Jimmy Barnes reveals the word that's not in his vocabulary

From a humble commencement to celebrated rocker, Jimmy Barnes has ne'er been 1 to slow down.

The Australian icon will deed shape successful Adelaide coming to footwear disconnected a solo nationalist circuit successful ceremony of his 21st workplace medium Defiant.

"The sanction says it all, I've been defiant since I was a young man," he told 9News.

Born successful Scotland and raised successful Adelaide's bluish suburbs, Barnes near his occupation pinch SA Railways astatine nan property of 16 to shape iconic Aussie stone set Cold Chisel. 

Now pinch millions of adoring fans astir nan globe, he has released 10 caller songs still existent to nan moving people man nan world was introduced to half a period ago. 

"I was trying to constitute lyrics connected my telephone and a fewer melodies and ideas I had," he said.

"When I was singing successful my phone, a mates of nan nurses thought I was successful pain.

"They wanted to travel and calm maine down. I was for illustration 'it's ok, it's conscionable nan measurement I sing'."

Barnes has shown that you can't clasp nan iconic rocker down for long.

The vocalist embarked connected Cold Chisel's triumphant 50 twelvemonth day circuit past year, pinch a typical last show successful beforehand of tens of thousands astatine nan Adelaide 500.

Now, he is backmost connected location ungraded to shred nan shape again. 

"I conscionable deliberation it is really fitting," he said.

"After each that turmoil and wellness problems to travel backmost and reset and to do it wherever I started is an unthinkable thing."

Barnes is group to execute sold-out shows successful Adelaide, Sydney and Canberra.

"As agelong arsenic I tin sing, arsenic agelong arsenic location is an assemblage who wants to perceive maine singing and what I'm doing is relevant, I'm happy to do it," he said.

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