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AMBER LAWRENCE and LUKE DICKENS, VICTORIA BAILLIE, LUKE AUSTEN
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THE COUNTRY’S NEW STARS

“The Country’s New Stars” tour is jammed packed with Australia’s new award winning artists Amber Lawrence, Victoria Baillie, Luke Austen and Aust Idol runner up Luke Dickens.
Amber Lawrence (2010 Telstra Horizon Award) & (Female Vocalist of the Year – VIC National Country Music Awards)
Luke Dickens (2008 Australian Idol Runner Up)
Victoria Baillie (2010 New Talent of the Year)
Luke Austen (2010 Star Maker Winner)

Over the years Australia has produced some amazing new artists who, through sheer determination, hard work and of course talent, rise to the top and become our stars of tomorrow. All four artists who feature in this 2-hour show – are not only stars of tomorrow, but the new stars of today!

The exciting show traces their career and features their hits and some classics individually and collectively on stage. If you want great entertainment and bang for your buck, this is the show you want to see. With the majority of shows being “all ages” it allows for a great family night out that won’t break the bank!

Very rarely do you have such recent award winning artists on one stage in one show!

AMBER LAWRENCE spearheads the show after winning the new “Telstra Horizon Award” at Tamworth’s Golden Guitars as well as “Female Vocalist of the Year” at the Victorian National Country Music Awards. Her current single “Wrecking Ball” (from her 2^nd album “When It All Comes Down”) has just hit Number 1 on both the CMC video Charts and Country Tracks Top 30, following the same success of her first single “Don’t Do Lonely Well”.. At this year’s Golden Guitars in Tamworth Amber was nominated for 3 awards - “Female Artist of the Year”, “Video of the Year” and “APRA Song of the Year”. Previous awards include: “Independent FEMALE VOCALIST of the Year” (07 & 08 Southern Star Awards); “Independent ARTIST of the Year” (08 Southern Star Awards); “Independent SINGLE of the Year – ‘Gonna Fly’ (08 Southern Star Awards); “Independent ALBUM of the Year” (08 Southern Star Awards); “People’s Choice Award FEMALE ARTIST of the Year” (Tamworth Country Music Festival 09) and APRA/AMCOS Independent Country Music Single of the Year” – “The Mile” (09 Southern Star Awards). In addition to these wins, Amber has been received nominations for; “CMC Artist of the Year” (08, 09 and 10); “Female Artist of the Year” Golden Guitars (08), “New Talent of the Year Golden Guitars (08) and APRA Country Work of the Year (09). Amber has toured the country relentless for the past 3 years notching up over 400 shows having performed at all the major festivals such as the Gympie Muster (2^nd highest selling album at the festival 09) and the Deni Ute Muster amongst other festivals such as Whittlesea, Norfolk Island, Mt Isa, Perth City Muster and CMC Rocks The Snowys. One of Amber’s biggest hits “Good Girls” is still a radio favourite having spent 5 weeks at the #1 position and is always a crowd favourite. Amber’s up-lifting live performance captures an audience’s sense of fun leaving them feeling good with a positive outlook on life, just as Amber does. www.amberlawrence.com.au

Australian Idol runner-up LUKE DICKENS captured the ears, hearts and minds of Australians throughout his 2008 Idol performance. Luke’s story is a truly remarkable tale of the diamond in the rough. Luke’s success has taken him far from the humble beginnings of pub dreams in his hometown of Young NSW to the steps of the Sydney Opera House, where he performed in front of a crowd of 10,000 and a TV audience of over 5 million. At age 16 he left school and headed into the shearing trade where he made a living for the next 9 years. In May 2008, at age 26 on a dare Luke turned up to the Australian Idol auditions. To his surprise after signing a gutsy version of Billy Joel’s Piano Man he was given that rare gold ticket to Sydney. Luke charmed the country with his rock tunes and down to earth nature. In 2009 Luke released his debut single “Seize The Day” and is currently putting the finishing touches to his debut album in Sydney for release in 2010. The boy from the country is now a house-hold name, but with all of his success, the thing about Luke is that is even though you can take the boy out of the country, you will never take the country out of the boy. www.lukedickens.com

The 2010, “Maton New Talent of the Year” winner, VICTORIA BAILLIE released her self-titled debut EP in 2006, establishing herself as one of the hot new talents. Since the release of her album “Start Brand New” in early 2009, Victoria has toured nationally and had significant chart success as well as receiving a clothing endorsement from RM Williams. Having previously been nominated in the finals of numerous awards, including the 2006 MusicOz Awards, the 2007 Coopers Golden Saddle and the Australian Country Music People’s Choice Awards, Victoria took home the Rising Star/Female Award at the 2006 Independent Country Music Awards, and her EP was named the winner of the Tasmanian and New Zealand EP of the Year. Victoria also reached the grand final of both the 2007 and 2008 Toyota Star Maker Competition, named a finalist in the 2007 Telstra Road to Tamworth Competition and was also a finalist in the 2009 Golden Saddle Awards. Her music is fresh, innovative and undeniably contemporary. “Melt” the first single off the album showcased her superb vocals and the second single “Make Me” reached #3 on the Country Tracks Top 30 and #2 on the CMC Chart. Victoria’s current single “Stupid” currently rides in both the CMC and Country Tracks chart. www.victoriabaillie.com

2010 Toyota Star Maker WINNER LUKE AUSTEN has a wealth of experience for a 28 year old. This singer songwriter released his debut 5 track EP at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in 2009 and recently had a final cut on Troy Cassar-Daley’s ARIA Award winning album “I Love This Place” with a co-written song with Troy “This Town Is Me”. Travelling the country for the past 5 years with music super-star Troy Cassar-Daley, Austen has played major events like Tamworth Country Music Festival, Gympie Muster, Caboolture Urban Music Festival, Aboriginal Dreaming Festivals, A Day on the Green vineyard concerts, Perth City Muster, Darwin City Muster to name a few. Before touring with Troy, Austen toured with music legend and award winning Bush-Balladeer Brian Young for four years. After picking up a guitar when he was 6 years old Luke has never looked back and as a guitar session player Luke has also played with legends including Jimmy Barnes, Kasey Chambers, Paul Kelly, Sara Storer, Wendy Matthews, Beccy Cole and Jimmy Little. www.myspace.com/lukeaustenmusic

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