Major Attractions
Recording Artists
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Lisa Edwards
Renowned for her ability to perform live, Lisa has covered many areas in music including jazz, musicals and contemporary material. Lisa has worked with many high profile Australian acts such as Noiseworks, Black Sorrows, Real Life, Ross Wilson, Billy Thorpe, Glen Shorrock, Brian Cadd Mike Brady, Kylie Minogue, John Farnham and Kate Cebrano. She has the sweetest voice you will here.
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James Morrison
Is by anybody's standard, a virtuoso in the true sense of the word. Besides the trumpet, this multi-instrumentalist also plays trombone, euphonium, fugal horn, tuba, saxophone and piano. He has performed at the Royal Albert Hall, The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Royal Command performance for Queen Elizabeth II, and has performed for US presidents Bush & Clinton.
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Cotton, Keays & Morris
A unique and major Australian rock act & one that should not be missed - their contemporary approach to their music & life has rewarded them with continuing success. The Cotton Keays & Morris show is being enjoyed by audiences of all ages & has an appeal for a generation which looks back with fond memories to a music experience that has earned its place in rock history.
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Joe Camilleri
Writer of milestone Australian songs such as So Young, Hit And Run, Shape I'm In, Hold On To Me, Harley & Rose, Chained To The Wheel and Never Let Me Go, has given his life to making music in this country Leader of two of this country's most successful bands, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons & The Black Sorrows, Joe's music has become part of our lives.
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Leo Sayer
Leo Sayer had a string of highly polished mainstream pop hits in the late '70s, selling millions of records around the world. While he will certainly be remembered for "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing," Sayer's versatility is what's obvious. Leo Sayer is a singer not only loaded with talent and ability, but also with resourcefulness, and dedication.
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Pseudo Echo
Album sales in excess of one million worldwide, PSEUDO ECHO’s sensational chart topping achievements in the Eighties kept them on an exciting rollercoaster ride through one of the most prominent music decades of our time. PSEUDO ECHO pioneered the new Eighties electro-pop sound in Australia, soon establishing themselves at the top of the Australian charts with Top 10 hits such as “Listening” and “A Beat For You” from their debut gold selling album “Autumnal Park”. The band then scored their biggest worldwide hit to date with a version of Lipps Inc’s “Funky Town”.
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Daryl Braithwaite
Live and formative and flowing years of Australian music with Daryl Braithwaite who is known for teen hysteria, international breakouts, multi platinum albums, extraordinary collaborations, performing at the sweetest dives and some of the worlds most famous stadiums. Daryl remains an integral part of the evolution and development of Australian popular music and a must see live
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Kate Ceberano
Renowned for her soulful and powerful vocal style, singer / songwriter Kate Ceberano has won almost every entertainment award in Australia. She has released five Platinum albums, four Gold albums, selling in exces of one million albums in Australia alone, performed countless sell-out tours, stared in acclaimed feature films and hosted her own television show
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Ross Wilson
With a repertoire of his own major hits including Eagle Rock, Come Back Again, State of the Heart, Chemistry, Come Said The Boy, Cool World, Hi Honey Ho, just to name a few. Ross has achieved true "Australian Rock Legend" status. His bands Daddy Cool & Mondo Rock are part of Australian contemporary music history. As a solo performer Ross backs himself with some of the best players in this country& rocks as only he can. Long before Bruce came on the scene the only "Boss" Australian's knew was "Ross"
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Marina Prior
In 1991, Marina released her debut album, Leading Lady. Leading Lady reached platinum status within a month of it's release. In 1992 she released her second album Aspects of Andrew Lloyd Webber that reached gold status and was nominated for an Aria award. Owing to the success of these previous recordings, Marina released her third album, Somewhere - The Songs Of Sondheim and Bernsteim. Marina has been awarded two green room awards, Mo Awards in 1989 and 1990 and a Variety Club Heart Award. In 1993, she received the Advance Australia Award, in 1995 MO Awards, nominated for Australian Performer Of The Year and received the award for female Musical Performer Of The Year for her role in West Side Story.
