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AGE MUSIC VICTORIA AWARDS WINNERS 2014!

Daddy Cool and an all-star cast of Victoria’s finest musicians gathered last night to wow a capacity crowd at The Age Music Victoria Awards at 170 Russell, with Daddy Cool playing a nostalgic and note perfect greatest hits set after their induction to the Age Music Victoria Awards Hall of Fame!

The band delivered thrilling versions of Cherry Pie, Come Back Again, Eagle Rock and Hi Honey Ho amongst others at the sold out awards night show.

Ross Wilson said, “Daddy Cool first met, played, recorded and worked together in Melbourne and since those early days we’ve been inducted into the industry hall of fame in Australia.  As “hometown heroes,” The Age Music Victoria Hall of Fame means that little bit more because it’s a cultural award, not a commercial one.”

 

Other award night highlights included Ed Nimmervoll‘s induction to the Hall of Fame by Russell Morris, who also played Black Dog Blues and The Real Thing.  Davey Lane, Jess Cornelious, Ash Naylor, Stonefield and Henry Wagons also performed on the night, with Henry doing double duty as event host.

 

This year’s big winners were Dan Sultan and Courtney Barnett, with Dan receiving the Tone Deaf Best Male Artist Award and The Age Best Album Award for Blackbird, and Courtney winning TheMusic’s Best Female Artist and a $2,500 cash award from APRA/AMCOS for Best Song Award for Avant Gardener. Dan celebrated by treating the audience to a fabulous unannounced performance of Same Man with the legendary EG All Star Band.

 

Remi topped off a huge year with a well-deserved win for BigSound &Travel Beyond’s Best Emerging Artist Award, which includes flights and accommodation to Brisbane’s BigSound Conference and a slot in a high-profile showcase.

The Mountain Goat award for Best Venue went to Melbourne’s internationally recognised top venue Corner Hotel and Crumpler’s Best Festival award went to Meredith Music Festival, both winning for the second year in a row.

 

The Dixon Creek’s Estate Best Regional Venue Award went to Bridge Hotel in Castlemaine and the Cosmic Psychos took out the award for Best Regional Act, which was sponsored by Live At Your Local.

 

The hotly contested Corner Presents Best Band Award went to solid rockers King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and the RocKwiz award for Best Live Band went to souled out funksters Saskwatch.

 

The Age Music Victoria Awards studio partner Bakehouse will donate studio rehearsal prizes to all artists nominated, with winners also receiving recording time.

 

Editor of The Age ‘Shortlist’, Martin Bolton, said “From the hypnotic hip-hop of Remi to the fascination the music loving

 

public has with Melbourne’s own Courtney Barnett, this year’s awards have again shone a bright light on the best

 

musical talent in the country, while celebrating the sheer joy of Daddy Cool.

 

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners and thanks to all those who voted for their favourite music in this

 

years Age Music Victoria Awards.”

 

Music Victoria CEO, Patrick Donovan said, “Congratulation to all of this year’s winners and nominees as well as this year’s Hall of Fame inductees!  We are thrilled that the legendary Daddy Cool graced our stage this year and look forward to celebrating 10 years of the awards next year.”

 

 

 

Best Album – presented by The Age

Dan Sultan – Blackbird

 

Best Band – presented by Corner Presents

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

 

Best Song – presented by APRA

Courtney Barnett – Avant Gardener

 

Best Male Artist – presented by Tone Deaf

Dan Sultan

 

Best Female Artist – presented by TheMusic

Courtney Barnett

 

Best Emerging Artist – presented by Travel Beyond/BigSound

Remi

 

Best Live Band – presented by Rockwiz

Saskwatch

 

Best Venue – presented by Mountain Goat

Corner Hotel, Richmond

 

Best Festival – presented by Crumpler

Meredith Music Festival

 

Best Regional Venue – presented by Dixons Creek Estate

Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine

 

Best Regional Act – presented by Live at Your Local

Cosmic Psychos

Photo by Ros O’Gorman

 

LAST CHANCE TO VOTE IN THE AGE MUSIC VICTORIA AWARDS !

 

There is still time to vote for your favourite Victorian music of 2014 in the biggest publicly voted awards in Australia at

Almost 60,000 votes have been cast in the Age Music Victoria Awards and voting closes 5PM FRIDAY.

