Hall And Oates Tickets

Short Biography
DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
 RETURN TO AUSTRALIA
TO TOUR WITH ICEHOUSE
THE number one selling duo in music history, the pioneers of rock'n'soul, DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES are returning to Australia for their first national tour since 1991.
Joining them for what promises to be a truly bedazzling summer concert event is Australia's own beloved and revered ICEHOUSE. 
The two musical trail-blazers will perform a series of a day on the green winery events and, in conjunction with Frontier Touring, indoor concerts in February next year.
Keen music aficionados may well remember the link between these two fine acts - John Oates having co-written an...

Short Biography
DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
 RETURN TO AUSTRALIA
TO TOUR WITH ICEHOUSE
THE number one selling duo in music history, the pioneers of rock'n'soul, DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES are returning to Australia for their first national tour since 1991.
Joining them for what promises to be a truly bedazzling summer concert event is Australia's own beloved and revered ICEHOUSE. 
The two musical trail-blazers will perform a series of a day on the green winery events and, in conjunction with Frontier Touring, indoor concerts in February next year.
Keen music aficionados may well remember the link between these two fine acts - John Oates having co-written and sung on the Icehouse hit ‘Electric Blue'.  Of course, they also share a legacy of an incredible musical catalogue, chart and radio domination and have inspired and influenced the musical environment of their time - and since!
"I haven't been to Australia in way too long," Daryl says. "I love coming to Australia.  The people are great and I know that they love music.  We're all going to have a good time."
"I remember being invited by Iva Davies to come to Sydney to try to write a song in the late 80s," John Oates says. "We tried for a few days and didn't come up with much of anything.  Then we just hung out on the beach while Iva went windsurfing and when we returned to the studio we finally came up with the song Electric Blue."
Iva Davies adds: "Electric Blue went on to be one of Icehouse's biggest hits around the world. He and Daryl Hall are amazing musicians, writers, arrangers, performers and great innovators (just check out Live From Daryl's House online and both of John and Daryl's recent solo works). So when the opportunity came to share the stage with them I leapt at it. This is going to be a lot of fun and I'm really looking forward to an exciting run of shows."
Starting out as devoted disciples of earlier soul greats, Daryl Hall & John Oates scored six US #1 singles, ‘Rich Girl', ‘Kiss On My List', ‘Private Eyes', ‘I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)', ‘Maneater' and ‘Out Of Touch' from six consecutive multi-platinum selling albums.  Along with ‘Sara Smile', ‘One On One', ‘You Make My Dreams' and the sublime ‘She's Gone', they racked up a phenomenal 34 Billboard chart hits.   
By 1987 the RIAA (Record Industry Association of America) recognised Daryl Hall & John Oates as the number one selling duo in music history, a record they still hold.  One of the most sampled artists today, their impact can be heard everywhere on a new generation of musicians, prompting a SPIN Magazine cover story  ‘Why Hall & Oates Are The New Velvet Underground". 
Most recently the duo released the box set ‘Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music Of Daryl Hall & John Oates", their first comprehensive career spanning offering, featuring 74 tracks (16 previously unreleased). 

Outside of the band Daryl Hall continues the award-winning monthly web series ‘Live From Daryl's House' (ww.livefromdarylshouse.com) which began in 2007. Forty-five episodes later with guests as diverse as Rob Thomas, Smokey Robinson and Todd Rundgren, the series has garnered huge acclaim including the 2011 Best Performance Series at the MTV Online Music Awards.
In late September Daryl will be releasing his new solo album ‘Laughing Down Crying' on Verve Universal.
Meanwhile earlier this year John Oates released a critically acclaimed solo album ‘Mississippi Mile', a beautifully recorded collection paying homage to his love of Americana Blues, and has been touring with The John Oates Band to support it. 
"We've got the best of both worlds", John says. "We're both very passionate about our solo projects and then we get together and play as Hall & Oates.  I'm happy that a younger generation is still discovering what Daryl and I have done, and that the songs have held up and people care enough to re-record them.  It's been a cool thing to happen later in our career and it keeps our music alive."
The re-emergence of ICEHOUSE into the touring world has been met with an overwhelming response, one that befits Iva Davies' iconic status. From their recent live performances, it's obvious the band is in great form and ready to excite fans once again.
This week sees the issue of "White Heat: 30 Hits" which brings together every ICEHOUSE single ever released. The 3 disc set features 30 songs in chronological release order plus a DVD of 32 film clips.  The album provides a remarkable journey through the band's career with hits like ‘Great Southern Land', ‘Hey Little Girl', ‘Crazy;' and ‘Electric Blue'.
Since forming as Flowers in 1977, Icehouse have won acclaim all over the world and it will be an absolute pleasure to see them in full flight once again during this tour.  

The support acts for the winery shows will be announced soon!

