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With
a little under three weeks until the Australian music
industry’s night of nights, ARIA (Australian Recording
Industry Association) confirmed today that all the Industry
tickets are sold out. General public ticket sales, while
selling strongly, are still available.
ARIA
is proud to announce additional performers and presenters who
will take part in the 2007
ARIA Awards to be held at Acer
Arena, Sydney Olympic Park. The 2007
ARIA Awards, proudly brought to you by Motorola, will be
held on SUNDAY,
OCTOBER 28 and will be exclusively telecast by broadcast
partner Network Ten from 8.30pm that night with a 30 minute
Red Carpet special to air at 7.00pm hosted by JAMES
MATHISON with HAMISH
+ ANDY.
With
live performances already announced by POWDERFINGER,
SILVERCHAIR, JOHN BUTLER TRIO, MISSY HIGGINS and
SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM, organisers
can confirm that multiple ARIA nominee GOTYE
(pronounced Gore-ti-yeah!) will perform live at the
awards. The multi-talented musician, writer and producer GOTYE
(aka Wally de Backer),
has scored 4 ARIA Award nominations (Best
Male Artist, Best Independent Release, Best Dance Release and
Album of the Year plus 2 Artisan Award nominations) for
‘Mixed Blood’,
a remix album of songs from his extraordinarily successful
sophomore release ‘Like
Drawing Blood’. Made on a shoestring budget and
independently released without any traditional marketing,
Gotye’s success is proof that the cream always rises to the
top.
The
captivating KATE
MILLER-HEIDKE whose debut album ‘Little
Eve’ landed her 4 ARIA Award nominations (plus 1 Artisan
Award nomination) – in the categories of Best
Female Artist, Breakthrough Artist – Single, Breakthrough
Artist – Album and
Best Pop Release –
will bring her unique style to the ARIA Awards stage. Her
beautifully crafted debut album was delivered earlier this
year to overwhelming critical response, with the album
debuting at #11 on the National Motorola ARIA Album Chart on
release. The first single from ‘Words‘
soon caught the attention of media across the country and
introduced fans to Kate’s unique and eclectic style. Her
current single ‘Make It
Last’ is another up-tempo pop song that features Kate’s
signature vocals and gorgeous melody. With a national tour
slated for November / December, the divine Ms Kate Miller-Heidke
will be one to watch at the 2007 ARIA Awards.
Formed
at Elenora High (Gold Coast, QLD) in 2005 during chess class,
young upstarts OPERATOR
PLEASE will ditch their school uniforms to perform live at
the ARIA Awards. Nominated twice (Best
Pop Release and Breakthrough
Artist – Single + 1 Artisan Award)
for the infuriatingly catchy single ‘Just
A Song About Ping Pong’, the song hit number 12 on the
ARIA chart here and number 1 on the UK MTV chart. With a new
single ‘Get What You
Want’ (released October 27th), a new album
titled ‘Yes Yes
Vindictive’ (released through EMI on November 10th)
and a major national tour to kick off in November, the
future’s so bright they’ll have to wear shades. In the
meantime, all eyes are on the 2007 ARIA Awards. Who knows?
They may take home an ARIA Award before they take home their
High School Certificate!
Host
ROVE McMANUS will
be joined on stage by JAMES
MATHISON and guest presenters including DELTA
GOODREM, DARREN
HAYES, BEN LEE, CRAIG
REUCASSEL, CHRIS
TAYLOR and DAVE
HUGHES.
The
winner
of no less than 7 ARIA Awards, DELTA
GOODREM, will take her turn on the other side of the
podium at the 2007 Awards. With a hot new single In
This Life (debuted at # 1 and still going strong), a hot
new look and a hot new, self titled album due for release on
October 20th, the darling of the Australian music
industry will make a welcome return to the ARIA stage.
Also
no stranger to winning multiple ARIA Awards, the talented
singer/songwriter DARREN
HAYES will also make a special appearance at the 2007 ARIA
Awards. With his“current
album ‘This Delicate
Thing We’ve Made” out now and a new single ‘Me,
Myself and I’ released on November 3rd,
Darren is about to embark on his Time
Machine tour of Australia.
Former
ARIA Award winner and citizen of the world BEN
LEE will have an ARIA homecoming off the back of brand new
album ‘Ripe’
and the breathtakingly catchy single ‘Love
Me Like the World is Ending’. Here on an Australian
tour, Ben will take time out to appear at the ARIA Awards
before heading back to the US for a run of live shows.
Lock
up your daughters! CRAIG
REUCASSEL and CHRIS
TAYLOR from the top rating water cooler program The
Chasers War on Everything will dish it up at the 2007
ARIA Awards. Best known for pranks which include cross
dressing, play acting and musical spoofs these errant
sons of satire are guaranteed to set tongues wagging.
And
last but certainly not least, everyone’s favourite Aussie
comedian DAVE HUGHES will
be back to entertain at the 2007 ARIA Awards. He might have
the laconic drawl but he also has one of the fastest comic
minds this country has ever seen. We love ya Hughesy!
Tickets
for the 2007 ARIA Awards are selling like the proverbial
hotcakes with Industry tickets already sold out in record
time. General
Admission tickets for the general public are also moving fast
with just under 2,000 left available.
Stand
by for further announcements in the coming weeks.
2007
ARIA AWARDS KEY DATES:
Monday,
October 15, 2007 – ARIA Fine
Arts Awards, Sydney’s Conservatorium of Music
Sunday,
October 28, 2007 – 2007 ARIA
Awards, Acer Arena, Sydney Olympic Park
2007
ARIA AWARDS
Proudly
brought to you by Motorola
Sunday,
October 28, 2007
Acer
Arena, Sydney Olympic Park
Broadcast
exclusively on Network Ten
Red
Carpet special from 7.00pm to 7.30pm
2007
ARIA Awards from 8.30pm
Featuring
POWDERFINGER, SILVERCHAIR, MISSY HIGGINS, JOHN BUTLER TRIO,
SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM, GOTYE, OPERATOR PLEASE, KATE MILLER-HEIDKE,
ROVE McMANUS, JAMES MATHISON, DELTA GOODREM, DARREN HAYES, BEN
LEE, CRAIG REUCASSEL, CHRIS TAYLOR and DAVE HUGHES
GENERAL
PUBLIC TICKETS:
On
sale now from Ticketek – www.ticketek.com.au
or Phone 132 489
Main
Concourse ‘Premium’ – *$60.00
Club
Level ‘A reserve’ – *$55.00
Upper
Concourse ‘B Reserve’ – *$35.00
All
prices including booking fees, but transaction fees apply.
Stay
tuned for final updates on special guests and all the latest
ARIA Awards
news
or check the official website:
www.ariaawards.com.au
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