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The 2010 ARIA Award results

Mon 8th Nov, 2010 in Local News

Check out all the action from the 2010 ARIA Awards Red Carpet.

The 2010 ARIA Awards concluded their fortnight long celebrations last night with a spectacularly set ceremony on the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House.

Producers went to an huge effort to make this year’s awards a ratings winner, and if you were paying attention to the ARIA # tag on twitter last night it was evident there were some mixed results.

Highlights of the night included a vamped up Megan Washington performing her single Sunday Best, Angus and Julia Stone living up to their family name whilst accepting the award for Album Of The Year and the industry truly getting it right with Dan Sultan taking home the pointy trophy for Best Male Artist.

Lowlights (or perhaps just extended highlights) included Carmen Electra’s small talk about ‘that’ Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson video, Powderfinger accepting the award for Most Popular Artist asking “What did we just win, we weren’t paying attention” and Dylan Lewis.

The 2010 ARIA Awards winners:

Album of the Year
Angus & Julia Stone – Down The Way

Single of the Year
Angus & Julia Stone – Big Jet Plane

Best Female Artist
Washington – I Believe You Liar

Best Male Artist
Dan Sultan – Get Out While You Can

Best Group
The Temper Trap – Love Lost

Best Independent Release
Sia – We Are Born

Breakthrough Artist
Washington – I Believe You

The 2010 Publicly Voted ARIA Awards:

Most Popular Australian Single
The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition

Most Popular Australian Album
Powderfinger –

Most Popular Australian Artist
Powderfinger –

Most Popular International Artist
Mumford and Sons

Check out all the action from the 2010 ARIA Awards Red Carpet.

What did you think of the new look ARIA Awards?

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grattan

grattan said on the 8th Nov, 2010

The point is to be dreadful? Looks like it's working then.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

*golf swing*

I meant that it was my understanding their new record is really different versions of their older songs.

Ticky_McGregor said on the 8th Nov, 2010

*golf swing*

I meant that it was my understanding their new record is really different versions of their older songs.

I thought it was meant to be more of a tribute album to their old songs "just as Michael would have wanted it" was how they were describing it.

I am certain he was planning to die young and then have a bunch of different artists play the songs he wrote and performed so badly.

Not to discredit Dan Sultan at all, I thought he was fantastic, but I think he could have done the song just as much justice if they kept it to the original music. Who's decision that was is not made clear though.

radiocide

radiocide said on the 8th Nov, 2010

oh, this is surprising.

HelloSailor

HelloSailor said on the 8th Nov, 2010

[url="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/08/3060141.htm?section=justin"]arias fail to attract viewers

it is the biggest night of the year on the australian music industry's calendar, but almost seven times as many viewers were watching detective shows and the cricket than the 24th annual aria awards.

only 634,000 people tuned in to see brother-sister duo angus and julia stone dominate the awards and powderfinger give their last televised performance.

more than half of the 1.44 million viewers that tuned in to network ten's hit show junior masterchef switched off at 8:30pm as the ceremony at the sydney opera house began.

many seemed to switch to the seven network's bones detective show, which scored 1.406 million viewers.

abc1's agatha christie's poirot, which also began at the same time as the arias, attracted an impressive 1.054 million, while the nine network's second session of the one-day series of australia vs sri lanka, which aired from 6:30pm until 10pm, scored 720,000 viewers.

last year's arias, broadcast by nine, attracted an audience of 708,000.

i think the same goes for most award ceremonies these days. can't believe i missed the de-butt... hmmm, got hooked on another station

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

I thought it was meant to be more of a tribute album to their old songs "just as Michael would have wanted it" was how they were describing it.

I am certain he was planning to die young and then have a bunch of different artists play the songs he wrote and performed so badly.

Not to discredit Dan Sultan at all, I thought he was fantastic, but I think he could have done the song just as much justice if they kept it to the original music. Who's decision that was is not made clear though.

I'm pretty sure the new INXS album is 're-imagining' their classics which would explain why they don't sound like the originals.

Also, Hutchence only wrote the lyrics to INXS songs. Andrew Farriss composed almost all the songs.

