News
11-04-2007
"YOUNG MODERN TOUR" TICKETS UNSCALPED...
A very limited number of tickets for Silverchair's "Young Modern Tour" will be available for purchase from the Oztix website from 9am tomorrow (April 12). These are available due to an in depth investigation resulting in scalped tickets being cancelled. Tickets are available for the following shows.
Saturday 28 April - The Tivoli Brisbane - SOLD OUT
Wednesday 2 May - Metro Nightclub Melbourne - SOLD OUT
Monday 7 May - Metropolis Fremantle - Still Available
Remember Silverchair are headlining "Groovin The Moo" at Maitland Showground on May 12. Ticket purchase information is available in the Tours section
08-04-2007
SILVERCHAIR MAKE CHART HISTORY
Silverchair made music history today with the chart topping debut of their new release Young Modern. They have become the first Australian band to ever have five #1 albums.
This eclipses the achievements of Cold Chisel and Midnight Oil who each enjoyed four Australian #1’s over the course of their extraordinary careers. A number of other legendary Aussie bands have had three #1’s including INXS, Crowded House, Powderfinger and AC/DC.
It’s also Silverchair’s fifth consecutive #1 debut – a feat that’s obviously also unmatched by any other group.
In more good chart news, their single “Straight Lines” remained at #1 on the national singles chart for the fourth consecutive week. Both releases have already been certified platinum.
“We’re overwhelmed by the reaction we’ve had to Young Modern”, said Silverchair’s singer/guitarist/songwriter Daniel Johns. “It’s been a long time since we’ve released a new album and we put a lot of time into making this one so we’re really grateful that it’s getting embraced in such a big way. Ben and Chris and I would like to thank everyone who’s helped make it all happen.”
In addition to its commercial success, Young Modern, has also been warmly received by the critics with a raft of four and five star reviews around the country. Rolling Stone Magazine called it “a towering triumph”, Drum Media said it’s “a melodic powerhouse” and the Sunday Herald-Sun described it as “Silverchair’s Masterpiece”.
Tickets for Silverchair’s Young Modern Tour sold out in a heartbeat last week although some tickets do remain for the band’s appearance at a festival in Maitland NSW on May 12th.
03-04-2007
SILVERCHAIR SELL OUT TOUR WITHIN MINUTES AHEAD OF EXCLUSIVE LAUNCH BROADCAST ON CHANNEL [V]
Tickets for Silverchair’s ‘Young Modern Tour’ which went on sale yesterday, sold out in minutes ensuring the band will play tracks from their 70,000+ (platinum) selling new album to packed houses in every capital city during April/May.
Those who missed out on tickets could visit the tiny NSW town of Cowra who will stage an exclusive Silverchair show as part of Triple J's "One Night Stand" promotion in late April.
Alternatively, limited tickets still remain available for the Groovin The Moo Festival at Maitland which the group will headline on May 12. Please visit www.groovinthemoo.com for more info on this show.
The “Young Modern Tour” will be the trio’s first national run of headlining dates in nearly four years and if their album launch in Sydney last Friday night is any indication it’s certain to produce some of the best live shows of the year.
The launch event came on the eve of the release of their fifth studio album ‘Young Modern’ which hit stores last Saturday. At that special show the band gave over 1000 enthusiastic ‘chair devotees a memorable taste of what is to come on their national tour.
Channel [V] will broadcast this exclusive launch performance with a special edition of whatUwant Channel [V]’s viewer request program - on Friday April 13th at 4pm (AEST). Repeats will follow on Sunday 15th at 4pm and Monday 16th at 7am. Silverchair have firmly established themselves as one of Australia’s finest bands and this rockin’ 90 minute special showcases the boys renewed enthusiasm for live performance. Only on Channel [V] will you see the complete set as they perform songs from their new album along with loads of classic tracks spanning their 12 year career.
whatUwant host James Kerley catches up with Daniel, Ben and Chris before the gig to get the low down on the new album, what it’s like to be back on top of the charts after their five year hiatus and Paul Mac’s influence on the new record.