CONCERT DATES:
Thursday Feb 2 THE PLENARY at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Saturday Feb 4 a day on the green CENTENNIAL VINEYARDS, BOWRAL NSW
Sunday Feb 5 a day on the green SIRROMET WINES, MT COTTON QLD
Wednesday Feb 8 SYDNEY ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE 
Saturday Feb 11 a day on the green PETER LEHMANN WINES, BAROSSA VALLEY SA
Sunday Feb 12 a day on the green ROCHFORD WINES, YARRA VALLEY VIC

For full event information for the winery shows, visit www.adayonthegreen.com.au.
For indoor shows, visit www.frontiertouring.com.au. 
 
TICKETS ON SALE WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7

In-depth Biography
From their first hit in 1974 through their heyday in the '80s, Daryl Hall and John Oates' smooth, catchy take on Philly soul brought them enormous commercial success -- including six number one singles and six platinum albums -- yet little critical success. Hall & Oates' music was remarkably well constructed and produced; at their best, their songs were filled with strong hooks and melodies that adhered to soul traditions without being a slave to them by incorporating elements of new wave and hard rock.

Daryl Hall began performing professionally while he was a student at Temple University. In 1966, he recorded a single with Kenny Gamble and the Romeos; the group featured Gamble, Leon Huff, and Thom Bell, who would all become the architects of Philly soul. During this time, Hall frequently appeared on sessions for Gamble and Huff. In 1967, Hall met John Oates, a fellow Temple University student. Oates was leading his own soul band at the time. The two students realized they had similar tastes and began performing together in an array of R&B and doo wop groups. By 1968, the duo had parted ways, as Oates transferred schools and Hall formed the soft rock band Gulliver; the group released one album on Elektra in the late '60s before disbanding.

After Gulliver's breakup, Hall concentrated on session work again, appearing as a backup vocalist for the Stylistics, the Delfonics, and the Intruders, among others. Oates returned to Philadelphia in 1969, and he and Hall began writing folk-oriented songs and performing together. Eventually they came to the attention of Tommy Mottola, who quickly became their manager, securing the duo a contract with Atlantic Records. On their first records -- Whole Oates (1972), Abandoned Luncheonette (1973), War Babies (1974) -- the duo were establishing their sound, working with producers like Arif Mardin and Todd Rundgren and removing much of their folk influences. At the beginning of 1974, the duo relocated from Philadelphia to New York. During this period, they only managed one hit -- the number 60 "She's Gone" in the spring of 1974.

After they moved to RCA in 1975, the duo landed on its successful mixture of soul, pop, and rock, scoring a Top Ten single with "Sara Smile." The success of "Sara Smile" prompted the re-release of "She's Gone," which rocketed into the Top Ten as well. Released in the summer of 1976, Bigger than the Both of Us was only moderately successful upon its release. The record took off in early 1977, when "Rich Girl" became the duo's first number one single.

Although they had several minor hits between 1977 and 1980, the albums Hall & Oates released at the end of the decade were not as successful as their mid-'70s records. Nevertheless, they were more adventurous, incorporating more rock elements into their blue-eyed soul. The combination would finally pay off in late 1980, when the duo released the self-produced Voices, the album that marked the beginning of Hall & Oates' greatest commercial and artistic success. The first single from Voices, a cover of the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling," reached number 12, yet it was the second single, "Kiss on My List" that confirmed their commercial potential by becoming the duo's second number one single; its follow-up, "You Make My Dreams" hit number five. They quickly released Private Eyes in the summer of 1981; the record featured two number one hits, "Private Eyes" and "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)," as well as the Top Ten hit "Did It in a Minute." "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" also spent a week at the top of the R&B charts -- a rare accomplishment for a White act. H20 followed in 1982 and it proved more successful than their two previous albums, selling over two million copies and launching their biggest hit single, "Maneater," as well as the Top Ten hits "One on One" and "Family Man." The following year, the duo released a greatest-hits compilation, Rock 'N Soul, Pt. 1, that featured two new Top Ten hits -- the number two "Say It Isn't So" and "Adult Education."

In April of 1984, the Recording Industry Association of America announced that Hall & Oates had surpassed the Everly Brothers as the most successful duo in rock history, earning a total of 19 gold and platinum awards. Released in October of 1984, Big Bam Boom expanded their number of gold and platinum awards, selling over two million copies and launching four Top 40 singles, including the number one "Out of Touch." Following their contract-fulfilling gold album Live at the Apollo with David Ruffin & Eddie Kendrick, Hall & Oates went on hiatus. After the lukewarm reception for Daryl Hall's 1986 solo album, Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine, the duo regrouped to release 1988's Ooh Yeah!, their first record for Arista. The first single, "Everything Your Heart Desires," went to number three and helped propel the album to platinum status.

However, none of the album's other singles broke the Top 20, indicating that the era of chart dominance had ended. Change of Season, released in 1990, confirmed that fact. Although the record went gold, it only featured one Top 40 hit -- the number 11 single, "So Close." The duo mounted a comeback in 1997 with Marigold Sky, but it was only partially successful; far better was 2003's Do It for Love and the following year soul covers record Our Kind of Soul. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide