Canada Gig with Silverchair

[BennyD]

I read this on Myspace from Silverchair!

For the first time in over 6 years Silverchair are returning to Canada. The boys will perform at Gday Toronto’s Australian music night on February 15th 2007.

This exclusive G’Day Toronto music night is an event not to be missed! Joining Silverchair for the night are their good mates The Living End.

A VERY limited number of tickets for the appearance will go on sale via Ticketbreak www.ticketbreak.ca on Friday January 12th 2007.

For more information on Gday Toronto check out www.australiaweek.ca

[Kev]

http://www.thelivingend.com/vBforum/showthread.php?t=716

[Disease]

I beat you to it Benny boy. :p

[BennyD]

damn you people :P

[The Dying Start]

Awesome. Sounds good. I kinda like the idea of these "Introduce Australian Music" type gigs that are going n overseas. It's a great way to put on a handful of bands at once to show what we've got.

[BennyD]

yeh, i reckon a whole heap of aussie bands should do a US tour (sorta like aussie invasion). Get Silverchair, The living End and Grinspoon on a tour!

[Disease]

Why should the US get a tour with them and not us? Stuff them, give us an awesome such tour.

[BennyD]

Well yeah true, but those bands tour here a lot more than over there, maily to get those people into our great bands!

[Disease]

Yeah but not together!

[BennyD]

im sure glenn will start a petition or something, he seems good at that!

[Kacky]

Living End. Toronto. FEBURARY.

:eek: :eek:

This just made my whole entire day.

[i_heart_you]

i love how tle said NOTHING about this anywhere. it also seems very....random. flying halfway across the globe for one show? i dunno....it isn't that big of a venue;yonge square doesn't hold that many.

do we know this is for sure? rae? a confirmation please?


i'd hate to buy a ticket (which i have a feeling theyre going to be outrageously priced) and find out tle isn't going.



i have high hopes though!!!!:D :D

[Disease]

It is for real.

[i_heart_you]

alright i'll take your word on it. but if i get my tickets and tle is a no show, i'm blaming you! :p

[Disease]

:p Ok then.

[Kacky]

Sarah, I think we're out of luck.
I just read that it's 19+. :(

GHEY.

[The Dying Start]

im sure glenn will start a petition or something, he seems good at that!

HEY! I started ONE, and it WORKED! I don't wanna jinx it!

[Rae]

i love how tle said NOTHING about this anywhere. it also seems very....random. flying halfway across the globe for one show? i dunno....it isn't that big of a venue;yonge square doesn't hold that many.

do we know this is for sure? rae? a confirmation please?


i'd hate to buy a ticket (which i have a feeling theyre going to be outrageously priced) and find out tle isn't going.



i have high hopes though!!!!:D :D

Many apologies for lack of confirmation and/or news. Due to relocation we've been offline for 3 weeks!!! NO internet, well, a shared very slow mobile connection between 4 people. We're back now and the updates etc will start again soon.

[Erin]

thanks for that Rae!

[mel_bound]

Many apologies for lack of confirmation and/or news. Due to relocation we've been offline for 3 weeks!!! NO internet, well, a shared very slow mobile connection between 4 people. We're back now and the updates etc will start again soon.

Welcome back! :D

[i_heart_you]

hooray (and thank goodness) for new news!

[atomgal]

i love how tle said NOTHING about this anywhere. it also seems very....random. flying halfway across the globe for one show? i dunno....it isn't that big of a venue;yonge square doesn't hold that many.


So maybe there will be more shows in North America....?

*crosses fingers, eyes and toes*

[i_heart_you]

nah, don't think so. they posted a bulliten on myspace that said they were going to do a few shows in new york prior to the g'day toronto gig, but then they said they'll be heading home to start on the new album. which makes me both very sad and very happy at the same time. no more tle, but a new album!

[atomgal]

A new album is definitely good news! I would love to know what they'll be doing in NYC...

[patty_ww]

fuck i want to go to this, but it's 19+........its in 2 days!!!!! im still going to show up at Yonge-Dundas square and see if i can hear them in the -10 degree weather.

[Kacky]

Ughh, I know!
19+...rawr! Hearing that really ruined my plans.

