Savage Garden’s Darren Hayes is back with new music and a national tour. | BernardZuel
The return of Darren Hayes to music more than a decade since his last album and concerts and 25 years since his first hit with Savage Garden came down to the classic invitation taught to all wannabe improv performers: “Yes, and... ?”
“I just thought the music industry has changed, that I was sort of a dinosaur. I was someone who made rare, handcrafted wooden goods and everyone was buying electronic … let’s call them NFTs.” As his classmates, who knew nothing about his life before, discovered he could sing, and then realised he could write music, Hayes became the go-to cast member for songs and incidental music. “You seem really confident on stage,” they marvelled.