April’s
about to get a whole lot louder with the news that Aerosmith are returning to
Australia for the first time in 24 years! McManus Entertainment is excited to
announce that legendary rockers Aerosmith will play Sydney’s ANZ Stadium on Sunday 28th April with a stellar line-up
of special guests, including Wolfmother, Grinspoon, Spiderbait, The Dead
Daisies, Kingswood and Diva Demolition.
Aerosmith
will also play shows in Brisbane and Melbourne in May. All tickets go on sale
from 12 noon on Monday 4th March, 2013.
Promoter
Andrew McManus says; “I’m thrilled to
bring Aerosmith back to Australia. They are one of the greatest rock and roll
bands in the world and I can’t wait for them to rock out with their loyal
Aussie fans. We have created a super show in Sydney to celebrate their first
gig, with a cracking line-up of Australian bands joining Aerosmith on stage!
You really don’t wanna miss a thing! ”
Legends. Icons. Idols. These are the words used to describe those rare bands that
have been adored for a lifetime and immortalised as distinct creators of rock
and roll. The band members are legends, icons and idols, dynamic in the
present; as cool and innovative now as they were thirty years ago. They are a
phenomenon, a force of nature, trail-blazing, unstoppable and show no signs of
slowing down.
With Steven Tyler on vocals, Joe Perry and Brad Whitford on guitars, Tom Hamilton on bass, and Joey Kramer on drums, they’ve outdone the trends and fads of rock and roll to become one of the most powerful and electrifying forces in popular music.
Aerosmith
emerged in the early ‘70s with a sexy swagger and thrusts of metal and glam,
creating quintessential power ballads such as Dream On. A string of gold and platinum albums followed including Get Your Wings, Toys In The Attic and Rocks.
In
1986 Steven Tyler and Joe Perry appeared on Run DMC’s cover of Walk This Way introducing the band to a
new generation of fans. Aerosmith returned to the charts in the late ‘80s with smash
hits like Dude Looks Like a Lady, Rag Doll, Angel, Love In An Elevator and
Grammy Award-winning Janie’s Got a Gun.
The band were a driving force of the video medium, leading the look, style and
attitude of the ‘80s MTV generation. Their videos are classics and Aerosmith
continued to make cutting edge videos throughout their career.
1993’s
Get a Grip was the band’s first album
to debut at number one on the Billboard charts and reached number three on the
Australian album chart. The album featured two Grammy Award-winning singles, Livin’ On The Edge and Crazy. This was followed up by another
number one album in 1997, Nine Lives, featuring
the hit single Pink which saw them
win their fourth Grammy Award. In 1998 Aerosmith released the huge worldwide
smash hit I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing from
the film Armageddon starring Steven
Tyler’s daughter, Liv. This reached number one all over the world including the
US and Australia. The song was nominated for an Academy Award and opened the
band up to another new generation of fans.
In
2001 Aerosmith were inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” and were
included in both Rolling Stone’s and VH1’s lists of the “100 Greatest Artists
of All Time”.
The
band continued to release albums and tour throughout the 2000’s as well as
release solo albums and pursue solo projects. In 2012, Aerosmith released their
15th studio album, Music From
Another Dimension! and kicked off their “Global Warming” tour which will
see them play to Australian fans in April and May.
Aerosmith
have sold more than 150 million albums worldwide, won more than 30 awards
including four Grammy Awards and are the best-selling American rock band of all
time. They also hold the record for the most gold and multi-platinum albums by
an American group. With such an unstoppable passion for creating great music, a
unique creative vision and an unyielding appreciation for their fans, there are
no limits to what the future holds for Aerosmith.
Joining
Aerosmith in Sydney is Grammy, ARIA, APRA & Triple J album of the year
award winners, Wolfmother. They are coming out of recording hiatus to perform
exclusively with Aerosmith. Forming in the early noughties, Wolfmother released
their self-titled debut album in October 2005 resulting in close to two million
sales worldwide, shows all over the world, multiple ARIA Awards and a Grammy
including numerous performance accolades with icons including Jimmy Page &
AC/DC to Lenny Kravitz requesting Wolfmother as guests.
Following
a brief hiatus, the band returned in 2009 with a fresh line-up and the band’s
sophomore album “Cosmic Egg” debuting in the upper echelons of charts in over
13 countries including Australia, USA, UK, Canada and Denmark. "Cosmic
Egg” also saw the inclusion of many of its songs included within a variety of
major films. Wolfmother recently completed a sold out headline and festival
tour across Europe and the UK and have since been hard at work writing and recording
their third album due for release in 2013.
Grinspoon join the line up for the
Sydney show. Following a massively successful Big Day Out run, the Aussie
rockers are heading off on their own national “Black Rabbits” tour. Grinspoon’s
latest singles Passerby and Branded from current album “Black
Rabbits” have now joined classics like Chemical
Heart, Ready One and Champion, a set described as ‘all killer
no filler’.
Spiderbait also feature in Sydney. With three talented songwriters, Spiderbait
have never been confined by genre or the expectations of others. Combining their punk rock roots with an
appreciation of pop song craftsmanship, Spiderbait have put together Greatest
Hits, featuring 22 of the greatest tunes such as Buy Me A Pony, Black Betty
and new single On My Way.
Australian
rock band The Dead Daisies will
also join Aerosmith on tour in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. The Dead Daisies feature Jon Stevens,
Charley Drayton, Richard Fortus, Jim Hilbun and David Lowy. Jon and David first
met in 2006 but it wasn’t until 2012 that they started writing songs together.
With a mutual love of classic late ‘70s and early ‘80s rock and soul, The Dead
Daisies were born. Jon Stevens is one of Australia’s most popular and respected
singers. He has had a remarkable career; from lead singer of rock bands
Noiseworks and INXS to successful solo artist. Charley Drayton, an American
multi-instrumentalist, musician and producer, has played as a drummer and bass
guitarist for many bands including Keith Richards project X-pensive Winos, The
Cult and Australian bands The Divinyls and Cold Chisel. Guitarist Richard Fortus
is currently touring with legendary band Guns N’ Roses, and previously with
Thin Lizzy. David
Lowy on guitar is best known in Mink, Red Phoenix and The Angels and Jim Hilbun as
bassist, saxophone player and melodic vocalist for The Angels and the Divinyls.
Kingswood and Diva Demolition
complete the super Sydney line-up.
Get
in quick, coz you don’t want to miss a thing …
New
album Music From Another Dimension! out now through Sony Music Australia.
Proudly presented by Empire
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All tickets go on sale from 12 noon on Monday 4th March
from the below outlets.
Exclusive premium tickets & packages are available from 9am on
Monday 25th February from http://www.showbiz.com.au
AUSTRALIAN
NATIONAL TOUR DATES: AEROSMITH
Sunday 28 April Sydney ANZ Stadium, SYDNEY ticketek.com.au 132 849
Wednesday 1 May Brisbane
Entertainment Centre, BRISBANE ticketek.com.au 132 849
