Daniel Johns-Guitar and vocals.
Ben Gillies-Drums.
Chris Joannou-Bass Guitar.
When on tour:
Sam Holloway-Keyboard.
silverchair first hit the spotlight when their entry to SBS's Nomad-Pick Me Competition, a 6 minute version of Tomorrow, won.
The song was aired on Triple J Radio, and the rest is well, history. The response was massive for the song, and not long after, their debut
record, Frogstomp hit the Australian charts at Number 1, going on to sell over 3 million copies. A comprehensive world tour followed and on February 2nd, 1997,
the second record from them, Freak Show, was released also debuting at number 1, proving that they were no one hit wonders. More tours followed, including
the Australian Summer Freak Shows Tour all over the nation.
1998 was a reasonably uneventful year for silverchair, lying low, not touring and not releasing any records. I think that 1999 so far
has more than made up for this. With the release of Neon Ballroom, another debuting chart-topper, which is their best effort yet, a major worldwide tour, including
Australia, many of these being web-broadcast for millions to see, this year is looking good from everyone's point of view.
Oz/NZ Tour Dates
Fri Nov 26-Auckland
Sun Nov 28-Homebake Gold Coast Parklands
Tues Nov 30-Rockhampton Music Bowl
Wed Dec 1-Townsville Entertainment Centre
Thur Dec 2-Cairns Convention Centre
Sat Dec 4-Launceston Going South Festival Inveresk Railyards
Sun Dec 5-Perth Joondalup Arena
Sat Dec 11-Homebake Sydney The Domain
U.S/Canada Tour Dates
These dates supporting Blink 182
Tues Nov 2-Mesa, AZ Amphitheatre
Wed Nov 3-San Luis Obispoca Cal Poly Recreation Centre-SOLD OUT
Thurs Nov 4-San Francisco Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Fri Nov 5-Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre-SOLD OUT
Mon Nov 8-Minneapolis Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Wed Nov 10-Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens
Fri Nov 12-Lowell, MA Tsongas Arena-SOLD OUT
Sat Nov 13-New York Roseland-SOLD OUT
Sun Nov 14-Asbury Park NJ Convention Hall-SOLD OUT
Tues Nov 16-Philadelphia Electric Factory-SOLD OUT
Fri Nov 18-Orlando UCF Arena
Sat Nov 19-Atlanta Tabemade-SOLD OUT