 

This year the nominees in the APRA Best Song category are Banoffee for Got It, Courtney Barnett for Avant Gardener, Fraser A Gorman with Book Of Love, Laura Jean for My First Love Song and Total Control with Flesh War. The winner will receive a $2,500 cash prize.

The Best Emerging Artist category is one of the tightest races this year, between the aforementioned Banoffee, Client Liaison, D.D. Dumbo, Milwaukee Banks and Remi.  The winning artist will receive a $2,500 travel and accommodation prize from Travel Beyond and a high profile showcase slot at BIGSOUND in September.

 

All winners and their bands will also receive customised Crumpler tour bags and every nominee will receive rehearsal vouchers at Bakehouse Studio.

 

For Best Male Artist, Dan Sultan is facing off with Chet Faker, Vance Joy, Rob Snarski and the dapper thrice-nominated Mikelangelo. 

Expect a photo finish for Best Band this year in the race between Client Liaison, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Teeth & Tongue, Total Control and Wagons.

Votes are still rolling in for all of the other categories, including the hotly contested Best Regional Act and Best Festival.

Daddy Cool will headline the ninth annual Awards, playing a set of their greatest hits at 170 Russell Street on Wednesday, 19th November to celebrate their induction into the Age Music Victoria Awards Hall of Fame. Doors open at 8.30 sharp finishing at 11.30. Late pioneering music journalist Ed Nimmervoll will also be inducted.

Henry Wagons will host the both the industry-only awards ceremony and public concert and the EG Allstars band will set the night on fire with guest singers including Russell Morris, Stonefield, Jess Cornelius, Davey Lane and one unannounced surprise guest on the night. 

The 2014 Age Music Victoria Awards are sold out. Vote online at theage.com.au/agemusicvictoriaawards now!

Make sure you get along to hear Michael Dwyer interview Daddy Cool at the Face The Music conference at 1.30pm on Saturday and check out the Daddy Cool photographic exhibition at the Arts Centre. More information is available at www.facethemusic.org.au.

The Age is also hosting a photographic gallery of the band at: http://www.theage.com.au/interactive/2014/daddycool/

 

 

 

The Age Music Victoria Awards 2014 nominees are:

Best Album – presented by The Age

Dan Sultan – Blackbird

HTRK – Psychic 9-5 Club

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Oddments

Teeth & Tongue – Grids

Total Control – Typical System

 

Best Band – presented by The Corner

Client Liaison

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

Teeth & Tongue

Total Control

Wagons

 

Best Song – presented by APRA

Banoffee – Got It

Courtney Barnett – Avant Gardener

Fraser A Gorman – Book Of Love

Laura Jean – My First Love Song

Total Control – Flesh War

 

Best Male Artist – presented by Tone Deaf

Chet Faker

Dan Sultan

Mikelangelo

Rob Snarski

Vance Joy

 

Best Female Artist – presented by TheMusic

Courtney Barnett

Jen Cloher

Jess Cornelius (Teeth & Tongue)

Laura Jean

Missy Higgins

 

Best Emerging Artist – presented by Travel Beyond/BigSound

Banoffee

Client Liaison

D.D Dumbo

Milwaukee Banks

Remi

 

Best Live Band – presented by Rockwiz

Cosmic Psychos

Graveyard Train

Harmony

King Parrot

Saskwatch

 

Best Venue – presented by Mountain Goat

170 Russell, Melbourne

Cherry, Melbourne

Corner Hotel, Richmond

Howler, Brunswick

The Forum Theatre, Melbourne

 

 

 

 

Best Festival – presented by Crumpler

Boogie

Falls Festival

Golden Plains

Laneway Festival

Meredith Music Festival

 

Best Regional Venue – presented by Dixons Creek Estate

Barwon Club, Geelong

Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine

Hallam Hotel, Hallam

Karova Lounge, Ballarat

Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan

 

Best Regional Act – presented by Live at Your Local

Briggs

Cosmic Psychos

D.D Dumbo

Freya Hollick

Stonefield

 

THE ANNUAL AGE MUSIC VICTORIA GENRE AWARDS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

The second annual Age Music Victoria Genre Awards finalists were announced earlier this morning by Music Victoria CEO Patrick Donovan on The Breakfast Spread radio show with presenting partner PBS.

