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MADELEINE PEYROUX AUS 2012

October 10th 2011 02:22
MADELEINE PEYROUX

AUSTRALIAN TOUR ANNOUNCED!

The Frontier Touring Company isdelighted to announce the return of American songstress MADELEINE PEYROUX. Peyroux will beembarking on an Australian national tour and New Zealand show in March 2012.

Peyroux’s last trip toAustralia was as the special guest of Diana Krall in March 2010. The success ofthese shows has prompted her to play a string of headline dates much to theexcitement of her Australian fan base.

MADELEINE PEYROUX



Peyroux is touring in support of herfifth solo album Standing On The Rooftop,released in June 2011. This album showcases a different direction for Peyrouxand highlights her ability to successfully reinvent her music; her latest albumhas elements of American roots sounds as well as her signature jazz inspired tone.



Many will recall the unforgettable songs from Peyroux’s highly praised 2004 album Careless Love and 2006’s Half The Perfect World. During her captivating live showfans can expect the songbird to enchant and delight with her exquisite voice.



“... Ms.Peyroux ... has branched out to refine an enigmatic, low-key personal stylethat is all her own.” – New YorkTimes



“While her vocals have certainly earned her many fans, perhaps her truest gift is her impeccable taste in material.” – PasteMagazine



“The program is richly and elegantly painted with modern production touches even as its songs are rooted in the historical past of classic Americana.” – All Music




Don’t miss your chance to see Madeleine Peyroux in concert as she brings her beautifully engaging act to Australia and New Zealand.



MADELEINE PEYROUX

MARCH 2012



Frontier Members pre-sale via frontiertouring.com 2pm AEDT* Thu 13Oct to 2pm AEDT* Fri 14 Oct

GeneralPublic on sale from 9am local time, Tue 18 Oct

*Pleasenote Daylight Savings time



Tue 6Mar Town Hall, Auckland,NZ All Ages

The Edge Ticketing 0800 289 842 or the-edge.co.nz



Thu 8 Mar QPACConcert Hall, Brisbane,QLD All Ages

Qtix 136 246 or www.qpac.com.au



Fri 9Mar Opera House, Sydney,NSW All Ages

Sydney Opera House02 9250 7777 or sydneyoperahouse.com

Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au



Tue 13 Mar AECTheatre, Adelaide,SA All Ages

Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au



Wed 14 Mar PalaisTheatre, Melbourne,VIC All Ages

Ticketmaster 136100 or ticketmaster.com.au



Fri 16Mar Riverside Theatre, Perth,WA All Ages

Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

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Rabbit Hole

October 2nd 2011 04:13

Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Lead Cast: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart and Dianne Wiest

Grief is difficult. It doesn’t matter which way you look at it, and by degrees it doesn’t matter what the grief is about – it waits around until there is a moment when it seems less like grief and more like a memory. I doubt you ever really get over anything that causes grief.

Rabbit Hole is a simple film that follows a husband and wife through par of their grieving after the loss of a young son who has been run over chasing his dog into the street. It is a gentle movie. The complexity of the script is quite brilliant on some levels, for example there is a slow emotional burn of the man (Aaron Eckhart) and woman (Nicole Kidman) who have lost their son as they deal with mundane realities.

Do they keep his bedroom as it was? Do they get rid of the treasured dog that he ran out into the street after? It is all very painful to watch at times, but as they come around to accepting that there must be a future beyond the sadness and loss they feel, it becomes happy in a way. Happy in the sense that it shows there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

The film is not too long and is paced well enough so as not to get too turgid. Performances from the lead cast are all extremely good. Nicole Kidman as the wife/mother does a fine job and Dianne Wiest as her mother who has also lost a son under different circumstances is quite lovely to watch. Aaron Eckhart continues to impress with his mixture of sensitivity and masculinity.