[The Dying Start]

Grow Up :p

[Kacky]

...I have since then gotten over it. :p

[The Dying Start]

[/Potential Missed Joke]

[Kacky]

I knew it.
Damn.

[The Dying Start]

Hahaha, Unlucky!

[chairhead]

I saw silverchair in 2003 in Toronto. Wish I could have gone to this show!

[Kacky]

Taken from a MySpace bulletin:

P.S. Boys are in Toronto being very cold right now.

Awww! <3

[i_heart_you]

they're prolly getting the same storm i am right now. hopefully they won't get snowed in!

and yeah, if i lived closer to toronto, and it wasn't physically dangerous to be on the roads, i'd go to the edge studios and hear em get interviewed. such as it is, i'm just going to call in and give them love from me and chelsea, supporting in spirit. :]

[Kacky]

That storm that you're getting passed over us, but it's as cold as mofo outside and windy.

If they do get interviewed, you or I can call in...and we can record it. :D
Yes, there in spirit. :p

[Kacky]

They guys will be interviewed on the Edge today at 6:30! :)

[The Dying Start]

Hooray. Recordage?

[Kacky]

Yup! I'm recording it! :)

[The Dying Start]

HUZZAH! The knee bone's connected to the other bone

[Over-Rated]

Haha! they could see the snow!

....Damn now I really wish I didn't move. shit.

[Kacky]

No dice on the recording...it was really annoying when it only recorded 40 seconds at a time (lame free trials...arrgh)! When I downloaded it, it didn't say how long it recorded for.

All they talked about was Rising Sun, Chris' Gretsch, what they were doing next (taking time off...), if they'd ever played at a Biosphere before (Chris: "I expected it to look like a lab!")...etc.

[WhitefalconTLE44]

what did chris say about his gretsch? any new news?

[Kacky]

He just said how it arrived in Australia as soon as they were leaving to come over here...and how he has always played them. He was happy that he gets to have his own signature model.

[patty_ww]

Just met them an hour and a half ago. I missed them at the Edge but manged to find them up the street. I spoke to them for about 10 mins. It was awesome...... Plus i got them to autograph my CD.

[Kacky]

Lucky kid. :p

[The Dying Start]

Good work all round. Pity about the recording.

[i_heart_you]

the only part i heard was them playing in the biodome, and the weather, and something about drums, because i was at work and this old, half-deaf man was yelling at me that the music was too loud and that he wanted an apple turnover, damnit.

[i_heart_you]

btw,

they're interviewing silverchair tomorrow, if anyone wants to listen. i don't know when, check edge.ca for details.

[Colezy]

Yeah, I saw that! I shall try and listen!

[Kacky]

the only part i heard was them playing in the biodome, and the weather, and something about drums, because i was at work and this old, half-deaf man was yelling at me that the music was too loud and that he wanted an apple turnover, damnit.

Aw! I tried to record it, but it didn't work out too well...

I want an apple turnover. :p

[WhitefalconTLE44]

If anyone here went to the show, could you please post a review of it:D

[The Dying Start]

Preferrably a good one.

[kelso]

with pictures!

[Disease]

According to one person on Silverchair forums, TLE were a "great energetic opening act" who made the crowd go wild. That's about all I've heard..

[The Dying Start]

That's good. Usually as a support for a bigger band you get trashed...generally because it's obvious which band is better :p

[Kacky]

Picsss. :D

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/394280568_f8a83005e5.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/148/394280577_811ee1d3e6.jpg?v=0

[kelso]

thank the almighty heaven above!

and it looks like we're back in black!
booyaaa!:D

[Kacky]

I love the black/dark hair on Chris. :D

[kelso]

me too
muah* I love you haha
I just need a little pic or two
hopefully more will come in!

[Kacky]

I hope so too! But that's all I've found so far.

Will keep looking!

[The Dying Start]

Good work. Thanks!

[Kacky]

Yesh. No problem. :)

[i_heart_you]

niiice. i wish i could see a picture of the biodome. i want to see how they fit one over the whole square!