Daft Punks Lip Sweat

Daft Punks Lip Sweat said on the 8th Nov, 2010

I thought stan walker was RnB not indie? :S

http://images.2dayfm.com.au/2010/11/07/487067/Aria-Awards-2010-Stan-Walke-600x400.jpg

chico21

chico21 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

ugh he looks terrible!!

grattan

grattan said on the 8th Nov, 2010

On that evidence he's neither - he's just a douche.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

Do you assign music genres to humans regularly?

snapcrackleROCK

snapcrackleROCK said on the 8th Nov, 2010

http://www.greatwalktobeijing.com/images/walkers/kirk-pengilly.jpg

"Shove it, brother, just keep walking."

thomok said on the 8th Nov, 2010

one of the worst things i've ever seen. I was almost embarrassed to be Australian watching it. Not even the comedy styles of Bob Katter could save it

Shieldsy23

Shieldsy23 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

[URL="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/08/3060141.htm?section=justin"]ARIAs fail to attract viewers

It is the biggest night of the year on the Australian music industry's calendar, but almost seven times as many viewers were watching detective shows and the cricket than the 24th annual ARIA Awards.

Only 634,000 people tuned in to see brother-sister duo Angus and Julia Stone dominate the awards and Powderfinger give their last televised performance.

More than half of the 1.44 million viewers that tuned in to Network Ten's hit show Junior MasterChef switched off at 8:30pm as the ceremony at the Sydney Opera House began.

Many seemed to switch to the Seven Network's Bones detective show, which scored 1.406 million viewers.

ABC1's Agatha Christie's Poirot, which also began at the same time as the ARIAs, attracted an impressive 1.054 million, while the Nine Network's second session of the one-day series of Australia vs Sri Lanka, which aired from 6:30pm until 10pm, scored 720,000 viewers.

Last year's ARIAs, broadcast by Nine, attracted an audience of 708,000.

Well Poirot is pretty fucking amazing...

TBH the ARIA's didn't have a lot going for it in terms of mainstream appeal this year - most of the lesser musically oriented people I know had no clue who Dan Sultan, Washington or A+J Stone were....

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

By "lesser musically oriented people," you do mean "idiots," right?

lanesra23

lanesra23 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

There has been no Mauboy (that I've heard) or Cilmi this year, thank god. However, there has been enough international shite to make up for their absence.

Quicky

Quicky said on the 8th Nov, 2010

I hate her too. Channel V presenters > Ruby Rose

lanesra23

lanesra23 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

I think he means people who generally couldn't give a shit what they hear come out of a radio. That doesn't make them idiots.

Shieldsy23

Shieldsy23 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

Unfortunately not everyone is a big music fan in case you hadn't noticed?
In fact, i'd say most aren't...
There was recently a survey I read somwhere, cannot remember for the life of me where, but it said that the average amount of concerts seen by an Australian a year has gone from 2.5 to about 0.9 over the last five years.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

What's the lesser of two evils?

You mean "anything really as long as it has a good beat"? They sound like idiots to me.

grattan

grattan said on the 8th Nov, 2010

triple j playlist + Carmen Electra + perils of live TV = the death of the ARIAs

Shieldsy23

Shieldsy23 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

I do concur sir!
Somewhat Ironic considering there's actually been a hell of a lot of great aussie material put out this year across the spectrum.

Quicky

Quicky said on the 8th Nov, 2010

Channel V presenters. They have taste but a part of their jobs is to interview all the untalented mainstream stars.

Shieldsy23

Shieldsy23 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

Wrong.
The worst is anything related to MTV...
Reality TV killed it.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

They have taste? Ppph. They're GIVEN taste.

I once complimented that Billy dick on his Hold Steady shirt at a [V] Live gig. He said the wardrobe people had just given it to him.

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

Why wouldn't they have decent taste in music?

James Mathison for example was regularly seen at many credible gigs during his time hosting Australian Idol.

It's not like you can get a job as a VJ playing critically acclaimed, independent music.

oldgregg

oldgregg said on the 8th Nov, 2010

kyle and jane seem to be pretty into the music.
danny is a douche, sure. but channel v have had some good presenters over the years, andrew g, james m, yumi, jabba etc and yumi knows her shit.

berlinchair101

berlinchair101 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

They have taste? Ppph. They're GIVEN taste.

I once complimented that Billy dick on his Hold Steady shirt at a [V] Live gig. He said the wardrobe people had just given it to him.

It's tv, I doubt they'd be allowed to wear anything that wardrobe didn't pick for them.