It is not likely to be the sort of film people rush off to see because it is after all quite a sad thing, but if you have been feeling down and out this could bring you some hope in so much as it shows the simple and gradual way people take back their lives without falling into the traps that seem quite a cliché – a dalliance outside of the norm for both the husband and the wife do not lead to an inevitable marriage breakdown or great angst.

There are moments where you will understand that loss – be it in the form of a child, a good friend or even a time in your life when things were very different ultimately shares a lot of space shape-wise on the emotional landscape, and this unassuming little film may bring a touch of comfort to your heart in that process.


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MOON DUO

August 12th 2011 02:39
MOON DUO

Across a starlit sky... plummeting through the atmosphere comes the meteorotic embers alight with the scorch of a space rock. MOON DUO's Ripley Johnson (Wooden Shjips) and Sanae Yamada make their debut Australian tour upon the release of new album Mazes at the invite of Newcastle's Sound Summit.





Sound Summit
presents

MOON DUO
a Mazes tour Australia 2011

plus special guests


WED 28 SEPT - NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB, Melbourne


plus special guests

Tickets from northcotesocialclub.com, phone 94861677, Corner Box Office 57 Swan Street, Richmond and consume.oztix.com.au


THUR 29 SEPT - OXFORD ARTS FACTORY, Sydney

Plus special guests...

Tickets from moshtix.com.au, 1300 GET TIX (438 849), on your mobile www.moshtix.mobi moshtix outlets, consume.oztix.com.au and Oztix outlets.

FRI 30 SEPT - SOUND SUMMIT, Newcastle
Plus special guests...

Tickets from usual outlets.





SAT 1 OCT - WOODLAND, Brisbane
Plus special guests...

Tickets from OzTix.com.au, 1300 762 545 consume.oztix.com.au and Oztix outlets.



MOON DUO

Formed in San Francisco in 2009 by Wooden Shijps guitarist Ripley Johnson and his partner, Sanae Yamada, Moon Duo’s first two critically acclaimed EPs, Killing Time (2009) and Escape (2010), fused the futuristic pylon hum and transistor reverb of Suicide or Silver Apples with the heat-haze fuzz of American rock ‘n’ roll to create tracks of blistering, 12-cylinder space rock. Now their debut album Mazes, recorded in San Francisco and mixed in Berlin during 2010 as the band prepared to move to the mountains of Colorado, explores a far broader, lighter, sound.


That’s most clear on the dreamy organ and skipping riff of the title track, which recalls the Velvet Underground, or the handclaps and swinging organ bloops over the potent shredding and guttural riff delivered by Johnson in When You Cut: “He is an incredible guitar player,” enthuses Yamada, “He is one of those musicians who has the ability to elicit a guttural, corporeal response in the listener.” Throughout, Mazes is the sound of Moon Duo carving out their own identity, looking to the horizon, and moving forward.

Ripley says that, as a guitarist and songwriter, delineating between Moon Duo and Wooden Shijps “happens naturally. I focus on one project at a time, and the way the two bands operate is very different. And there are certain limitations that Moon Duo is forced to accept, not having a drummer for example, and I really like that. I like the creative challenge of working with limitations. Having done so much home recording cultivates that. Working with one other person is much different from working with four.”

“We wanted to do something in a more ‘rock 'n' roll band’ style, something a bit fuller than our previous recordings.” In terms of recording this meant that Moon Duo “used more tracks on this record, in order to get a denser, layered sound to make this our ‘rock band’ record. I grew up a huge Stones fan, so I've always liked that dense sound, with multiple guitar tracks, percussion, piano, organ - anything you can squeeze into the mix.”

This meant a vastly different recording process to Moon Duo’s first two EPs, which were recorded fast and at home. Mazes was a more drawn-out process, involving proper recording studios for the first time including the trip to Berlin to mix and re-record certain parts and the track ‘Run Around’. “The working title was Die Blumen [the flowers], so going into the mix sessions we kind of felt like it was becoming our ‘Berlin record’, but in the end it retained the stamp of San Francisco and we liked Mazes title better anyway.” And ultimately, Mazes is a definably American record, recorded against the backdrop of the Johnson and Yamada’s move from the Californian coast to the heights of Colorado. “I think a lot of our music has something to do with the mythology of the road,” muses Moon Duo’s Sanae Yamada. And if Mazes is a quest, a journey through American landscape and music, Johnson concludes that its key is “finding one's place in the world; moving forward, and the different paths one takes moving through life, trying to reach various goals, literally moving; love; pain; change. Or just getting by, and making sense of things”.


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THE ESCAPEE REMIX COMPETITION

August 10th 2011 07:10
Architecture in Helsinki
Launch ‘ESCAPEE’ REMIX COMPETITION

and ANNOUNCE SUPPORTS FOR NATIONAL TOUR

NEW SINGLE ‘ESCAPEE’ REMIX BUNDLE OUT FRIDAY ON ITUNES



It’s been a big couple of weeks for Architecture in Helsinki. They arrived home from a two-month tour abroad taking in North America, UK & Europe right before touching down to play a transcendent homecoming set at this year’s Splendour in the Grass Festival at Woodfordia, QLD. Drawing an immense crowd that overflowed the Mix Up tent way past capacity, the show was one of the band’s favourite live experiences of all time.



To top it all off they were thrilled to have their new album Moment Bends named as one of the first nomination for triple j’s prestigious ‘J Award’, marking their album as one of the very best Australian records of 2011.

NEW SINGLE ‘ESCAPEE’ REMIX BUNDLE OUT FRIDAY ON ITUNES

With Moment Bends on the cusp of top 40 on the ARIA Album Chart, this week will see the digital release of their new single Escapee including a killer remix from Swedish heartthrobs Lo Fi Fnk and acoustic versions of Contact High & Escapee.



To celebrate its release, the band has decided to share the parts of their new single Escapee and throw their first ever remix competition. To get involved just simply follow the instructions on the website from here:



HOW TO ENTER THE ESCAPEE REMIX COMPETITION

The chosen winner will receive Moment Bends LP on vinyl, Contact High 7", tees, sweater, a double pass to a show anywhere in the world and Modular will include your remix on a special newsletter mailout to a select international group of bloggers and dj’s. Get cracking as the contest ends in a month’s time on September 9.



In other Architecture In Helsinki news, the band set off later this month on a National lap of the map and are more than chuffed to announce a host of very special guests for the tour including New Zealand’s frantic romantics Cut Off Your Hands, gorgeous skewed pop sweethearts Oscar Martin and a host of other Australian favourites coming along for the ride in various cities including Geoffrey O’Connor, Mitzi, Scenic, Felicity Groom and more.

NEW SINGLE ‘ESCAPEE’ REMIX BUNDLE OUT FRIDAY ON ITUNES

For the full run of details please see below.

‘ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI’ AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2011

- presented by triple j & Channel [V]



Saturday 27 August – Astor Theatre, Perth WA

w/ Cut Off Your Hands, Felicity Groom and Scenic

Tickets from BOCS & Heatseeker

Wednesday 31 August - Wollongong Uni Bar, Wollongong NSW

w/ Cut Off Your Hands, Oscar Martin and Nova & the Experience

Tickets from UniShop (On Campus), Redback Music or online from BigTix and OzTix

Thursday 1 September - Metro Theatre, Sydney NSW

w/ Cut Off Your Hands and Oscar Martin

Tickets from Ticketek or Ph. 132 849

Friday 2 September - Bar On the Hill, Newcastle NSW

w/ Cut Off Your Hands, Oscar Martin and Little Dottie

Tickets from UniShop (On Campus), Newcastle Rock Shop or online from BigTix and OzTix

Saturday 10 September - The Forum, Melbourne VIC

w/ Cut Off Your Hands and Geoffrey O'Connor

Tickets from Ticketmaster or Ph. 1300 11 10 11.

