Tommy Emmanuel

Presented by Potts Entertainment

The legendary Grammy and ARIA winning icon of the acoustic guitar, Tommy Emmanuel CGP, will return to Australia for a massive capital city headline tour in May 2025.

All shows feature Tommy performing two dazzling sets, showcasing the full range of his gifts - heartrending melodic tenderness to high octane burning up the fretboard.

Tommy brings the power and dynamism of a full band to his solo acoustic playing, with incredible charisma, stunning speed and dexterity, and unerring command of melody.

Tommy's message is pure love for the guitar and the music and his delight in sharing it with the world, one audience at a time.

Tommy has a Grammy Award, multiple ARIA Awards and countless accolades, but nothing means more to Tommy than the three letters Chet Atkins designated at the end of Tommy’s name: C.G.P. The title of Certified Guitar Player was the highest honor Atkins could bestow on another player – a signifier that the recipient had not only mastered the instrument but taken it to new vistas and become a guiding light for the next generation of pickers. Like Tommy, Chet had never gone to a university, and the C.G.P. was his version of a PHD or a Doctorate of the guitar. He gave the honor to Tommy and only five other handpicked players.

As a songwriter and a performer, Tommy is a melting pot of influences across genres, form pop to bluegrass and jazz to rock 'n’ roll. To him, music is rhythm and emotion, all other distinctions are meaningless. Anyone who has seen Tommy play will tell you, the vocalist is there, as is the drummer, the bass player and the rhythm and lead guitarists. In a way that must often be seen to be believed, Tommy plays all the parts of a full band simultaneously, his fingers dancing around the fretboard with a dexterity and speed that would seem impossible if you weren’t witnessing it.

Running time to be advised. Times are approximate and subject to change without notice.