John had a wonderful and fulfilling time performing at the 2009 ‘Carols by Candlelight’. Although the weather was by no means perfect, it did not deter thousands of people from attending the event, which was held at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne last Christmas Eve and televised nationally on the Nine Network.
Danny Green recently made the first successful defence of his IBO cruiserweight world title at Sydney’s Acer Arena. The champion Australian boxer defeated the legendary American superstar Roy Jones Jr. when the fight was stopped two minutes into the first round. Prior to the contest, John was there to perform the national anthem and sing […]
Entering the last stretch, we headed to northern NSW with a first stop at Twin Towns, Tweed Heads not far from John’s ‘Hillbilly Road’ Springbrook retreat. Later in November, there were visits to the Brisbane Broncos Leagues Club and then on to Caloundra RSL Club, where we met up with six wonderful people from GMAN […]
From the tranquil Batemans Bay on the NSW South Coast to Queensland and three shows about to start there, a lot of roads have been travelled and places visited since the last report. Apart from the gigs, John has been to Tamworth to record and launch the Smoky Dawson tribute appeal, followed by a night […]
John and the crew covered more than 1600km on the road for the Wangaratta, Wagga Wagga and Griffith tour. It was a great weekend, with sellout shows for the first two nights and a slightly smaller but enthusiastic Griffith crowd, who gave up their Sunday afternoon TV viewing of the big Bathurst car race. At […]
The second weekend of the tour was a particularly full one. After the first night in Taree, it was an early start to get to Port Macquarie by 10am to visit the Koala Hospital. It was a chance for John to re-visit the hospital and see the extensions to the John Williamson Wing, catch up […]
John will be visiting many parts of Australia over the coming months and we have decided to include a report from the road from time to time. This will enable John, Meg and the crew to share some of their experiences as they look back on some exciting times on the tour. Here is the […]
The John Williamson video ‘Better Than A Picture’ remained at the top on the Country Music Channel (CMC) chart for a remarkable three weeks in a row. This is the chart where the fans have their say, as all positions are based on many viewer requests. It is the fourth successful single lifted from his […]
We are proud to announce that John Williamson’s ‘Hillbilly Road’ CD has achieved a Gold Award (A.R.I.A.). The album was released in August last year and features the hit singles ‘Drink A Little Love’, ‘Hillbilly Road’, ‘Cydi’, ‘Australia Is Another Word For Free’ and the current CMC Top 10 hit ‘Better Than A Picture’. The […]
Keep those signatures coming in for Variety, folks. All you need to do is sign a postcard size piece of good quality paper with a thick black marker pen (family name or individual) and send it in to PO Box 399, Epping NSW 1710 along with a cheque for $100 made out to ‘Variety the […]
