Silverchair Sweeps Arias To Become All Time Award Leaders

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

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 honor.

They received the following awards:

Album Of The Year

Best Group

Single Of The Year

Best Rock Album

Highest Selling Single

This extraordinary achievement makes Silverchair the most successful artist in the entire history of the ARIA Awards. Last night's haul took the band's career tally to 19 eclipsing John Farnham's previous record of 18 career gongs. Silverchair opened the Awards telecast with a memorable performance of "Straight Lines" and set the tone for a very special night that cemented Silverchair in their rightful place as one of the most acclaimed and successful bands in Australian music history.

The ARIAs capped the busiest few months of the band's entire career. They have toured non-stop over the last 16 weeks racking up nearly 60 shows around the world including international festival appearances and their hugely successful "Across The Great Divide" tour with co-headliners, Powderfinger. Those shows came to an end on Friday night in Silverchair's home town of Newcastle.

Tour dates are below:

11/14 - Anaheim, CA: House Of Blues (SOLD OUT)
11/15 - Las Vegas, NV: The Joint
11/16 - San Diego, CA: House Of Blues (SOLD OUT)
11/18 - San Francisco, CA: The Independent (SOLD OUT)
11/20 - Los Angeles, CA: The Wiltern
11/21 - Tempe, AZ: Marquee Theatre
11/23 - Salt Lake City, UT: The Venue
11/24 - Boulder, CO: Fox Theatre
11/26 - Oklahoma City, OK: Diamond Ballroom
11/27 - Austin, TX: La Zona Rosa
11/28 - Houston, TX: Meridian
11/29 - New Orleans, LA: House Of Blues
12/01 - Orlando, FL: House Of Blues
12/02 - North Myrtle Beach, SC: House Of Blues
12/04 - Norfolk, VA: ODU Constant Convocation Center
12/07 - Columbus, OH: Newport Music Hall
12/08 - Cleveland, OH: House Of Blues
12/11 - Indianapolis, IN: Music Mill

Comments

[nick_b]

i reckon powderfinger got really screwed over. Their new album was much better, and they went home with nothing

[john3721]

Silverchair Rocks!!! They deserved every award they got.

[recliner33]

Silverchair use to rock, they deserved all the attention when they first started, but they should have went home with nothing from these awards. Young Modern is a horrible album.

[titsmcgee852]

i would have to agree with recliner there. Their old albums were so much grundgier than this one, it doesnt not have one proper rock song in it

[FaceTomorrow]

stop comparing freak show and frog stomp. If you liked those just listen to Pearl Jam and Nirvana or something. The last three Silverchair albums are different (and better IMO) than te first two.

[folklore666]

yeh, i reckon silverchair deserved most of there awards but, Powderfinger should of won album of the year

[sojabean]

silverchair just grew up. you can't really compare their albums when they were teenagers to their albums now.