I love Yumi! Chit Chat annoys the fuck out of me though, he makes a big deal about too many shitty
80's bands for my liking.

random_hero

random_hero said on the 8th Nov, 2010

Nobody wants to be a gatecrasher.

And for viewers of the Arias last night, it felt like we’d stumbled into some raging A-list party and we definitely weren’t invited.

Staged for the first time at the Sydney Opera House, in an ultra-casual outdoor telecast, the awards seemed to be a cracker, but only if you had the all-important gold lanyard around your neck.

It was like we were the designated driver on a massive night out, relegated to lemonades all evening while everyone else got stuck into the open bar.

The idea of presenters among the crowd sounded good in theory, but it meant people stumbling through the shot, and artists having to wade through the crowd to accept their gongs…

When they knew they’d won, that is.

Powderfinger had to be located by Aria officials, after not even knowing they’d just nabbed an award.

Arriving at the presentation area with beer still in hand, lead singer Bernard Fanning had to ask Carmen Electra what they’d won.

I guess when you’ve got the best part of 20 Arias to your name, what’s another pointy statue on the mantle piece?

Perhaps the producers should have put tracking devices on the artists, so they knew where the heck they were, or resorted to those buzzers they use at bistros to tell you when come collect your lamb special from the counter.

And so much for all those costly government anti-drinking campaigns, the message kind of gets lost when artists saunter onto the “stage” clutching a stubbie.

The alleged high point of the night - Best Album and Best Single – to Angus and Julia Stone was cringeworthy, the duo was facing the wrong way and barely able to manage entire sentences.

Host Nat Bass had to keep running backstage to breast feed (later admitting she felt “like a cow”), Dylan went missing for a huge chunk of the start after being unable to get down from on top of the Opera House. And what the heck was he doing pretending to hump someone in the crowd later on, seriously, is this where Australian TV is at?

Ronan Keating and Marcia Hines were about as compatible as Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard post-knifing, and Bob Katter’s “Araria” gaffe was, well, atrocious.

Social networking sites have gone mad dissing the event, even the event’s Wikipedia page was hacked into today saying “the 2010 Aria Awards sucked. Badly”.

Guests who were there said it was a great night, but it reignites the debate of what the Arias are actually all about… is it an event staged for the musicians and the people there, or is it for a TV audience?

Well, maybe they should just do it for the industry, cos no one’s watching anyway.

Coming in 17th on the most-watched list last night and drawing just 624,000 viewers, it was smashed by pretty much everything, including Poirot: Evil Under The Sun and The X-Factor.

We didn’t think it could get any worse than last year’s Channel 9 debacle, which rated just over 700,000 – which was 400,000 down on 2008.

Australian TV is lurching from one disaster to the next. Who would have guessed the Next Top Model finale debacle could be topped so quickly?

Powderfinger and Guy Sebastian’s live performances were the only real watchable moments of a shambolic telecast, although it could be argued Steve Kilbey’s trainwreck presentation to the Stones was actually a highlight – the point where he was clearly wound up by a producer was a classic, he was like a drunken uncle rambling on at your 21st.

Event producer Mark Pope admitted even before the event that there would be a pretty frank review process, so we can only hope they figure out what they heck they want the awards to be – an industry event or a TV spectacle for the peeps who actually shelled out the cash for the albums.

Because I’m not sure I’ll be gatecrashing again next year.

http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/worst-arias-ever/

Demosthenes

Demosthenes said on the 8th Nov, 2010

This is one thing I completely agree with Everett True about: awards for musicians are just fucking stupid.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201011/r668977_4850655.jpg

Bull fucking shit.

lanesra23

lanesra23 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

I can't imagine a Guy Sebastian performance could ever be a highlight. Even if it was a flawless performance, all his songs are unbearable.

The rest of the review seems to correspond with what everyone on here has said.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

I wouldn't say unbearable. He's gotten a lot better since "Angels Brought Me Here."

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

I can't imagine a Guy Sebastian performance could ever be a highlight. Even if it was a flawless performance, all his songs are unbearable.

Assuming he turns up, I am meant to be playing Guy Sebastian in cricket this Saturday.

I'll give a review of his performance next Monday.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

Hopefully the weather clears up for it! Is it pissing down up in Syd?

lanesra23

lanesra23 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

Personal opinion. Could not stand 'Like it Like That'. The few other songs of his I've heard were just as hard to handle.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

http://www.bootcampking.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/NoShitSherlock.jpg

He does some pretty smooth Motown covers, and some of the tracks on the last record were pretty well-done, too. He's got an excellent voice for the big-band kind of stuff.

