Sunday, December 23, 2007

New mission!

~December 23, 2007
Street Team Mission #6: Out of time and ideas?? Why not share a Merry Modern Christmas with everyone around you?!? That's right, get the gift that keeps on giving: Silverchair's latest album!!! Obviously everyone NEEDS their own copy of Young Modern so go pick up a copy for everyone left on your list!!!

Decmber was a busy month!!!

~December 20, 2007
Sorry for getting so behind in the news!!! Lots of stuff here:

Silverchair have been nominated for five IT List awards!! Vote for them here:http://www.poprepublic.tv/

The Reflections of A Sound cells have been put on sale for 160AUD and are being reduced a further 10AUD each week until they sell out! Now is a good time to buy from the online store due to all the special offers on including free stuff with your order! More info at chairpage

Live prints from Dallas are now available here:http://www.frcphotos.com/gallery.php?id=186

The Greatest View EP is now available on itunes!!!! You can watch a live performance of the latest US single from Across the Great Divide on chairpage.com
Track Listing:1. The Greatest View (Originally from "Diorama")2. Straight Lines {The Presets Remix} 3. We're Not Lonely...BUT We Miss You (B-Side)4. Barbarella (B-Side)5. If You Keep Losing Sleep VIDEO 6. The Greatest View - Live From Carriageworks, Sydney VIDEO

Straight Lines has been declared #4 on New Zealand rock radio for the year 2007!!

Across The Great Divide merch available here:http://www.acrossthegreatdivide.com.au/shop

~December 10, 2007
The Age newspaper has given Silverchair their EG award for best single and best album!

~December 9, 2007
Silverchair is rocking across America, amazing and inspiring thousands! :) :) :)

Friday, November 30, 2007

News

~November 29, 2007
The boys wrote a little note to South America in response to their petitions, it's up on chairpage :) aww they're so sweet!

~November 28, 2007
Young Modern on vinyl is here! So if you ordered one, it will be shipped next week!!!

~November 20, 2007Silverchair have been confirmed to play the Big Day Out festival in 2008!!!

~November 18, 2007"Straight Lines" remix by The Presets now available on Silverchair's MySpace. Check it out!http://www.myspace.com/silverchair

Pre-Order Across the Great Divide Tour DVD here:http://www.acrossthegreatdivide.com.au/shop

~November 17, 2007"Straight Lines" falls to #9 on VH1's Top 20 Countdown

Silverchair will be on LOVELINE again on the 19th at 10 PM

~November 11, 2007South America wants Silverchair! Many countries have set up petitions to bring Silverchair to South America.

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Update!

~November 10, 2007
Chairpage is back up!!

Straight Lines is down to #5 on VH1's Top20, please please keep voting!!! Don't you want to see SILVERCHAIR at #1 in America for the first time in YEARS? YES YOU DO!!!
http://www.vh1.com/shows/series/top_20_countdown/vote.jhtml

Friday, November 9, 2007

I'm just home from Ireland, loads of news here!!

~November 9, 2007
Street Team Mission #5: Write an article for your school or local paper or for an online paper/blog about SILVERCHAIR!!!! It can be just a short review of the new album, a general introduction to the band, or if they're playing near you soon write about the upcoming concert, anything to tell the world how great SILVERCHAIR is!!!! It doesn't matter if you're a great writer or not, just do your best and submit it! They might print it, they might not, but you'll never know until you try!!!! If your article gets in, post a link to it here or scan it in and add it to the photos section!!!! Also, I think we should put up pics of us wearing all our silverchair merch and see who can wear the most stuff/pull it off the best!!!

Yes, chairpage is down right now (it's not just you!), here's the bulletin from the MacJohns myspace:
"Sit tight Chairpage will be back up within the next day or so with an explanation. We have no further information for you."