 

Specially selected expert panels deliberated over the best music from 1 October 2013 to 1 October 2014 across genres, from jazz to hip hop, global and heavy, and agreed on the top five releases and acts, which can now be revealed.

 

This year’s nominees cover all genres from jazz to electronic to best experimental avant-garde and nominees include hip hop artists Briggs, Geko, L-Fresh the Lion, Remi and Tornts along with Victoria’s best country acts Eaten By Dogs, Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes, T-Bones, Tracy McNeil and Wagons.

 

“Last year’s Age Music Victoria Genre Awards highlighted the wonderful breadth of musical talent in Melbourne and throughout our regional areas. It’s fantastic these names are being held up as the best in their field,” said Martin Boulton, Editor of the Shortlist at The Age.

 

Victoria’s diverse contemporary music scene will be celebrated with the presentation and announcement of 11 genre based awards on Thursday 16th October at an invitation only event.  This is also the 9th year for The Age Music Victoria Awards publicly voted awards and those nominees will be announced at the Genre Awards. Voting will open to the public online at theage.com.au on Friday 17^th October and there will also be a rare opportunity to win a few double passes via The Age to the now sold-out public awards night on Wednesday 19th November at 170 Russell Street, Melbourne CBD.

 

In recognition of the artists’ contribution to Victorian music, all nominees in the Genre Awards will receive a free rehearsal/pre-production package at Bakehouse Studios. Winners in each category will also receive a 10 hour recording package along with this very special prize.

 

“Victoria is a melting pot of musical styles. The Age Music Victoria Genre Awards were established in 2014 with expert peer voting panels to recognise the most outstanding practitioners in each genre. Congratulations to all the nominees – we look forward to seeing the winners crowned on the 16^th of October,” said Music Victoria CEO, Patrick Donovan.

 

Adrian Basso, PBS General Manager said “PBS106.7FM is once again delighted to be involved in The Age Music Victoria Awards, celebrating Victoria’s rich music culture. Since 1979, PBS has been an intrinsic part of the local music community, broadcasting and supporting all styles of music not heard elsewhere. Full credit to Music Victoria and The Age for committing itself to this initiative, which we are proud to be part of.”

 

THE AGE MUSIC VICTORIA GENRE AWARDS 2014 – nominees

Best Blues Album – presented by Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society

Dreamboogie – Ain’t Nobody’s Business

Greg Dodd & The Hoodoo Men – 3am Blues Live 

Ian Collard – Swamp, Stomp & Boogie

Kerri Simpson – 4am

Shaun Kirk – Steer The Wheel

 

Best Country Album – presented by Out On The Weekend

Eaten By Dogs – Eaten By Dogs

Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes – Black Coffee

T-Bones – A Long Time Coming

Tracy McNeil – Nobody Ever Leaves

Wagons – Acid Rain & Sugar Cane

 

Best Soul, Funk, R’n’B and Gospel Album – presented by Plakkit

Chelsea Wilson – I Hope You’ll Be Very Unhappy Without Me

Cookin’ on 3 Burners – Blind Bet

Oscar Key Sung – Holograms

Saskwatch – Nose Dive

The Bamboos – Fever In The Road

 

Best Jazz Album – presented by Dixons Creek Estate

Andrea Keller Quartet with Strings – Wave Rider

Anton Delecca Quartet – The Healer

Black Jesus Experience – Migration

Julien Wilson Trio – Swailing

Tilman Robinson – Network of Lines

 

Best Hip Hop Album – presented by PBS

Briggs – Shep Life

Geko – Real Heads Don’t Listen

L-Fresh the Lion – One

Remi – Raw x Infinity

Tornts – Street Visions

 

Best Electronic Act – presented by Select AV

Andras Fox

Chet Faker

Client Liaison

Dizz1

Will Sparks

 

Best Heavy Album – presented by Sailor Jerry

Ausmuteants – Amusements

Ceres – I Don’t Want To Be Anywhere But Here

Closure In Moscow – Pink Lemonade

Iron Mind – Iron Mind

The Bennies – Rainbows In Space

 

 

 

Best Indigenous Act – presented by Songlines

Deline Briscoe

Kutcha Edwards

Philly

Skin Choir

The Deans

 

