Bachelor Girl Drop Reworked Version of ‘Blown Away’ with Tommy Emmanuel and Ella Hooper

This is the latest tease of Bachelor Girl’s upcoming album, Waiting For The Day: Artist Sessions.

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As anticipation builds for the release of Bachelor Girl’s reimagined edition of their debut album Waiting For The Day, the duo of Tania Doko and James Roche have shared a reworked version of their 1998 single ‘Blown Away’, featuring the talents of Tommy Emmanuel and Ella Hooper.

Emmanuel is a guitar prodigy whose 60-year career includes more than 25 albums, countless awards (including a Grammy) and collaborations with some of the biggest names in the music industry. At the same time, Hooper is best known as the vocalist for alt-rockers Killing Heidi while also pursuing a successful solo career.

This take on the original expands on the feel-good ‘90s vibe thanks to Emmanuel and Hooper’s contributions and is the fourth single released from Waiting For The Day: Artist Sessions, out sometime this August.

“We’ve gone a lil’ bit country/Americana on this third release of our Artist Sessions,” shares Bachelor Girl’s Tania Doko of the reworked ‘Blown Away’. “James and I wanted to extend the collaboration to two artists we’ve shared a long musical history with… this time all the way from Nashville to Violet Town. We just couldn’t resist calling in James’ ol ‘boss’ he thrived with on tour back in the 90s - one of the world’s guitar greats, Tommy Emmanuel, along with fellow 90s effervescent front woman who’s gone a LOT Americana herself - Ella Hooper. The original Blown Away is a crowd favourite live, and now this new version of great friends/artists quite simply makes my soul ‘YEEHAW!'”

Emmanuel adds, “What an adventure to play on ‘Blown Away’, with my friends BG and Ella Hooper. What a cool move to mix acoustic guitar with such a slammin’ powerhouse track! Thanks for having me on there. I am so honoured.”

Hooper says of the track, “It’s not every day you get to be on a track with a fave formative band and an iconic powerhouse! ‘Blown Away’ has always been my favourite Bachies song live too, I would arrive right when they were playing this song in their set at the never ending Red Hot Summer tour we were on together and it would set me up for the whole evening, I think it’s a real ‘let’s go girls’ kick the door down track, and I can’t believe how they’ve reworked it for me and Tommy to add our slightly country flavours to.. what an honour and a hoot!”

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To celebrate the release of Waiting For The Day: Artist Sessions, Bachelor Girl are taking the album on the road, kicking off their seven-date national tour in Bendigo at The Golden Vine on Friday 31 July. Two more shows follow in Victoria at The Star Hotel in Yackandandah on Saturday 1 August and the iconic Brunswick Ballroom on Saturday 8 August.

The duo then play shows at Brisbane’s The Triffid on Sunday 23 August, Adelaide’s The Gov on Friday 28 August and Frankston’s Cube 37 on Friday 4 September, with the final show at The Factory Theatre in Marrickville on Sunday 18 October.

Tickets are on sale now from bachelorgirl.com.

Formed in 1992 by vocalist Tania Doko and musician, producer and arranger James Roche, Bachelor Girl became international superstars after the release of their 1998 debut album Waiting For The Day, which included the hit singles ‘Buses and Trains’, ‘Treat Me Good’, ‘Lucky Me’ and ‘Blown Away’.

The two went on to release two more studio albums before several breakups and reunions, and have continued to tour sporadically.

‘Blown Away’ ft. Tommy Emmanuel and Ella Hooper by Bachelor Girl is out now. Listen here. Waiting For The Day: Artist Sessions is out in August. Catch Bachelor Girl at The Gov on Friday 28 August. Tickets on sale now via oztix.com.au.

Bachelor Girl Waiting For The Day Redux Australian Tour 2026

Friday 31 July – The Golden Vine Hotel, Bendigo, VIC

Saturday 1 August – The Star Hotel, Yackandandah, VIC

Saturday 8 August – Brunswick Ballroom, Brunswick, VIC

Sunday 23 August – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD

Friday 28 August – The Gov, Adelaide, SA

Friday 4 September – Cube 37 Frankston Arts Centre, Frankston, VIC

Sunday 18 October – The Factory Theatre, Marrickville, NSW

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