~November 8, 2007
New concert date: Dec. 15 Mobile, AL
http://tickets.frontgatetickets.com/choose.php?c=1&lid=16379&eid=20775

~November 4, 2007
Silverchair re-announce their Chicago show at the House of Blues: Dec. 12 Chicago, IL

~November 3, 2007
Silverchair jump 8 spots to #3 this week on VH1's Top 20 countdown!!! Great job voting! Keep up the great work, and let's get these boys to #1!!!http://www.vh1.com/shows/series/top_20_countdown/vote.jhtml

~November 2, 2007
One of Ben Gillies' drum skins is up for grabs on the LAS auction site! The drum skin is personally signed by the band, so go bid if you want an awesome piece of Silverchair! Check it out here:http://www.chairpage.com/fanclub/webauction/index.php

~October 28, 2007
Silverchair win 5 ARIAs!
1) Album of the Year (Young Modern)
2) Single of the Year (Straight Lines)
3) Best Group
4) Best Rock Album
5) Highest Selling Single (Straight Lines)

Check out this nice article on Silverchair's ARIA awards:http://au.news.yahoo.com/071028/2/14sa7.html

Congratulations to our favorite boys!

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

~October 23, 2007
Two more concerts:
Dec. 14 Dallas (onsale 10am Nov. 9 ticketmaster)
Dec. 16 Duluth, GA (onsale 6pm Nov. 3:www.99x.com/index2.asp)

Chris is auctioning off his silver sparkle bass, yes the one he's been playing for the past NINE years, to benefit a charity called 'Nathans Bequest' which helps to raise awareness about youth suicide and mental illness. Also being auctioned off is a framed Across the Great Divide tour poster with signed album covers from both Silverchair and Powderfinger. More info on chairpage.

Street Team Mission #4: Wear your merch!!! You spent $35 on that t-shirt plus another $10 having it shipped from Australia, now show the world how much you love SILVERCHAIR!!!! School, the mall, work if you can, anywhere and everywhere, people should see you wearing your SILVERCHAIR merch!!!!! Could there be an easier way to promote silverchair AND constantly be in fashion? I don't think so.

~October 21, 2007
Pre-order your copy of the Young Modern LP! This is a limited release so if you're interested, get it now:http://www.chairpage.com/app/webroot/store/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=75&osCsid=bf437bd2511e293ff2fa46d310ffcc65

Saturday, October 20, 2007

~October 20, 2007
New date: Columbus, OH Dec. 7 (tix onsale Oct. 27)http://www.promowestlive.com/site/html/index.php

If you haven't picked up a copy already, get the new single If You Keep Losing Sleep, it includes two awesome B-sides: "We're Not Lonely...BUT We Miss You" and "Barbarella".

Straight Lines is at #6 for the 3rd week in a row on VH1's Top20, please keep voting!!http://www.vh1.com/shows/series/top_20_countdown/vote.jhtml

Silverchair is nominated for Artist of the Year, go here to vote 10 times per day:http://channelv.com.au/v/promo/arias/vote.aspx

~October 16, 2007
New North American dates:
-Orlando: 12/1/07
-Myrtle Beach: 12/2/07
-Virginia*: 12/4/07
-Cleaveland: 12/8/07
-Indianapolis: 12/11/07
-Chicago: 12/12/07 (onsale 11/3 at 10am)
Buy tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/776018
* http://constantcenter.com/calendar/?event=225

Monday, October 15, 2007

Update!

I'm so sorry I haven't updated this blog in awhile!! Below is the news for the first half of October. I know I said I would update here regularly but unfortunately I've been pretty busy lately, but I will try and keep this better up to date because I know I let it get way too far behind!