Best Global or Reggae Album – presented by Crumpler

Black Jesus Experience – Migration

Coloured Stone – Dance To the Sun

Tek Tek Ensemble – Terror in the Jungle

The Bombay Royale – The Island of Dr Electrico

The Chosen Ones – Self Titled

 

Best Folk Roots Album – presented by White Sky

Charles Jenkins – Too Much Water In The Boat

Laura Jean – Laura Jean

Oh Pep – II

Tobias Hengeveld – Fools Rush In

Tracy McNeil – Nobody Ever Leaves

 

Best Experimental/Avant-Garde Act – presented by Implant Media

Evelyn Morris

Joel Stern

Nik Kennedy

Ren Walters

Rosalind Hall

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The Age and Music Victoria are proud to announce that Australia’s best-loved band, Daddy Cool, will reform to play a special one hour show to celebrate their induction into The Age Music Victoria Hall of Fame on Wednesday 19^th November.

 

Daddy Cool front man Ross Wilson said, “As you know, although we’re all four still working musicians, Daddy Cool reforms only for very special occasions. We do get offers to play now and then, but we don’t tour and we don’t need to. This is not only a prestigious award – it’s a fun thing, getting together with other musicians, people saying nice things about us and having a few free drinks at the end of the night. That sounds like fun and that appeals to us.  Daddy Cool has always been about having fun.”

Originally formed in Melbourne in 1970 with Wayne Duncan, Gary Young, Ross Wilson and Ross Hannaford, Daddy Cool’s debut single “Eagle Rock” was released in May 1971 and shot straight to number one on the Australian singles chart. It recently topped a Max TV poll of the greatest Australian songs of all time. Their 1971 LP “Daddy Who? Daddy Cool!” also reached number one, becoming the first Australian rock album to sell more than 100,000 copies.

 

The awards night will kick off at 8.30pm with MC Henry Wagons, and special guests including Russell Morris, Stonefield, and Jess Cornelius (Teeth & Tongue) performing with musical director Pete Luscombe (RocKwiz) with the EG Allstars. Davey Lane will also perform a Jim Keays tribute and the evening will conclude with Daddy Cool’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony and concert.

 

Tickets are $50+bf to the public on sale Monday 4^th August via 170Russell.com. Music Victoria members and The Age subscribers can access a special discounted ticket offer of $40+bf.

 

A limited number of corporate booths are available – please contact Music Victoria to purchase.

 

This year the Awards are proud to announce that ALH Group’s Live At Your Local has joined SAE Institute and Triple R 102.7FM as a presenting partner.

 

ALH Group State Manager, Paul Cooper, said “Our hotels provide a vibrant live entertainment option in the suburbs to cater for all tastes and liveatyourlocal.com.au is proud to be a presenting partner.”

 

The Age Music Victoria Awards 2014 will be held during Melbourne Music Week on Wednesday 19^th November at 170 Russell (formerly Billboard) from 8.30pm – 11.00pm.

 

 

The publicly voted The Age Music Victoria Awards presentations will precede the concert this year. Pioneer rock music journalist Ed Nimmervoll will also be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Awards, which are the largest publicly voted awards in Australia with an average of 80,000 votes.

 

Public polls open online via The Age on Friday 17^th October after the completion of The Age Music Victoria Genre Awards. The Performing Arts Centre, and The Age online, will also pay tribute to this year’s inductees in exhibitions leading up to the event.

 

The Awards continue their long association with the musicians’ charity Support Act Limited, donating $5 from each ticket to the organisation.

Tickets are on sale Monday 4^th August for $50+bf at 170russell.ticketscout.com.au/gigs/2805/

See you all at the 2014 The Age Music Victoria Awards!

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Renée Geyer and an all-star cast of Victoria’s finest musicians told the story of Australian soul to a near capacity crowd last night at the inaugural The Age Music Victoria Awards at Billboard, with Renée playing a 45 minute set of her greatest hits and delivering a passionate rendition of ‘It’s a Man’s Man’s World.’

 

A thrilled Geyer said, “This award means so much – it is a career-topping milestone and I’m thrilled to be the first female solo inductee to The Age Music Victoria Hall Of Fame.”

