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SUNSET SOUNDS
Mudgee
Rescheduled to
MARCH 2022

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Daryl Braithwaite

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Empire Touring and TEG Live wish to advise that due to the uncertainty around border closures and current COVID restrictions across Australia, Sunset Sounds at Craigmoor Wines in Mudgee has been rescheduled to Saturday, 26 March, still featuring a killer line-up filled with some of Australia’s all-time favourite rock and pop heroes.

Ticketholders are urged to hold onto their tickets which are automatically valid for the new show date. All ticket purchasers will receive direct communication from Ticketek in the coming days.

Taking the stage in Mudgee in March will be Daryl Braithwaite, Kate Ceberano, Russell Morris, The Black Sorrows, Richard Clapton, Dragon, Ross Wilson, Shannon Noll, Wendy Matthews and Bachelor Girl.

See below for background information on all the legendary artists appearing on these shows.

Sunset Sounds will be hours of hits and memories from ten of Australia’s most well-loved 70s, 80s and 90s hit makers gracing the stage and taking a whole generation back to a time when rock ‘n roll was a way of life and there wasn’t a camera phone in sight. There’s sure to be a whole lot of reminiscing and more than a few sing-alongs from the enthusiastic crowd.

Protecting the health, safety, and wellbeing of our ticketholders and workforce is our highest priority and all venues will be operating in reduced, COVIDSafe modes with all precautions stipulated by the respective State Governments.

Fans are also strongly advised to use the official ticket links and not to buy tickets from so called “reselling” websites such as Viagogo who typically advertise heavily online and often mislead consumers into paying much higher prices than necessary for tickets that may turn out to be fake.

Sunset Sounds at Craigmoor Wines is presented by Real FM.

Tickets for Sunset Sounds at Craigmoor Wines on Saturday, 26 March 2022 are on sale NOW

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Ian Moss // Photo – Daniel Boud

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Craigmoor Wines, Mudgee
Saturday, 26 March 2022

Featuring:
Daryl Braithwaite | Kate Ceberano
Russell Morris | The Black Sorrows
Richard Clapton | Dragon
Ross Wilson | Shannon Noll
Wendy Matthews | Bachelor Girl

Tickets on sale NOW from Ticketek

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Empire Touring – TEG Live

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Daryl Braithwaite:

In a distinguished career of almost 50 years, Daryl Braithwaite is one of Australia’s award winning premier performers.

Between 1971 – 1979, Sherbet and Daryl Braithwaite produced 20 national Top 40 singles and were the first Australian band to top the $1 million dollar mark in album sales in this country with a total of 15 albums and 30 singles to their credit with songs like Summer Love becoming the highest selling single of 1975 and Howzat not only a No #1 hit in Australia, but also achieved #2 in England.

Following the success of Sherbet, Daryl returned in a very big way as a solo performer in 1988 with the release of the phenomenally successful Album Edge which spent well over a year in the national charts. Edge spawned four hit singles with As The Days Go By, All I Do, Let Me Be and the gold single One Summer. Although hard to follow, Daryl’s second album, Rise, proved to be equally successful becoming the biggest selling album in 1991 attaining multi-platinum status. Rise produced two further hit singles Rise and The Horsesand maintaining the #1 position for three consecutive weeks before going on to achieve platinum status.

ARIA Hall Of Fame Inductee, Braithwaite recently shared his brand new, original single Love Songs through Sony Music Entertainment Australia. When you’ve got a back catalogue like Daryl Braithwaite’s it’s hard to find new material that will slip easily into an established canon of classic hits but this Australian icon has done just that.

