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Village Kid
Village Kid is a musical group based in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. The group has released one E.P. ''Colourful Girl'' in July 2010, recorded with vocalist Aaron Malone with producer Anthony Cormican (Birds of Tokyo). The E.P. generally received favourable reviews. In September 2010, the title track from this E.P. was awarded the grand prize in the 2010 John Lennon Songwriting Contest. By late 2010, they had toured with The Black Sorrows, Thirsty Merc, Human Nature (band), Human Nature and had won Mix 94.5's contest to support Bon Jovi at Paterson's Stadium. The E.P. sold out of the print run of 1,000 copies, however, before the second E.P. could be completed, vocalist Aaron Malone left the band to be replaced with Jeremy Gregory, who had recently returned to Perth from Los Angeles where he was signed to Warner Bros. Records. After several member changes in 2011, the line-up consisted of Jeremy Gregory, Michael Tan and Matt Bell, with producer Anthony Cormican often pe ...
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Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of the metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River, upon which the city's central business district and port of Fremantle are situated. Perth is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people, where Aboriginal Australians have lived for at least 45,000 years. Captain James Stirling founded Perth in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. It was named after the city of Perth in Scotland, due to the influence of Stirling's patron Sir George Murray, who had connections with the area. It gained city statu ...
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Jeremy Gregory
Jeremy Gregory is a South-African born, Australian singer and musician. He has recorded with Australian bands The Rockmelons and Disco Montego, co-written minor commercial hits including "Let It Go" by Will Young William Robert Young (born 20 January 1979) is a British singer-songwriter and actor who came to prominence after winning the 2002 Pop Idol (series 1), inaugural series of the ITV (TV network), ITV talent contest ''Pop Idol'', making him the f ..., as well as performing his own work "That's What's Going Down", which was in the Australian Top 40 singles charts for three weeks, peaking at #31. , Gregory is a member of the Australian band Village Kid. Discography As lead artist References External links Jeremy Gregory at Opera Bar Australian singer-songwriters South African emigrants to Australia Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-singer-stub ...
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Birds Of Tokyo
Birds of Tokyo are an Australian alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia. Their debut album, ''Day One,'' gained them domestic success, reaching number three on the AIR Independent Album charts and spending a total of 36 consecutive weeks in the top ten. In 2008, the band released '' Universes'', which made it to number three on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart. 2010 saw the band's self-titled third studio release ''Birds of Tokyo'' spend over eight months on the Australian top 20, peaking at number two on the ARIA Albums Chart. The double platinum album received the 2010 ARIA Award for Best Rock Album and in early 2011 the band's breakthrough hit "Plans" ranked number four on Triple J's Hottest 100. The album's follow-up single, " Wild at Heart", reached number one on the country's national airplay chart and won the band an APRA Award. In 2013, the band released their fourth studio album '' March Fires''. Supported by the album's first two singles " This Fire" ...
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John Lennon Songwriting Contest
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The Sunday Times (Western Australia)
''The Sunday Times'' is a tabloid Sunday newspaper published by Western Press Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Seven West Media, in Perth and distributed throughout Western Australia. Founded as The West Australian Sunday Times, it was renamed The Sunday Times from 30 March 1902. Owned since 1955 by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Australia and corporate predecessors, the newspaper and its website ''PerthNow'', were sold to Seven West Media in 2016.SWM finalises purchase of The Sunday Times
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The Black Sorrows
The Black Sorrows are an Australian blues rock band formed in 1983 by mainstay vocalist Joe Camilleri (ex-Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons), who also plays saxophone and guitar. Camilleri has used various line-ups to record 17 albums, with five reaching the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Charts: '' Hold on to Me'' (September 1988), ''Harley and Rose'' (August 1990), '' Better Times'' (September 1992), ''The Chosen Ones - Greatest Hits'' (November 1993) and '' Lucky Charm'' (November 1994). Their top 40 singles are "Chained to the Wheel" (February 1989), "Harley + Rose" (August 1990) and "Snake Skin Shoes" (July 1994). History Formation and early years: 1983–85 The Black Sorrows began as a loose pick-up band in Melbourne in 1983. They played mostly covers of R&B, zydeco, soul and blues music. An early line-up was founding mainstay, Joe Camilleri (aka Joey Vincent) on vocals, saxophone and guitar (ex-The Pelaco Brothers, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons); with Jeff Burstin on guitar (ex ...
