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Next month Ironwood will be performing a beautiful string quartet program, Horizons, in Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsular (16, 18 September), and then Ironwood will continue their successful Education Program with a Sydney performance with St James' Choir called Bach and Beyond with the Developing Artists (22, 25 September). More details Here.




October marks a very special residency, with over 36 young musicians as apart of the Ironwood Education Program. And we need your help!




IRONWOOD APPEAL: TRANSPORT FUNDS FOR EDUCATION PROJECTS

$200 helps a young musician take part in this exceptional program: Donate HERE



We need help to get its young musicians to the artist-in-residence camp at Arthur Boyd’s Bundanon, on the Shoalhaven, NSW October 10-16, 2011.



Ironwood is very proud to have been offered a fifth year as Artists-In-Residence at Bundanon, NSW. October 2011 is a very special residency; after five years of incredible hard work and planning, Ironwood are taking 36 young musicians from all over Australia and New Zealand – part of our Developing Artist pre-professional education program – to Bundanon to form a classical orchestra.



Bundanon is a unique rehearsal and learning space for artists; providing opportunities to work alongside professional mentors in performance, research and arts business practices, as well as Arthur Boyd’s magical space to reflect and hone their own artistic practice.


Ironwood’s pre-professional program in historically informed performance is the only one of its type in the southern hemisphere, offering early music specialist students the opportunity to build links with the profession.



Bundanon Trust has generously given Ironwood this residency as a rehearsal camp, and Ironwood musicians will play alongside, and mentor the young musicians.



But we need help to get our young musicians to this residency! Ironwood receives no government funding to support the transport costs for our education program, and to date we have no corporate airline sponsorships to help offset flight costs. We want to make our programs accessible to ALL young people, regardless of their financial capacity to participate. Most of our young musicians are travelling from Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Auckland to participate in our programs.



Just $200 will sponsor a young musician’s airfare, all donations are tax deductible and are made through AbaF’s Australia Cultural Fund. You will be acknowledged as an invaluable supporter in our programs and on our website if you wish. We will be having an open rehearsal & afternoon tea at Bundanon, so you can meet your sponsored musician, and get to see the property.



Ironwood & Developing Artists In Residence Project


Bundanon Oct 10-14, 2011.

Carriageworks, Redfern 7.30pm Oct 15;

Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, 2.30pm, Oct 16, 2011.

Program: Mozart Symphony No 25 G minor K183; Haydn ‘Hornsignal’ Symphony No 31 D major; Mozart Piano Concerto C major K415. Director: Dr Neal Peres Da Costa



You can fill in the Appeal Form HERE, or directly online HERE.



Thank you for supporting inspiring arts projects through AbaF’s Australia Cultural Fund.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Anna Cerneaz, Ironwood ph: 0412 093 063 email: cenika.anna




IRONWOOD presents HORIZONS


Friday 16 September, 7:30pm
Richmond VIC


Sunday 18 September, 6pm
Main Ridge Estate, Flinders VIC


Ironwood
Rachael Beesley - violin
Julia Fredersdorff - violin
Nicole Forsyth - viola
Daniel Yeadon - cello

Join Ironwood in string quartet guise for an evening of visionary horizons. The program features Haydn’s Opus 20 - developing the equality of the voices in the classical string quartet in a new way for the 1770’s; Beethoven’s groundbreaking Op 18, as well as Melbourne composer Katy Abbott's “Vertical Horizon” for string quartet. The concert will be performed in the intimate surrounds of a private Richmond gallery and on the Mornington Peninsula’s Main Ridge Estate. Please join us for some wine, music and to discover new horizons of string quartet writing in the 18th, 19th & 21st centuries.

Program
HAYDN String Quartet Op 20 No 2 C major
KATY ABBOTT Vertical Horizon
BEETHOVEN String Quartet Op 18 No 4 C minor
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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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Artist registrations now open for the


Tour of the Unexpected
Adelaide Fringe 2012

Registrations are now open to artists, designers, presenters, film makers, puppeteers, performers of circus and physical theatre, musicians, comedians; in fact anyone who has an act, vision or idea to participate in the largest arts event in the Southern Hemisphere - Adelaide Fringe 2012


Artists can register their events online from 3 August to 12 October at

The Adelaide Fringe theme for 2012 is "Tour of the Unexpected". We invite artists to be surrounded by audiences of over 1.4 million and be amongst a wealth of artists, presenters, producers and industry folk from across the globe.