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Kate Ceberano:

Multi ARIA Award winning artist, Kate Ceberano, has been in the business for over 35 years – writing and performing both Jazz and pop music – with seven Platinum and seven Gold albums to her name. Kate first came to prominence in the mid-80s as a 15 year old singing sensation fronting pop funk band, I’m Talking. Five consecutive hit singles and a Platinum debut album, Bear Witness, led to a swag of awards for both the band and Kate. After launching her solo career, she took out Best Female Artist at the ’88 and ’89 ARIA Awards with her triple Platinum album Brave, nominated as ARIA Album of the Year. In 1992 Kate hit the stage to perform the role of Mary in Jesus Christ Superstar. She had barely drawn breath since, racking up 27 albums over 25 years to be the most prolific Australian female recording artist of this era. Currently Kate is recording another album which she is producing. She is the most diverse and creative tour-de-force. Her work, her craft and her vision are now imbued in our collective DNA. Kate Ceberano is a bona fide national treasure, possessing one of the great voices of her generation. Long may she run.

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Russell Morris:

Multi ARIA Award winner and ARIA Hall of Fame Inductee, Russell Morris has a career spanning a staggering 50 years and counting. Morris was the first Australian artist to score consecutive number one singles with his first two releases The Real Thing, one of the classic psychedelic singles of all time, and Part Three Into Paper Walls. Both reaching number 1 on the Australian charts. Fast forward to 2012, when Morris began a trilogy of albums, themed with Australian stories, with Sharkmouth reaching number 6 on the ARIA charts and certified platinum.

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The Black Sorrows:

Joe Camilleri and The Black Sorrows continue to be one of Australia’s most prolific and enduringly popular bands renowned for their high-energy live shows, musicianship and infectious, roots-soaked blues rock.  Joe Camilleri recently celebrated his 50th career release with Saint Georges Road,  the 19th studio album from The Black Sorrows. An ARIA Music Hall of Fame inductee,  Joe Camilleri is firmly cemented in Australian music history and still performs at the top of his game as a singer, songwriter, saxophonist and guitarist. In one form or another, The Black Sorrows have not stopped recording and performing since Joe formed the band in 1984. Expect to hear classic hits along with unique arrangements of songs by artists who have influenced Joe Camilleri’s astonishing 50+ year career in Australian music. 

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Richard Clapton:

When he was 16, Richard Clapton inveigled his way into a Sydney hotel to hang out with the Rolling Stones. From that day on, he knew he was going to be a rock star. It’s now almost 50 years since that fateful day – years filled with a lifetime of incredible experiences, outrageous good times and a catalogue of iconic and timeless songs. Through the glory years of rock ‘n’ roll, in cities as varied as London, Berlin, Sydney, Los Angeles and Paris, Richard forged his own career and built up a significant body of work while living, loving and partying with the biggest names in the Australian and international music world. For 40 years, Richard Clapton has been, above all else, a songwriter – a wry observer of human behaviour and an astute commentator on the Australian condition. His songs – Deep Water, The Best Years of Our Lives, Goodbye Tiger, Glory Road, Lucky Country, Girls on the Avenue, Trust Somebody and Capricorn Dancer – capture the essence of this country and the meaning of our lives like few others.

Richard has also never released a covers album: until now, with his Music Is Love (1966 – 1970) on 9 April 2021.  The album started out as a deeply personal collection, a way for Richard to reconnect with his musical beginnings. “These songs are where I came from,” he says, highlighting his love for Bob Dylan, The Byrds, David Crosby, Neil Young and Buffalo Springfield.

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Dragon:

Dragon formed in 1972 and became a household name with hits that remain classics, such as Rain, Are you Old Enough?, Still in Love with You, O Zambesi and 1977’s hit summer anthem April Sun in Cuba! After the untimely death of enigmatic lead singer Marc Hunter, Dragon are now led by bass player Todd Hunter and New Zealand singer, Mark Williams. Dragon’s imprint on a generation was affirmed when Are You Old Enough? was used in the opening credits of the hit TV series, Puberty Blues. In 2008 the Australian Recording Industry Association recognised the band’s iconic status when they were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame and in 2012 they celebrated their 40th anniversary with a string of sell out shows across the country.

