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"Changed my life forever": Jimmy Barnes celebrates 40 years of 'For The Working Class Man' in new tour

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Tue, 9 Dec 2025, 10:03am
(Photo by Sam Tabone/Getty Images)
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"Changed my life forever": Jimmy Barnes celebrates 40 years of 'For The Working Class Man' in new tour

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九一星空无限talk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 9 Dec 2025, 10:03am

The Working Class Man is back. 

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of his landmark album, For The Working Class Man, Jimmy Barnes is bringing his most famous songs to our shores early next year. 

The most successful artist in Australian chart history has long loved New Zealand because we showed his band, Cold Chisel, love right from the very beginning. 

Cold Chisel headlined a Summer Concert Tour earlier this year, but 2026鈥檚 tour will be a solo venture for Barnes, as he plays the iconic album from start to finish, with a few additions from his chart-topping catalogue. 

鈥淚t was such a, a record that was so pivotal in my life and career,鈥 Barnes told Heather du Plessis-Allan.  

鈥淭he songs on this record changed my life forever.鈥  

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