"Artists from all over the world are invited to pack their smalls, book those tickets and journey to Adelaide Fringe 2012 for the adventure of their life. The Artist Services team - Michelle, Andrew and Eugene - are ready to answer all questions about how to register a show and find a venue," says Adelaide Fringe Director, Greg Clarke.

Over 24 hot summer days and nights, artists will not only run their own shows, exhibitions and events, but also have opportunities to join the masses in the Opening Night Parade and to strut their stuff on the Adelaide Fringe Caravan Showcase Stage in the centre of the city in Rundle Mall.

To register an event, artists can head to the Adelaide Fringe website or contact the Artist Services team for more information via email: 088100 2022


Artist registrations are open from Wednesday 3 August and close on Friday 12 October 2011.

Adelaide Fringe 2012 will be held from 24 February to 18 March.

For more information: Belinda Redman - Acting Director and Chief Executive, Adelaide Fringe 0413154 720
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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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2011 National Blood Donor Week

July 17th 2011 03:45
ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES AND HELP SAVE LIVES

Adelaide City Council is encouraging people to roll up their sleeves and give blood during National Blood Donor Week, an initiative by the Australian Red Cross Blood Service held from 17-23 July.

The week is to recognise and thank donors while raising awareness in the wider community about the continued need for blood.

Council's Rundle Street Lantern will pulse red each night from 5.30 until 7.30 to act as a vibrant reminder of the need for blood donors. Lord Mayor Stephen Yarwood will also be rolling up his sleeves to donate.

Blood


"Donating only takes about an hour but each donation can save up to three lives," Stephen said.

"One in three Australians will need blood in their lifetime but currently only one in 30 people donate. To put it in perspective, out of the 20,000-odd people who live in the city, nearly 7,000 of them could need blood at some time. If you're fit and healthy then you could help save someone's life."

With the demand for blood and blood products set to double in the next decade, there will always be a need for as many donors as possible.

Donating blood can help to save the lives of unborn babies, cancer patients, trauma victims, patients undergoing emergency surgery, and those on renal dialysis. Australia needs 27,000 blood donations per week for those people who need it.

Alex Frolow, Donor Services Manager at the Blood Service in South Australia, said, "We want to say thank you to our donors for the 1.3 million blood donations they make every year. Without them, the lives of the one in three Australians who need blood would be at risk."

All blood collected in Australia comes from volunteer donors and is processed, tested and then supplied to hospitals at no charge to be administered to patients in need, also free of charge.


If you're aged between 16-70 years, weigh more than 45 kilos and are feeling well, then you may be able to donate blood.

To book an appointment to donate blood, call 13 14 95 or to find out more visit www.donateblood.com.au. There are two centrally located centres in the city in Currie Street and Pirie Street.
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THE CRUISE | REGURGITATOR

July 10th 2011 03:50
REGURGITATOR ANNOUNCE GUESTS FOR THE CRUISE

Stay toned for new music and enter the eye of the wind for the...

REGURGITATOR Annual Sail tour 2011

Plus guests DISASTERADIO (from New Zealand)*
*not appearing Townsville and Cairns.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW
REGURGITATOR CRUISE


AUG 5 Townsville THE CLUB James Cook Uni
Plus guests DNA and Popli Kids
Tickets from Revolver Music, SkinSki & Surf, Creative Skate, oztix outlets and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

AUG 6 Cairns TANKS ARTS CENTRE
Plus guests...
Tickets from TicketLINK 1300 855 835, and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

AUG 10 - Armidale 'THE STRO' UNE
Plus guests Disasteradio and Manic Sleeper Cell.
Tickets from 'The Stro' UNE, Campus Essentials, regurgitator.oztix.com.au (ph 1300 762 545)

AUG 11 - Newcastle CBD HOTEL
Plus guests Disasteradio and Alps
Tickets from the venue, Rock Shop, Catfight Collections,
regurgitator.oztix.com.au (ph 1300 762 545)

AUG 12 - Wollongong UNIBAR
Plus guests Disasteradio and Sydney Girls Choir
Tickets from the venue, Redback Music, bigtix.com.au,
regurgitator.oztix.com.au (ph 1300 762 545)

AUG 13 - Sydney MANNING BAR
Plus guests Disasteradio and Step Panther
Tickets from www.manningbar.com (ph 1300 762 545) & regurgitator.oztix.com.au

