Glenn Shorrock, Brian Cadd, Daryl Braithwaite Head Up Memorial Concert For Darryl Cotton - Noise11 Music News
Darryl Cotton

Darryl Cotton

Glenn Shorrock, Brian Cadd, Daryl Braithwaite Head Up Memorial Concert For Darryl Cotton

by Andrew Tijs on September 5, 2012

in Live,News

A host of stars join forces to pay tribute to the life of late Australian pop star, actor and TV host Darryl Cotton.

Darryl Cotton

Darryl Cotton

The Concert For Daz: A Celebration Of The Life Of Darryl Cotton will feature legends of Australian pop and rock, as well as his Early Bird Show colleagues Agro and Marty Monster.

The musical line-up is solid gold, with friends and collaborators Glenn Shorrock, Brian Cadd, Keays & Morris, Daryl Braithwaite, Debra Byrne, Ronnie Burns, Lisa Edwards, Paul Norton, Wendy Stapleton and The Australian Youth Choir all performing.

Producer Jeff Joseph says “Everyone has rushed to put their hand up, offering their support and assistance in all aspects of putting this concert together.  It’s an amazing display of how popular Darryl really was amongst his peers.”

The memorial concert and benefit for Cotton takes place on Tuesday 23 October at St. Kilda’s Palais Theatre. Tickets go on sale this coming Monday 10 September through Ticketmaster.

Relive Cotton’s 1980 smash hit ‘Same Old Girl’ below.

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