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Australian Rock Symphony
ZACCARIA EVENTS is p
roud to present the AUSTRALIAN ROCK SYMPHONY, touring Australia in January 2010. (scroll down for venue and ticketing details).January, 2010 will see three of the most iconic rock acts
Australia has ever produced come together in a unique, live on-stage
event in Australian Rock Symphony! This inaugural phenomenon will see
rock legends Chrissy Amphlett, Diesel and the Baby Animals raise the
roof in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth.
Each
of these amazing acts will perform a selection of their best known
hits, accompanied by a full rock band and 30 piece Orchestra with
accomplished Musical Director, Tim Count.
The January
staging of Australian Rock Symphony will coincide with the rocking,
patriotic celebrations that go off nationwide each year around the time
of Australia Day. And it will all explode on stage in four of
Australia's premium live music venues!
LISTEN TO THE ARTISTS INTERVIEWS...
LISTEN TO THE ARTISTS INTERVIEWS...
Chrissy Amphlett is hailed as the most dynamic live female performer Australia has ever produced, let alone sent out into the world. Through the 80s and 90s in the legendary group The Divinyls, Chrissy Amphlett and guitarist Mark McEntee created a legacy of some of this nation’s most powerful pop records, including ‘Boys in Town’, ‘Science Fiction’, ‘Pleasure and Pain’ and ‘I Touch Myself’, with the latter reaching number one in Australia and Top Ten in America. Four of The Divinyls five studio albums reached the Top 10 in Australia. The iconic image of Chrissy Amphlett strutting and pouting in her provocative school uniform and fishnets only further cemented her status as a true rock diva. In May 2001 the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), as part of its 75th Anniversary celebrations, named ‘Science Fiction’ as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time. The Divinyls were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2006.
Diesel burst out of Perth in 1987 with the band Johnny Diesel and the Injectors, becoming one of Australia's best pub rock bands of the late-1980s. The group's blend of Southern rock soul and R&B, plus Diesel's smoking guitar playing and rockstar looks quickly earned the band a huge and passionate fan base. Their self-titled debut album released in 1989 won them an ARIA for Highest Selling Album and Best New Talent, spawning such hits as ‘Cry in Shame’ and ‘Looking For Love’. He eventually pulled the pin on the Injectors, resurfacing as Diesel with the single ‘Love Junk’ in July 1991. Diesel has recorded nine albums in his amazing career, two of which have been Number 1 Australian hits. He has taken home the ARIA for Best Male Artist four times and once for Best Album for ‘Hepfidelity’ in 1992, featuring the hits ‘Come To Me’ and ‘Tip Of My Tongue’. From Johnny Diesel and the Injectors to a stellar solo career, Diesel’s fluid feel for blues-inspired guitar and instinctively soulful voice have soared their way into the Australian rock conscience.
Phenomenal Australian hard rock quartet the Baby Animals carved their road to rock history fronted by lead singer Suze DeMarchi. Suze exploded onto the music scene as a lean, mean, rock n' roll machine with super model looks and her signature pixie hair cut. Formed in 1990, the Baby Animals brash, punchy blues-based hard rock sound saw their debut single ‘Early Warning’ immediately reached the Top 20 on the Australian Singles charts. Their self-titled debut LP spent six weeks at number one, eventually going eight times platinum and becoming the highest-selling debut Australian rock album of all time (until the release of Jet’s album 12 years later). The Baby Animals picked up a collection of honours at the 1992 ARIA Music Awards, receiving awards for ‘Best Debut Album’, ‘Best Single’ and ‘Best Album’. Suzi DeMarchi was also nominated for ‘Best Female Vocalist’. The Baby Animals disbanded in 1996 with Suzi DeMarchi focusing on her solo career, but then reformed in 2007 and in 2008 started touring again for the first time 13 years.
The combining of these three stand-out Aussie rock acts on the one stage for Australian Rock Symphony will be an event not to be missed!
Part proceeds to the Strike A Chord For Cancer Foundation.
EVENT INFORMATION:
MELBOURNE:
Palais Theatre, Friday January 22.
Tickets on sale through TICKETMASTER on Monday October 12th 2009.
www.ticketmaster.com.au
Ph 136 100
BRISBANE:
QPAC Theatre, Saturday January 23rd.
Tickets on sale through QTIX on Monday October 12th 2009.
www.qtix.com.au
Ph 136 246
SYDNEY:
State Theatre, Monday January 25th.
Tickets on sale through TICKETMASTER on Monday October 12th 2009.
www.ticketmaster.com.au
Ph 136 100
ADELAIDE: (Scheduled for Jan 28 at thebarton Theatre) SHOW CANCELLED
If you are a ticketholder you can contact Venuetix to claim a full refund. Ph 8225 8888: www.venuetix.com.au However as a small gesture, we are offering those that bought tickets to the Adelaide concert, a special Buy One Get One Free offer for our Melbourne performance which will be held at the Palais Theatre on Friday January 22nd. Simply contact Ticketmaster on 136 100 or you can go to any of the Ticketmaster outlets in Adelaide to access the Buy One Get One Free Offer and mention you were a ticketholder for the cancelled Australian Rock Symphony concert in Adelaide. You can buy two tickets for the price of one for the Melbourne show. And all tickets are just $99 each. Also, you can access special accomodation packages for Melbourne via the Palais Theatre web site: click here for details.
www.venuetix.com.au
Ph 8225 8888
PERTH:
Burswood Theatre, Saturday January 30th.
Tickets on sale through TICKETEK on Monday October 12th 2009.
www.ticketek.com.au
