Silverchair

19-07-2007

NEW SINGLE "REFLECTIONS OF A SOUND" AVAILABLE DIGITALLY

You may have seen the awesome new video, but Silverchair's new single "Reflections Of A Sound" is now available digitally on a special EP. The single is taken from the band's album "Young Modern" and comes with three additional exclusive B-Side tracks featuring 'Straight Lines (live)'.

Click here to purchase the EP through iTunes!

Silverchair will be touring Australia nationally from August to October. For information on their shows, check out the Tours section.

18-07-2007

SILVERCHAIR CONTESTS

There are a heap of Silverchair contests, competitions and giveaways currently on the web. Here are just a few.

13-07-2007

SILVERCHAIR RESCHEDULE 4 SHOWS DUE TO DANIEL JOHNS THROAT INFECTION

Silverchair has postponed four shows on their current U.S. Tour to allow singer, Daniel Johns to recover fully from a case of laryngitis.

Daniel caught the common viral infection of the throat earlier this week after flying Sydney/Los Angeles/Toronto/New York/Los Angeles over just four days. It severely impeded his vocal performance on the "Tonight Show With Jay Leno" on Tuesday.

While his Doctor had initially been hopeful that Daniel's laryngitis would clear up "in a day or two", he has since advised that the Silverchair frontman should "avoid singing for 4 to 6 days" in order to be guaranteed of making a full recovery. The Doctor also advised that singing during this time could risk permanent damage to Daniel's voice so the band has no choice but to reschedule these four important shows and to sincerely apologize to those who will be inconvenienced by this change of plans.

The San Diego, Anaheim, Los Angeles and San Francisco gigs will now take place in mid-November at the same venues. New dates are as follows:

Anaheim - House Of Blues - Rescheduled for Wednesday November 14
San Diego - House Of Blues - Rescheduled for Friday November 16
San Francisco - The Independent - Rescheduled for Sunday November 18
Los Angeles - The Wiltern - Rescheduled for Tuesday November 20

Patrons holding tickets for the original dates simply need to retain them and use them to gain admission to the rescheduled dates. Otherwise they can seek refunds from their place of purchase.

Dates for the rest of Silverchair's Young Modern World Tour are not expected to be affected in any way by this temporary throat infection.

Again, while it is obviously beyond their control, Silverchair apologizes for the inconvenience caused by this unfortunate turn of events.

10-07-2007

ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE BREAKS SALES RECORDS IN TOWNSVILLE!

Regional Queenslanders joined their New South Wales counterparts today with news that tickets for POWDERFINGER and SILVERCHAIR’s Across the Great Divide show at Townsville’s Entertainment Centre has SOLD OUT, breaking all previous venue records!

In the ONLY extra show to be announced for regional Queensland, Townsville Entertainment Centre will host a second and final night of POWDERFINGER & SILVERCHAIR on Tuesday, 9 October.

This Townsville show joins the other repeat performances in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Wollongong and Newcastle. Tickets for the second Townsville date are sale from 9am tomorrow.

Tickets for the second show in Brisbane on sale now
and Townsville Entertainment Centre at 9.00am 11 July 2007

Saturday, 1 September
Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Tickets available from usual Ticketek outlets, 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au  
$99.90 (inc GST) plus booking fee and any other ticketing agency charges if applicable.
All ages and licensed – please bring photo ID if you wish to drink.

Tuesday, 9 October
Townsville Entertainment Centre
Tickets available from Townsville Entertainment Centre, Dial ‘n’ charge 07 4771 4000 or www.tecc.net.au
$89.90 (inc GST) plus booking fee and any other ticketing agency charges if applicable.
All ages and licensed – please bring photo ID if you wish to drink

09-07-2007

MESSAGE FROM DANIEL JOHNS

"In an interview I did this morning on Triple J I made a stupid joke. It’s just been brought to my attention that some people in the media have taken my dumb joke seriously so I want to set the record straight. At no time have I ever “smoked a joint” with Bono or Peter Garrett. They are both well known to be very anti-drugs so that’s why I assumed everybody would know I was joking when I made that comment. Clearly that wasn’t the case and I feel sick that I might have caused embarrassment to two people who I admire so much.
 
I was fortunate enough to once get to play them some of my demo’s but I swear that no joints were involved. I guess I felt a bit like a namedropper mentioning them on the radio so that’s why I added a silly throwaway joke. I accept that drug use is no laughing matter and I apologize sincerely for any confusion or harm I’ve caused. Just by the way, this is one of the reasons why I hate doing interviews. I really should just shut up and stick to singing."