[Kacky]

This might be as close as we're going to get:

http://www.australiaweek.ca/gallery/urban14feb/images/9.jpg

I want that costume. :p

Inside: http://www.australiaweek.ca/gallery/urban14feb/images/7.jpg

[i_heart_you]

bahahahahha!

i found a girl's myspace who went to the show, who i saw at the last couple toronto tle shows. she has a review, but it's mostly about silverchair, and all the pictures are of silverchair. i'm going to ask her if she got any of tle.

review anyway:
YOUNG AND DUNDAS SQUARE (G'day Toronto) February 15th 2007
I and 5 of my friends were some of the lucky 400 hundredish to attend the G'day Toronto silverchair concert. I had seen them 6 times before, but never in such a small venue. A tent at Young and Dundas square.

After arriving to line up at 11:30 in the morning, the 6 of us soon discovered that we are the first to show up…while the nice Aussie workers of the G'Day festival assure us that we don't have to wait in the cold all day if we have tickets. Since no one showed up forever, we waited at the Eaton Centre Mall across the street and watched people walk by the tent all day then lined up at 4:30…5ish and all of a sudden a lined formed behind us…. The cold was unbearable, but toughed it out for the best band in the world!

Although the first to get into to the venue the vip winners from the Edge radio station had already taken up most of the stage….but we found a nice spot just to the right of Daniel. After an amazing performance by The Living End, as usual, came the mighty silverchair.

After a short intro, they walked on stage and went right into 'Emotion Sickness', which was welcomed by the whole crowd. Everyone just gazed at amazement. Unfortunately Daniels ear monitor was not working, so he couldn't move around too much for the first few songs.

Yet still amazed everyone by being dead on perfect with vocals. Still I could see a dramatic change, in Daniel when his monitor started working. He seemed way happier and into it. The set was amazing even though the Daniel said it felt like one big sound check…from Diorama we heard 'Without You,' 'The Greatest View,' 'World Upon Your Shoulders' and 'Luv Your Life'

After a few songs Daniel introduced Paul as being one of they're good friends. Who was to the right of Daniel playing keyboards of course, being the 4th member of silverchair….thats like being the 5th Beatle :D

During 'Ana's Song' Daniel made the funniest, crying face, really pissed that I didn't get a picture of it. As soon as the introduced Straight Lines, everyone cheered in anticipation, and sang along to the song as if it was a classic…well it is now!

'Young Modern Station', and 'Mind Reader' are two absolutely amazing, heavy, but danceable songs, the crowd loved it! During 'Mind Reader' Daniel threw a guitar pick at me...but it bounced off the monitor and back on to the stage (damnit!)

At one point in the show Daniel said what I think a lot of us wanted to hear "G'day Toronto" and it was wonderful haha.

When Daniel's guitar tech hands him the Paul Reed Smith PRS guitar with his 'animals have rights too' sticker on it, the die hards knew what was coming. They played 'The Door,' and the crowed went nuts. This is when people attempted to take my spot at the front…but no no no…didn't happen. Then Daniel plays a very sexy guitar solo with his teeth…and tongue. Chris also played an amazing bass solo. Yeah that was pretty special! They also played the Midnight Oil cover 'Don't Wanna Be The One,' which got everyone rocking out like crazy…as did the band. Then came 'Freak'. That got the crowd going once again…then Daniel came right in front of us and did a little ass shaking dance haha.


Daniel thanked the crowd and said "we feel like the Australian music equivalent of the military….thanks for supporting the troops…this is anti war music this is" all the while giggling…Ben and Chris were also laughing.

For the encore they played 'If You Keep Loosing Sleep', during which we all got to witness the Daniel dance (you should know what I'm talking about), and the entire venue was dancing up a storm. They finished with one more Diorama song, the Lever, which has replaced Spawn again as their hard finally. And what a tune it is.

To have seen silverchair play such a small stage, and venue, with such a small crowd was literally a dream come true. Can I say best night ever? Only to be repeated the next day.

[Kacky]

Haha, thanks Sarah! :D

[The Dying Start]

Not bad...one mention! :D

[Disease]

About a million pics with stupid watermarks:

http://images.barryroden.com/gdaytoronto/thursdayeve/index.html

[i_heart_you]

that works too.