AUG 14 - Canberra ANU BAR
Plus guests Disasteradio and Super Best Friends.
Tickets from www.ticketek.com.au (ph 132 849) &
regurgitator.oztix.com.au (ph 1300 762 545)

AUG 18 - Byron Bay HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN
Plus guests Disasteradio and Oh Ye Denver Birds Tickets from The Northern ph 02 6685 6454, Oztix ph 1300 763 545
oztix outlets and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

AUG 19 - Gold Coast COOLANGATTA HOTEL
Plus guests Disasteradio and
Oh Ye Denver Birds
Tickets from OzTix Outlets (Coolangatta Hotel, Sunflower, Rockinghorse, Atlantis Music, Kill The Music, Rockaway Records, Gooble Warming, The Tempo Hotel, Butterbeats)
and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

AUG 20 - Brisbane THE HIFI
Plus guests Disasteradio,
Oh Ye Denver Birds and Ponyloaf
Tickets phone 1300THEHIFI (1300 843 4434), Rocking Horse, Butter Beats, Kill the Music, Gooble Warming, and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

AUG 21 - Caloundra KINGS BEACH TAVERN
Plus guests Disasteradio and Vagrant City Scandal
Tickets from venue, Mosh Pit Music, Oztix outlets and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

AUG 25 - Ballarat BENDED ELBOW
Plus guests Disasteradio and The Dark Arts
Tickets from venue, Oztix outlets
and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

AUG 26 - Melbourne THE HIFI
Plus guests Disasteradio, Boys Boys Boys and 8Bit Love
Tickets from regurgitator.oztix.com.au

AUG 27 - Geelong BENDED ELBOW
Plus guests Disasteradio, The Universal and Boys Boys Boys
Tickets from venue, Oztix outlets and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

AUG 28 - Hobart THE BRISBANE HOTEL
Plus guests Disasteradio and Tiger Choir
Tickets from venue, Ruffcut Records, Tommygun and www.oztix.com.au

AUG 31 - Adelaide THE GOV
Plus guests Disasteradio, Boys Boys Boys and The Bottlerockets
Tickets from venue, regurgitator.oztix.com.au

SEPT 1 - Bunbury THE PRINCE
Plus guests Disasteradio
and Boys Boys Boys
Tickets from venue, www.bocsticketing.com.au and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

SEPT 2 - Albany STUDIO 146
Plus guests Disasteradio
and Boys Boys Boys
Tickets from venue, regurgitator.oztix.com.au

SEPT 3 - Perth AMPLIFIER BAR
Plus guests Disasteradio and Boys Boys Boys

Tickets regurgitator.oztix.com.au

SEPT 4 - Fremantle NEWPORT HOTEL
Plus guests Disasteradio and Boys Boys Boys
Tickets from
regurgitator.oztix.com.au

In addition to New Zealands crazy electroid DISASTERADIO come the following inclusions: Townsville locals DNA and POPLI KIDS; Armidale local MANIC SLEEPER CELL; Newcastle's ALPS; Wollongong locals SYDNEY GIRLS CHOIR; Sydney we have STEP PANTHER; Canberra is SUPER BEST FRIENDS; for Byron, Coolangatta & Brisbane we have OH YE DENVER BIRDS plus in Brisbane the re-emergence of PONYLOAF (with Shane Rudken ala Unit era Regurgitator); Sunshine Coast locals VAGRANT CITY SCANDAL at Caloundra; THE DARK ARTS in Ballarat and THE UNIVERSAL in Geelong; Quan's Push mentor band 8 BIT LOVE in Melbourne; Tasmania's TIGERCHOIR in Hobart; Adelaide locals THE BOTTLEROCKET at The Gov; plus BOYS BOYS BOYS from Perth as well as doing all the WA shows will be coming along for Melbourne, Geelong and Adelaide. Fun time friends!


In regard to the AUGUST tour and the SUPER HAPPY VIDEO CONTENT... we want to engage a more collaborative involvement with anyone interested who wants to submit video material for the live visuals. We are looking for video of any substance... short or not too long... incidental, accidental, generated, handmade, prefabricated, collaborated, specifically created... then submitted to a funtimes-crazed-chopped-up-sp licing frenzy by Quan and Ben for their tour visual collage. Upload your video pieces either via VIMEO or YOUTUBE or via SENDSPACE or MAIL in on DVD... if possible per the suggested specs noted below. Please include your details about submission as all used will receive entry to shows and music. Please be careful regarding usage of any copyrighted material and provide an email address so we can confirm copyright clearance for the bands usage. Shoot us with your visual mayhem!