 

Nominees for Best Album, Big Scary, opened the night with a 30 minute set, warming the crowd up with their stunning psychedelic pop sound. Other highlights of the night included 2013’s Best Soul, Funk, R’n’B and Gospel Album Genre Award winner Kylie Auldist and Lance Ferguson together on ‘Stares and Whispers’; Linda Bull covering Paul Kelly’s ‘Sure Got Me’, and a stunning duet from Saskwatch vocalist Nkechi and Henry Wagons. The EG Allstars rocked steadily along with special guest vocalists Dan Sultan, Daniel Merriweather, Remi Kolawole, Talei Wolfgramm and Ella Thompson, and Archie Roach’s ‘Heal The People’ brought the house down.

 

This year The Drones won big twice, capturing City of Melbourne award for Best Band as well as the RocKwiz award for  Best Live Band; and Paul Kelly also bagged two trophies with The Age EG Best Album for his ‘Spring and Fall’ album, and Select AV’s Best Male Artist Award.

 

Adalita topped off a huge year with a well-deserved win for The Music’s Best Female Artist Award and newcomer Hiatus Kaiyote won the BigSound &Travel Beyond Best Emerging Artist Award, which includes flights and accommodation to Brisbane’s BigSound Conference and a slot in a high-profile showcase in addition to a very cool looking trophy.

 

The Mountain Goat award for Best Venue went to Melbourne’s fine Corner Hotel, and Crumpler’s Best Festival award went to Meredith Music Festival, with Aunty Meredith sending a telegram of thanks to the award’s presenters.

 

This year, the two new regional award categories that were introduced for public voting – Best Regional Venue and Best Regional Act – attracted fierce competition and interest with the Theatre Royal in Castlemaine winning the award for Best Regional Venue and everyone’s favourite sister act Stonefield winning Best Regional Act.

 

Editor of The Age ‘Shortlist’, Martin Boulton, said “The state of Victorian music is in rude health when a genuine star of the industry in Paul Kelly is still delivering career best albums and this year’s Best Emerging Artist award has gone to Hiatus Kaiyoye, who couldn’t attend only because they’re blowing away audiences overseas.”

“On a night when Renée Geyer was recognised for her enormous contribution to the music industry, we’ve also seen some of Victoria’s best talent on show.”

 

Music Victoria CEO, Patrick Donovan said, “Congratulations to all of the winners and inductees. The ecstatic response from the crowd and 80,000 plus votes from the public illustrates that Victoria’s world class soul scene deserved its own night and that a Victorian contemporary music awards was long over due. Bring on next year.”

 

THE AGE MUSIC VICTORIA AWARDS 2013 were presented by SAE and 3RRR 102.7FM.

The complete list of winners and award sponsors is attached.

 

 

The Age Music Victoria Awards 2013 winners are:

 

 

Best Album – presented by The Age EG

‘Spring and Fall’ – Paul Kelly

 

Best Band – presented by City of Melbourne

The Drones

 

Best Song – presented by APRA

‘Riptide’ – Vance Joy

Best Male Artist

Paul Kelly

Best Female Artist – presented by The Music

Adalita

Best Emerging Artist – presented by Travel Beyond / Bigsound

Hiatus Kaiyote

Best Live Band – presented by RockWiz

The Drones

 

Best Venue – presented by Mountain Goat

The Corner Hotel

 

Best Festival – presented by Crumpler

Meredith Music Festival

 

Best Regional Act

Stonefield

 

Best Regional Venue

Theatre Royal, Castlemaine

 

The Age Music Victoria Hall of Fame

Michael Gudinski

 

The Age Music Victoria Hall of Fame

Renée Geyer

 

Nearly 50,000 votes have been tallied so far for The Age Music Victoria Music Awards this year with voting closing this Friday 15^th November!

 

Many of the races are tight, including the Best Male category, where Paul Kelly is having a ding-dong battle with David Bridie, Archie Roach, Mikelangelo and Gotye.

 

The Best Regional Venue category is also hotly contested, with all five nominees attracting plenty of voting action.

Music Victoria CEO, Patrick Donovan, said “It’s great to see regional music fans get right behind their favourite local venue in this category, so we are pleased to have this new category in the main voting this year. Music is enjoyed all around the state, so it’s very important to have regional live music venues represented.”

