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RUSSELL CROWE’S INDOOR GARDEN PARTY
FORUM KARLIN | PRAGUE | MAY 5, 2027
An outstanding Hollywood actor—the unforgettable Gladiator, the cynical stockbroker Max Skinner from “A Good Year*, or the brilliant mathematician Nash in “A Beautiful Mind”—Oscar and Golden Globe winner Russell Crowe has also been a superb and acclaimed musician for many years. With his band, The Gentlemen Barbers, he will perform for the very first time in Prague on May 23, 2027, at Forum Karlín, where he will kick off his European tour.
As Russell Crowe explains: “You might know me from my day job, for the 30 years I’ve been making feature films. But at night time for the last 40 years I play music.”
The singer and actor has been working quietly on The Gentlemen Barbers project for the past four years, though the musicians have known each other and collaborated for decades. Dave Kelly (drums) and Stewart Kirwan (trumpet) were members of the band Thirty Odd Foot of Grunts as well as playing with Crowe in The Ordinary Fear of God, which included Stu Hunter (piano) and in its touring form also included Chris Kamzelas (guitar). James Hazelwood (bass) has fit right in and shares a long-standing friendship with its members. Lorraine O’Reilly, known for her gorgeous, rasping, powerhouse vocals, comes from the Irish town of Cavan. She met Crowe while recording a duet for the Bible Code Sundays album *Walk like Kings*; they became friends and have performed together since 2017.
“There is an attitude about this band. It’s got a groove. We do a lot of story songs, but we also know we are here to blow out cobwebs and give the audience a good night. “I love playing in pubs. It’s what I did growing up. Even though my day job has a huge claim on my time, I’ve never not played music. My journey to film starts by playing in bands, touring around, releasing records. The band work led to musical theatre, … and miraculously a film director saw me performing in “Blood Brothers” and asked me to an audition.”
The rest, as they say, is history. Some 40+ international awards later, including BAFTAs, SAG, Academy Award, Golden Globes, and countless great films, Crowe still keeps his love for the immediacy of a live performance.
Whether songs or movies, it’s always about the story. “We will be putting the foot down. The Gentlemen Barbers sway between R&B, gospel, dirty country songs about murder, dark waltzes, and powerful, inspiring singalongs. Should be a good night.”
Tickets on sale from Friday August 14 / noon time/ via Ticketportal and Ticketmaster.
