Tag: Divinyls

Chrissy Amphlett and Tim Finn’s previously unreleased collaboration Some Times brings together three songs recorded more than 30 years ago.

Former Divinyls guitarist and songwriter Bjarne Ohlin has signed worldwide publishing representation and is returning to composition after a long career in music and education.

Sheridan Harbridge talks about preparing to play Divinyls icon Chrissy Amphlett in the theatrical production Amplified The Exquisite Rock And Rage Of Chrissy Amphlett.

Amplified: The Exquisite Rock And Rage Of Chrissy Amphlett is set to return to Melbourne for a strictly limited five show run at the Comedy Theatre this March.

Billy Steinberg, the songwriter behind Like A Virgin, Eternal Flame and Divinyls’ I Touch Myself, has died aged 75.

Stu Cook of Creedence Clearwater Revival reveals that Divinyls frontwoman Chrissy Amphlett inspired Jackdawg’s song The Girl From Oz, written with Keith Knudsen and John McFee of The Doobie Brothers.

Kate Ceberano has delivered a powerful new live version of the Divinyls’ iconic debut single ‘Boys In Town’, first brought to life by the late, great Chrissy Amphlett.

Chrissy Amphlett lost her battle with cancer on 21 April, 2013, 10 years ago today.

Former Divinyls member Charley Drayton will be heading out on tour as the drummer for the Bob Dylan band for Bob’s upcoming ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour 2021-2024’.

Warren McLean, a one-time drummer for Divinyls and I’m Talking, has died in Bali.

Divinyls Australian tour has been cancelled.

Australia has kicked off the 2019 live music season with a vibrant series of acts with the Red Hot Summer series bringing local and international acts across Australia and a number of bands back together including Do Re Mi, Divinyls and The Beasts.

Here is the first footage of Lauren Ruth Ward out from of the new Divinyls line-up.

In a brand new Noise11 iHeartRadio show for 2018 you’ll hear songs from the series one line-up of Red Hot Summer.

Divinyls came out of Air Supply and Air Supply came out of Jesus Christ Superstar. It is incredible that that one theatre production of 1975 generated two of Australia’s biggest international acts of the 70s and 80s.

On Monday Divinyls co-founder Mark McEntee announced he will tour a new line-up of his legendary band in 2019. While the announcement was met with scorn from Charley Drayton, the husband of his late co-founder Chrissy Amphlett, the fact remains that Divinyls is very much a part of McEntee’s legacy and he is well within his rights to honor that legacy any way he sees fit.

Divinyls co-founder Mark Entee has put together a new Divinyls line-up to tour in 2019 in celebration of the life of Chrissy Amphlett.

Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett will be included into the Hall of Fame at the next The Age Music Victoria Awards.

Ken Firth, bass player for Melbourne’s 70s pop band The Ferrets, has passed away.

Isabella Manfredi of The Preatures will front an all-new lineup of Divinyls.

Melbourne’s Amphlett Lane, named after Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett, will soon have a podcast and walking tour after funding approval by the Victorian Government.

30 years ago, in the summer of 87, Jimmy Barnes, INXS, Models, Divinyls, I’m Talking, The Saints and The Triffids toured with the Australian Made festival.

Amphlett Lane will become a music venue for one night only as part of Melbourne Music Week in November.

Australian artists have been working on a Chrissy Amphlett tribute in recent months and now ‘Divinyls Reworked’ has been released.

Syria Lamonte may have been Australia’s first-ever pop star. Syria was the first known Australian to make a commercial recording and her song ‘They Always Follow Me’ has been added to the Sounds of Australia archives.

It’s official. Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett will have a Melbourne lane named in her honour.

Melbourne will soon have an Amphlett Lane honouring the late Chrissy Amphlett of Divinyls.

Tanya Plibersek, the Federal Member for Sydney, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Parliament, has been named Ambassador for the #itouchmyselfproject.