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Ross Wilson:

Now Listen! Mr Eagle Rock, Ross Wilson, 2 time ARIA Hall of Fame Inductee, founder of Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock continues to have a Hell Of A Time while Living In The Land Of Oz. Always believing Ego Is Not A Dirty Word, the Skyhooks and Jo Jo Zep producer hasn’t stagnated by Living In the 70’s but continued moving like The Fugitive Kind through the Summer of ‘81 into the 21st Century following his credo All I Wanna Do Is Rock. When the Chemistry is right to Come Back Again, he’ll get up off his Bed Of Nails, bring A Touch of Paradise to your Cool World and examine your State of the Heart. With No Time to lose practicing Primitive Love Rites in Primal Park, Things Are Hotting Up with Wilson’s song I Come In Peace being covered and becoming Joe Cocker’s last hit single. Come Said The Boy, to a Ross Wilson show in a venue near you, because we all know You’ve All Got To Go!

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Shannon Noll:

Shannon Noll – straight from Condobolin to TVs in every lounge room across the country courtesy of the very first season of Australian Idol. Since the release of What About Me 15 years ago, Noll has released five top ten albums, including two number-one multi-platinum sellers. He is the only Australian male artist in Australian chart history to have ten consecutive top ten singles. What About Me was certified 4× platinum and became the highest selling single of 2004 in Australia. Shannon’s popularity has never waned and he continues to deliver sensational live performances. We’ve heard it ring out from the top of the charts so many times and 2017 saw him in the finest voice of his career on his current album, Unbroken.

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Wendy Matthews:

As an artist, Wendy Matthews has an expressive voice that never fails to move those who hear it. Her music is an unhurried journey of clean melodies, infectious energy and simple grace. This is exemplified by the reality that Wendy’s music is now in more than 1 million homes in Australia and all her albums to date have multi-platinum status.

In 1987, Wendy collaborated with Kate Ceberano on the ABC-TV soundtrack for the series Stringer. You’ve Always Got the Blues was released the next year reaching the Top 5 national charts. She helped form Absent Friends and sang on the number one hit I Don’t Want To Be With Nobody But You and the album Here’s Looking Up Your Address.

The album Émigré (Double Platinum) spawned the hits Token Angels, Lets Kiss and Woman’s Gotta Have It and earned Wendy the Best Female Artist and Best Debut Single (for Token Angels) at the 1990 ARIA Awards. Wendy was also voted Best Female Singer in the 1990 Rolling Stone Reader’s Poll which was followed up by the multi-Platinum album Lily with the mega hit The Day You Went Away, and If Only I Could and Friday’s Child. In 1992 Wendy picked up the ARIA for Best Female Artist and Best Single and again in 1993 Best Female Artist. The Day You Went Away was the ‘Highest Selling Single’ of 1993 and the ‘Single of the Year’.

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Bachelor Girl:

James Roche and Tania Doko started out as ‘Tef’ in 1992 before being signed to Gotham Records (Ross Fraser & John Farnham’s label) in 1997 and made their demos and subsequent records in a living room.

In 1998 Bachelor Girl released their first single Buses And Trains. It became APRA’s Song Of The Year and is the most performed Australian composition on radio in the last 25 years (APRA, 2017).

The debut album Waiting For The Day won the duo an ARIA for “Producer Of The Year” and acted like a passport for the band to travel and tour the world, including a U.S release through the iconic Clive Davis (Arista Records).

The release of their latest single Speak,  in 2018 marked 20 years to the day since the release of Buses and Trains.

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ABOUT TEG LIVE

TEG Live is a dynamic and diverse promoter of live content operating in many genres, including music, sport, family entertainment, esports and exhibitions. TEG Live connects millions of fans every year with unique live experiences and adds value to events with hospitality, partnership and sponsorship services.

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ABOUT EMPIRE

Empire Touring is a widely respected entertainment, promotions, marketing and events company. We have been producing live entertainment across Australia since 1982 and will continue to do so because WE LOVE ROCK ’N ROLL.

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