You can either upload on your own VIMEO or YOUTUBE site or share to the regurgitator YOU TUBE or VIMEO tour site

VimoRVW or upload via your own sites or SENDSPACE etc and send us an email with detailsregurgitatorband or mail a DVD to PO BOX 12700 George St Brisbane Qld 4003


As ONE DAY surfs up the radio and net waves further new tracks will rise with the coming tide of new album SUPERHAPPYFUNTIMESFRIENDS

Out of the great wide blue the guys have now dropped an album's worth of dynamic material all forthcoming over the next month or so on digital, vinyl, cassette, CD and even Playbutton. Shacked up in their Melbourne dwellings and put together in the midst of a enforced creative blizzard... it seems the concept of the album was not without value still as it afforded the more focused structure and disciplined approach they seem to require. Ahhh... the frenzy of an an artistic tempest whipped up by the wild seas of a deadline - all comes now pieced together under the title SUPERHAPPYFUNTIMEFRIENDS.

REGURGITATOR CRUISE
Also of note... Regurgitator's "UNIT" was not only recently voted #13 on the industry voted Triple J TOP 100 Australian albums... but has now come in at #10 on the public voted campaign... with Tu Plang at #44.


Regurgitator's live soundtrack performance of Akira at the Sydney Opera House Graphic event last year has been nominated for two Helpmann awards - Best Australian Contemporary Concert and Best Original Score.


ONE DAY available online now.

Get for free from Regurgitator's facebook bandpage:

Or for free or donation from Regurgitator's bandcamp page:

new album SUPERHAPPYFUNTIMESFRIENDS out AUG 5!
We love dissemination!
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FOO FIGHTERS and TENACIOUS D

July 7th 2011 00:05
FOO FIGHTERS

WITH SPECIAL GUEST

TENACIOUS D

SET TO ROCK STADIUMS ACROSS AUSTRALIA & NZ!



The Frontier Touring Company are not just delighted, they’re damn well besides themselves with giddy excitement, to announce what is arguably THE biggest rock concerts of the summer.



#1 chart-toppers the Foo Fighters are returning to Australia and New Zealand for stadium shows and they’re bringing some pretty awesome friends in tow: none other than Tenacious D!

Tenacious D


With over 15 years of experience, as documented in the band’s recently released DVD Back And Forth (Sony) and as headliners of the world’s most prestigious venues and festivals, Foo Fighters have become arguably the premiere live American rock act the world over. Their upcoming stadium tour will surely remind their Australian and New Zealand fans just how the band has achieved its mastery of the live element as Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear lead these colossal crowds in singalongs of such classics from their multi-platinum, 6 time Grammy Award winning catalogue as ‘Everlong’, ‘The Pretender’, ‘Learn To Fly’, ‘All My Life’, ‘Best Of You’, new staples ‘Rope’ and ‘Walk’ and more.



For their recently released seventh album, Wasting Light (Roswell Records through Sony), Foo Fighters returned to basics, recording in frontman Grohl’s garage with producer Butch Vig and churning out 11 prime examples of the trademark mix of melody and brawn that has made them one of the most beloved bands on the planet. The press were quick to stamp their approval, including a 4 star lead review from Rolling Stone who praised the albums 'fuzz-box brawn, mosh-pit hurrah choruses and iron-horse momentum' and hailed it as 'the best Foos album since the first two’. The sentiment was echoed by the public as Wasting Light debuted at #1 in 12 countries, including the RIANZ and ARIA album charts, where it occupied a place in the Australian Top 10 for over 2 months.



It’s no secret that Australia and New Zealand love the Foo Fighters and the sentiment is 100% reciprocated. Upon hearing of the natural disasters that affected Queensland and Christchurch earlier this year, the Foos were quick to donate their time and raise over $1 million for the relief funds:



“The Foo Fighters blitzed Brisbane’s Riverstage last night and no one at the venue will ever forget it…when 10,000 people punch the air and sing along with a song like ‘Generator’ that’s a lot of joy in the air when 10 weeks ago there was misery.” Courier Mail



“Gigs like this don’t come around very often…This was one of those heart-pumping special shows that you know you’re lucky to be at.” NZ Herald



If the Foo Fighters tour wasn’t already exciting enough, no event can legitimately lay claim to the biggest rock concert of the year without including the band behind the “best song in the world”. Oh yes, we’re talking about the one and only Tenacious D aka. Jack Black and Kyle Gass who last blew fans away with their 2007 tour of Australia and New Zealand.



Jack Black’s theatrical vocals and lyrical narrative coupled with Kyle Gass’ manic guitar skills will shred stadium crowds to pieces and take them on a sonic voyage to rock heaven and back, delivering an audience primed for the Foo Fighters to take the stage.

Though it seems this line-up could not possibly get any better, Frontier Touring are not done yet. Stay tuned for further announcements to hear who else will be rounding out this spectacular bill!



Australia and New Zealand make yourself word perfect for every Foos and D tune out there and you just may be worthy of what is set to be one of the biggest – and best – rock concerts of the year!



FOO FIGHTERS

with special guest TENACIOUS D

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011



Pre-sale tickets available via www.frontiertouring.com from Thursday 14 July to Friday 15 July (24hrs commencing from times below)

Auckland 12noon AEST (2pm local time)

Melbourne 12noon AEST (12noon local time)

Adelaide 12:30pm AEST (12noon local time)

Gold Coast 1pm AEST (1pm local time)

Sydney 2pm AEST (2pm local time)

Perth 3pm AEST (1pm local time)



General public on sale from 12NOON local time Monday 18 July

MONDAY 28 NOV PERTH - nib STADIUM
Ticketmaster 136 100 or www.ticketmaster.co.nz

FRIDAY 2 DEC MELBOURNE - AAMI PARK
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

MONDAY 5 DEC ADELAIDE – OVAL
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

THURSDAY 8 DEC SYDNEY - FOOTBALL STADIUM
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

SATURDAY 10 DEC GOLD COAST - METRICON STADIUM
Ticketmaster 136 100 or www.ticketmaster.co.nz

TUESDAY 13 DEC AUCKLAND - WESTERN SPRINGS STADIUM
Ticketmaster 0800 111 999 or www.ticketmaster.co.nz
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JC Williamson Award

June 8th 2011 12:05
Three legends of the Australian musical stage awarded the highest honour by the live entertainment industry.

Nancye Hayes OAM, Toni Lammond AM and Jill Perryman AM MBE

Announced as the recipients of the prestigious JC Williamson AwardTM



The last three Leading Ladies of the Golden JC Williamson era.



Live Performance Australia (LPA) today announced that the recipients of the prestigious JC Williamson AwardTM, to be presented at the 2011 Helpmann Awards, are Nancye Hayes OAM, Toni Lammond AM and Jill Perryman AM MBE.



Andrew Kay, President of LPA said "Since the inception of the JC Williamson AwardsTM back in 1998 Live Performance Australia has recognised 24 of the most distinguished members of Australia's live entertainment industry for their extraordinary contribution to our industry. Past winners include such iconic figures as Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE, Barry Humphries AO CBE, David Williamson AO, John Farnham AO and Graeme Bell AO MBE, to name but a few. All in their own way, and in their own field, have made extraordinary contributions to shaping and changing the landscape of our dynamic live entertainment industry. This year we salute and celebrate the life time achievements of three legends of the Australian musical stage, Nancye Hayes OAM, Toni Lammond AM and Jill Perryman AM MBE."



LPA's Chief Executive, Evelyn Richardson, said "the Helpmann Awards are the pinnacle industry event for Australia's live performance industry, recognising the very best in live performances that annually attracts over 15 million people to shows across the nation with revenues of over $1.1 billion, and growing."



Craig McMaster, CEO, Showbiz International, JC Williamson Award Partner, said "Showbiz is pleased to support the Helpmann Awards as presenting partner for the 2011 JC Williamson Award, celebrating these three outstanding performers who have contributed so much to live entertainment in Australia, and thrilled audiences with their starring roles in musical and dramatic theatre."



This year the Helpmann Awards will be held in the Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House on Monday 1 August.



