ARIA singles chart and was certified double platinum.
"When you get off The X-Factor, people try and go through this phase of not wanting to be an X-Factor star, they want to be their own, and I've realised, I've come a long way ... regardless of what I've been through, my job is to just bring music to the world," Mr Henderson said.
And more of his music is on the way.
"I'm releasing a song called Lucky which is really nice ... I've written about five songs with Dean Lewis and I'm going to release a couple of those as well," he said.
Mr Henderson is in for a big year, with The A Team Tour travelling around the nation.
Tickets and NSW tour dates can be found online at https://taylorhendersonmusic.com.
Police and crime reporter at the Newcastle Herald. Email: afalkenmire@austcommunitymedia.com.au
Police and crime reporter at the Newcastle Herald. Email: afalkenmire@austcommunitymedia.com.au
