Ms SACILOTTO - 2007-02-20
BassintheGrass has become an institution in Darwin with some of the best bands in Australia attracted to play each year. Can you tell us who will be playing at this year’s event?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I would truly be delighted, and I thank the member for Port Darwin for the question. Two of Australia’s biggest acts are booked for BassintheGrass 2007, and one of them has delighted the member for Wanguri, which is Jet. The other is Eskimo Joe. My small reference group that I have checked with Jet and Eskimo Joe in the under 20s have used two words: ‘fantastic’ and ‘wow’.
Mr Henderson: And the over 20s!
Ms MARTIN: And the over 20s, but in that target age group, it is ‘fantastic’ and ‘wow’ to Jet and Eskimo Joe. We have attracted some great acts in the past. We have had people like Pete Murray, The Living End, You Am I, Regurgitator and others. However, I believe, to get Eskimo Joe and Jet, we really have done well this year, and you really do not get much bigger than those two rock bands in Australia. Just a little about those two bands - and I am sure I am telling this to people who know all about Jet and Eskimo Joe - but Jet is a Melbourne band. Their debut album, Get Born, sold 3 million copies, and that is not bad. Their second album, Shine On, was released last year and, again, was a great success. Eskimo Joe’s first album, Girl, went gold and it is followed up by albums, A Song is a City, and their latest one, Black Fingernails, Red Wine. They really are one of Australia’s great bands.
Madam Speaker, there are some other bands lined up and confirmed: TZU, Lowrider and Behind Crimson Eyes, and more bands will be confirmed in the next few weeks.
For our local bands, nominations for them will be opening soon, so it is an important component of BassintheGrass for local bands and those big national acts. For the second year running, we will have those dual stages, they worked fantastically last year and I am sure that they will work just as well this year.
BassintheGrass is on 26 May this year - put that in your diary, member for Wanguri. Again, I thank Savings & Loans Credit Union, which is the naming sponsor, and thank them for their support.
For Central Australia, BassintheDust, is later in the year. The bands are being organised now, but I can confirm that Anzac Oval will be the venue and it will be another great …
Mrs Braham: Will the bands turn up? And as long as no-one gets sick, everything should go well.
Ms MARTIN: You are right, member for Braitling, the bands will turn up. Two great successes, BassintheGrass and BassintheDust and certainly young Territorians, whatever age those young Territorians are, will love those two events! Go, Jet, go ,Eskimo Joe!
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I would truly be delighted, and I thank the member for Port Darwin for the question. Two of Australia’s biggest acts are booked for BassintheGrass 2007, and one of them has delighted the member for Wanguri, which is Jet. The other is Eskimo Joe. My small reference group that I have checked with Jet and Eskimo Joe in the under 20s have used two words: ‘fantastic’ and ‘wow’.
Mr Henderson: And the over 20s!
Ms MARTIN: And the over 20s, but in that target age group, it is ‘fantastic’ and ‘wow’ to Jet and Eskimo Joe. We have attracted some great acts in the past. We have had people like Pete Murray, The Living End, You Am I, Regurgitator and others. However, I believe, to get Eskimo Joe and Jet, we really have done well this year, and you really do not get much bigger than those two rock bands in Australia. Just a little about those two bands - and I am sure I am telling this to people who know all about Jet and Eskimo Joe - but Jet is a Melbourne band. Their debut album, Get Born, sold 3 million copies, and that is not bad. Their second album, Shine On, was released last year and, again, was a great success. Eskimo Joe’s first album, Girl, went gold and it is followed up by albums, A Song is a City, and their latest one, Black Fingernails, Red Wine. They really are one of Australia’s great bands.
Madam Speaker, there are some other bands lined up and confirmed: TZU, Lowrider and Behind Crimson Eyes, and more bands will be confirmed in the next few weeks.
For our local bands, nominations for them will be opening soon, so it is an important component of BassintheGrass for local bands and those big national acts. For the second year running, we will have those dual stages, they worked fantastically last year and I am sure that they will work just as well this year.
BassintheGrass is on 26 May this year - put that in your diary, member for Wanguri. Again, I thank Savings & Loans Credit Union, which is the naming sponsor, and thank them for their support.
For Central Australia, BassintheDust, is later in the year. The bands are being organised now, but I can confirm that Anzac Oval will be the venue and it will be another great …
Mrs Braham: Will the bands turn up? And as long as no-one gets sick, everything should go well.
Ms MARTIN: You are right, member for Braitling, the bands will turn up. Two great successes, BassintheGrass and BassintheDust and certainly young Territorians, whatever age those young Territorians are, will love those two events! Go, Jet, go ,Eskimo Joe!
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016