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IT WAS a damn fine weekend for Newcastle's Johns boys. The footballer Andrew married on Saturday, ending a tumultuous year of controversy and career retirement, while the musician Daniel cleaned up last night at the ARIA awards, capping a stunning year of career resurrection.

Daniel Johns's band Silverchair, which he formed with Chris Joannou and Ben Gillies in 1992 when they were 13-year-olds…

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Silverchair has won five ARIA awards, making them the most acclaimed band in Australian entertainment history.

The boys from Newcastle are now ahead of John Farnham, INXS and AC/DC with a record 19 ARIAs to their name.

The five awards were for album of the year (Young Modern), best single of the year (Straight Lines), best group, best rock album and highest selling single.

Lead singer Daniel Johns could hardly believe their success.

“We were so happy with just one or two...”

Fellow veteran rockers Powderfinger failed to walk away with a single gong after the release of Dream Days at the Hotel Existence.

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Silverchair swept the 2007 ARIA Awards in Sydney last night. They won five ARIA's - more than any other artist this year.

 

Silverchair — Ben Gillies, (left) Daniel Johns and Chris Joannou — whoop it up as they arrive at the ARIA awards.
Photo: Andrew Meares

Most significantly the band took out the prestigious Album Of The Year award for their acclaimed "Young Modern". While they've had five chart topping albums over their career this was actually the first time that any Silverchair release has received that honour.

They also received the following awards:
Best Group
Single Of The Year
Best Rock Album
Highest Selling Single

This extraordinary achievement…

by Christine Sams

SILVERCHAIR'S Chris Joannou, Daniel Johns and Ben Gillies have spent the past two months touring with their mates from Powderfinger.

Tonight, Australia's two biggest rock bands will face off at the ARIA Awards. Silverchair's top-selling album, Young Modern, is favoured to win album of the year and best rock album.

It is also among the nominees for the highest-selling album of the year. Other artists to dominate music sales in the past 12 months are Missy Higgins (On A Clear Night), Damien Leith (The Winner's Journey), and comedian Billy Birmingham (The 12th Man — Boned!).

Johns is expected to attend the awards at Acer Arena in Sydney with his wife, Natalie Imbruglia, alongside Nicole Kidman, who will accompany husband Keith Urban. Urban will perform with John Butler.

New talents will include Sneaky Sound System and Operator Please, bands who have been embraced by the generation of music fans which download music via…

HOST Rove McManus and Silverchair's Daniel Johns talk to Jonathon Moran.

RED CARPET: Stars like Daniel Johns come out for the ARIA's

 

 Worried about over-exposure, Rove McManus bowed out of hosting duties for Australian music's biggest night a few years back.

But after taking a back seat for two years, he’s ready to give the ARIA Awards another shot.

“It wasn't until this year that I was ready to get back out there,'' McManus says.

“I felt like I didn't want it to just be me every year and you worry about being overexposed sometimes.''

McManus’s production company, Roving Enterprises, produces the awards and has done so for the past six years so he's always been heavily involved behind the scenes.

“The last couple of years we've been having rotating or multiple hosts,'' he says.

“But for a while there…

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to own the personally signed Silver Sparkle G&N Bass Guitar used by Chris Joannou Bass guitarist for Silverchair.  This is his personal guitar that Chris has played for the past 9 years when touring overseas. He also played this guitar at all the concerts while touring

JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/The PressNICE SUNNIES: Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns performs in Christchurch during the band's joint tour with Powderfinger.  

 

It was an Australian invasion as Silverchair and Powderfinger kicked off thier joint New Zealand tour in Christchurch. Reviewer Matt Davey was there.
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Silverchair & Powderfinger
Where: Westpac Arena, Christchurch.
When: Tuesday, October 16.

Two of Australia's biggest rock bands over the last 10 years, Silverchair and Powderfinger, played at the Westpac Arena last night as part of their Across the Great Divide Australasian tour.

Both groups have made hay in the…

We've just completed a complete content overhaul of the chairpage.com Multimedia section. The Video sub-section now has a comprehensive list of Silverchair music videos that have been released since 1995. The Audio sub-section now has an embedded player to make listening to your favourite Silverchair track much quicker and easier.

Check it out now at http://www.chairpage.com/media/

 

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WE NEED YOUR HELP WITH CHANNEL [V] OZ ARTIST OF THE YEAR VOTING

A big thank you goes out to all the loyal Silverchair fans out there who have voted in the Channel [V] Oz Artist of the Year Award.

Silverchair have made it to the TOP 4 as voted by you from the initial list of 50 artists.

This is when things really heat up! We need your help for Silverchair to take back the throne by voting as many times as you can! You can vote up to 10 times per day!

Each time you place a vote you go into the draw to win the…

 

The LAS, Silverchair's fan club, still have quite a few prints remaining from the "Reflections of a Sound" video.  These prints have been custom framed in Australia with a metallic finish frame.  Perspex has been used instead of glass for safe shipping.

They are individually numbered (from 1 to 200) and personally signed by Daniel, Ben & Chris (see photos below).  As these are LIMITED EDITION they are sure to be collectors items in the future.  Each limited edition print comes complete with a letter of authenticity.   With the festive season fast approaching here's your chance to own something truly special.

Get yours now from http://www.chairpage.com/app/webroot/store/catalog/index.php