COMING
TO YOU LIVE RIGHT ACROSS AUSTRALIA
SEPTEMBER 2006
From
1974 to 1987 at 6pm on a Sunday night the streets across Australia
were deserted. Mums, Dads, kids, housemates, and sometimes complete
strangers congregated in lounge rooms across the nation as everyone
prepared for the hour long, almost religious, experience that was
the ABC television show Countdown.
Fast forward to 2006 and The Frontier Touring Company is putting
together the ultimate celebration of the iconic television show
in the form of the much anticipated live concert tour, The
Countdown Spectacular.
Promoter
Michael Gudinski from The Frontier Touring Company said he was excited
to be producing The Countdown Spectacular; “I’ve been
waiting to create this tour for years. I wanted to get the lineup
and timing just right. I think everything has come together perfectly
for this year and the positive response I’ve had from the
artists has been overwhelming.”
The
ABC’s Director of Enterprises, Robyn Watts, said that 2006
- the year of the 50 th birthday of television in Australia - was
the perfect time to celebrate the landmark success that Countdown
was... and bring it back to its countless fans in a live concert
environment. Across Australia this September, The Countdown Spectacular
will enable fans to relive the glory years of Countdown as leading
acts of the 70s and 80s come together in a three hour extravaganza
performing the hits that made them Countdown favourites. Headlined
by the specially reformed Sherbet, the tour will also include Hush,
John Paul Young, Leo Sayer, James Reyne, Mondo Rock, Jon English,
the Chantoozies, Cheetah, Joe Dolce, Choirboys, Jo Jo Zep, Swanee,
Renee Geyer and Paul Norton.
Also appearing with a sizzling hot, house band are Alex Smith from
Moving Pictures, Shane Howard from Goanna, Scott Carne from Kids
In The Kitchen, James Freud & Sean Kelly from the Models, Brian
Canham from Pseudo Echo, Dave Sterry from Real Life, Brian Mannix
from Uncanny X-Men, Grace Knight and Bernie Lynch from the Eurogliders,
Wendy Stapleton from Wendy & The Rocketts, Frankie J Holden
& Wilbur Wilde from Ol’ 55, Stephen Cummings from The
Sports and Billy Miller from The Ferrets.
Tickets
to the second & FINAL Sydney & Brisbane shows are on-sale
Friday June 23rd. As the man in the hat would recommend;
Do yourself a favour and get your tickets today!
