Date
Saturday 6 October 2012 at 8:00pm
Location
Sydney Entertainment Centre
35 Harbour Street, Haymarket,
Sydney,
2000,
Australia
Tel: (02) 9320 4200
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17 music legends singing the greatest songs of a lifetime.
Take a big and happy trip down memory lane ...
a very special evening of hit song, after hit song, after hit song!
Presented by: Chugg Entertainment
It has been a decade since the record-breaking Long Way to the Top rock music extravaganza blazed its way around Australia. Over two hundred thousand ecstatic Australian fans reveled in the opportunity to relive the music that defined their generations. In October, proving you can't keep a good thing down, 17 legends of Australian rock will reunite for the A Long Way to the Top 10th Anniversary Concert.
"Well before CDs, itunes and You Tube, Australians were devoted to live concerts, vinyl singles and LPs, and of course un-missable shows like Bandstand, Sounds and Countdown," says Michael Chugg. "A Long Way to the Top" honors the music that changed us, both individually and as a nation. It was the soundtrack to our youth and we lived for it and by it. This is a big and happy trip down memory lane, an action packed show with the big artists playing their big hits, one after the other. It doesn't get any better than this."
Where the 2002 tour included music released up to the 70s, the 10th anniversary show features bands that had massive hits in the 80s, notably Mi-Sex, Dragon and Noiseworks. This reunion tour will celebrate a major landmark in Australian live music and act as a performance legacy to one of its instigating producers, the late and great Billy Thorpe, who passed away in 2007. "Billy Thorpe was an icon, a freakishly talented bloke who had a huge impact on music history in this country," says Michael Chugg. "We miss him terribly and this reunion tour of A Long Way to the Top was a good opportunity to recognize the man, the musician and our mate. We've brought Ian Moss on board to perform this special part of the show. How we are going to re-create 'Billy in the room' is a moment not to be missed."
The original tour took its inspiration from an ABC TV documentary series. When screened in August 2001 it became the most successful television series documentary ever on Australian music and when released on DVD, A Long Way to the Top became the highest selling Australian music DVD in history.
Starring: Axiom, Brian Cadd, Dragon, Marcia Hines, Col Joye, Masters Apprentices' Jim Keays, Dinah Lee, Mi-Sex, Russell Morris, Ian Moss, Noiseworks, Doug Parkinson, Little Pattie, Glenn Shorrock, Spectrum, Lucky Starr, Chain's Matt Taylor & Phil Manning, & John Paul Young
TOUR DATES*:
Fri 5 Oct - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Tue 9 Oct - Newcastle Entertainment Centre
Fri 12 Oct - Brisbane Entertainment Centre
*Ticketek is selling for the above venues only.
Running times:
Rod Laver Arena, VIC
Box Office - 5:30pm
External Doors - 6pm
Inner Doors - 6:45pm
Long Way to the Top Act 1 - 7:30pm - 8:40pm
Long Way to the Top Act 2 - 9pm - 10:30pm
Please Note: Running times are approximate and may be subject to change.
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