Crowded House and Angus & Julia Stone are the performers booked for the 2024 Rolling Stone Australia Awards, which will be presented on March 26 at The Ivy in central Sydney.
A household name in these parts, Crowded House have enjoyed No. 1s in Australia, the UK and a late leader in the US last year when 'Don't Dream It's Over' appeared at the summit of Billboard's Top TV Songs chart , after syncing in its 14th episode Magnum PI's fifth season.
The song was the Australian band's highest-charting song on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 2 in April 1987.
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Formed by New Zealand alternative rock favorites Split Enz, Crowded House are members of the ARIA Hall of Fame, inducted in 2016 in recognition of a career that has seen over 15 million album sales, 13 ARIA Awards, a BRIT Award and MTV VMAs.
Neil Finn's folk-rock prepares for release Gravity Stairs on May 31, their eighth studio LP and first through a new, worldwide deal with BMG. Four of these seven previous studio albums have reached No.1 on the ARIA Chart. The Australia/NZ act recently headlined Melbourne's first edition of Global Citizen Nights.
Also playing on the night are sibling folk and indie duo Angus & Julia Stone, whose sixth studio album Cape Forestier is due out on May 10th, also via BMG. Angus could double at night. is nominated in the best record category for Dope Lemon's fourth studio LP Kimosabe.
The Stones had a breakthrough in 2010 with their self-titled second album, which reached No.1 in the ARIA Chart, dominated the ARIA Awards and housed the modern classic 'Big Jet Plane'.
“With this year's awards taking place at our new home of the Ivy in Sydney, we really wanted to strengthen our artist line-up in 2024,” comments Poppy Reid, Editor-in-Chief at Rolling Stone Australia publisher The Brag Media, part of the Team vinyl.
“I can't wait to hear the incredible vocal harmonies of Angus & Julia Stone ring out in the venue. Of course, it's also an absolute privilege to reveal that Crowded House will also be taking to the stage at the awards and we're all looking forward to hearing from these genuine industry icons.”
As previously mentioned, Troye Sivan and Kylie Minogue are among the big artists in the running for the RS Australia Awards. Close contenders for multiple categories are Dom Dolla, Peach PRC, Teen Jesus and The Jean Teasers, The Teskey Brothers and Fisher.
The Ivy Sydney will host the ceremony, with winners in five categories announced on the night: Best Album, Best Single, Best New Artist, Rolling Stone Global Award and Reader's Choice Award.
Former Triple Breakfast host, now 'Matt & Alex – All Day Breakfast' podcaster Alex Dyson returns as host.
Now entering its fourth year, the awards welcome many new and returning sponsors this year, with key partner Shure returning for 2024, along with American Apparel, JMC Academy and Largo Brewing.