Jill Perryman AM MBE was born into a showbiz family and made her stage debut when, aged two, she wandered onto the set of White Horse Inn. At age 19 Jill joined the J.C. Williamson chorus and appeared in Call Me Madam, Paint Your Wagon, Can-Can, South Pacific, The Pajama Game and the lead in Can-Can. In the late 1950s and early 60s Jill sparkled in a string of Phillip Street revues. In 1965 she was cast in Hello, Dolly!, which led to her first great triumph: the starring role of Fanny Brice in Funny Girl in 1966. Her music theatre successes continued: I Do, I Do, No! No! Nanette, A Little Night Music, Annie, Chicago, Side By Side By Sondheim, and Follies in Concert. In 1976 she played Gladys Zilch in Leading Lady, a show specially written for her. Jill is a fine dramatic actress and her credits include 'night Mother, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Gulls and Noises Off.

In 1995 Jill toured as in a brand new production of Hello, Dolly!, In 1998 she created the role of Marion Woolnough in the original Australian production of The Boy from Oz.

Nancye Hayes OAM, at age 18, won a place in the chorus of My Fair Lady. From there her career, firstly with J.C. Williamson's, and then with every other major entrepreneur in Australia led her to play in a vast number of musicals, to include How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Hello, Dolly!, Promises, Promises, Cabaret, Pippin, Irene, Nine, Sweeney Todd, Chicago, Annie, 42nd Street, and Guys and Dolls.

She made her 'straight' debut in Born Yesterday in 1971, going on to appear in Danton's Death, Same Time, Next Year, Going Home, Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi, The Glass Menagerie, Steel Magnolias and Stepping Out.

Her cabaret show, Nancye with an E, toured Australia in 1992. Nancye's directorial credits include Crazy for You, The World Goes Round, Australia's Leading Ladies in Concert, The Wizard of Oz, The Three Divas and Annie, plus Gypsy, Sweet Charity and The Boy from Oz for The Production Company.

In 2006-2007 Nancye toured Australia with Todd McKenney in the enormously successful Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, and she is currently touring with Reg Livermore in Turns.



Toni Lamond AM was born into a showbiz family and soon became part of her parents' touring variety show. In 1951 she was featured in revue and pantomime in Adelaide which led to a stint on the Tivoli Circuit.

Toni became a familiar figures on early TV and for eight years she was a regular on IMT; she also guest-hosted the show, making her the first woman in the world to front a 'Tonight' show. She returned to the stage in the musical Wildcat, and in Gypsy.

Toni lived and worked in the USA from 1976 to 1988, appearing in major musicals and in featured roles in TV drama. On her return to Australia she toured with her son, Tony Sheldon, in shows written by him. Toni's other musical theatre credits include For Amusement Only, Expresso Bongo, Cabaret, 42nd Street, The Full Monty, Shout!, Follies in Concert, High Society, The Pirates of Penzance, My Fair Lady and Beauty and the Beast. Toni has published two volumes of autobiography - First Half (1990) and Still a Gypsy (2002) - as well as the sadly practical Cooking When You're Broke (1976).


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The Association of Artist Managers proudly presents the second annual event in our Executive Seminar Series Records, Labels & Releases: How to make it in today’s industry, to be held at Notes Newtown NSW on Tuesday 31 May 2011.

The format involves 3 panels – The Majors, The Lawyers, and the DIYs.

Together, they will investigate, discuss and highlight their personal experiences, achievements and failures stemming their hugely disparate, yet ultimately, unparalleled successful experiences.

The AAM brings you Australia’s most dynamic industry professionals with the aim of sharing how they did it, why they did it and what you can draw from their combined millions in record sales successes.


Lawyer Debate
An artist lawyer vs. in-house major label lawyer discuss the pro’s and con’s of today’s record deal, from an artists’ and labels’ perspective. We're aiming for this to be a point / counterpoint debate format. We want some sparks to fly!
- Featuring Jules Monroe and Katie Hankin

The Big Guys
Why does an artist want a major label deal? Where and what can majors offer to today’s artist, who are freely engaging with their fans at a one-to-one level? Why should one agree to a 360 deal? What is a development deal? And when should an artist / manager sit down with the majors?
- Featuring Courtney Hard, Glenn Dickie, and more!

DIY / Indie Experts
We want to know each panellist’s story, and especially, how they carved out their niche; detailing mistakes and successes, key turning points, obvious set-backs, and critical wins. Although these specialist service providers come from COMPLETELY different musical worlds, there are some surprising similarities that the industry can pull from a retrospective review of their professional histories. However, we'll also highlight how there is no silver bullet or one "right way," you need to know your art / audience / market.
- Panellists are Sebastian Chase, Graham Nixon & Justin Cosby and more!


