Eric Bogle is an internationally known and respected songwriter. For nearly 40 years he has toured the world with his music, inflicting his songs on innocent bystanders from outback Australia to the streets of New York and many places in between. During those 40 years he has embarked on eight tours of North America, 11 tours of Europe and many, many tours of Australia, with 4 tours of New Zealand thrown in as well. He has performed at many of the major folk and music festivals around the globe, including Port Fairy, Woodford and The National in Australia, Philadelphia, Mariposa and Vancouver in North America, the Celtic Connections Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, the Celtic Music Festival in Lorient, France, and the TØnder and Skagen festivals in Denmark, as well as treading the boards in countless folk, footy, bowling and social clubs and arts theatres all around the world.