Sunday, January 23, 2011

ARIA Awards Concert Series 2010 - iTunes Live:

iTunes has teamed up with the Australian Recording Industry Association to bring fans a five-night musical extravaganza – the iTunes Live: ARIA Awards Concert Series 2010.







In the lead-up to the 2010 ARIA Awards on Sunday November 7, iTunes has teamed up with the Australian Recording Industry Association to bring fans a five-night musical extravaganza – the iTunes Live: ARIA Awards Concert Series 2010.

Taking place in Sydney's Botanic Gardens, and featuring performances from the cream of this year's nominees, the winners of 16 ARIA "Genre" Award categories are being gradually revealed throughout concert series. The awards celebrate the artists currently standing at the top of their specialist genres, and runs until Friday November 5.

The series got off to a thrilling start, when it welcomed John Butler and singer/songwriter Dan Sultan to the stage for the festival's opening night.

The first of the genre awards went to Parkway Drive, the winners of the Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album for their album Deep Blue. The same evening saw Best Music DVD go to the Sound Relief concert, while Mamadou Diabate, Bobby Singh and Jeff Lang, of world music supergroup Djan Djan, walked away with the Best World Music Album for the band's self-titled album.

Tuesday night offered performances from new sensation Washington and special guests Boy & Bear. Monday night's performer Dan Sultan was given the award for Best Blues and Roots Album, The Wiggles won Best Children's Album, and the tribute album Before Too Long: Triple J's Tribute To Paul Kelly was awarded the Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show award.

Guy Sebastian headlined Wednesday night's show, supported by rock band Amy Meredith. Gongs were given to James Morrison and The Idea of North for their jazz collaboration Feels Like Spring; Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP walked away with Best Dance Release for We Speak No Americano; and M-Phazes won Best Urban Album for Good Gracious.

Thursday and Friday nights will unveil the awards for Best Country, Adult Contemporary, Comedy Release, Classical, Pop, Rock and Adult Alternative albums, as well as showcase the talents of Australian artists Sia, Sally Seltmann, Angus and Julia Stone and Old Man River.
Live recordings of all performances from the iTunes Live: ARIA Awards Concert Series 2010 are for sale exclusively on iTunes. 


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