Shieldsy23

Shieldsy23 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

@Random

Could not of put it better myself.

And on the note of Guy Sebastian - Whilst his pop hits are sweet and fairly average, there's a HELL of a lot worser shit out there

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

@Random

Could not of put it better myself.

Neither could he - c/p from The Punch.

Shieldsy23

Shieldsy23 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

Yeah I got that - I'm just saying.

Overall, sounds like the ARIA's needs a serious overhaul.
Love the Fanning thing. Good to see Aussie rock acts still have their priorities in order.

redman300_bulldogs

redman300_bulldogs said on the 8th Nov, 2010

Last night's Aria's were pathetic.Every fucking award had the same nominees.Put some Dead Letter Circus or Parkway Drive or something on with a little balls. Congrats to Dan Sultan and Sia tho.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

Sia doesn't have balls...

mondo22

mondo22 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

damn. im so late in posting.
but fuck me the ARIAS was AWKWARD!

Ronan Keeting: So... errr, what now Marcia?
Marcia: Well that's all from us Ronan.

and how many sex references were there throughout the night?

ARARIAs? Wtf?

and what was with Marcia and Ronan not asking Angus and Julia stone to do an acceptance speech?

I also thought SIA was doing a bit of a hardcore lip sync.

It was incredibly awkward when Dan Sultan got his award and the presenter was like ...*smile*... uh thanks dan.

Kasey Chambers: and the most popular Australian single goes to.
Other guy: Kasey, the most single... uhhh.

What a disastrous awards ceremony.

Quicky

Quicky said on the 8th Nov, 2010

Why wouldn't they have decent taste in music?

James Mathison for example was regularly seen at many credible gigs during his time hosting Australian Idol.

It's not like you can get a job as a VJ playing critically acclaimed, independent music.

Mathison is pretty cool. Must of gotten pretty good pay to host Australian Idol

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

Kasey Chambers: and the most popular Australian single goes to.
Other guy: Kasey, the most single... uhhh.

You don't know who fucking TIM ROGERS is?

mooney88

mooney88 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

Nice high horse man. Where did you get it?

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

http://www.legaljuice.com/yawn%20big%20funny.jpg

mondo22

mondo22 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

well i figured it was him but I wasnt 100% sure.
never been a you am I fan, nor am I one to fap over knowing who is who.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

You don't have to be a fan to know that Tim Rogers is a lot more than "the other guy". Maybe if it was Stan Walker or someon presenting, sure.

Stefan Beck

Stefan Beck said on the 8th Nov, 2010

I propose we liven up next years ARIAs by having Tracy Morgan guest host the event in character as Tracy Jordan.

Here comes the fun cooker!

Shieldsy23

Shieldsy23 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

I propose we liven up next years ARIAs by having Tracy Morgan guest host the event in character as Tracy Jordan.

Here comes the fun cooker!

Hahaha
With Kevin Smith writing the gags...
Now that shit would be funny.

Also - MAB
You are not seriously going to Jason Derulo...

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

Also - MAB
You are not seriously going to Jason Derulo...

Not seriously, no.
Should be fun.

Stefan Beck

Stefan Beck said on the 8th Nov, 2010

Are you going with friends or are you ridin' solo,ridin' solo,ridin' solo,ridin' solo sollllloooooo?

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

I'm going with a partially deaf friend. Sometimes we'll be chatting and he'll mishear me, leading him to ask "oooh whatcha sayyyyy"

oldgregg

oldgregg said on the 8th Nov, 2010

lol potd, und becks!

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

That'd probably pass as a foreign language on another forum.

mondo22

mondo22 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

ok MAB, you have permission to fap, happy?

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

I'm all for homoeroticism and all, but...is that really appropriate?
I mean, we haven't even had lunch together yet.

mondo22

mondo22 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

i meant over yourself

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

But I want it all over you.

mondo22

mondo22 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

unfortunately for you, there's just some things in life you want but just simply cannot have.

just as there is things you have that you really don't want. e.g. the image you just created in my head

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

http://images.hazecash.com/itsgonnahurt/t1/wp2.jpg

oldgregg

oldgregg said on the 8th Nov, 2010

that's a pretty sweet post too.

http://www.dvd.net.au/movies/a/03377-1.jpg

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

Emilioooooooooo

mondo22

mondo22 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

haha. i do understand this reference.

lukey26

lukey26 said on the 8th Nov, 2010

that's a pretty sweet post too.

http://www.dvd.net.au/movies/a/03377-1.jpg

So much win.

