21Sep2001
- AUSTRALIA:
Oz music at its best.<return to top> THE
Australian Music Show now includes the latest Aussie hits from Killing
Heidi, Bachelor Girl and Vanessa Amorossi.
Bringing a fresh and innovative approach to a tried and true concept,
the six-piece line-up covers artists with high authenticity.
Female and male artists are featured including Powderfinger, Killing
Heidi, Natalie Imbruglia, Kylie Minogue, the Bee Gees, Midnight
Oil, INXS and Baby Animals. The absence of sequencing brings this
dynamic, high energy show alive to the constant delight of the audiences.
There are colourful costumes, props choreography, and a dynamic
band of professional musicians.
The Australian Music Show plays at the Great Western Bar, Station
St, Penrith on Saturday. The show starts 10pm and entry is free.
* Tuesday's Press incorrectly featured an article saying Australian
Played would appear at the Great Western Bar. The group has disbanded.
(c) 2001 Nationwide News Pty Limited http://www.news.com.au.
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PENRITH PRESS 21/09/2001 P21
12Sep2001
- AUSTRALIA: Rock glitterati
roll up for `mini-Arias'.<return to top> By DINO SCATENA Music Writer.
IT FELT like the real ARIA Awards, except that it was daylight,
there were fewer stars than usual, a slightly shorter red carpet
and everyone was sober.
So they were dubbed the "mini-ARIAs", staged yesterday
afternoon at the City Live nightclub inside Fox Studios.
But for a mini-ARIAs, there were lots of awards handed out - 15
in all.
Among yesterday's premature winners was Powderfinger, which won
the best rock album award for its multi-platinum Odyssey Number
Five, Kylie Minogue (best pop release for Light Years) and the cast
of Shout! (best cast/show album).
But the most surprised winner was Mark Seymour who received the
silver pyramid in the adult contemporary category for his album
One Eyed Man.
It was the first ARIA for the former Hunter & Collectors singer
in a career spanning two decades. "I'm shocked, totally lost
for words," Seymour later said.
But the real purpose of yesterday's ceremony was to announce the
nominees for the real ARIA awards, which will be held at the Capitol
Theatre on October 3.
Winning most nominations were Melbourne dance outfit The Avalanches
with nine nominations for their album Since I Left You. Close behind
were Powderfinger, the big winners at the 1999 ARIA Awards, who
received another eight nominations.
"We've got one already," laughed Powderfinger guitarist
Ian Haug in reference to the best rock album award.
"We didn't even know they were presenting anything today, that's
how misinformed we are. But this is really cool."
Also earning a bevy of nominations were Kylie Minogue (six), Something
for Kate (six) and The John Butler Trio (five).
Presenters yesterday included Ella Hooper, lead singer with Killing
Heidi, which received a nomination for best group.
The highlight of yesterday's proceedings was the reformation of
seminal Australian punk band The Saints for their induction into
the ARIA Hall of Fame.
* See the full list of winners and nominations at www.dailytelegraph.com.au.
(c) Nationwide News Proprietary Ltd, 2001.
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DAILY TELEGRAPH (SYDNEY) 12/09/2001 P7
07Sep2001
- AUSTRALIA: Adrenalin rush for
party games <return to top> By Catriona Mathewson, Erin O'Dwyer.
GOODWILL Games athletes have been demonstrating their stamina off
the sporting field, popping up at city nightspots, games clubs and
shops as the games draw to a close.
With only athletics, boxing, basketball and figure skating to go,
a host of competitors have started exploring Brisbane and its surrounds.
Adrenalin Sports Bar, City Rowers and the Carlton Mid Club at South
Bank seem to be the main destinations for athletes looking for fun.
Basketballers have also been spotted soaking up more than the atmosphere,
with track and field athletes expected to turn up at City Rowers
tonight after the last session at ANZ Stadium.
Olympic gold medallist Pieter van den Hoogenband is fast earning
himself a reputation around town as an easygoing guy who loves to
party.
While the Australian team was locked down, the Dutch swimmer was
spotted checking out the Brisbane nightlife even before his events.
