Australia, it's
back... by overwhelmingly popular demand!
Happy Days Records by special arrangement with its president "Big Al
Delvecchio" brings this unique concept to the stage with new stars and
memories from the era that reigns supreme in Rock N Roll history. Big Al -
world famous drive-in owner of Al's Diner - has cooked up a rock and roll feast
large enough to whet any appetite assembling the greatest band ever to take you
back to a decade that created music legends and influenced a formidable
culture, performing a catalogue where their songs are timeless, their hits are
endless, and their flair is never forgotten. Rock like never before and take
the journey back to the Class of '59.
Dance with us back to an era when rock and roll influenced and created a
social movement for the teenagers of its day... an era where black horned
rimmed glasses became a trend... an era where petrol was so cheap that it
fuelled not only the hot rods on the roads but fired up a musical movement that
would only be lived for a short while but would last in the hearts and souls of
billions for eternity. It is this era that will be recreated on stage.
Fans of the show will be able to take their concert experience home with
them with the purchase of the official "Class of '59" tour CD
featuring a compilation of the hits from the golden era performed on the tour
and will be available only on this tour.
INTRODUCING THE CLASS OF '59 BAND FOR THE ‘ROCK AROUND AUSTRALIA' TOUR 2012:
ELVIS PRESLEY
- Launching the rock and roll revolution with his commanding voice and
charismatic stagepresence, we'll re-live Presley's string of hits that
captivated and liberated the teenage audience of the '50s including "Don't
Be Cruel," "Hound Dog," "Love Me Tender," "All
Shook Up" and "Jailhouse Rock."
BUDDY HOLLY
- Pioneering Rock and Roll in the '50s with his trademark horn-rimmed glasses
and the ever so engaging and charismatic figure with his vocal hiccup spanning
a career that lasted only two short years, but brought with it a wealth of
material that made a lasting impact on popular music including "That'll Be
The Day", "Peggy Sue", "Oh Boy!", "Maybe
Baby" and "Rave On".
JOHNNY CASH -
One of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, his songs and sound
spanned many genres including country, rockabilly and rock and roll. This
crossover appeal led to Cash being inducted in to the Country Music Hall Of
Fame, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Cash
recorded a string of rockabilly hits that included "Cry, Cry, Cry,"
"Folsom Prison Blues" and "I Walk the Line."
BILL HALEY -
Labeled as "the father of rock and roll" and credited by many with
first popularizing rock and roll in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley
and the Comets and their hit song "Rock Around The Clock" - an anthem
for rebellious fifties youth that changed the face of Rock and Roll - Haley,
for most of the Fifties, was a presence on the record charts with hits
including "See You Later, Alligator," "R.O.C.K.", "The
Saints Rock ‘n' Roll", "Rip It Up", "Rudy's Rock" and
"Skinny Minnie".
JERRY LEE LEWIS
- Jerry Lee Lewis came to fame in 1957 and dubbed the wild man of rock and
roll, embodying its most reckless and high-spirited impulses. Jerry Lee Lewis
is on such piano-pounding rockers from the late Fifties as "Whole Lotta
Shakin' Goin' On", "Great Balls of Fire," and "Crazy
Arms".
EDDIE COCHRAN
- Though Eddie Cochran was only twenty-one when he died, he left a lasting mark
as a rock and roll pioneer. Cochran zeroed in on teenage angst and desire with
such classics as "C'mon Everybody," "Something Else,"
"Twenty Flight Rock" and "Summertime Blues." A flashy stage
dresser with a tough-sounding voice, Cochran epitomized the sound and the
stance of the Fifties rebel rocker.
JP Richardson aka THE
BIG BOPPER - JP Richardson, commonly known as The Big Bopper,
was an American disc jockey singer, and songwriter whose big voice and
exuberant personality made him an early rock and roll star. Richardson began as
a songwriter writing hits for George Jones (White Lightning #1 country hit in
1959) and Johnny Preston (Running Bear #1 in 1959).
STARRING:
Buddy Holly - Scott Cameron
Elvis Presley - Anthony Petrucci
Johnny Cash - Daniel Thompson
Bill Hayley - Tom Carruthers
Eddie Cochran - Duncan McConnell
Big Bopper Junior - Simon O`Connor
Jerry Lee Lewis - Cassidy Wilson
Book Nearby Accommodation at Metro Hotel Ipswich International
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SHOW
DETAILS
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Dates: Friday, 1 June 2012
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Time: 8.00pm
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Tickets: $65.00
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More Info: '50s music tribute
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HOW
TO BOOK
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Phone:3810
6100 (Credit Card Only) Monday - Friday 8.00am - 4.30pm
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In Person:Visit
the Ipswich Civic Centre Ticket Office located at:
143 Brisbane Street, Ipswich
(Entry from Ipswich City Mall).
Monday - Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm
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If you order online, you can now select your seat or let us choose the
best available for your group.
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