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Shannon Noll - Very Special Guest to Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Man Tour

Qlive and Regional Touring presents Australia’s very own rock legend JIMMY BARNES live in concert celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the classic Australian album Working Class Man. In the spirit of the title track Working Class Man which en¬captures the earth and soul of regional Queensland, Jimmy will be joined on stage by very special guest, Queensland’s own adopted son, Shannon Noll for regional Queensland only!

Marking 25 years since the release of his signature song, Jimmy Barnes will belt out his oz rock masterpieces spanning a total of 27 charting albums (14 with Cold Chisel and 13 solo). This includes a staggering nine ARIA #1’s giving Barnes the highest number of hit albums of any Australian artist. The 1985 release of Working Class Man, that went on to sell over 500,000 copies in Australia alone, shaped Australia’s rock n roll scene ¬the front cover art of Barnes standing in a burning Sugarcane field became one of the most iconic images that is etched in to people’s minds.

Having been the only artist to have been inducted in to the ARIA Hall Of Fame twice (1993 ¬Cold Chisel / 2005 – Solo), “Barnesy” has spent years developing the many and varied facets of his music; starting out with raw rock & roll and educating himself in soul music and country. Add to the mix a showcase of new tracks from his forthcoming album, it will make this one massive concert spectacular you simply will not want to miss!

Joining Jimmy as his special guest on this celebration tour, is none other than SHANNON NOLL. Shannon’s music career has hit the ground running since his five¬times platinum selling debut album "That's What I'm Talking About" featuring the hits “Drive”, “What About Me” and “Learn To Fly”. His first ever live performance was in Capella Central Queensland in 2004 giving him his “adopted son” status. Shannon has re¬written Australian chart history by becoming the first artist, male or female, domestic or international, to have achieved 10 consecutive top 10 singles on the ARIA charts. “It feels like home up here in Queensland,” says Shannon. “I love it – it’s gold”.

Noll, Chambers, Reyne, Matthews & Crowe just some to salute John Williamson

Celebrated Australian JOHN WILLIAMSON will be honoured by his peers from the industry in celebration of his 40th year in the business with the release of his Absolute Greatest John Williamson ~ 40 YEARS TRUE BLUE album.

Released on March 19th, the double CD highlights the singer/songwriter’s musical contribution over four decades and showcases a range of prominent artists interpreting the multi-award winning artist’s songs in their own style.

The album release comes on the back of the musical poet being recognised in January by the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce, as well as the Golden Guitar awards which paid special tribute to Williamson’s career to date in front of a 5,000 strong capacity crowd and broadcast nationally on TV.

As the name implies, the double CD features Williamson’s most popular recorded tracks such as TRUE BLUE, RAINING ON THE ROCK, COOTAMUNDRA WATTLE, GALLERIES OF PINK GALAHS and his latest original recording ISLAND OF OCEANS duet with Shannon Noll.

The unreleased duet with the ex-Australian Idol graduate is Williamson’s stirring creation that could easily become the national song of the country he loves. ‘I have written many songs over my forty years as a recording artist in an attempt to capture the enormous spiritual power of our huge, ancient land. At last, here it is; an anthem aimed to inspire pride in our place on earth. My final song on the subject! Only time will tell whether I have succeeded,’ said John.

Whilst the duet with Noll is the only new inclusion on the ‘Absolute Greatest John Williamson ~ 40 YEARS TRUE BLUE release, the Condobolin boy also adds star power to the TRIBUTE album with his emotional delivery of GALLERIES OF PINK GALAHS, the song played at his father’s funeral.

Noll is only one of the artists who volunteered their time and talent to recognise Williamson. Joining him on the TRIBUTE album is WENDY MATTHEWS, KASEY CHAMBERS, THE WAIFS, JAMES REYNE, TROY CASSAR-DALEY, TOMMY EMMANUEL, ADAM HARVEY, SARA AND GREG STORER, ASH GRUNWALD, THE SONGBIRDS (Gina Jeffreys, Beccy Cole and Sara Storer), THE ORDINARY FEAR OF GOD and Williamson’s musical daughter AMI WILLIAMSION.