The Executive Seminar Series, Records, Labels & Releases: How to make it in today’s industry is being held at Note Newtown on TUESDAY 31 May from 6.30p – 9.30p .

It s FREE for all AAM members to attend.

Please visit www.aam.org.au or email to become a member or for any additional information.
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Slava Grigoryan announced as Artistic Director for
2012 Adelaide International Guitar Festival

Adelaide Festival Centre CEO and Artistic Director, Douglas Gautier has announced Slava Grigoryan as the Artistic Director for the Festival Centre’s 2012 Adelaide International Guitar Festival which will be held from 9-12 August, 2012.

“Slava Grigoryan, one of Australia’s most significant cultural ambassadors, directed the very successful 2010 Adelaide International Guitar Festival and took the event to a whole new level so we are delighted that he will be directing the 2012 Festival. We are really looking forward to continuing to work with him,” Douglas said.

“Slava drew from his enormous musical expertise and international connections as one of Australia’s finest musicians to deliver a Festival that audiences well and truly embraced. It is testament to his great work that 13% of all tickets for the 2010 Festival were bought by interstate or overseas patrons,” he said.

“Following the incredible experience of last year’s Festival and the feedback from artists and audiences, I’m very excited to be working on a second Festival,” said Slava Grigoryan.

“There are so many extraordinary guitarists doing very exciting things with the instrument around the world and I’m really looking forward to bringing some of them together in Adelaide in 2012.”

The Adelaide International Guitar Festival continues to garner a reputation for presenting some of the finest musicians from around the world and Australia. Reviews and feedback from audience members and performing artists prove that the Festival is becoming an unmissable event:


“Organisers pulled off an impressive coup this time in securing Australia’s own internationally acclaimed virtuoso Slava Grigoryan as the festival’s artistic director. The classical guitarist has certainly put his stamp on the event, using his network and knowledge to attract some truly world class acts to Australia”
Chris Johnson, Canberra Times

“his (Manuel Barrueco) playing makes me want to get on a plane and fly to Adelaide. Lucky audiences there.”
Margaret Throsby, Classic FM

“It was great to be back at the Adelaide International Guitar Festival, just like the first time I performed in the Festival, audiences proved that they know how to rock!” Mason Rack, Australia

Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts, the Hon John Hill congratulated the Adelaide Festival Centre for again appointing such a distinguished classical guitarist as Artistic Director of the Adelaide International Guitar Festival.

“Slava put together a diverse and engaging program which was widely acclaimed and I am sure that the 2012 program will be just as amazing,” Minister Hill said.

Slava Grigoryan has forged a prolific reputation as an international classical guitar virtuoso. Born in Kazakhstan, he immigrated with his family to Australia in 1981 and began studying the guitar at the age of six. By the time he was 17 he was signed to the Sony Classical Label. His relationship with Sony Classical, ABC Classics in Australia, and now his own label Which Way Music has led to the release of more than 20 solo and collaborative albums spanning a vast range of musical genres.

His first tour, at the young age of 18 was with guitar legends Paco Pena and Leo Kottke. Since then he’s travelled the world as a soloist in recitals and with orchestras in Europe, Asia and North America, and has performed at dozens of national and international arts festivals and guitar festivals. He has won ARIA awards for Best Classical Album and performs regularly as a soloist with all of Australia’s major orchestras. Internationally, his performances have taken him to many of the world’s leading concert halls and festivals.

Collaborations have played a huge part in Grigoryan’s career, most notably the guitar duo with his brother Leonard Grigoryan. Their touring has seen them perform throughout Europe, America, Asia, Russia and the Middle-East. Other collaborations have been with ensembles such as Goldner, Flinders and Australian String Quartets in Australia, the Endellion, Skampa and Chillingirian quartets in Europe, the Southern Cross Soloists, pianist Michael Kieren-Harvey and baritone Jose Carbo and Grigoryan was a founding member of Saffire, the Australian guitar quartet. He has also collaborated with numerous composers and premiered many new works, significantly with composers William Lovelady, Nigel Westlake and Shaun Rigney.

