Australia, it's back... by overwhelmingly popular demand!
Happy Days Records by special arrangement with its president "Big Al Delvecchio" brings this unique concept to the stage with new stars and memories from the era that reigns supreme in Rock N Roll history. Big Al - world famous drive-in owner of Al's Diner - has cooked up a rock and roll feast large enough to whet any appetite assembling the greatest band ever to take you back to a decade that created music legends and influenced a formidable culture, performing a catalogue where their songs are timeless, their hits are endless, and their flair is never forgotten. Rock like never before and take the journey back to the Class of '59.
Dance with us back to an era when rock and roll influenced and created a social movement for the teenagers of its day... an era where black horned rimmed glasses became a trend... an era where petrol was so cheap that it fuelled not only the hot rods on the roads but fired up a musical movement that would only be lived for a short while but would last in the hearts and souls of billions for eternity. It is this era that will be recreated on stage.
Fans of the show will be able to take their concert experience home with them with the purchase of the official "Class of '59" tour CD featuring a compilation of the hits from the golden era performed on the tour and will be available only on this tour.
INTRODUCING THE CLASS OF '59 BAND FOR THE ‘ROCK AROUND AUSTRALIA' TOUR 2012:
ELVIS PRESLEY - Launching the rock and roll revolution with his commanding voice and charismatic stagepresence, we'll re-live Presley's string of hits that captivated and liberated the teenage audience of the '50s including "Don't Be Cruel," "Hound Dog," "Love Me Tender," "All Shook Up" and "Jailhouse Rock."
BUDDY HOLLY - Pioneering Rock and Roll in the '50s with his trademark horn-rimmed glasses and the ever so engaging and charismatic figure with his vocal hiccup spanning a career that lasted only two short years, but brought with it a wealth of material that made a lasting impact on popular music including "That'll Be The Day", "Peggy Sue", "Oh Boy!", "Maybe Baby" and "Rave On".
JOHNNY CASH - One of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, his songs and sound spanned many genres including country, rockabilly and rock and roll. This crossover appeal led to Cash being inducted in to the Country Music Hall Of Fame, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Cash recorded a string of rockabilly hits that included "Cry, Cry, Cry," "Folsom Prison Blues" and "I Walk the Line."
BILL HALEY - Labeled as "the father of rock and roll" and credited by many with first popularizing rock and roll in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley and the Comets and their hit song "Rock Around The Clock" - an anthem for rebellious fifties youth that changed the face of Rock and Roll - Haley, for most of the Fifties, was a presence on the record charts with hits including "See You Later, Alligator," "R.O.C.K.", "The Saints Rock ‘n' Roll", "Rip It Up", "Rudy's Rock" and "Skinny Minnie".
JERRY LEE LEWIS - Jerry Lee Lewis came to fame in 1957 and dubbed the wild man of rock and roll, embodying its most reckless and high-spirited impulses. Jerry Lee Lewis is on such piano-pounding rockers from the late Fifties as "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "Great Balls of Fire," and "Crazy Arms".
EDDIE COCHRAN - Though Eddie Cochran was only twenty-one when he died, he left a lasting mark as a rock and roll pioneer. Cochran zeroed in on teenage angst and desire with such classics as "C'mon Everybody," "Something Else," "Twenty Flight Rock" and "Summertime Blues." A flashy stage dresser with a tough-sounding voice, Cochran epitomized the sound and the stance of the Fifties rebel rocker.
JP Richardson aka THE BIG BOPPER - JP Richardson, commonly known as The Big Bopper, was an American disc jockey singer, and songwriter whose big voice and exuberant personality made him an early rock and roll star. Richardson began as a songwriter writing hits for George Jones (White Lightning #1 country hit in 1959) and Johnny Preston (Running Bear #1 in 1959).
STARRING:
Buddy Holly - Scott Cameron
Elvis Presley - Anthony Petrucci
Johnny Cash - Daniel Thompson
Bill Hayley - Tom Carruthers
Eddie Cochran - Duncan McConnell
Big Bopper Junior - Simon O`Connor
Jerry Lee Lewis - Cassidy Wilson
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SHOW DETAILS
| Dates: Friday, 1 June 2012 |
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| Time: 8.00pm |
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| Tickets: $65.00 |
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| More Info: '50s music tribute |
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| | HOW TO BOOK
| Phone:3810 6100 (Credit Card Only) Monday - Friday 8.00am - 4.30pm |
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| In Person:Visit the Ipswich Civic Centre Ticket Office located at:
143 Brisbane Street, Ipswich
(Entry from Ipswich City Mall).
Monday - Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm |
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If you order online, you can now select your seat or let us choose the best available for your group. |
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