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Long Way To The Top
2ND SYDNEY SHOW ANNOUNCED!
Due to an huge demand for tickets the producers have decided to add an extra show to the Sydney season of Long Way To The Top at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. The second show, which will be released for sale at 9am on Friday June 28, is on Saturday September 14 .
Michael Chugg Entertainment, Jacobsen Entertainment
& Jack Utsick in association with ABC TV present
A ONCE IN A LIFETIME MUSICAL EVENT
From August 15 - 30 Music Legends, 40 Number One Hits, 30 Years of Live Rock!
August last year, every Wednesday, hundreds and thousands of Australian’s sat home to watch the ABC series Long Way To The Top. It was the most successful television series documentary ever on Australian music. Following its success the ABC released a long form DVD, in time for Christmas, and the result was the highest selling Australian music DVD in Australia’s history.
This August Michael Chugg, Kevin Jacobsen and Jack Utsick will bring together the greatest Australian rock legends in a musical event that will never be repeated. The music that shaped Australia will once again be showcased in 10 entertainment centres around the nation.
In a magnificent three hour show, covering three decades of live rock and featuring over 30 of Australia’s best selling artists from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s the birth of Australian rock will be recreated. Using footage sourced exclusively by the ABC for the award winning show and artists personal archive footage that has never been seen before, this multi-million dollar, multi-media, rock n’ roll spectacular is a one of a kind and will be something that no one should miss.
Starring - Col Joye, Lucky Starr, Judy Stone, Lonnie Lee, Little Pattie, Remember JOK with the ‘original’ Dee Jays, The Atlantics, Ray Columbus and The Invaders, Max Merritt and The Meteors, Dinah Lee, Normie Rowe, Stevie Wright, Billy Thorpe and the ‘original’ Aztecs, Marcia Hines, Ross Wilson, John Paul Young and the Allstars, Chain, Spectrum, Masters Apprentices, Axiom (featuring Brian Cadd & Glenn Shorrock), The Twilights (featuring Glenn Shorrock), Russell Morris, Kevin Johnson, Tamam Shud and Billy Thorpe and Sunbury Aztecs.
Using the latest in sound, lighting and staging production – the huge revolving set will ensure that this event will be a non stop trip down memory lane. Featuring dancers, rock and roll DJ’s and mega screens, everyone in the room will feel the age they were when it all began.
“I used to save my money and hitch hike around Australia just to see the Twilights, Max Merritt and Billy Thorpe perform, when I got home to Tassie my Dad was so mad that he used to pull out the strap – I did this every time they performed, I think seeing them play again will be an unbelievable dream come true” Michael Chugg AM
“To have a show that represents the birth of music is quite unique. I could not have imagined seeing all this talent performing one night, one show. Every great Australian act that I ever wanted to see singing the songs you grew up with – I think there will be a lot of laughs, tears, and flashbacks!” Kevin Jacobsen OAM
“It was raw, sweaty, dirty, unapologetic, irreverent, flamboyant, fey, bombastic, unbridled, drug and booze laced, live Aussie Rock.” Billy Thorpe
Visit www.longwaytothetop.com.au
for more information.