09-07-2007

“YOUNG MODERN” NOMINATED FOR J AWARD/”DIORAMA” TO FEATURE IN TV SPECIAL

It was announced today that Silverchair’s latest highly acclaimed album - Young Modern - has been shortlisted for this year’s “J Award”. The prestigious prize for the Australian album of the year is decided by the key staff at the country’s national youth broadcaster, Triple J.
 
Young Modern is the third album to be added to this year’s “J Award” shortlist. The award’s winner will be announced following the ARIA Awards in late November as the climax of the station’s Ausmusic month special programming.

Silverchair are currently in the U.S. preparing for an appearance tomorrow on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”. However the group’s frontman Daniel Johns said, "there's no radio station in the world like Triple J. They have a totally artistic focus that shapes the musical taste of our whole country. For them to single out Young Modern in this way therefore really means a lot to Ben and Chris and I. It's the kind of respect that's very hard to earn so we feel honoured and we don't take it lightly."
 
In the days before the “J Award” existed, Silverchair’s previous release (2002’s Diorama) was voted “Album of the Year” by Triple J’s listeners. That disc will be the subject of a new documentary to be aired in Australia on SBS TV at 8.30pm on Saturday July 28. The show will launch a new TV Series called “Great Australian Albums”. Subsequent episodes will feature Crowded House’s “Woodface”, The Triffids’ “Born Sandy Devotional” and The Saints’ “I’m Stranded”.  For more information please visit www.myspace.com/greataustralianalbums.
 
Silverchair will return to Australia in late August for a huge co-headlining tour with Powderfinger. The event will visit over 20 metropolitan and regional centers around the country through September and October and tickets for all shows went onsale today with a bang. Check out www.acrossthegreatdivide.com.au for all the news, dates and ticketing information on this special tour.

But if you can’t wait till then to see Silverchair you may want to tune into the ABC tomorrow night when they'll screen a special behind-the-scenes documentary on Triple J's "One Night Stand" gig in Cowra. This special event occurred in April and was attended by over 10,000 people. They were treated to performances by Silverchair, Midnight Juggernauts, Behind Crimson Eyes, triplejunearthed.com winners Flatline Drama and local Cowra band, Leap of Faith.

09-07-2007

POWDERFINGER AND SILVERCHAIR’S ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE TOUR EXPANDS FURTHER WITH SECOND SHOWS IN PERTH AND NEWCASTLE ON SALE AND GOLD COAST SOLD OUT!

At 9.00am this morning POWDERFINGER and SILVERCHAIR fans were given their opportunity to be a part of one of the largest Australian tours in decades, and they’ve come out in force!

The first shows in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Wollongong all officially SOLD OUT in approximately 30 minutes, with promoters immediately adding a second dates to meet the high demand.  The Gold Coast Convention Centre show on 2 September also sold out by mid morning as did Newcastle.  A 2nd Newcastle show at the Entertainment Centre on Friday, 26 October will be on sale from 2.00pm today.

Catching up with the time difference in Perth, the promoters are delighted to announce that Perth fans mirrored the capital city sales in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide with the first show selling out within hours of going on sale.  Accordingly, a 2nd show at Perth’s Claremont Oval on Sunday, 23 September will go on sale at 12 noon (WA time)!

Powderfinger's new single, ‘I Don't Remember’ also goes to Australian radio today.  Taken from their brand new double platinum album ‘Dream Days at the Hotel Existence’, ‘I Don't Remember’ is classic Powderfinger - written during pre-production when the band landed in Los Angeles to record.  Quoted during the making of the song in January 2007, Bernard Fanning said "It's a song about making mistakes and trying to reconcile what they were - but then in the end, in the wash up - it doesn't really matter whose fault it was, as long as it gets reconciled".

‘Reflections of a Sound’, the second single from Silverchair's #1 album ‘Young Modern’, will be released digitally on Saturday July 14. The track is bundled with live versions of ‘Straight Lines’ and ‘Mind Reader’ from the group's Carriageworks Album Launch. The iTunes bundle also includes an exclusive live version of ‘Luv Your Life’. The song’s accompanying video is very much a talking piece and is currently receiving significant TV airplay right across the country.

Tickets for the second shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Wollongong and Newcastle on sale now!

Saturday, 1 September
Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Tickets available from usual Ticketek outlets, 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au  
$99.90 (inc GST) plus booking fee and any other ticketing agency charges if applicable.
All ages and licensed – please bring photo ID if you wish to drink.

Sunday, 9 September
ACER Arena, Sydney Olympic Park
Tickets available from usual Ticketek outlets, 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au
$99.90 (inc GST) plus booking fee and any other ticketing agency charges if applicable.
All ages and licensed – please bring photo ID if you wish to drink
 
Wednesday, 19 September
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Tickets available from usual Ticketek outlets, 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au
$99.90 (inc GST) plus booking fee and any other ticketing agency charges if applicable.
All ages and licensed – please bring photo ID if you wish to drink

Sunday, 23 September
Claremont Oval, Perth
Tickets available from www.acrossthegreatdivide.com.au
or via phone sales call centre on 1300 762 545, usual Ticketek outlets, 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au,  www.heatseeker.com.au, Live Clothing Stores, Star Perth,
Mills Fremantle, Beat Karrinyup, Planet Mt Lawley, Star Mandurah, The Prince Bunbury, Blue 62 Busselton, 3 Bears Dunsborough.
$99.90 (inc GST) plus booking fee and any other ticketing agency charges if applicable.
All ages with 18+ areas – please bring photo ID if you wish to drink

Thursday, 27 September
Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Tickets available from AEC Box Office & usual Ticketek outlets, 132849 or www.ticketek.com.au
$99.90 plus booking fee and any other ticketing agency charges if applicable.
All ages and licensed ­ please bring photo ID if you wish to drink

Wednesday, 24 October,
WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
Tickets available from usual Ticketek outlets, 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au 
$99.90 (inc GST) plus booking fee and any other ticketing agency charges if applicable.
All ages and licensed – please bring photo ID if you wish to drink

Friday, 26 October
Newcastle Entertainment Centre
Tickets available from NEC Box Office 02 4921 2121, usual Ticketek outlets, 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au
$99.90 (inc GST) plus booking fee and any other ticketing agency charges if applicable.
All ages and licensed – please bring photo ID if you wish to drink

LIMIT 6 PER TRANSACTION

06-07-2007

Silverchair single available on iTunes NOW!

The band’s epic first single, “Straight Lines”, from the “Young Modern” album, has already peaked at #1 in their homeland Australia. It has also been added to most American modern rock stations including KROQ and Indie 103.1 in Los Angeles, New York's KROCK, Chicago's Q101, KNRK Portland, and 99X in Atlanta. It’s also among the most requested songs on several of these stations.

In great news for fans of the Aussie trio, “Straight Lines” is now available on iTunes! The single also includes “English Garden” which features a special vocal appearance by Judith Durham of 60’s pop sensations “The Seekers.”

In other big U.S. news, Silverchair will make their first ever appearance on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" when they perform "Straight Lines" there on Tuesday July 10. They will then perform the song on the CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" on the night of Thursday July 12 (12:35AM ET/PT). Daniel Johns also flew to New York this week to film a major feature for MTV News.

Silverchair are one of the most acclaimed and successful bands in Australian music history. They have had more #1 albums in their homeland than any other Aussie band (they have enjoyed five chart toppers, Midnight Oil had four #1’s, while AC/DC and INXS each had three). Their music has evolved hugely since their teenage years and they’ve now grown into 27 year old critical darlings – a feat that seemed highly unlikely back in the mid-90’s.

The band kicks off their North American tour on Friday July 13 with shows on the U.S. west coast. Many dates on that tour are already sold out – including San Francisco, Vancouver, Atlanta and Boston - which is an extraordinary result given that it's Silverchair's first visit to all of those markets since 1999.

For your Silverchair fix before these shows, go to iTunes and get yourself “Straight Lines”.

05-07-2007

SILVERCHAIR HEAD BACK TO THE U.S. AS TICKETS GO ON SALE IN OZ

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Monday for Silverchair’s big co-headlining Australian tour with Powderfinger – “Across The Great Divide”.  But the band won’t be in the country on that day. Instead they’ll be in North America preparing for the July 24 Stateside release of their acclaimed album, “Young Modern”.

Silverchair is currently enjoying their best run at U.S. radio in over a decade with their #1 Aussie hit “Straight Lines” getting added to over 30 stations across America over recent weeks.

Nearly all of the country’s biggest modern rock stations are on board upfront of the album’s release including KROQ and Indie 103.1 in Los Angeles, New York’s KROCK, Chicago’s Q101, KNRK Portland, and 99X in Atlanta.  For many of these stations, “Straight Lines” is the first Silverchair song they have playlisted since way back in 1997. The track is already among the most requested tunes on several of these stations which augers well for its future commercial success.

In other big U.S. news, Silverchair will make their first ever appearance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” when they perform “Straight Lines” there on Tuesday July 10. They will then perform the song on the CBS’s “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” on the night of Thursday July 12 (12:35AM ET/PT).

Daniel Johns also flew to New York this week to film a major feature for MTV News.

The band kicks off their North American tour on Friday July 13 with shows on the U.S. west coast. Many dates on that tour are already sold out – including San Francisco, Vancouver, Atlanta and Boston - which is an extraordinary result given that it’s Silverchair’s first visit to all of those markets since 1999.

The tour will conclude with a mainstage performance at Chicago’s Lollapalooza Festival in early August before heading on to Europe for 3 weeks of shows including sold out dates in London and Paris. At the end of the month the band will head home to commence the “Across The Great Divide” Australian tour.

Silverchair’s current U.S. resurgence has taken many in that country’s music industry by surprise. While the group sold over 3 million albums in America during the 1990’s, 2002’s “Diorama” received almost no airplay there due to the band’s inability to tour following the arthritic illness that affected singer, Daniel Johns. Given rapidly changing musical trends it seemed highly unlikely that any group could return to the highly competitive U.S. airwaves so strongly after such a long absence.

The current run of early success is also surprising some industry types because, “Young Modern” has not been released through a conventional deal with a big record company. Instead, it is being released on Silverchair’s Aussie imprint – Eleven: a music company - through Warner Music’s boutique Independent Label Group (ILG) rather. Essentially the deal gives the band complete control over their music and how it is marketed which makes the current radio and TV embrace of “Straight Lines” all the more rewarding.

Meanwhile, back at home the second single from Young Modern – “Reflections Of A Sound” – will be released digitally on Saturday July 14. The track will be bundled everywhere with live versions of “Straight Lines” and “Mind Reader” from the group’s Carriageworks Album Launch. iTunes will also include an exclusive live version of “Luv Your Life” in their version of the single package.

04-07-2007

ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE TO CROSS "THE DITCH"

SILVERCHAIR and POWDERFINGER are set to raise the roof on four of New Zealand’s biggest venues in a unique co-headline national concert tour in October.

ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE will bridge the gap between us old foes -- Australia and New Zealand -- with a rock & roll tour on a scale unseen here for decades.

ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE kicks off at the Westpac Arena in Christchurch on October 16 and will continue through Wellington and Palmerston North, culminating with a spectacular show at Auckland’s Vector Arena on the Saturday of the Labour Day long weekend, October 20.

The humongous Spring tour is an opportunity for thousands of Kiwi fans to partake in what will be a huge event in every location it visits. Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 9am on July 20. There will be an exclusive presale for Visa Card holders from 9am on July 20 through 5pm on July 23 (see below for all the ticketing info).

For both bands, ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE marks a return to major touring following extended breaks.

In March, SILVERCHAIR released Young Modern, their first new studio album in five years. Young Modern went straight to the top of the Australian charts. It made SILVERCHAIR the first Australian band ever to achieve the feat of scoring five No. 1 albums in Australia and is the fastest selling release of the group’s career. Young Modern features SILVERCHAIR’s comeback single, “Straight Lines”, which also topped the charts.

POWDERFINGER have just released their first studio album in four years, Dream Days at the Hotel Existence. It went straight to No. 1 in Australia and recorded the biggest first week sales of any artist so far this year, making it four consecutive chart-toppers for the 'Finger and no doubt setting Dream Days at the Hotel Existence on a path to match the multi-platinum status of its predecessors. POWDERFINGER’s album sales exceed 2 million in Australia alone and their three previous releases (Internationalist, Odyssey Number Five and Vulture Street) each won the ARIA Album of the Year Award – a critical feat unmatched by any other Australian act.

Of course, POWDERFINGER and SILVERCHAIR’s paths have briefly crossed a couple of times before. They have shared the bill at the odd rock festival over the years.

"We met the Silver chaps back in 1994 and became friends" say the members of POWDERFINGER. "At the time, we played some festivals together and talked about doing some touring down the track. It’s only taken us 13 years to get around to it!".

The bands have formed a jointly-owned company which will act as the promoter for this special tour.

At each show, the groups will play sets of equal length with their full concert production. A special guest artist will open proceedings, then POWDERFINGER will perform followed by SILVERCHAIR. Promoters of the co-headline concert are looking for some great Kiwi bands to even out the dance card for the evenings.

WHEN & WHERE:
October 2007
16th Christchurch, Westpac Arena. Bookings: Ticketek www.ticketek.co.nz   
18th Wellington, TSB Bank Arena. Ticketek www.ticketek.co.nz
19th Palmerston North, Arena Manawatu. Ticketek www.ticketek.co.nz
20th Auckland, Vector Arena. Bookings: www.ticketmaster.co.nz

VISA CARDHOLDER PRE-SALE 9.00am - FRIDAY, JULY 20 to 5.00pm - MONDAY, JULY 23 www.visaentertainment.co.nz - LIMIT 6 PER TRANSACTION

GENERAL PUBLIC ON-SALE 9.00am - MONDAY, JULY 23 - LIMIT 6 PER TRANSACTION