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Thirsty Merc
Thirsty Merc are an Australian pop rock band formed in 2002 by Rai Thistlethwayte, Phil Stack (bass guitar), Karl Robertson (drums), and Matthew Baker (guitar). In 2004, Baker was replaced by Sean Carey, who was, in turn, replaced by Matt Smith (guitarist), Matt Smith in 2010. Thirsty Merc have released one extended play, ''First Work'' (September 2003), and five studio albums: ''Thirsty Merc (album), Thirsty Merc'' (August 2004), ''Slideshows (album), Slideshows'' (April 2007), ''Mousetrap Heart'' (June 2010), ''Shifting Gears'' (September 2015), and ''Celebration'' (June 2022). The band have sold over 200,000 albums, toured extensively around Australia, and received national radio airplay for their tracks. In June 2005, ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard''s Christie Eliezer felt their debut album showed "electric rock-, classical- and jazz-influenced pop [that] appealed to Australian radio programmers". The work reached the top-20 on the ARIA Charts, ARIA Albums Chart ...
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Human Nature (band)
Human Nature are an Australian pop vocal group, which formed in 1989, as a quartet featuring Toby Allen, Phil Burton and brothers, Andrew and Mike Tierney. Originally they were established as a doo-wop group, called the 4 Trax, when the members were schoolmates. After signing with Sony Music as ''Human Nature'', they released their debut album, ''Telling Everybody'', in 1996. Four of their albums have reached number one on the ARIA Albums Charts, ''Counting Down'' (May 1999), '' Reach Out: The Motown Record'' (November 2005), '' Dancing in the Street: The Songs of Motown II'' (October 2006) and '' Gimme Some Lovin': Jukebox Vol II'' (August 2016). Three other albums reached number two, '' Get Ready'' (November 2007), ''Jukebox'' (October 2014), and '' Romance of the Jukebox'' (August 2018). Their top 10 hits on the related ARIA Singles Chart are " Wishes" (October 1996), " Don't Say Goodbye" (March 1997), " Everytime You Cry" (duet with John Farnham, October 1 ...
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Mix 94
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Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is an American Rock music, rock band formed in 1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey. It consists of singer Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, guitarist Phil X, and bassist Hugh McDonald (American musician), Hugh McDonald. Original bassist Alec John Such, Alec John such quit the band in 1994. Sadly, he passed away in June, 2022 due to natural causes at the age of 70. Longtime lead guitarist and co-songwriter Richie Sambora left the band in 2013. The band has been credited with "[bridging] the gap between heavy metal music, heavy metal and pop music, pop with style and ease". In 1984 and 1985, Bon Jovi released their first two albums and their debut single "Runaway (Bon Jovi song), Runaway" managed to crack the Top 40. In 1986, the band achieved widespread success and global recognition with their third album, ''Slippery When Wet'', which sold over 20 million copies and included three Top 10 singles, two of which reached No. 1 ("You Give Love a Bad Nam ...
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Paterson's Stadium
Subiaco Oval (; nicknamed Subi) was a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia, located in the suburb of Subiaco. It was opened in 1908 and closed in 2017 after the completion of the new Perth Stadium in Burswood. Subiaco Oval was the highest capacity stadium in Western Australia and one of the main stadiums in Australia, with a final capacity of 43,500 people. It began as the home ground for the Subiaco Football Club and from the 1930s onward was the home of Australian rules football in Western Australia. It hosted the annual grand final of the West Australian Football League (WAFL), with the ground record attendance of 52,781 set at the 1979 Grand Final. It later served as the home ground of the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Football Club, the two Perth teams in the Australian Football League (AFL). Other events included Socceroos International Friendly Game in 2005, Perth Glory soccer games (including two National Soccer League grand finals), Western Force rugby ga ...
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Subiaco Post
Post Newspapers comprises the four editions of a community newspaper covering a group of western suburbs in Perth, Western Australia. History The Post Newspapers group was established as the ''Subiaco Post'' by reporter Bret Christian and his wife Bettye in September 1977 at a house in Churchill Avenue, Subiaco. The first edition was published in September 1977. The paper moved to a former wine saloon in Keightley Road, Subiaco, in 1979, and moved again to Onslow Road in Shenton Park in 2006. The ''Post'' started as a monthly, became fortnightly in 1978 and went to weekly publication from 26 November 1980. While continuing to publish the ''Subiaco Post'', the Post Newspapers developed other suburban editions: '' Nedlands Post'' in April 1978, Claremont ''Post'' in July 1978, '' Cottesloe Post'' in August 1979, ''Mosman Park Post'' in November 1980 (the Cottesloe and Mosman Park edition were combined at that time), and the ''Cambridge Post'' (formerly Floreat) in October 1981 ...
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