‘BLOOD MOON’ RISES TO #1 AND SETS NEW ARIA RECORD!

Cold Chisel’s latest studio album, the critically acclaimed Blood Moon, has debuted at #1 on the ARIA Album Chart confirming the iconic band has lost none of its rock ‘n roll swagger over the years.

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Blood Moon, the ninth studio album from Cold Chisel, lands loudly and proudly at #1 this week. It is their third #1 album in the ARIA Charts, after Twentieth Century (1984) and The Last Wave of Summer (1998). Cold Chisel had two more #1 albums before the ARIA Charts began – Circus Animals (1982) and Swingshift (1981). It has been 21 years since Cold Chisel topped the chart, and in that time they hit #2 with The Best Of Cold Chisel: All For You (2011), No Plans (2012) and The Perfect Crime (2015). Cold Chisel has broken their #2 streak, and now takes the record for most time between their first #1 and their latest – 38 years from 1981 until 2019.

 

In typical Cold Chisel style, Blood Moon is a potpourri of ideas, sounds and genres from the chooglin’ boogie of the first single Getting The Band Back Together, to the angry, viscerally epic Killing Time, the high-speed oblivion of Drive, the crazed-carnival sounds of Boundary Street to Ian Moss‘ soulful closer You Are So Beautiful.

 

Cold Chisel took time out from rehearsals for their massive, outdoor Blood Moon Tour 2020, which kicks off in Perth on New Year’s Eve and ends on 9 February at Sirromet Wines in South East Queensland, to receive the ARIA #1 Award today.

“We are really excited by Blood Moon hitting # 1 on the ARIA chart – an incredible 21 years after our last one,” says frontman Jimmy Barnes. “We never take anything for granted, so huge thanks to our loyal army of fans who have helped make this happen. We love Blood Moon– it’s our best collection of songs since the ‘80s.”

 

This week, the band also visited Sydney’s Foodbank headquarters to thank staff for their tireless work and help pack a few Christmas hampers themselves. Foodbank is Australia’s largest food relief organisation, operating on a scale that makes it crucial to the work of the front line charities who are feeding vulnerable Australians. Foodbank will be further supported in various ways throughout the Blood Moon Tour 2020 including fundraising collections at each venue on the tour and the auction of a tour banner signed by the band on eBay here.

The first 100 cassettes ordered on the band’s online store were individually numbered and all proceeds from the sale of these will go to Foodbank to assist them in providing food for 815,000 Australians each month.

Over 175,000 tickets to the outdoor Blood Moon Tour 2020 have been sold in Australia and New Zealand with A Day on the Green shows at Sirromet Wines in Queensland (1st show), Victoria’s Mt. Duneed Estate and Rochford Wines, Heifer Station in Orange, NSW and NZ’s Wharepai Domain show all SOLD OUT.

Tickets to all remaining shows on the tour are selling EXTREMELY fast so fans wanting to catch the iconic band on what’s likely to be their final major tour should act fast before they’re all gone.

Fans are reminded to only buy tickets by following the ticket links listed below. People who choose to ignore this clear advice and who instead use search engines like Google to find tickets typically get steered to unofficial reselling sites like Viagogo that often lead to rip offs.

 

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Tues, 31 December
Fremantle Park, Fremantle WA
‘Best of the West’
With Birds of Tokyo, Jebediah, Gyroscope, Carla Geneve and The Southern River Band
Presented by By The C, Mix 94.5 and MAX
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Wed, 1 January
Barnard Park, Busselton WA
‘Best of the West’
With Birds of Tokyo, Jebediah, Gyroscope, Carla Geneve and The Southern River Band
Presented by By The C, Triple M and MAX
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Sat, 4 January
Glenelg Beach, Adelaide SA
With Paul Kelly, The Teskey Brothers, The Detonators and Tim Prestwich Band
Presented by By The C, Triple M and MAX
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Tues, 7 January
All Saints Estate, Rutherglen VIC
A DAY ON THE GREEN
With Birds of Tokyo and Magic Dirt
Presented by Roundhouse Entertainment, Triple M and MAX
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Fri, 10 January
Rochford Wines, Yarra Valley VIC
A DAY ON THE GREEN
With Birds of Tokyo, Magic Dirt and The Detonators
Presented by Roundhouse Entertainment, Triple M and MAX
SOLD OUT

Sat, 11 January
Mt Duneed Estate, Geelong VIC
A DAY ON THE GREEN
With Paul Kelly, Birds of Tokyo and Magic Dirt
Presented by Roundhouse Entertainment, Triple M, Bay FM and MAX
SOLD OUT

Sat, 18 January
Hope Estate, Hunter Valley NSW
With Birds of Tokyo and Busby Marou
Presented by Triple M and MAX
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Sun, 19 January
Scully Park, Tamworth NSW
With Paul Kelly, Kasey Chambers, Troy Cassar-Daley and Charlie Collins
Presented by Zaccaria Concerts, 92.9 and MAX
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Fri, 24 January
Bankwest Stadium, Parramatta, Sydney NSW
With Hoodoo Gurus, Birds of Tokyo and Busby Marou
Presented by Triple M and MAX
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Sat, 25 January
Stuart Park, Wollongong NSW
With Birds of Tokyo, Magic Dirt, Busby Marou and 19Twenty
Presented by By The C, Wave FM and MAX
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Thur, 30 January
Stage 88, Canberra ACT
With Paul Kelly and Magic Dirt
Presented by Zaccaria Concerts, Mix 106.3 and MAX
GET TICKETS

Sat, 1 February
Heifer Station Wines, Orange NSW
A DAY ON THE GREEN
With Birds of Tokyo and Magic Dirt
Presented by Roundhouse Entertainment, Triple M and MAX
SOLD OUT

Wed, 5 February
Wharepai Domain Tauranga, NZ
With special guests The Mutton Birds and The Bads and introducing Sit Down in Front
Presented by Eccles Entertainment and The Rock (with support from The Sound)
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Sat, 8 February
Sirromet Wines, Mount Cotton QLD
A DAY ON THE GREEN
With Birds of Tokyo and Magic Dirt
Presented by Roundhouse Entertainment, Triple M, Gold 92.5 and MAX
SOLD OUT

Sun, 9 February
Sirromet Wines, Mount Cotton QLD
A DAY ON THE GREEN
With Birds of Tokyo and Magic Dirt
Presented by Roundhouse Entertainment, Triple M, Gold 92.5 and MAX
GET TICKETS

 

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