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Ricki Lee
Popular songstress Ricki-lee Coulter, whose controversial mid-series exit from the competition rocked Australian Idol in 2004, has thrilled stadium audiences across the country with her ever powerful voice and stage presence. Ricki-lee's love of music is varied, with influences in Rock, Hip Hop, Scribe, R&B and Mowtown.
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Deni Hines
Deni Hines is without doubt considered one of Australia's foremost entertainers. From hit singles and albums, to lead roles in musicals & television,also her collaborations with other artists, Deni has grown up in front of audiences from an enthusiastic young performer to a mature, sophisticated entertainer.
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Debra Byrne
Debra's career has included Television, Theatre, Cabaret and Recording. In the theatre; in the production of Cats; the role of Grizabella, jerry's Girls, Hot Shoe Shuffle, Fantine in Les Miserables and Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard. Recordings include the cast album of Cats, the world symphonic recording of Les Miserables, Sleeping Child, Caught In The Act and New Ways To Dream. Debra's acting roles include Police Rescue, GP, Naked, Law Of The Land, Flying Doctors and co-staring with Matt Dillon in Rebel. Debra's latest performance in Caught In The Act Again received her a Green Room Award Nomination for best cabaret performance and best musical arrangement.
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Brian Cadd
Brian's recent appearances in Victoria especially have resulted in capacity houses playing to audiences from 18 to 80 years old such is the diversity of one of this country's true superstars who delivers the goods every time him and his piano hit the stage.
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Vanessa Amorosi
Australian singer-songwriter, Vanessa Amorosi was seen by the biggest audience a performer could ever hope for when she performed to four and a half billion television viewers of the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Vanessa Amorosi also performed at the Olympics Closing Ceremony, the 2000 Paralympics, the Goodwill Games and the Commonwealth Games Handover Ceremony in Manchester.
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Mental As Anything
They have outlasted four Prime ministers, the death of the vinyl LP, witnessed the rise of Microsoft and the internet, man's colonisation of space, the New Romantic movement, Pol Pot and big hair. Their career has spanned the flared jean coming back and the re-release of the Ugg boot. They have sold over 2 million records world-wide and had Top 10 hits in Australia, North American and Europe.
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Anthony Callea
Anthony is already a national phenomenon. A small show called Australian Idol fixed that making it through to the final two. His debut single, that extraordinary version of "The Prayer" is officially the fastest selling single of all time, it is also the highest selling Australian single ever!
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Jackie Love
Jackie continues to attract accolades for a career thats more than met the predictions of, for one, showbiz legend Sammy Davis Jnr. who remarked of Love: "She's destined to be a very Big star I feel"
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Marcia Hines
All of Australia knows her simply as Marcia, the diva with the most wonderful and distinctive pop voices of all time. From a bright eyed 16 year old in the 70's to the huge Tv hit Australian Idol, Marcia has done it all.
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Delltones
Arguably Australia's greatest harmony group who have amassed hits such as 'Come A Little Bit Closer', 'Hangin Five' and 'Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands'. Headed by the booming bass voice of Peewee Wilson, The Delltones are a brilliant act who totally entertain and are legendary in Australia for their live performances.
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Mark Seymour
Mark formed Hunters and Collectors in 1980,with a bunch of Uni friends. In its early form the band was more of a jam session than a recording act. In 1985 they recorded "Human Frailty", This record has proven to be one of the most enduring records of the 80's. By 1998, Mark felt it was time to move on and through himself into his solo career.
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Frankie J Holden
Was born in 1952, the same year as the FJ Holden was first manufactured and during the course of his diverse career he has become as much an OZ icon as his automotive namesake. As Frankie J Holden he began his show business career with the legendary rock group OL 55; one of the most successful Australian recording acts of all time, and has gone on to be recognised as one of our most versatile and popular performers.
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Silvie Paladino
With her gorgeous voice, emotional range and acting talent, this star of music theatre and cabaret is highly sought after in the world of entertainment. Probably the best voice in Australia!
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Grace Knight
She's gone and done it again. First Grace Knight took the Eurogliders pop band to chart topping success throughout the 80's, then she became Australia's number one selling Jazz Diva in the 90's. Rooted in Jazz and Soul, Grace has crafted a beautify sensational & moody collection of songs that form the basis of a totally revamped live show. Audiences are responding ecstatically to a mix of her old class 80's numbers and a mix of her personal favourites.
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Troy Cassar-Daley
It was an emotional Troy Cassar-Daley who delivered no less than 4 acceptance speeches at the 34th Country music Awards of Australia in front of 5000 people at Tamworth Entertainment Centre. In a field that featured some of the music industry's biggest names, Troy picked up Golden Guitars for...Male Vocalist of the Year, Song of the Year, Vocal Collaboration and instrumental of the year. This brings Troy's Golden Guitar Tally to 13.
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Sara Storer
Certainly Sara has set high standards for herself. Her first album, Chasing Buffalo, spawned three number 1 singles and won her Best New Talent at the 2001 Country Music Awards. Then came her second album and what an album it was, it saw her win seven Golden Guitars at the 2004 Tamworth Festival and is close to a platinum album. Sara's third album is also set for huge heights, "she just captures everyday life in the country like no other".
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Jade Hurley
O.A.M. is the ULTIMATE "Aussie" SHOWBUSINESS SURVIVOR
He is also the undisputed “KING” of COUNTRY and ROCK ‘N’ ROLL music in Australasia.
It was the legendary Johnny Cash who stated quite openly that Jade was the best act he had ever worked with and was quoted in the Irish Press as saying ... "If I wasn't who I am, I would find it very hard to follow him on any stage anywhere in the world ... he's one hell of a showman and entertainer this Aussie ... and he can sure play that damn piano".
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Renee Geyer
Possesses what is undoubtedly the most versatile and stunning voice in contemporary Australian music today. In the 70's, Renee rose to national prominence with a clutch of hit singles and albums that found her music flowing gracefully between pop, rock, soul and blues., Renee serenaded the charts with a string of songs including "It's A Man's Man's World", "Stares & Whispers" and "Heading In The Right Direction". The hits continued into the "80"s with the memorable "Say I Love You" which was recorded in the US as part of the "So Lucky" album. In the mid "80's Renee settled in America where she began writing, and broadening her musical base to include R&B, jazz, country and Latin rhythms...
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Rick Price
Is one of the most accredited Australian singer/songwriters of the 90's. 1992 saw the emergence of such a talent with the singles "Not A Day Goes By", "Walk Away Renee" and "Heaven Knows".Heaven Knows also achieved Top 40 status throughout Europe and with the album of the same name, it achieved Platinum status throughout Australia and South East Asia.
With 3 ARIA nominations and numerous Australian Music Awards behind him, Rick wrote and recorded the critically acclaimed second album, "Tamborine Mountain" during 1995. Also achieving Platinum status, it was Rick at his most experimental and it's content reflected a close and introspective view of his personal life...
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Wendy Matthews
Has a reputation as an artist par excellence with a sublime, expressive voice that never fails to move those who hear it. Both acoustically and physically, Wendy Matthews moves with an enviable minimalism. Her music is an unhurried journey of clean melodies, infectious energy and simple grace. Wendy has proven that commitment to class is still not only valid but applauded by the public ear. She has confirmed that such commitment is not a symptom of vulnerability, but the true path of artistic integrity. This is exemplified by the reality that Wendy’s music is now in more than a million homes in Australia...
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Doug Parkinson
His voice is part of Australia's rock heritage, his imposing physique and his stage presence holds your attention in a vice-like grip. He is a true Australian national treasure, one of the great Australian voices and musical mainstays. He has been with us for a long time and his story spans many years. The pages of our lives are book marked by the songs we grow with and we relive the highs and lows every time we hear them.
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David Campbell
In the sequel to one of the most successful local recordings over the last year, David Campbell is back and swinging harder than ever with 'Swing Sessions 2'. So grab a partner, loosen up the tie, take off those heels, and join David as he delivers a sizzling new set of classics on this special record. The original 'Swing Sessions' proved a national phenomenon - and the highest-selling album of David's career - with local sales topping the 120,000 mark.
But that's only half the Swing story.
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Jade Hurley
O.A.M. is the ULTIMATE "Aussie" SHOWBUSINESS SURVIVOR
He is also the undisputed �KING� of COUNTRY and ROCK �N� ROLL music in Australasia.
It was the legendary Johnny Cash who stated quite openly that Jade was the best act he had ever worked with and was quoted in the Irish Press as saying ... "If I wasn't who I am, I would find it very hard to follow him on any stage anywhere in the world ... he's one hell of a showman and entertainer this Aussie ... and he can sure play that damn piano".
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SPECTRUM
Mike Rudd and Bill Putt have been around for so long they're considered part of Australia's musical furniture. Bands such as Spectrum, The Indelible Murtceps and Ariel illuminated the ‘70s and inspired many of Australia's popular music icons. Spectrum's enormous ‘70s’ hit, I’ll Be Gone (Someday I'll have money) still inspires crowds to sing along all over the country.
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The Angels
Yes it's true.... Rock fans everywhere rejoice.... The Angels Are Back!
It was a decade ago that seminal Australian rock band The Angels decided to call it a day. Their charismatic frontman, Doc Neeson, was involved in a horrific car accident that prevented him from performing for several years but after rehabilitation he went on to form Doc Neeson's Angels. The rest of the band continued to perform as The Angels Band. In August 2007 tensions boiled over between the two parties and the The Angels court case was splashed across newspapers throughout Australia.
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Deborah Conway
Deborah Conway is recognised as one of the country's most articulate and individual voices, with a career that has encompassed recording, performing and writing songs for over 20 years.
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Dragon
Todd Hunter's recall is not rose-coloured. "I didn't think I'd ever come back to Dragon," says the band's founder, bassist, sometime songwriter and sole survivor. "There are such mixed memories for me. There were incredible highs but too many people died. I've spent the last 10 years ignoring the whole thing, it was a lot simpler to get on with film and TV scoring and leave Dragon as a distant memory."
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Glenn Shorrock
"Let the blood of all our writers spill upon the page
But hits and chart positions cannot pacify the rage
Will you stand with me when the time has come?
Will you stand with me or will you run?"
Penned in an attic in the dead of night, in between the unprecedented multi-million-selling global success of Little River Band and an uncertain solo future, Will You Stand With Me is a powerful assertion of Glenn Shorrock's vocation as a singer-songwriter which resonates more strongly through the years.
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Guy Sebastian
While his mates were listening to New Kids On The Block and Pearl Jam, Guy Sebastian would play classic soul tunes from the likes of Otis Redding, Al Green and Wilson Pickett. So it's not surprising that Guy has opted to put his own stamp on the Memphis soul tunes that have helped define him as one of Australia's top musicians.
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Richard Clapton
Richard Clapton is an icon of Australian music.
Clapton paved the way for three generations of songwriters to write about the experience of being Australian.
He has consistently toured and recorded original music for an astonishing 35 years.
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Tina Arena
JUST ME
"When in doubt, leave it out. Put your faith in life."
Dare You To Be Happy
After four years, Tina Arena returns to the airwaves with the strongest songs of her career, collected as 'Just Me'. Created from a wealth of both musical and life experiences, gathered during what has been one of the most eventful period's of Tina's life, this is certainly her most personal album to date. The challenge of breaking the US and European market places; the living-on-the-edge excitement of playing the lead in London's West End production of Notre Dame de Paris; and the time spent travelling the world working on the new album, have all provided ample inspiration for a collection of extremely powerful songs.
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