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EMPIRE OF THE ARIAS!

Monday, November 30th, 2009

It was certainly Empire Of The Sun’s night at this year’s ARIA Awards. Four ARIA Award wins and a mind blowing performance of Walking On A Dream can only mean one thing, they are THE Empire Of the 2009 ARIA Awards!

A spectacular set design of blue pillars and an enormous sun surrounded the band and dancers as they performed to a very appreciative crowd. The performance ended in dramatic style with a shower of pyrotechnics.

Empire Of The Sun won the sought after:

  • Awards for Album of the Year
  • Single of the Year (Walking On A Dream)
  • Best Group
  • Best Pop Release

The Empire was represented by Luke Steele who thanked Nick Littlemore who plays a producing role in the band and who is currently overseas, Donnie Sloan who contributed to the creative on some tracks and Peter Mayes who engineered the album. Empire Of The Sun are taking their live show on the road with front man Luke Steele leading the charge surrounded by dancers and band members Anthony Mitolo and Surahn Sidhu.

Best Pop Release Award:

Best Group Award:

Single of the Year Award - Walking On A Dream:

Album of the Year Award - Walking On A Dream:

Check out more ARIA footage and photo galleries below:

Red carpet and awards photo galleries - SMH.com.au | ABC.net.au | News.com.au | Fox.com.au | AAP Images |
Red carpet and awards footage - Sky News | News.com.au (red carpet | backstage) | HeraldSun.com.au

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Deluxe Edition Vinyl Box Set Pre-Order

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

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Emperor Steele win GQ 2009 Man of the Year Award

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

Emperor Steele has taken out the 2009 GQ Man Of The Year Award in the Music Act Of The Year category!With tight competition within in the music category, Luke Steele has beaten Daniel Merriweather, Wolfmother and fellow EMI label mates, Keith Urban and JET.Staged inside the historical Great Hall of Sydney University on Thursday night, the GQ Awards honoured leading Australian men across the arts, sport, politics, business and community service.

Luke was unable to attend the awards ceremony due to upcoming touring commitments but recorded this brilliant acceptance speech played to all those in attendance.

Don’t forget to check out the Special Edition (2CD) version of Walking On A Dream available now and don’t miss the Empire perform live at next week’s ARIA Awards, Thursday November 26.

Luke will also appear on the special gatefold cover of the 2009 GQ Men of the Year Awards issue on sale November 25.

Go the Empire!

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Scooping up Artisan ARIA awards

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Anticipation around the recent live shows saw Empire deliver “one of the most stunning debut live performances ever” (Zan Rowe, Triple J), and as anticipation now grows around Empire’s upcoming ARIA Awards performance and noms they are off to a brilliant start after receiving three awards at the ARIA Artisan & Fine Arts Awards.

Emperor Luke Steele said from his home in Perth, “This record production was like quad chemistry, Mayes with the magic ear, Skittles, Sloan and Steele offering special ingredients. 4 scientists, 1 microscope, 1 formula.”

Also acknowledged were the creative visual team who work tirelessly alongside Empire Of The Sun to create and deliver the unique artwork and video clips that have become a synonymous part of the band’s image. Both Debaser and Mathematics have been part of The Empire family since the beginning and the stunning visuals they have created have taken on a life of their own and become almost as much of a talking point as the music itself.

ARIA Artisan Awards

Empire Of The Sun and those who work creatively with them were awarded in the following categories:

  • Best Cover Art - Aaron Hayward & David Homer – Debaser
  • Best Video - Walking On A Dream: Josh Logue - Mathematics
  • Producer of the Year - Empire Of The Sun and Donnie Sloan with Peter Mayes

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