MUSIC FROM THE HOME FRONT
AN ANZAC DAY CONCERT FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
On an Anzac Day like no other, the Australian and New Zealand music community will join together to pay its respects and celebrate the mateship between two great neighbouring nations. While recognising and acknowledging the Anzac message, we also turn our attention to those that are currently fighting on the COVID-19 front line and say, ‘thank you’.
Music From The Home Front sees Australian and New Zealand musicians uniting for an extraordinary special concert event on Anzac Day evening, screening on Nine in Australia and Three in New Zealand.
Live streaming direct from their safe locations to yours, Australia and New Zealand’s most revered artists will come together to commemorate the spirit that binds us all together on this special Saturday night.
FEATURING IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
As the chief songwriter in 90s alt-rock group Noise Addict, BEN LEE caught the attention of Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and The Beastie Boys’ Mike D before launching his solo career with the anthemic ‘Cigarettes Will Kill You’ in 1998. Across more than two decades and eleven solo studio albums, the multiple ARIA Award winner and prolific songwriter continues to entertain and inspire fans the world over with songs like ‘We’re All In This Together’, ‘Catch My Disease’ and ‘Rise Up’.
BIRDS OF TOKYO have grown from independent roots to become one of Australia’s most popular rock bands. Eleven separate tracks from the band’s six acclaimed studio albums have featured on triple j’s Hottest 100 countdowns over the years, and they are the only band to win ‘Rock Work Of The Year’ on five separate occasions at the APRA Awards. Songs like ‘Plans’, ‘Lanterns’ and ‘Anchor’ have been performed on festival stages and at sold-out shows across the world. Their new album Human Design featuring hit singles ‘Good Lord’, ‘Two Of Us’, ‘Unbreakable’ and ‘The Greatest Mistakes’ is released this week.
DAVE DOBBYN has written the soundtrack to Kiwi lives, with a string of hits that have guaranteed his enduring popularity, including ‘Be Mine Tonight’, ‘You Oughta Be In Love’, ‘Slice Of Heaven’, ‘Loyal’ and ‘Welcome Home’. In a career that has spanned four decades, Dobbyn has become New Zealand’s most celebrated songwriter and musician. He has won more New Zealand Music Awards (29) than any other artist and holds the record for the most songwriting awards. He has been inducted into the NZ Hall of Fame as a solo artist and with his first band ‘Th’Dudes.
DELTA GOODREM’s inherent gift for touching hearts and captivating audiences through the power of her music, lyrics and stunning vocals has made her one of Australia’s most beloved performers. Throughout her career Delta has sold over eight million albums globally in a career beginning with her 15x Platinum debut album Innocent Eyes (‘Born To Try’, ‘Lost Without You’, ‘Predictable’) through to her most recent #1 album Wings of the Wild (‘Wings’, ‘Dear Life’). Her impeccable talent to perform and connect has seen Delta earn 23x Platinum sales, four #1 albums, nine #1 singles, 17 top 10 hits, 16 ARIA Awards, a Silver Logie Award and three World Music Awards.
IAN MOSS is revered as one the country’s greatest guitarists and, both as part of Cold Chisel and in his solo career, has written songs that are engrained in and reflective of Australia’s rich cultural history. Last summer, Mossy celebrated the 30th anniversary of his iconic debut album Matchbook by taking it on the road for a six-week run of shows across Australia. Mossy collected an impressive five gongs at the 1990 ARIA Awards for Matchbook and its lead single ‘Tucker’s Daughter’, and was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame as a member of Cold Chisel in 1993.
JIMMY BARNES is the heart and soul of Australian rock’n’roll. He has been inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame twice, sold over 13 million albums, scored 16 #1 albums on the ARIA Charts, a feat that not even The Beatles have achieved. For more than 40 years, Barnesy has delivered some of our most intense and iconic live performances, with anthems like ‘Working Class Man’, ‘Shutting Down Our Town’ and ‘No Second Prize’ rocking pubs, arenas and stadiums across the globe. His bestselling memoirs have sold more than 400,000 copies and won the ABIA’s Biography Book of the Year Award in 2017 and 2018 – the only Australian author to do so twice."
