Soirée: Jon Stevens and Taxiride

Soirée: Jon Stevens and Taxiride

Jon Stevens and Taxiride - The Best Of Tour
Doors 7.30pm, show start at 8pm

JON STEVENS IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE 0F THE MOST TALENTED ROCK MUSICIANS TO EMERGE FROM AUSTRALIA IN RECENT MEMORY. HE HAS HAD PHENOMENAL SUCCESS AS, A SOLO ARTIST, KNOCKING MICHAEL JACKSON OFF THE TOP OF THE CHARTS IN AUSTRALIA, AND AS THE LEAD SINGER. OF MAJOR. ROCK ACTS, NOISEWORKS, INXS AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FRIEND MICHAEL HUTCHENCE, AND THE DEAD DAISIES. IN 2016 HE JOINED FORCES WITH LEGENDARY MUSICIAN, SONGWRITER AND PRODUCER DAVE STEWART (OF EURYTHMICS) TO RECORD A NEW ALBUM, STARLIGHT.

WITH HIS MOJO FULLY I NTACT, STEVENS STANDS VIRTUALLY ALONE IN THE MUSIC SCENE, WlTH A RAW VOCAL POWER THAT WON HIM ATTENTION FIRST AS A TEENAGER. AND NOW AS A VETERAN SINGER AND SONGWRITER. TIME HAS TOUGHENED HIS DELIVERY WHILE TAPPING INTO HIS EMOTIONAL WELLSPRINGS MORE THAN EVER BEFORE.

HE'S GOT THE PEDIGREE: A RECORD-SMASHING DEBUT AT AGE 16 WITH TWO CONSECUTIVE NO. 1 SINGLES IN HIS NEW ZEALAND HOMELAND, HUGE HITS IN AUSTRALIA AS LEAD SINGER WITH NOISEWORKS, A 21 ST-CENTURY LIFTOFF TO WORLDWIDE ACCLAIM AT CENTER STAGE WITH INXS, AN ITUNES FEATURED RELEASE WITH HIS LAST BAND, THE DEAD DAISIES, WHOSE DEBUT SINGLE LOCK AND LOAD, WHICH HE WROTE AND PRODUCED WITH THE LEGENDARY SLASH ON GUITAR.

JON STEVEN'S NEW ALBUM STARLIGHT BURSTS WITH A SOULFUL ARTISTRY AND HONESTY THAT'S RARE AND BORDERS ON EXTINCTION TODAY. THE TITLE TRACK HAS AN UNFORGETTABLE HOOK AND IS AN INSTANT CLASSIC. VIVID LYRICS FUEL HIS PERFORMANCE ON "FEEL LIKE LETTING GO", 'SCARS', AND 'DEVIL IN MY HEAR.T". A PLAYFUL FLIRTATION IS SET TO A STEAMY SOUL BEAT ON "SOMETHING 'BOUT YOU". THE FIRST SINGLE "HOLD ON" IS CLASSIC POWERHOUSE JON STEVENS.

THE LONELY BALLAD "ONE WAY STREET" FEATURES RINGO STARR ON DRUMS. "PEOPLE" IS A LIFE-AFFIRMING SING-ALONG ANTHEM, EXTENDING HOPE TO THE HOPELESS WITH A REMINDER TO NOT "BE AFRAID OF THE SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT. YOU'RE GONNA WAKE UP IN THE MORNING LIGHT".

ALL OF THE SONGS ARE CO-WRITTEN WITH DAVE STEWART, CO-FOUNDER OF THE GRAMMY-WINNING DUO EURYTHMICS, WHO ALSO PRODUCED THE ALBUM AS WELL AS PLAYED GUITAR.

DIFFERENT AS THEY ARE, EACH TRACK ON STARLIGHT OVERFLOWS WITH FEELING, WITH CANDOR, WITH AN EXUBERANCE THAT COMES FROM BEING PLUGGED INTO
LIFE. EVERYTHING STEVENS HAS SURVIVED, LEARNED FROM, MASTERED AND MADE LEADS TO THIS ALBUM.

Taxiride - Cutting their teeth on the streets of Melbourne's eclectic music scene in the late 90's was the best apprenticeship for four local musicians; Dan Hall, Tim Watson, Tim Wild and Jason Singh.
Getting together to write and record a couple of days a week the four members honed their distinctive sound. Upon hearing the band's demos, Seymour Stein the president of US label Sire Records immediately signed the band. Stein's previous signings included Madonna, Talking Heads and The Ramones. The enormous success of Taxiride is well documented. Very few bands can lay claim to have had the impact the four members had in Australia and Internationally.

Double platinum number 1 albums, 7 top 40 hit singles including "Get Set', "Everywhere You Go", "Creepin' Up Slowly", "How I Got This Way","Oh Yeah" and an ARIA Award. Worldwide tours throughout the US, Europe, Japan, India, and Australia including the 24/7 Final Tina Turner Tour culminating with two sold out shows at London's Wembley Stadium. Now in 2015 the original line up is back together. The amazing harmonies, the guitars, the hit songs and the unique sound that was and still is Taxiride are all there in a live show that takes you on a journey to a time where music and songs had meaning and emotion.

"When you get the four of us in a room and we sing together something very special happens. As corny as it sounds there is magic between the four of us and we have all missed it"
- Jason Singh

"We set out to make great music that would last, l think our songs stand the test of time and to be playing them live again is a real treat for us"
- Tim Watson