From OLD MAN EMU to MALLEE BOY, RIP RIP WOODCHIP through to his unofficial anthems such as TRUE BLUE and AUSTRALIA IS ANOTHER WORD FOR FREE, Williamson has remained a constant in the Australian recording industry over four decades. Whilst many artists immediately expressed interest in contributing to the TRIBUTE album, the final selection was made based on John’s friends old and new.

One such friend is legendary guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel who was given the honour of recording the song that introduced John Williamson to Australia, OLD MAN EMU.

“I have known JW since the beginning of his career in music and I saw him grow to become a powerful force in music and songs about Australia and its people and culture, nobody has captured Australian life in song like him, to me he stands tall as a true blue bloke, one whose clever wit, open hearted love and genuine love of country will always inspire me and many generations of young songwriters, to reach for excellence in their gift of song. Long Live JW ...I'm a true fan!!!!” said Tommy Emmanuel.

The double CD celebration ’Absolute Greatest John Williamson ~ 40 YEARS TRUE BLUE and TRIBUTE album’ is released nationally on Friday 19th March 2010. The CD is released through EMI Music Australia.

A national tour celebrating John Williamson’s 40 Years will be announced soon.

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Many of you may have read that Shannon’s contract with Sony ended at the end of last year. He thoroughly enjoyed his time recording for BMG, then Sony BMG / Sony Music, and of course the relationship brought us all some fantastic songs such as Lift, Shine, Lonely, Now I Run, Drive, Loud, Learn To Fly and many more. Shannon has hit the ground running in 2010 and we’ve had some very positive meetings regarding his record label for future recordings and releases. Shannon is extremely excited about what this year holds!

Whilst these events transpire, Shannon has been busy writing and demoing new material. He’s already got about 12 songs underway and will spend the next month between Melbourne and Sydney writing with different people, including the mercurial Adam Reily, who played such a large part in “Lift” and “Lonely”.

You may also see him turn up on a couple of TV shows in the next month or so – 9’s “Domestic Blitz”, amongst others.

He has also recorded two songs for John Williamson – one, a duet with John called “Islands Of Oceans” which is at radio now and will be released on John's BEST OF album. The other is Shannon’s own version of “Galleries Of Pink Galahs”, which was his father’s favourite song and a true privilege for Shannon to record which will be on the TRIBUTES album. The BEST OF and TRIBUTES albums are being released as a Double Album set on March 19th. We are working on dates for Shannon and John to do a key radio and TV performance together for “Islands Of Oceans” and will keep you posted. John’s Best Of / Tribute double album will be released on March 19th and “Island of Oceans” is the only new track included on The Best Of and will be available to download from itunes in the third week of February and also on John's Myspace page.

Shannon has developed a relationship with Bunnings, and will perform 4 songs and meet fans at Bunnings Bairnsdale, VIC on 19th March, from approx 7.30pm – it’s a bit of as trek from Melbourne but please feel free to join him if you can!

Those of you heading to Adelaide for the Clipsal 500 V8 supercar race can look forward to seeing Shannon on the night of Sat 13th March. He’s playing a 45 minute set from 8.30pm, going on after Jessica Mauboy and leading fans in the annual SAFM “Skyshow” fireworks spectacular, it should be amazing. You might recognize a familiar face on stage – Shannon’s brother Damien will join the band on drums for the evening!

Sydney fans can catch him at Liverpool Markets on 27th March for their 1st Birthday celebrations – he hits the stage at 7.30pm for a 45 minute semi-acoustic set.

