Short Biography
JOHN FARNHAM LIVE BY DEMAND
John Farnham Live By Demand is just that. It meets a ceaseless national enquiry over the past three years as to when the man, who has sold more tickets and more albums and notched up more achievements than any other Australian musician, would return to perform.
Now, John and his ten-piece band look back over career highlights in this intimate venue tour throughout September/October 2009. Witness at close quarters a consummate singer and entertainer of more than forty years experience and unparalleled achievement.

Farnham's remarkable body of work - be it polished pop, smokin' soul, robust rock or ballads that take the to...

Short Biography
JOHN FARNHAM LIVE BY DEMAND
John Farnham Live By Demand is just that. It meets a ceaseless national enquiry over the past three years as to when the man, who has sold more tickets and more albums and notched up more achievements than any other Australian musician, would return to perform.
Now, John and his ten-piece band look back over career highlights in this intimate venue tour throughout September/October 2009. Witness at close quarters a consummate singer and entertainer of more than forty years experience and unparalleled achievement.

Farnham's remarkable body of work - be it polished pop, smokin' soul, robust rock or ballads that take the top of your head off - has made him an integral component of Australian popular music; in fact, Australian life. He has sold more tickets and more albums, and notched up more achievements than any other Australian musician. The upcoming performance will see John and his crack ten-piece band look back over career highlights to date. This is an incomparable opportunity to witness this consummate singer and entertainer looking at his body of work through the eyes, attitude and perspective he possesses now.

Hope Estate's newly completed outdoor concert amphitheatre, overlooking the Hunter Valley vineyards, is the largest purpose built concert venue in the region. Set on 420 acres of beautiful countryside, Hope Estate not only offers concert patrons a night of entertainment but the complete Hunter Valley experience including premium wines and gourmet food.

• Strictly NO BYO - (No alcohol, food, water or beverages)
This is a licensed venue and food and beverages will be available for sale. All bags will be subject to safety and security inspections.

• Low beach chairs only permitted in general admission area
(Full height director's chairs not permitted).

For more general concert information visit Hope Estate's website www.hopeestate.com.au

The voice, up close and personal!

In-depth Biography
In a country of 20 million people John Farnham is the one Australian artist who stages arena sized concerts whenever he tours to satisfy the demand. He is without challenge Australia's most successful solo artist, on stage and on record. His Whispering Jack album was the first album to sell over a million copies in Australia alone. In September 1967 at the age of 18 he was signed to a recording contract and in December of that year released the novelty single " Sadie The Cleaning Lady" which became the biggest selling single in Australia at that time. As a song the record's success almost defies logic. What fans were responding to was "Johnny" Farnham's bright boy-next-door personality. He was someone teenage girls and the mothers could both like. Farnham was also a fine singer and survived "Sadie" to release a long string of pop hits between 1967 and 1973, including the local hit versions of Three Dog Night's "One," B J Thomas' "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" (#1) and David Cassidy's "Rock Me Baby. He also starred in the stage musicals Dick Whittington And His Cat, Charlie Girl and Pippin. His schedule denied Farnham trying his luck internationally or developing on record. Success continued virtually on the basis of his talent and that personality alone and in the late to mid seventies his career was reduced to nightclub and cabaret performances trading on his past. Even his record company lost faith in him and dropped him. In 1980, changing from Johnny to the more mature John Farnham, he set about resurrecting his career. The trigger was a dramatically rearranged impassioned performance of the Beatles' "Help" on a nationally broadcast Royal Command TV concert. He reminded everyone what a fine singer he was, and in July released Uncovered, a well received comeback album recorded under the production eye of Little River Band's Graham Goble. In September 1982 long-time Farnham fan Goble was inspired to convince the rest of LRB they should take the radical move of removing Glenn Shorrock, singer of all the band's hits, and making Farnham their lead singer. The band's American record company was in shock. So were non-Australian fans. It was a hurdle Farnham could not overcome, and at the end of 1985 he left LRB and began work on a new make or break solo album. The anthemic single "You're The Voice restored Farnham to #1 for the first time in 17 years. The carefully crafted adult contemporary October 1986 album Whispering Jack was No.1 for 18 weeks, and became the biggest selling album in Australian history. "You're The Voice" sold a million copies in Europe and reached the top ten in England. A consummate singer and performer since 1986 Farnham has been Australia's No.1 attraction, with successive big selling albums and sold out concert tours. International interest has continued to beckon but the dedicated family man is happy with his career as it is. ~ Ed. Nimmervoll, All Music Guide