South Bank has become the party headquarters for fans, with 100
kegs (or 5000 litres) of beer consumed at the temporary Stayers
pub on the riverfront.
The pub, which views of the CBD, has been well received by patrons,
many of whom have called for it to become a permanent fixture.
"It's given the people of Brisbane a new outlook on the city,"
Carton United Breweries spokesman Dave Argus said yesterday.
Athletes have also been enjoying the VIP treatment next door at
the exclusive Carlton Mid Club, where Games sponsors and Brisbane
execs are paying more than $300 a head to "graze" on seafood,
antipasto and sushi, and visit the well-stocked bar.
The Games' top entertainment outfits have also graced the club,
with Killing Heidi, The Whitlams and Christine Anu playing acoustic
sets on the makeshift stage.
Meanwhile, Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin has been a smash hit with
athletes from the US, where he has become a cult figure.
About 50 athletes, including the US basketball team, will make a
pilgrimage to Irwin's Australia Zoo fauna park in the Sunshine Coast
hinterland.
(c) 2001 Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd.
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COURIER MAIL (QUEENSLAND) 07/09/2001 P4
05Sep2001
- AUSTRALIA: Goodwill Games.
<return to top> Band's
blast YOUNG Australian rock band Killing Heidi played its first
gig on water from a barge in the Brisbane River offshore from South
Bank, as part of the Goodwill Games festivities.
Elsewhere in Australian waters, off Christmas Island, the Australian
military was trying to persuade hundreds of ship-bound refugees
to go someplace else.
Band members wanted to talk about that at the riverside press conference
before Thursday night's performance.
"It's awful," teenage vocalist Ella Hooper said.
Her brother and lead quitarist Jesse agreed. "People will think
we are a racist bunch, which we're not," he said.
"Our governments are pretty backward."
Bass player Warren Jenkins welcomed refugees.
"We've got opinions and we're not afraid to express them,"
Ella said.
Sympathy for refugees and goodwill aside, the band has plans for
world domination.
After their second album comes out early next year, Killing Heidi
will head for Japan and Europe to expand on their recent modest
conquest of the US.
(c) 2001 Nationwide News Pty Limited http://www.news.com.au.
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SOUTHERN STAR 05/09/2001 P68
03Sep2001
- AUSTRALIA: PERFORMERS
in town for the Goodwill Games...<return to top>
By Noel Mengel.
PERFORMERS in town for the Goodwill Games are also playing for a
more select audience at the swish Carlton Mid Club at South Bank.
The club, built on the banks of the river for the event, is the
hangout for athletes, celebs, corporate sponsors and their guests.
So there were a few more suits in the audience than Killing Heidi
are used to when they played an intimate show the night before their
outdoor performance further up the river for the rest of us plebs.
The crowd soon loosened their ties and warmed up to Ella Hooper's
effervescent personality and the band's delight at previewing tracks
intended for their next album.
They played one cover: a cracking version of You Am I's Berlin Chair.
(c) 2001 Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd.
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COURIER MAIL (QUEENSLAND) 03/09/2001 P17
01Sep2001
- AUSTRALIA: Moshers pack the promenade.<return to top>
ROCK bands Killing Heidi and Primary last night added
headbanging to the list of Goodwill Games sports, with their Brisbane
River show turning South Bank's promenade into a giant moshpit.
A crowd of up to 25,000 took part in the festivities in front of
South Bank's floating river stage.
Despite the band's national and international success, Killing Heidi
drummer/guitarist Adam Pedretti admitted band members still got
nervous before heading onstage.
"I had the shakes at the Boondall entertainment centre before
going on (for the Opening Gala)," he (Adam) said.
While Killing Heidi and Primary played at South Bank, thousands
of Brisbane regulars and tourists gathered to hear Latin band Candela
at Eagle St Pier as part of Riverjazz.
The 11-piece salsa band were a break from the festival's traditional
jazz line-up, but Riverfestival director John Aitken said this year's
program had been remixed for the games.
(c) 2001 Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd.
