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Silverchair's first single in four years, "Straight Lines," bowed at No. 1 on the the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Top 100 this week, published yesterday (March 19). The track ... tops the ARIA digital chart for a fourth week.
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Silverchair's one and only gig in 2000 was a sold out appearance at Australia’s Falls Festival on New Year's Eve. It was followed on January 21, 2001 by the biggest show of their lives - 250,000 people at Rock In Rio - a performance which the band describe as the highlight of their career to date.
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Alternative Addiction recently had a chance to catch up with Silverchair drummer Ben Gilles for an interview to find out why the band took a 5-year hiatus from releasing music. You can read the brief interview on the Alternative Addiction page where it is ... revealed that Silverchair will follow up their current European tour with 30 shows in Australia with Powderfinger as support. MORE
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Silverchair have had the strongest showing of their entire career with "Straight Lines" making it to #2 on Triple J's Hottest 100 poll missing out on #1 by a mere 13 votes of the 700,000+ votes cast! The national youth broadcaster's annual list of their listeners' favourite songs of the year was announced today and is always a highlight for Australian music fans.
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