Quicky

Quicky said on the 8th Nov, 2010

Not seriously, no.
Should be fun.

Is this tomorrow night at the Hordern? I think my little sis is going to this :|

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 8th Nov, 2010

Sweet, I'll see her in the back of the van.

Quicky

Quicky said on the 9th Nov, 2010

*clap* *clap* *clap*

gumbuoy

gumbuoy said on the 9th Nov, 2010

Aww man, I didnt hear about that, that wouldve been awesome to see.

Someone wanna give this woman a crash course in how Wikipedia works vis a vis editing vs hacking?

grattan

grattan said on the 9th Nov, 2010

Channel Ten has responded to the ARIAs criticism:

The ARIAs are a very important event in the Australian music landscape and last night's performances were fantastic.

So there! Everyone shutup, Ten says it was fantastic.

lukey26

lukey26 said on the 9th Nov, 2010

Channel Ten has responded to the ARIAs criticism:

The ARIAs are a very important event in the Australian music landscape and last night's performances were fantastic.

So there! Everyone shutup, Ten says it was fantastic.

They said the performances were fantastic... not the actual 'ceremony.' What we have here is a not so clever press release statement from Ch. 10.

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 9th Nov, 2010

Channel Ten has responded to the ARIAs criticism:

The ARIAs are a very important event in the Australian music landscape and last night's performances were fantastic.

So there! Everyone shutup, Ten says it was fantastic.

IT TOTALLY KICKED DE BUTT!

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 9th Nov, 2010

Poor Mauboy. She's de-butt of all the jokes.

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 9th Nov, 2010

Have you seen her latest film clip?

Her butt seems to be what they're trying to market.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 9th Nov, 2010

I'll have to check it out. Doesn't sound too promising.

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 9th Nov, 2010

I think it was the one with Snoop.

It's a bit of a shame. They really just seem to be marketing her as an rnb sluzza.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 9th Nov, 2010

She didn't particularly show much potential to begin with.

gumbuoy

gumbuoy said on the 9th Nov, 2010

Channel Ten has responded to the ARIAs criticism:

The ARIAs are a very important event in the Australian music landscape and last night's performances were fantastic.

So there! Everyone shutup, Ten says it was fantastic.

Still, Channel 10 think Idol is fantastic, so take that with a grain of salt...

lukey26

lukey26 said on the 9th Nov, 2010

Saw her once. Very meh performance.

grattan

grattan said on the 9th Nov, 2010

Ever wondered what happens to all the songs Beyonce rejects?

They get offered to every singer in the western world and finally end up here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RlJuCkYajY&feature=fvw

grattan

grattan said on the 10th Nov, 2010

From the Music Network:

Singer Jessica Mauboy has blamed a mixture of a long script and a rushed rehearsal for her recent 'de-butt' ARIA gaffe.

In one of the night's most unintentionally funny moments, the Get 'Em Girls artist mis-pronounced 'debut' as 'de-butt' not once, but twice when talking about Tame Impala's new album Innerspeaker (which she called Inner Speak).

She told Nova's Action Battle Team in an interview last night: "I wasn’t actually reading it. It wasn’t going through my head… I only got the script day and it was like ‘have a look and go do your hair and make-up.’ That’s how the lady was when she handed me the script.

"I was like ‘are you serious, I have to say all that!’ I was looking at Geoff [Huegill] and I was like ‘man you only got five lines’. Why did they give me all that?

"[Saying de-butt] didn’t register I guess, it didn’t go through my head, I’m sorry… I was laughing by the end of it. When I heard it back, I was just crapping myself. After it registered what I said, I was like ‘whatever, I killed it, okay, it’s done, it’s on there.’"

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 10th Nov, 2010

batdan

batdan said on the 10th Nov, 2010

I think it was the one with Snoop.

It's a bit of a shame. They really just seem to be marketing her as an rnb sluzza.

Snoop went down a notch after I heard this

chico21

chico21 said on the 11th Nov, 2010

Ever wondered what happens to all the songs Beyonce rejects?