Saturday 17 September - Bird In Hand Winery, Adelaide Hills SA

Tickets from Foxtix more info at Bird In Hand.

Saturday 24 September - Tanks, Cairns QLD

Tickets from the venue Box Office (Cairns Civic Theatre Cnr. Sherida)



** TICKETS ON SALE NOW **



ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI ‘MOMENT BENDS’ OUT NOW ON MODULAR



NEW SINGLE ‘ESCAPEE’ REMIX BUNDLE OUT FRIDAY ON ITUNES





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More Gotye shows announced

August 10th 2011 02:59
More Gotye shows announced; full album playback on triple j.

Gotye has added several shows to his Making Mirrors album tour in response to overwhelming demand.

Third shows have been added to Brisbane and Melbourne, as has a second show to Adelaide. Tickets for these shows go on sale at 9am on Friday, 12th August .

'Somebody That I Used To Know (Feat. Kimbra)' continues its steady ascendancy to the good end of the charts. After climbing to number three on the ARIA Singles Chart last week, it is currently sitting atop the iTunes and cracked the 1 million online views mark a few days ago.

In a special radio event, Making Mirrors (out 19th August via Eleven: a music company) will be premiered in full on triple j radio this Sunday, 14th August.

Tune into ‘ 2011 ’ with Richard Kingsmill from 6pm to hear the entire album for the first time.



Early Praise for Making Mirrors

9/10 - ‘ Masterful songwriting … an album to return to over and over ’
- Zan Rowe, triple j magazine

A lyrically rich and musically broad experience - Another triumph
- Mess Noise



'MAKING MIRRORS' ALBUM LAUNCHES

Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth shows presented by thevine.com.au, Beat and dB Magazine.

Saturday 20th August - Graphic Festival, Sydney Opera House - An Animated Album Preview (SOLD OUT )

Sunday 21st August - Graphic Festival, Sydney Opera House - An Animated Album Preview (SOLD OUT )

Friday 30th September – The Forum, Melbourne (SOLD OUT )

Saturday 1st October - – The Forum, Melbourne (3rd Show – ON SALE FRIDAY 12TH AUGUST, 9AM )

Sunday 2nd October - The Forum , Melbourne (SOLD OUT )

Wednesday 5th October - Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide ( 2nd Show - ON SALE FRIDAY 12TH AUGUST, 9AM )

Thursday 6th October – Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide (SOLD OUT )

Saturday 8th October (Matinee) - Valley Fiesta presents: Gotye at the Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane (SOLD OUT )


Saturday 8th October – Valley Fiesta presents: Gotye at the Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane (SOLD OUT )

Sunday 9th October - Valley Fiesta presents: Gotye at the Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane ( 3rd SHOW - ON SALE FRIDAY 12TH AUGUST, 9AM )

Saturday 26th November – Foreshore Festival Canberra (Tickets onsale now)

Saturday, 3rd December – Homebake Festival, The Domain, Sydney (Tickets onsale 15th August)


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FREE MIXTAPE KATALYST

August 10th 2011 02:29
KATALYST
FREE MIXTAPE

‘BACK TO BASICS’

vol 1

"As I prepare to release my third album Deep Impressions, I put together this mix to share some of the music that had made an impression on me over my 20 years of collecting. I have drawn extensively from this resource in the creating of my own music, as have many that have gone before me. This is a collection of tunes that have been used in the creative process to make what we know as hip hop. Many of the songs are themselves classics that have a beautiful and still poignant message and vibe. Others contain fleeting moments of beauty that have been captured and reinterpreted to make modern day classics.

Apart form a few sneaky edits (to highlight the moments used by some of the best producers to have turned on a sampler) the tunes are as they appear on the original wax.

This series is dedicated to one of my music inspirations and heroes The Left Rev Eugene McDaniel's who passed away 29th July 2011. If your reading this and don’t know who the great man was, do yourself a favour and get familiar! This is Part 1.... more in the series to follow so stay tuned."

Peace,

KATALYST


DOWNLOAD IT NOW and SPREAD THE WORD

BACK TO BASICS vol 1

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DEEP IMPRESSIONS
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OFFICIAL RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011 ALBUM

August 10th 2011 02:00
New Zealand singing sensation HAYLEY WESTENRA launches

THE OFFICIAL RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011 ALBUM

‘World In Union’
Rugby Union
The world's biggest-selling soprano, Hayley Westenra, launches The Rugby World Cup 2011 Official Album, entitled World In Union, to be released on Decca (a Division of Universal Music Operations Limited) in September.



The new Rugby World Cup 2011 album opens and closes with the title track ‘World In Union’ (based on Jupiter from Holst’s Planets Suite) – which has, over the years, been adopted as the global anthem for all Rugby World Cups. This rousing theme has become the only enduring official song for a major international sports event that is recorded anew for each Tournament, this year’s choice being the hosting nation’s own Hayley Westenra. This coincides with Hayley celebrating 10 years in the music industry.



The 24-year-old singer follows in the footsteps of another of the country’s most celebrated singers, fellow New Zealander Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, who topped the charts with her version for Rugby World Cup 1991.



Hayley has not only recorded the song in English and Maori, as heard on this album, but also in Italian, French and Japanese – each version is expected to be heard played in the relevant countries.



The album continues with 20 more stirring tracks from around the globe, featuring some of the world’s most successful singers, that will both unite and inspire.



Representing ENGLAND is “the Nation’s Favourite Tenor” Alfie Boe with The Band of the Coldstream Guards performing the rousing Jerusalem, and rising star Laura Wright with her tender, acoustic version of Swing Low, a great rugby anthem that is also contrastingly performed by Russell Watson. For SCOTLAND the song Now’s The Time, based on the tune of Loch Lomond, is here sung by Scottish Tenor Luigi Corvi. The traditional Flower of Scotland is also featured, performed by The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. From WALES we have none other than The Fron Male Voice Choir with Land Of My Fathers, as well as music from Bryn Terfel and Katherine Jenkins. And IRELAND brings its official song Ireland’s Call featuring Brian Kennedy representing the North and Paul Byrom the South, and introduces new Irish songstress, Mairead, with her rendition of The Fields Of Athenry.



Also included is a recording from International superstar violinist André Rieu from HOLLAND, with singer Mirusia Louwerse from AUSTRALIA. From AFRICA comes The Kenyan Boys’ Choir, and Roberto Alagna represents FRANCE with his version of the French National Anthem.



Rugby World Cup 2011 will be the largest sporting event ever to be held in New Zealand, with over 85,000 visitors expected to flock from overseas – but wherever you are in the world, this album will provide the perfect soundtrack.



About Rugby World Cup 2011:

Rugby World Cup is the crown jewel of the sport and a prominent global property – with television coverage of Rugby World Cup 2007 spanning more than 200 territories, reaching a cumulative audience of 4 billion viewers. Rugby World Cup 2011 is being held in New Zealand for the first time since the inaugural event in 1987. Teams representing 20 nations will compete in 48 matches across 12 Host Cities between 9 September and 23 October 2011.

See Rugby World Cup.com



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Ru.CL

August 5th 2011 01:15
Ru CL

NEW ALBUM

BRIMSTONE & FIRE

It's got horns coming out the ying yang, a bass line that commands respect and, without a shadow of a doubt, some of the tightest rhymes I’ve heard in a while
Beat100


Ru CL is the catalyst in the peak of Australia’s reggae, dancehall and hip-hop world
The AU Review

Ru CL will release his eagerly anticipated sophomore album Brimstone & Fire next Tuesday 12 August 2011 via Invada Records / Remote Control.

Hailing from Melbourne with Jamaican / Australian heritage, Ru CL (aka Rueben Campbell) is one of the most exciting artists to emerge from Australia's thriving hip-hop scene.

Brimstone & Fire is a skilled, exciting, unique and lyrically clever hip-hop album, featuring top quality production from Lance Wilson, Katalyst, Adventure Starters (Katalyst, Peakhour and Sandro), Lance Wilson, 7stu7 and upcoming Perth producer Luke Pierre.

The album has a classic hip-hop sound, with a similarity in vocal delivery to the likes of Nas and Mos Def. Brimstone and Fire further demonstrates that Ru CL is able to effortlessly cross between many genres, be it hip hop, reggae, dancehall, sing jay, soul or R&B.

Over the years Ru CL has built a reputation within the hip hop community making his presence felt in the underground scene. His experiences are wide and varied, with projects such as Guerrilla Style Tactics (his self-funded EP), the Dancehall Heavy mix tape, and ‘It’s Attractive’ (the theme track for Puma Clyde fashion series), to live performances at festivals such as the Jakarta Jazz Festival, Dreaming Festival, Big Day Out, Good Vibes, Groovin The Moo, Days Like This, Golden Plains, Homebake, Vibes on a Summers Day, Splendour In The Grass, Falls Festival, Reggae Town and Kowanyama Baby Festival. In addition, Ru CL was the official MC at the Raggamuffin Festival 2010.

Ru CL'Good Life'
[mp3 download]



Ru CL UPCOMING SHOWS
THURSDAY 18 AUG - MT HOTHAM, VIC
SATURDAY 20 AUG - MT BAW BAW, VIC
SUN 21 AUG & WED 24 AUG - STYLEWARS - FALLS CREEK, VIC



BRIMSTONE & FIRE
TRIPLE R ALBUM OF THE WEEK

Some of the tightest rhymes I’ve heard in a while ... funky and rebellious
Beat


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BOY & BEAR

July 31st 2011 00:00
BOY & BEAR

iTunes Live from Sydney - Wednesday 3rd August

On the eve of the release of their first full-length effort, the freshly minted Moonfire, Boy & Bear will hold a free performance as part of the iTunes Live from Sydney series.



On Wednesday 3rd August, Sydney fans will have an opportunity to attend a live, acoustic and intimate performance by Boy & Bear as part of the iTunes Live from Sydney series. Fans are advised to head to the Boy & Bear's Facebook page for further information on how to attain tickets to this exclusive event.

Limited tickets will also be available at the door on the night a first come first served basis. Doors open at 8.30pm.


The performance will commence at 9.00pm and a recording of the performance will be made available exclusively on iTunes later this year. The session will include songs from Moonfire, including first single and triple j favourite 'Feeding Line' and the brand new single 'Milk & Sticks'.

Already armed with a swag of accolades including the 2010 triple j Unearthed award, Rolling Stone's 2011 'Artist to Watch' award and a top 5 inclusion in the triple j Hottest 100, the band locked themselves away in Nashville with producer Joe Chiccarelli (The Strokes, White Stripes, The Shins), to record Moonfire. The album is a beautiful evolution from their highly acclaimed debut EP, With Emperor Antarctica.

Boy & Bear will return to the stage at the end of this month, performing once again at Splendour in the Grass. The band will depart Australia on the release of their album for a coveted performance at Chicago's Lollapalooza.





BOY & BEAR

New single - MILK & STICKS- available now

New album - MOONFIRE - available Friday 5th August



iTunes Live from Sydney - Wednesday 3rd August @ 9.00pm

Apple Store Sydney - 367 George Street, Sydney
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QUEEN: FINAL FIVE ALBUMS RE-ISSUED ON SEPTEMBER 2

July 25th 2011 23:29
Global event September 5

Freddie For A Day celebrations on September 5 to commemorate Freddie Mercury's 65th birthday

QUEEN: FINAL FIVE ALBUMS RE-ISSUED ON SEPTEMBER 2
1984-1995: THE SHOW MUST GO ON

Between 1984 and 1995 Queen released their last five studio albums and consolidated their reputation as the biggest, brashest and boldest band in the world. They achieved legendary status as they delivered THE defining performance of the century at Live Aid as well as headlining massive stadium concerts all over the world. Queen also released some of their best loved and most anthemic work in this period, before and after the passing of Freddie Mercury in 1991.