Grigoryan has also had long term collaborations with MGT - a guitar trio featuring jazz icons Ralph Towner and Wolfgang Muthspiel, and a duo with Austrian electric bassist Al Slavik. A more recent project has been Band of Brothers, featuring Leonard Grigoryan and brothers, Joseph and James Tawadros, in a fusion of contemporary jazz, classical and middle-eastern music.

The New York Times describes Slava as “A guitar player of uncommon originality and authority. Musicality, expressivity and daring …a singular talent.”

Slava Grigoryan was born in 1976 in Kazakhstan and immigrated with his family to Australia in 1981. As a major prizewinner at the Tokyo International Classical Guitar Competition, Slava was signed by Sony Music Entertainment Australia under the Sony Classical Label in 1995 and has since released four solo albums.
Slava Grigoryan was born in 1976 in Kazakhstan and immigrated with his family to Australia in 1981. As a major prizewinner at the Tokyo International Classical Guitar Competition, Slava was signed by Sony Music Entertainment Australia under the Sony Classical Label in 1995 and has since released four solo albums.

Slava Grigoryan has performed at many national and international Festivals such as the Brighton International Festival, the Harrogate International Arts Festival, Dresden Misikfestpiel, the Newbury Festival in the UK, the Guitar Festival of Great Britain, the Darwin International Guitar Festival, the GFA Festival in La Jolla, California, the Wirral International Guitar Festival, the AL Bustan Festival in Beirut, the New Zealand Arts Festival and the Sydney Festival.

He has appeared with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including the London Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Northern Sinfonia, Israel Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Radio Orchestra and more recently the Klagenfurt Symphony Orchestra in Austria and the Halle Orchestra in Manchester, UK.

In 1998 Slava was named Young Australian of the Year for the Arts and in September 2000 he appeared as soloist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra as part of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Arts Festival.

In January 2001, he was soloist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in their annual “Symphony in the Domain” concert before an audience in excess of 100,000. Later that year, he toured extensively for Musica Viva Australia with the Australian pianist, Simon Tedeschi and appeared for Andrew McKinnon Concert Presentations in recital at Angel Place. Other 2001 performances included appearances with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, The City of London Festival, the Australian String Quartet and a tour to Japan in September.

In 2002, Slava appeared as soloist with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Youth Orchestra and toured for Musica Viva with his brother, Leonard Grigoryan. Slava Grigoryan was appointed Artist in Residence at the Victorian College of the Arts, and received the ‘Mo Award’ for Instrumentalist of the Year.

His debut classical album for ABC Classics – Sonatas and Fantasies - was released in March 2002 and was awarded Best Classical Album at the 2002 ARIA Awards. 2003 saw the release of two new albums on the ABC Classics label – Play (with Leonard Grigoryan) and Saffire (The Australian Guitar Quartet), which went on to win the 2003 Best Classical Album ARIA.

2003 engagements included solo appearances with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and for the Queensland Biennial of Music, national tours with his brother Leonard and with Saffire, extensive appearances for Musica Viva and performances in Japan with baritone José Carbó. Slava also collaborated with many colleagues in Slava and Friends for Carnivale in Sydney.

In 2004, Slava appeared as a soloist with the Melbourne and West Australian Symphony orchestras, Orchestra Victoria and toured extensively for Musica Viva. He also recorded and released a new CD with Saffire and performed extensively with the guitar quartet, including a concert at the Brisbane Festival and regional tours. His album release Brazil (with flautist Jane Rutter) went straight to No. 1 on the ARIA classical charts.

2005 saw Slava Grigoryan appear as a soloist with some of Australia’s leading orchestras, complete a Guest-Artist residency at Geelong Grammar in Victoria, where he performed concerts and workshops, undertake a tour to the United Arab Emirates and South Africa and record a new CD with his brother, Leonard Grigoryan, through ABC Classics, of the Rodrigo Concerto for two guitars with the Queensland Orchestra.

In the latter half of 2005, he undertook major tours to Europe and the USA both as a solo artist and with Saffire – The Australian Guitar Quartet. In 2006, Slava toured New Zealand, the UK, Russia, Japan and South-East-Asia including a major recital with Leonard at Wigmore Hall, London.

In 2007, brothers Slava and Leonard toured as a duo throughout Australia, Asia and the Baltic States as well as recording with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Slava also appeared as a soloist with The Queensland Orchestra, the Song Company and with Leonard for the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and at the Queensland Music Festival.

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