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Countdown Arena Spectacular Announced! | Music News

Posted on May 17 2006

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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.

www.countdownaustralia.com

THE COUNTDOWN SPECTACULAR TOUR DATES

Wednesday 30 August - Newcastle Entertainment Centre
Friday 01 September - Acer Arena Sydney (formerly the SuperDome)
Thursday 07 September - Rod Laver Arena Melbourne
Sunday 10 September - Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Wednesday 13 September - Burswood Dome Perth
Sunday 17 September - Brisbane Entertainment Centre

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