The launch event topped off an exciting couple of weeks for Silverchair, with the first track lifted from the album, ‘Straight Lines’, debuting at #1, their first single to do so in over a decade. It’s still at the top of the charts after three weeks.
03-04-2007
INTERVIEW WITH "TODAY"
Silverchair was recently interviewed by Today's Richard Wilkins that aired yesterday. Check out the video.
02-04-2007
SECOND DATES ADDED TO YOUNG MODERN TOUR
Silverchair has announced second shows in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. As soon as the shows were announced, tickets went on sale and sold out very quickly. Details are as follows:
Saturday 28 April - The Tivoli Brisbane
Wednesday 2 May - Metro Nightclub Melbourne
Monday 7 May - Metropolis Fremantle
Thursday 10 May - Enmore Theatre Sydney
Remember Silverchair are headlining "Groovin The Moo" at Maitland Showground on May 12. Ticket purchase information is available in the Tours section
02-04-2007
UP AT SUNRISE TO SEE SILVERCHAIR
For those of you who missed Silverchair's rockin' performance of "Straight Lines" on ROVE last night please tune into SUNRISE tomorrow morning (Tuesday) at 7.40am. You'll see Silverchair perform an acoustic version of "Reflections Of A Sound" along with an interview with Molly Meldrum.
UPDATE - Sunrise now have the interview up on their website.
31-03-2007
FIRST YOUNG MODERN REVIEWS
The first reviews of Young Modern have landed in the Australian media around the album's release today and the verdict is all good. Check out the links below to see what the critics have to say ...
http://www.smh.com.au/news/cd-reviews/young-modern/2007/03/30/1174761728609.html
http://www.xpressmag.com.au/archives/2007/03/silverchair_you.php
30-03-2007
NEW WEBSITE GOES LIVE
Welcome to the brand new chairpage.com!
Virtually nothing has been left untouched in what has been a complete redesign utilising the latest website design and administration techniques.
We hope you enjoy and appreciate the new website.
30-03-2007
CHAIRPAGE PRESALE TICKETS SELL OUT
Chairpage presale tickets for Silverchair's forthcoming "Young Modern Tour" sold out very quickly this morning. The next opportunity to purchase tickets is via Ticketek from noon (EST) today. Ticketek will have further tickets available on Monday, April 2, when they go on general public sale at noon (EST).
26-03-2007
BIG WEEK AHEAD FOR CHAIR FANS
It’s going to be a busy week for Australian Silverchair fans.
The band’s long awaited new album – Young Modern – hits stores on Saturday morning on the back of today’s news that its lead single “Straight Lines” has stayed at #1 on the national charts for a second consecutive week.
Triple J have announced that Young Modern will be their feature album throughout this week and even though it’s yet to be released the disc is already #1 on the iTunes charts based on pre-orders alone.
On Friday night the group will launch Young Modern with a very special live show in Sydney. From 6.30pm this Sunday that gig will be broadcast live across Australia on the Nova radio network as follows.
Nova 969 Sydney www.nova969.com.au
Nova 100 Melbourne www.nova100.com.au
Nova 1069 Brisbane www.nova1069.com.au
Nova 919 Adelaide www.nova919.com.au
Nova 937 Perth www.nova937.com.au
Later that night Silverchair will perform live on the premiere edition of Channel 10’s new Sunday edition of “Rove” which starts at 8.30pm.
Then at noon on Monday April 2 tickets will finally go onsale to the general public for the group’s brief and intimate “Young Modern Tour”. Dates and venues for those shows are listed on the Tours section.
All shows will go onsale to the general public at noon on April 2nd. A reminder that special arrangements have been put in place to provide a limited allocation of tickets for chairpage viewers and members of the chairpage mailing list from 9am to 12 noon EST Friday March 30 from the Silverchair online ticketing store - http://silverchair.oztix.com.au.