~October 15, 2007

Orlando House of Blues: 12/1/07

Pre-order your copy of the Young Modern LP! This is a limited release so if you're interested, get it now: Pre-order your copy of the Young Modern LP! This is a limited release so if you're interested, get it now:
http://www.chairpage.com/app/webroot/store/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=75&osCsid=bf437bd2511e293ff2fa46d310ffcc65

~October 13, 2007
New date! Virginia 12/4/07 on sale now!http://constantcenter.com/calendar/?event=225

Straight Lines is only at #6 for the second week in a row, this is horrible!!! EVERYONE needs to be voting!!!http://www.vh1.com/shows/series/top_20_countdown/vote.jhtml

~October 11, 2007
Street Team Mission #3: Vote your hand off for SILVERCHAIR!!! That's right, VOTING is officially your mission, so get on with it now!!!
-Straight Lines on VH1: http://www.vh1.com/shows/series/top_20_countdown/vote.jhtml

-Artist of the Year:http://channelv.com.au/v/promo/arias/vote.aspx

~October 8, 2007New North American dates:-Myrtle Beach: 12/2/07-Cleaveland: 12/8/07-Indianapolis: 12/11/07http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/776018Tickets go onsale to the general public this Saturday at 11am EDT.

And if you like silverchair, you just might like these guys.......http://www.myspace.com/thegeorgecostanzatrio

~October 7, 2007
If You Keep Losing Sleep is #1 on JTV for the 2nd week in a row! Yay!

~October 6, 2007
Straight Lines DROPPED to #6 in VH1's Top20!!!Silverchair are among the TOP 4 nominations for Channel V's Artist of the Year award! Vote up to 10 times per day for them to win it!http://channelv.com.au/v/promo/arias/vote.aspx

~October 3, 2007
Rolling Stone has rated Daniel as #18 of the Top 25 Underrated Guitarists:http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/10/01/the-twenty-five-most-underrated-guitarists/

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Fresh!

~October 1st, 2007
Silverchair's fan club (The LAS) has just released for sale limited edition printed cells from the Reflections of a Sound video. There are only 200 of each, all numbered and personally signed by the boys.

Also, If You Keep Losing Sleep is now #1 on JTV, don't forget to pre-order your copy of the single and get a signed photograph with it! (was approx. $10USD)https://fulfillment.com.au/shopping.aspx?referee=PO-SILVERCHAIR&apn=%5CELEVENCD76

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Update

~September 29, 2007

Straight Lines is still at #2 this week, let's keep voting and try for #1 next Saturday!http://www.vh1.com/shows/series/top_20_countdown/vote.jhtml

Tickets are onsale NOW for all North American dates!

Friday, September 28, 2007

Current as of Sept. 28, 2007

~September 28, 2007
Lucky Australians, Silverchair will be playing If You Keep Losing Sleep on Rove Sunday at 9pm on Channel 10!If this could somehow show up on YouTube it would be amazing for us "rest of the world"-ers!

Vote for Straight Lines cuz we need to get them to #1! http://www.vh1.com/shows/series/top_20_countdown/vote.jhtml

To try and create a more pleasing appearance for our group's homepage, I have created a blog to archive previous news on, in case you want to find a link or something: http://silverchairnews.blogspot.com/


~September 27, 2007
Vote for silverchair to receive the Channel V Artist of the Year award at this year's ARIAs!! http://channelv.com.au/v/promo/arias/

Young Modern will be released on vinyl in November!!!

~September 22, 2007
Straight Lines moved up to #2 on VH1's Top20 this week!

~September 19, 2007
Silverchair have been nominated for 4 ARIA awards: Best Rock Album, Album of the Year, Best Group, and Single of the Year. They also were nominated for and won two Artisan Awards for Best Video and Best Cover Art.

~September 18, 2007
SILVERCHAIR has announced more North American tour dates!!!! Go to chairpage tours section for more info!

-Thursday Nov. 15 - Las Vegas NV
-Wednesday Nov. 21 - Tempe AZ
-Friday Nov. 23 - Salt Lake City UT
-Saturday Nov. 24 - Boulder CO
-Monday Nov. 26 - Oklahoma City OK
-Tuesday Nov. 27 - Austin TX
-Wednesday Nov. 28 - Houston TX
-Thursday Nov. 29 - New Orleans LA


Also, some tickets are still available for Los Angeles - Tuesday Nov. 20

~September 8, 2007
Straight Lines moved up to #3 this week on VH1's Top 20!

