Kris Kristofferson in Concert in Brisbane

In 2005, Kristofferson toured solo in Australia. I missed his tours with The Highwaymen, so I made sure to catch him that year. I saw him at The Sleeman Centre in Brisbane with James Blundell opening.

Kris Kristofferson & The Strangers. Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 5 October 2019

This time around Kristofferson toured with The Strangers,

formerly Merle Haggard's backing band.

 

The 83 year-young Kristofferson and band played 29 songs in around 2 hours and 15 minutes. 

Over the years decades, Kristofferson has always been self-deprecating about his voice, describing his singing as croaking like a frog, but his fans aren’t there for the voice, we there for the songs.

He sang his hits and other favorites, and played and sang along with The Strangers for a couple of their songs and a couple by Haggard.

The final song Kris played was ‘Please don’t tell me how the Story Ends.’ The song sounded like a last goodbye to his Australian fans, but who knows how the story ends?