Passenger to play three SA concerts

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Mongezi Mtati

Passenger, the folk singer/songwriter, aka Mike Rosenberg, will be coming to South Africa in February 2015, to play at Durban Botanic Gardens on Friday, 13 February and at Zoo Lake, Joburg on Saturday, 14. He will then go down to Kirstenbosch to perform at the Summer Sunset Concerts on Sunday, February 15. Local talent will support the UK legend at the Joburg and Durban concerts.

The ballad Let Her Go topped the charts in 2013, establishing Passenger as a breakthrough in the international music scene. Let Her Go not only became one of the UK's biggest selling singles of all time; it is also the ninth most Shazamed song in the world, soundtracked to the most popular ad over the Superbowl and over 400 million views on YouTube.

"Whispers" is Passenger's sixth studio album, and although it only took five weeks to record, this cinematic sound brings Rosenberg's words to life, with guitar, glockenspiel, melodica and various percussion instruments filtering through.

For more information about Cape Town, go to www.sanbi.org.za/kirstenbosch

Tickets

Durban: R395 (note: children pay full price). Book tickets at www.webticket.co.za. Gates open 3pm (pre-sales), 3.30pm (on the day sales) and ends at 9.30pm.

Joburg: Tickets: R395 (note: children pay full price). Book tickets at www.webticket.co.za. Gates open at 4pm, ends at 10pm.

Cape Town: Tickets: R365. No free entry for children under six. Book tickets on www.webtickets.co.za. Gates open at 4pm, concert starts at 5.30pm and ends at 7pm.