Jimmy Barnes and Shannon really hit it off on the “Red Hot Summer” tour through rural Victoria, NSW and South Australia in January (they were joined by Adam Brand), with over 20,000 fans attending the shows. Thanks for coming out to show your support, it was great to see so many people simply enjoying great rock n roll. Those fans that attended agreed they were some of the biggest and best gigs they are ever likely to see in the bush!

In terms of new material, we are putting together plans at present which would see a new single around June/July and an album in September or October – however we can’t be definite on this just yet, so please bear with us and we’ll keep you looped in. We also hope to mount a full national tour for the album release, more on that in due course.

Thanks for all your tremendous support for Shannon, he is truly grateful to have such dedicated fans, and we look forward to sharing a very successful year with you all.

Shannon Noll and The Street Warriors - 'Solid Rock'

SHANNON AND THE SCREAMING JETS DIRTY ROCKIN’ SCOUNDRELS TOUR NEWCASTLE GIG POSTPONED

Shannon Noll and The Screaming Jets regret to announce a postponement to the Dirty Rockin’ Scoundrels show in Newcastle on Friday 9 October at Panthers. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Newcastle show has been postponed, until later this year or early 2010. Fans are encouraged to keep a lookout on The Screaming Jets and Shannon Noll’s websites for the new show, which will be confirmed in the coming weeks.

The Dirty Rockin’ Scoundrels Tour kicks off in Penrith on 7th October, with a further four NSW shows rolling out from there. The tour then winds down to Melbourne from 14th October, where the two bands will hit the suburbs for five shows, concluding in Doncaster on 18th October.

Tickets for The Dirty Rockin’ Scoundrels Tour on sale NOW from all venues, visit www.shannonnoll.com.au and www.screamingjets.com.au for all details.

Shannon & Street Warriors Release Cover version of Aussie Rock Classic 'Solid Rock'

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SHANNON NOLL AND THE SCREAMING JETS READY TO LET LOOSE ON DIRTY ROCKIN’ SCOUNDRELS TOUR

Two of Australia’s finest rock acts unite for the first time for ten very special shows.

Shannon Noll and The Screaming Jets met by chance at gig in Southern Queensland and over a bunch of beers, came up with the idea that it would be great to tour together some day! That day has now arrived as the two acts hit the road together in October, for what is sure to be Spring’s most electric rock double-bill – the Dirty Rockin’ Scoundrels Tour.

Noll, currently in the midst of his intimate, acoustic In The Raw run of dates, is itching to get out there and play a blinder of a rock set. “Acoustic shows are fabulous, you get to create different versions of songs, but blasting out hard with a full band, electric set is what I really love doing. It reminds me of being in bands as a teenager, with my brothers, when we just went for it in every live show we did. I am a massive fan of the Jets and I can’t wait to hit the road with them. This is going to be a show that people talk about for a long time, we can guarantee you that!”.

For twenty years, The Screaming Jets have rocked Aussie stages with the best of them, gathering up a fiercely passionate bunch of fans along the way. For Dave, Paul, Izzy, Mickl and Scotty, playing with Shannon and his band is an exciting prospect. Gleeson says, “I hear Shannon really rips into his live set and we can’t wait to get out on the road with him and the band. Every night both bands will be trying to out-rock each other. I reckon punters at these shows are going to get great value for money and the Jets - we’re rockin’ as hard as we ever have.”

The Dirty Rockin’ Scoundrels Tour kicks off in Penrith on 7th October, with a further four NSW shows rolling out from there, including a visit to The Screaming Jets’ hometown of Newcastle on Friday 9th October, where The Jets will headline what’s sure to be one hell of a memorable gig! The tour then winds down to Melbourne from 14th October, where the two bands will hit the suburbs for five shows, concluding in Doncaster on 18th October.

Tickets for The Dirty Rockin’ Scoundrels Tour on sale NOW from all venues, visit www.shannonnoll.com.au and www.screamingjets.com.au for all details.

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Dirty Rockin’ Scoundrels Tour Tickets on sale now