They get offered to every singer in the western world and finally end up here:

that is a hideous song.

I'm all for Guy Sebastian - he can sing and perform - not my choice in music but he's definitely talented. Not everyone has to produce music that I like.

I think the ARIAs should just go back to being an award ceremony for musicians - the public don't need to be involved. 600,000 people watched so clearly no one cares!

lanesra23

lanesra23 said on the 11th Nov, 2010

^^And the only awards should be for highest sales. None of this 'best album' shit.

gumbuoy

gumbuoy said on the 11th Nov, 2010

but whats the point of giving an award to someone who just mathematically sold the most records? there'll be no suspense, because everyone will know well in advance who is going to win.

plus the people who sold the most records dont really need any more encouragement or publicity to sell more records.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 11th Nov, 2010

I agree with Mr. Pink - I think the Album of The Year award is a great profile booster. A & J put out a great record, and I'm glad they got recognition for it.

lukey26

lukey26 said on the 11th Nov, 2010

Have fun seeing any more intimate Angus and Julia shows in future. Profile is too high now.

Glad I caught them at the slightly big Palace before they sold out 4 Palais shows.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 11th Nov, 2010

I can't see why they wouldn't play the Enmore again - it's a perfect venue for them, they were really good there.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 11th Nov, 2010

Oh, and:

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkipsHlna1qzaza2o1_500.jpg

This will never get old.

lukey26

lukey26 said on the 11th Nov, 2010

Not saying it isn't, but the demand for them will be huge now. Much like I can't see Birds of Tokyo returning to the Hi Fi Bar for a long time.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 11th Nov, 2010

They can fuck off entirely, for all I care.

lukey26

lukey26 said on the 11th Nov, 2010

So can Amy Meredith.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 11th Nov, 2010

Entirely relevant.

snapcrackleROCK

snapcrackleROCK said on the 12th Nov, 2010

Have fun seeing any more intimate Angus and Julia shows in future. Profile is too high now.

Glad I caught them at the slightly big Palace before they sold out 4 Palais shows.

Now, if they would just buy some soap...

grattan

grattan said on the 12th Nov, 2010

Guy Sebastian on getting bullied at the ARIAs:

AUSTRALIAN Idol winner Guy Sebastian has revealed the bullying and harassment he received from fellow musicians at the ARIA Awards.

''I remember there was a couple of bands that were huge at the time and they completely tore shreds off me, even on the red carpet. Oh my gosh there was one dude, who I swear backstage, I actually kind of scared this guy … he was coming up to me all through the red carpet and saying 'oh, you no-talent hack' or 'should I bend over now for you, you faggot' - I mean it was full-on.''

Sebastian said his partner, now wife, Jules, was also ridiculed.

''[The musician] was taunting me the whole way down the red carpet and through the night as well. And then he said something to Jules as well and it kind of tipped me over the edge. Yeah, that was my early experience of the ARIAs, there was just a lot of attitude - it actually wasn't that pleasant.''

The incident took place in 2004 - a year after Sebastian had been voted the winner of Australian Idol.But it wasn't just other musicians giving Sebastian a hard time, he was also verbally abused by a promoter.

''There was one person that I'd never heard of, which I should have known, because later on in life I've learnt this person was quite an influential person in the Australian music industry. You know, he came up to me [at the ARIAs] and said 'you've got no idea about the industry' and basically tore shreds off me. Yeah, it was really full-on, he said 'you don't even know who I am, do you?' and went off his nut at me,'' Sebastian said.

It is the first time the singer has spoken so openly about the rift in the music industry between artists who believe they've done the ''hard yards'' on the road and winners of shows such as Australian Idol.

''The more I went [to the awards] - and this will be my eighth ARIAs - in the last few years I feel like a lot of those people, they don't even get invites now. So I feel like I've endured it and a lot of the arseholes, I guess, have been and gone. And you know, it won't be my last invite to an ARIAs and I'm glad I stuck it out … it wasn't easy,'' he said.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 12th Nov, 2010

Fuck, full-on.

Even though that was kind of the period where everyone was giving him/Idol shit, that's so awful.

berlinchair101

berlinchair101 said on the 12th Nov, 2010

Wow what a cunt.

Stefan Beck

Stefan Beck said on the 12th Nov, 2010

I just want to know who the people are.

lukey26

lukey26 said on the 12th Nov, 2010

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