KEVIN PARKER is the legendary psych-rock phenomenon TAME IMPALA who recently released his much-anticipated album The Slow Rush and claimed the #1 spot on triple j’s Hottest 100 of the Decade with ‘The Less I Know The Better’. Songs like ‘Let It Happen’, ‘Elephant’ and ‘Borderline’ have earned him two Grammy nominations, eight ARIA Awards, a BRIT Award and headline Coachella and Glastonbury. A highly respected and in-demand record producer, Parker has worked with some of music’s biggest names including Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga, and Kanye West.
One of New Zealand’s most alluring and arresting performers, MARLON WILLIAMS has captivated audiences around the world, plucking at our collective heartstrings with tracks like ‘What’s Chasing You’, ‘Beautiful Dress’ and ‘Dark Child’. The crooner has duetted with Florence Welch, Lorde and Courtney Barnett, sold out global tours in support of his second album Make Way For Love, won New Zealand Music Awards for Album of the Year (Make Way For Love) and Best Solo Artist, and was the 2018 recipient of the prestigious APRA Silver Scroll for his song ‘Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore (feat. Aldous Harding)’
MISSY HIGGINS’ striking voice, irresistible melodies and ‘arrow through the heart’ lyrics have earned her acclaim and love from fans and critics alike. Our first introduction to Missy came in the form of her phenomenally successful nine-times Platinum debut The Sound of White (‘Scar’, ‘Ten Days’, ‘The Special Two’). In the years since, Missy has topped the charts five times, received nine ARIA Awards and sold more than two million albums globally. Missy kicked off 2020 by releasing a brand new single ‘Carry You’, written by Tim Minchin for his TV show Upright.
PAUL KELLY is one of Australia’s greatest and most enduring storytellers. His twenty-five studio albums, bounty of soundtracks, live albums and compilations, and songs like ‘To Her Door’, ‘Dumb Things’ and ‘From Little Things Big Things Grow’, have helped to both shape and celebrate modern Australia. Kelly was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1997.
TIM MINCHIN is an acclaimed songwriter, comedian, pianist, actor, composer, and writer. His musical comedy has toured across the globe, garnering critical acclaim including five Helpmann Awards and awards from Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Fringe. Minchin’s contributions to theatre include writing the music and lyrics for the critically-acclaimed musical adaptation of Matilda, which won seven Olivier Awards and five Tony Awards. Minchin then set to work on a musical adaptation of Groundhog Day, which received an Olivier Award for Best New Musical. Earlier this year, Minchin was awarded the Order of Australia. Tim is currently producing and starring in a new eight-part FOXTEL TV series called Upright.
Since their inception in 1991, THE WIGGLES have set records and established themselves as the world’s number one children’s entertainment group. The colourful foursome have entertained, engaged and educated children across the globe with hits like ‘Rock-a-bye Your Bear’ and ‘Hot Potato’. They have sold over 30 million albums and DVDs, 8 million books, as well as accumulating over 1.3 billion YouTube views and over 750 million music streams. The Wiggles have earned 18 Gold, 13 Platinum, three double-platinum and 10 multi-Platinum awards, have been awarded 13 ARIA Awards for Best Children’s Album and were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2011.
First introduced to the world via the instant classic ‘Riptide’, VANCE JOY has cemented himself as one of the country’s most-loved songwriters with his debut album Dream Your Life Away (‘Mess Is Mine’, ‘Georgia’, ‘Fire And The Flood’) and its follow-up Nation of Two (‘Lay It On Me’, ‘We’re Going Home’, ‘Saturday Sun’) Bringing together a unique, charming mix of folk music with pop influences, his songs capture the familiar pulse of everyday experiences in a unique and celebratory manner.
For 35 years, the glorious voices of VIKA & LINDA BULL have comprised one of the most distinctive, versatile and emotionally charged sounds on the Australian music landscape. Since their multi-platinum conquest of pop radio with the Black Sorrows in the late 1980s, the sisters have forged diverse pathways into soul, gospel, rock, country and the island music of their Tongan ancestry.
PLUS MANY MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!
ANZAC DAY — SATURDAY 25 APRIL
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