 

Nominees for the Best Song award are nose to nose towards the finish line with Vance Joy’s Riptide among the big vote-getters and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard also breaking through with their track Head On/Pill. Cash Savage’s I’m In Love, Courtney Barnett’s History Eraser and Standish/Carlyon’s Nono/Yoyo are also attracting plenty of attention.

 

The Age shortlist editor, Martin Boulton, said “The wealth of standout nominees in the first Age Music Victoria Awards reflects the fantastic talent we have in Melbourne and right across the state. Next week’s awards night will blow the lid off Billboard and I can’t think of a better way to launch the new format than having home grown talent like Renee Geyer, Dan Sultan, Henry Wagons, Big Scary and Kylie Auldist live on stage.”

 

The Age and Music Victoria joined forces this year in a new partnership to celebrate the state’s musical riches in an all-Victorian awards evening, and to induct singer, songwriter, producer, author and soul queen Renée Geyer into The Age Music Victoria Hall of Fame.

 

Previously known as The Age EG Awards, the new The Age Music Victoria Awards, with supporting partner SAE Institute and presented by 3RRR 102.7FM, will be held on Wednesday 20^th November 2013 at Billboard during Melbourne Music Week. As well as Renée Geyer’s 45 minute greatest hits set with special guests, this year’s awards night is set to be a star-studded Soul Revue with the EG Allstars joined by the biggest names in Victorian soul!

 

Michael Gudinski will also be inducted by Molly Meldrum into The Age Music Victoria Awards Hall of Fame (non-musician) to recognise Mushroom’s 40^th anniversary and to acknowledge his enormous contribution to the Victorian music industry.

 

The Age Music Victoria Awards will present publicly voted awards in 11 categories (including new awards for Best Regional Act and Best Regional Venue) across all genres which are voted via The Age online.

 

The Age Music Victoria Awards night on Wednesday 20^th November is open to the public and tickets are on sale now for $50+bf.

 

The event has so far raised more than $70,000 for Australian music industry charity Support Act Limited. $5 from every ticket sold will go to Support Act. 

 

THE 2013 AGE MUSIC VICTORIA AWARDS

Presented by SAE and 3RRR 102.7FM

Wednesday 20^th November 2013

Billboard The Venue, Melbourne
8.00pm

Starring:

 

Renée Geyer 

The EG Allstars Soul Revue with

Dan Sultan

Archie Roach

Kylie Auldist

Lance Ferguson

Nkechi Anele (Saskwatch)

Henry Wagons

Remi Kolawole

Talei Wolfgramm 

Linda Bull 

Ella Thompson 

Big Scary

MC Chris Gill and DJs Vince Peach, Pierre Baroni, Johnny Topper and Chris Johnston

 

Tickets are on sale now for $50+bf through Oztix: oztix.com.au, ph: 1300 762 545 and Oztix retail outlets.
($5 from every ticket sold donated to Support Act Limited)

Voting for The Age Music Victoria Awards closes this Friday 15^th November – vote now at theage.com.au/agemusicvictoriaawards

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The Age EG is thrilled to announce legendary Australian band the Hoodoo Gurus as this year’s inductees into The Age EG Hall of Fame and the headline act for the 2011 Age EG Awards at the Prince Bandroom in St Kilda on Wednesday, November 23.

The Hoodoo Gurus were formed in Sydney in 1981 by Dave Faulkner, Brad Shepherd , James Baker and Clyde Bramley. The Gurus gave Australia such anthemic pop-rock gems as Leilani, Tojo, My Girl, I Want You Back, Bittersweet, Like Wow-Wipeout!, Miss Free Love ‘69 and What’s My Scene?. They will join their rock n’ roll colleagues Paul Kelly, Painters and Dockers, Died Pretty, Kim Salmon and TISM as the sixth act chosen by EG staff for the EG Hall of Fame in loving memory of former Age journalist and one-time EG editor Steve Waldon.

“We are very proud to include the Gurus, who gave us such brilliant albums as Mars Needs Guitars!, Blow your Cool! and Magnum Cum Louder, to our very exclusive Hall of Fame” says EG editor Jo Roberts. “Each year this night gets better and better and the Awards night gig has earned legendary status among discerning Melbourne music fans. After last year’s awards, Beat magazine said ‘you’d be hard-pressed to find anything else with this much spontaneity, or heart, in the musical calendar and that really sums it up. The EG Awards are a labour of love.”

