Robert Forster

Robert Forster is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist, performing in Birmingham at the Glee Club. The concert brings the songwriter's work to a venue in the Arcadian Centre.

Robert Forster co-founded the Go-Betweens in Brisbane in 1977 with Grant McLennan, and the two shared songwriting duties across the band's albums, including 16 Lovers Lane (1988). Forster has also pursued a solo career, beginning with the album Danger in the Past (1990), and has released further solo records since, including The Evangelist (2008).

The Go-Betweens'guitar-led pop and literate lyrics made them a lasting reference point for independent rock, and Forster's solo work continues that songwriting tradition. Grant McLennan died in 2006, and Forster's later output reflects his own voice as a songwriter and performer.

Glee Club is located in the Arcadian Centre in Birmingham. The venue mainly hosts stand-up and comedy performances alongside other stage shows, and this concert offers a music night in that setting.