My Street Team mission #2: Spread the word! I know there are more than 500 people on ALL of facebook that like silverchair! So "share" this group on your profile! (P.S. Post-it noting and VH1 voting are still street team activities so keep it up!)

Previous News:
~September 1, 2007
Straight Lines is #4 on VH1's TOP20!!!! :)

Want to see silverchair live in concert? Some shows in Australia and New Zealand are still available! More info:http://w3.acrossthegreatdivide.com.au/

~August 27, 2007The video for "If You Keep Losing Sleep" is on chairpage and myspace and OH MY GOD IT IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!

~August 25, 2007Straight Lines rose from #16 to #5 on VH1's Top 20!!!!!!!! Woohoo!!
~July 24, 2007Young Modern is IN STORES NOW everywhere in North America so GO BUY IT if you haven't already!!!!

~July 16, 2007
I am making up a mission because I signed up for the US Street Team weeks ago and still haven't heard anything. So everyone get a pad of post-it notes and write "silverchair new album Young Modern in stores now http://www.chairpage.com/" on all of them, then go stick them up anywhere and everywhere!!! Ready....set.....GO!

Some old news that you still might want to know about! :)

~Check out silverchair's "Playlist" where they talk about their favorite music videos:http://www.vh1.com/vspot/player.jhtml?id=1567266&launchedFrom=/artists/az/silverchair/videos.jhtml


~August 22, 2007
Six videos of interviews and songs live from The Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ: http://www.attblueroom.com/music/mediaplayer.php?pid=99550

~August 6, 2007
The North American tour is over....for now!

~June 25, 2007
Join silverchair's US street team!!! Go here:http://www.chairpage.com/news/item/154/

~Apr. 11, 2007
ONE, that is the number for Young Modern, Straight Lines, and all of silverchair!!!! Fifth #1 album, the single #1 for 4 weeks and running, and silverchair the 1st band in Australia to have 5 #1 albums!!!!


~SILVERCHAIR on itunes:
8/13/07: Reflections of A Sound EP

7/6/07: Straight Lines (single, including English Garden)

4/16/07: Live From Faraway Stables
~Awards in 2007
4/26/07: MTV Video Vanguard Award (Lifetime Achievement Award)

6/21/07: Australian Music Magazine's 9th Most Important Moment In Australian Music History: Silverchair's 5th Album In A Row Going to #1

7/8/07: Young Modern nominated for the J Award

Saturday, September 1, 2007

Welcome!

Hello!

This is a spinoff of my global Facebook group "silverchair" that I will use to archive news. The news section on the Facebook group isn't really formatted to allow old news to remain available without having an enormously long group homepage. So I will be using this as a secondary news page.

Whenever I post news to the group on Facebook I will also post it here, so that this blog will always be up to date and available to everyone, whether or not you are on Facebook. However, I will now be able to delete old news faster from the group resulting in a more aesthetically pleasing/less overwhelming homepage while still allowing access to all previous news for those that may have missed out or wish to refresh their memories.

The benefit to my news page versus Silverchair's official website and MySpace is that I condense whatever news may be found there, providing extremely concise updates so that in just a few seconds you can be up to speed on everything Silverchair! I also post links to interviews, videos, press, etc. that may not necessarily be featured on chairpage but could still be of interest to fans. I like to think that this complements their official pages by allowing busy chair fans to quickly see what news is available and then, upon finding something of particular interest, peruse the official sites at their leisure. For example, you can check here daily to ensure you don't miss an important concert announcement, but if all that's new is a magazine article, you know that you can wait until the weekend to head over to the chairpage and read it.

I hope you find this useful/enjoyable!

~Natalie