Dave Faulkner was on hand at the 2008 EG Awards to induct friends and peers Died Pretty into the EG Hall of Fame. “It was like one big party, he said, “It’s a good one. It has the thing of not being industry- like, even though it is part of the industry…the EG Awards are different.”

Triple R’s own Jon Von Goes will host the awards this year, which will be opened by the four-sister phenomenon that is Victoria’s own Stonefield who this year have already wowed audiences from Glastonbury to LA’s Roxy. The sizzling house band the EG All-Stars (including Pete Luscombe, Dan Luscombe, Ash Naylor and Bill McDonald) will be performing along with other guest stars on the night, TBA.

Eight of the 10 EG Awards are chosen by EG readers, making it the largest reader-voted music awards in Australia, with last year’s online voting drawing a record 45,000 votes.

This year Patrick Donovan, Music Victoria CEO and Founder of the Age EG Awards will present two awards on the night – details TBA.

Online voting for the 6th Annual EG Awards opens on Friday October 7 at theage.com.au/entertainment.

Tickets are $45 and on sale at the Prince Bandroom website, princebandroom.com.au or through Moshtix.

The Age EG Awards is sponsored by rock legends Coopers Brewery and Triple R and new sponsors Crumpler and Allans Music+Billy Hyde.  All profits go to Support Act Limited.

For further information, images or interviews please contact Karen Conrad Publicity on 0400 527 365 or email kcpublicity@optusnet.com.au

The Age EG Music Awards 2007

It was one of the most memorable gigs of last year, when everyone from Paul Kelly to Dallas Crane, Barnesy and Bonnie Tyler helped The Age EG celebrate its 21st Birthday at the Prince Bandroom. And now The Age EG Music Awards are back with a vengeance. The concert, to be held at St Kilda’s Prince Bandroom on November 30, will star one of the hottest rock bands in the country, the Living End, in their only gig of the year. The EG Allstars house band will get together again to play a bunch of songs (originals and covers), with guest singers including Angie Hart, Clare Bowditch, Joe Camilleri and X’s Steve Lucas, while Jet’s Nic Cester performs his band’s songs acoustically.

The EG Music Awards, which will be decided by readers, will be presented on the night. The awards honour the best music of 2007 and will introduce a new inductee into the Hall of Fame alongside inaugural inductees TISM. Last year’s awards generated 37,000 votes. Readers can have their say this year by visiting http://egawards.theage.com.au/

The Big Day Out’s Vivian Lees said the inaugural awards filled a gap in the contemporary entertainment scene. “It was great because the audience members voted and importantly because the musicians embraced it and made it a big success with a lot of nice musical performances which you hardly see accept at genuine events.”

Tickets are only $30 (plus b/f) on sale today from record stores, the Prince public bar, www.princebandroom or 9536 1168

See you at the Prince on 30th November for a great night of music and merriment!

Cheers,

xKaren

The Age EG is celebrating its 21st birthday by launching its own music awards!

The EG 21st Birthday Bash – Starring the EG Allstars with guests including Spiderbait’s Kram, Dallas Crane with Jimmy Barnes, Renee Geyer, Stephen Cummings, Kim Salmon, Ron Peno, Dan Kelly, Angie Hart, 67 Special’s Ash Santilla, Mia Dyson and Rebecca Barnard singing classic Australian songs. Hosted by MC Dave Graney, the night will also include a surprise international guest, as well as the inaugural EG Music Awards.

WHERE: The Prince Bandroom

WHEN: Friday, October 27. Doors open from 8pm

TICKETS: $25 plus booking fee – through Missing Link 03 9670 8208; Polyester Records 03 9419 5137; Greville Records 03 9510 3012; POW public bar 03 9536 1174; or online at: www.princebandroom.com.au and phone bookings 03 9536 1168

Readers can vote for their favourite artists and music from the last 21 years, and go into the running to win one of 100 double passes to the concert by going online at www.theage.com.au and follow the prompts on the entertainment site. Categories include: best album; best song; best band; best male artist; best female artist; best venue; best festival; best tour of this century; and best newcomer for 2006.

The inaugural EG Music Awards: Celebrating the best music of the last 21 years!

Vote now to get in on THE HOT TICKET EVENT OF THE YEAR!

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