Now in 2011 Island Records reissue the five Queen albums from this period on September 2nd (to coincide with what would have been Freddie Mercury’s 65th birthday – on 5th Sept) as part of the band’s 40th Anniversary celebrations – ‘The Works’, ‘A Kind Of Magic’, ‘The Miracle’, ‘Innuendo’ and ‘Made In Heaven’. The reissues will be accompanied by the third in the ‘Queen: Deep Cuts’ series, which looks at some of the lesser known tracks from these albums.

Many Queen favourites were released during this period including ‘Radio Gaga’ (the track from which Lady Gaga took her name), ‘I Want To Break Free’ (complete with the infamous cross-dressing Coronation Street parody video that MTV banned in the US), ‘One Vision’, ‘A Kind of Magic’, ‘I Want It All’, ‘The Miracle’ and ‘These Are The Days of Our Lives’ (featuring Freddie’s final haunting video appearance).

These five albums cover the era when Queen were elevated to truly legendary status as they stole the show at Live Aid in front of a global TV audience of 1.9 billion people, and wowed audiences with subsequent headline shows at Knebworth and Wembley in 1986, the latter recently voted by the public as one of the most iconic events ever seen at the stadium. This was also Queen’s most consistent period of commercial success with each of the five albums going platinum in the UK and ‘A Kind of Magic’ and ‘Made in Heaven’ each selling over 1 million copies, the latter doing so four years after Freddie’s death showing that the Queen legacy reigns eternal.

As well as their huge UK gigs they continued the global domination of the late 70’s playing Rock in Rio twice to crowds of over 300,000 each time. On their subsequent Magic tour they sold over 1 million tickets around the world playing the first ever stadium gig in Eastern Europe at the Nepstadium in Budapest with fans hitchhiking from all over the Eastern Bloc to attend.

After Freddie’s death The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert saw a packed Wembley set alight again to the music of Queen once again in April 1992, with stars from all over the world joining Queen surviving members John Deacon, Brian May and Roger Taylor on stage. Subsequently The Mercury Phoenix Trust was founded to help distribute money raised from this concert for AIDS awareness. Since then, the Trust has raised and distributed over $15 million to help in the fight against AIDS.

The charity has just created a truly unique initiative with the launch of the 'Freddie For A Day' Global Charity Network. Freddie For A Day will be held on September 5th 2011. It’s an annual, worldwide event which falls around Mercury’s birthday date and is a fun way to remember one of the greatest artists of our time. But behind it is the earnest purpose of raising funds to support the continued work in fighting HIV AIDS worldwide.

Those wanting to be involved should dress up as Freddie on September 5 and get their friends, family, school friends or work colleagues to sponsor them – see FreddieForADay.com.au.

Queens 40th Anniversary year has kicked off in spectacular style so far with their first ever major exhibition 'Stormtroopers in Stilettos' in London’s East End which drew an incredible crowd of over 20,000 visitors in two weeks, and kicked off with a star studded launch party attended by the likes of Foo Fighters and Jessie J.

A recent two part BBC TV documentary drew widespread rave reviews as Brian May and Roger Taylor looked back over their first 40 years in detail for the first time. The Guardian described it as ‘fantastic and moving’.

Meanwhile the bands first ten albums have been reissued to considerable acclaim. The Telegraph said of their early work, 'Queen's greatest music was extravagantly innovative, technically brilliant and created with a jeweller's care.’

These last five studio albums highlight the diverse talent, musical ambition and global success of a band made up of some of the best songwriters, musicians and performers of all time.



ALBUMS OUT SEPTEMBER 2

‘The Works’, ‘A Kind Of Magic’, ‘The Miracle’, ‘Innuendo’ and ‘Made In Heaven’
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