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You can order Darren's new album "This Delicate Thing We've Made" from HMV UK for only £8.99. What a great price!
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UK 'On The Verge Of Something Wonderful' Single

You can now order 'On The Verge Of Something Wonderful' the stunning new single from Darren Hayes new album 'This Delicate Thing We've Made' online now from Townsend Records
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There are three versions released. Each single features unique artwork as well as exclusive bonus tracks. These include a brand new song 'Fallen Angel' (never before released and not on the new album) a live version of 'I just want you to love me' and the music video for "On The Verge Of Something Wonderful'. With club mixes of 'step into the light' and gorgeous specially commissioned art work, 'On The Verge Of Something Wonderful' is a single release full of extras.

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A Big Night In With Darren Hayes
Released to retail In Australia, Packaged as a Double DVD with an M rating, this release is a PAL no regioned DVD
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Darren Hayes - Too Close For Comfort: Tour Film
A concert. A documentary. A film. A confessional.
Too Close For Comfort is Darren Hayes like you've never seen him before. Backstage. Onstage. Out of his cage. As well as a breathtaking live concert experience, the film manages to reveal the private and normally guarded side of a performer at a crossroads in his musical career. From the first ever solo tour in 2002 to the present day, Too Close For Comfort is a candid, funny and sometimes painfully honest account of his journey.

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Australian Idol - Darren's appearance as guest judge
According to tvtonight.com.au, they will be airing the Australian Idol auditions from London on Australian TV on Wednesday, August 27 at 7:30pm. As reported before, Darren was a guest judge for the London auditions along with Tina Arena and Dicko so this should be fun to watch. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/08/show-watch-australian-idol.html
Australian Idol Official website: www.australianidol.com.au

Darren’s myspace blog - The Shadowlands
Darren posted this blog on his myspace...

Tuesday, August 19, 2008
The Shadowlands
Category: Music

Rare late night post from me..
not sure if many of you have noticed but I've tried to become a bit more of a morning person these days!
Even if I stay up late I'm still up earlier and it's been awesome.

I'm up late because I just got home from a dinner with Will (our monitoring engineer on tour) and Tracey Turner (my ex P.A whom I still adore).
We ate at a lovely French restaurant and had one of those amazing nights of laughing and feeling good and walking home on a high.

I know it's weird being sort of 'in between' albums, and perhaps confusing (maybe more so for me than you) since I'm 'away' but sort of around (Idol, DVD's etc)
But I wanted to say how much I adore you and also how much I'm appreciating this opportunity to experience life and all she has to offer. I know I only have you to thank for this.

I don't know if I remember many periods in the last decade where I felt like this. The last period was in Sausalito prior to 'The Tension and The Spark' and until recently no such windows have appeared. Until now.
I'm talking about moments where I get to look at the road ahead and I have no idea where I'm going but I know it's going to be alright.

I'm spending my days really productively – I still do musical things (or think of musical things!) and of course there's always 'work' stuff and of course overseeing the DVD. But domestic things like spending every morning in the park with Wally, deciding what to cook for dinner at night, paying bills, doing washing and cleaning house (yes you heard me right) are making me remember what it's like to be 'me' again.
And this experience can only allow for a deeper connection with music.

I think I told you I already have the album title. Something that will germinate for a year or more I'm sure. And with it, the concepts and the themes I want to explore. And I'm excited because it's a complex beast.

It's funny isn't it? You never really stop growing and learning. Just when you think you know it all life throws you another curve ball and you find yourself thanking God you didn't duck and swerve to miss it.
You try to catch it, bravely. Even if it means making a fool of yourself or getting hurt in the process. What you are left with afterwards is what you are left with : a lesson.
And then hopefully some wisdom.

Anyway, I just wanted you to know you've given me so much wisdom and courage to find out what I'm made of and I'm just so grateful for that.

Sometimes, when I'm having a moment; it could be looking at a sunset or listening to the sky as it cracks before the rain falls down – I feel a tinge of sadness. I don't know how, because right then I'm in a moment of bliss. But I realize what it is – it's that one day, like I did with the period of reckless abandon I enjoyed in San Francisco – I'll look back on this period and mourn its passing.

Perhaps the character of Joy, played by Debra Winger in the biopic about the life and one true love of C S Lewis, put it best when she said

"The pain then is part of the joy now. That's the deal"
(Shadowlands, 1993)

with love
D

Behind the scenes 'This Delicate FILM we've made'
This was posted on Darren's myspace blog...Saturday, August 09, 2008
behind the scenes 'This Delicate FILM we've made' Category: Music

Darren's video interview on Poprepublic.tv
Darren's posted a blog on his myspace this week about his interview on Poprepublic.tv and gave us the link to it. Thanks Darren!

Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Little tid bit
I recorded a video interview for the lovely folks over at www.poprepublic.tv who are always a great source for music and entertainment newz and who are regularly amazing to me. You can check it out HERE

xD

GenerationQ Review of The Time Machine DVD
GenerationQ (Australia), posted a nice review of Darren's new Time Machine Tour DVD. You can read the entire article here: Generation Q (Australia) - Darren Hayes - The Time Machine Tour on DVD - June 30, 2008

Win Stuff!
This exciting news was posted on Darren's myspace blog today...
http://www.myspace.com/darrenhayes

Friday, June 27, 2008
Win Stuff !
Current mood: Generous

Today the first copies of the deluxe edition of 'The Time Machine Tour' DVD started arriving in people's mailboxes and Darren and his team are thrilled. We've thought of a way to extend the excitement and it is by the means of giving away a prize. Not just any old prize, mind. But first the challenge. For those who've got their copies, we want you to change your profile pic for a week to a pic of you holding your copy. Respond in this thread with yer pic and in a couple weeks Darren will pick his favorite and the lovely admin people will send you this :

'Tis a very rare Taiwanese promo of 'This Delicate Thing We've Made' teaser featuring 'verge..' and other remixes and previously unused/unseen shots of Senior Hayes.
They sell on Ebay for ridiculous amounts but we've got one for you for freebles.
Don't forget the standard edition of the DVD comes out July 22nd and I think there may be a few more copies of the deluxe one at WWW.DARRENHAYES.COM (certainly cheaper than those being flogged one Ebay that's fo sho!)

Good luck and thanks to everyone for such wonderful feedback.

Admin

Darren's myspace bulletin - psst free song and stuff

From: Darren Hayes
Date: Jun 17, 2008 2:51 PM
Subject: psst free song and stuff

there's a new acoustic live version of 'darkness' for sneaky download over on my myspace music player for a blink and you'll miss it period of time.. ;)
you might want to grab it while it's there..

don't forget, 'the time machine tour' dvd is out july 22nd and can be pre ordered in the U.K, U.S and Australia by heading over to
www. darrenhayes. com
or going to your local music sites ie amazon. co. uk amazon. com jbhifi etc..

If you don't live in the u.s, u.k or australia no fear as the dvd is region free so all you have to do is work out whether you can play u.s or rest of the world dvd's and order accordingly..

we had the most wonderful time at the premiere screening in London last friday - my head was still paying for it days afterwards and I'm happy to say I'm over my hangover!

sending you love..
xD

Myspace Blog from Darren...
Monday, June 16, 2008

Australian Idol news and picture from Tina Arena's website
Check out this news and picture about Darren's Australian Idol judging experience that was posted on Tina Arena's website...
To see the picture, follow this link: http://tinaarena.com/index.php?module=news&section=newsdetail&secid=77⟨=
Idol days
Yesterday saw the London auditions for Australian Idol, series 7.
Hundreds of expat and travelling Australian hopefuls were culled down to a top 50 who were then lined up to perform in front of Dicko, Darren Hayes and Tina at the Tate Modern Gallery in London.
A spokesperson for the show said, "Tina and Darren were absolutely brilliant, I couldn't imagine a more qualified judging panel for Australian Idol in this stunning London setting. Along with our very own 'Dicko', they have a collective knowledge of both the international music market and those unique quirks and qualities that are only seen in Australia. It's been a magical day."
The show will air in Australia in August.

This blog was posted on Darren's myspace Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Peeking Out
Category: Music
Originally posted for members of Delicacy on 18th April 2008

I think when the tour ended I was so tired I didn't even think about anything other than wanting to run away and sleep. Or hide maybe. But certainly I wanted to take a step out of the spotlight. I also thought that I would take a much longer time being silent. But after a while I thawed out and wanted to post a thought, so I did (about Anthony Minghella) and then today, I saw images from a show that just debuted and I got so excited I wanted to talk about it. Hence me writing.

In a lot of ways, I think that the climate we live in encourages a culture of constant connection. And that can be exhausting. We live so much in front of our computers now that we forget to live. Just blogging every day for the last album built up an expectation that I would continue on doing the same even after the album was finished. Obviously that's not possible and had I done that, I would have been completely spent creatively. I think it's much easier to involve the outside world in your journey when you're on it. But when you're planning it, I think sometimes that has to be in private. So I've decided that in terms of what I plan to do next musically I'm not going to start writing about until I'm in the thick of it.

That leaves me open to being able to write about other things on here if I feel like it. Things I'm thinking, watching or feeling. It won't be anywhere near as frequently as before - but it's actually a cool outlet for me and hopefully it might inspire other questions or discussions on your end. Just as long as you don't expect me to be working on a new album any time soon! I can pretty much assure you I won't be making a new record any time this year. A few people have been overly dramatic and sent me messages or left comments on myspace thinking I'm retiring from music.
That's absurd. I could never stop making music or performing. I'm just changing the way it gets to you and I'm certainly going to take as long as it takes to want to write more music. I want to make some changes in my life as well in terms of disconnecting from the rat race of this industry. I keep harping on about it but it's true - the older I get the less I want to fit into the mainstream.

In the mean time I've got a couple of DVD's to oversee and I continue exploring other writing opportunities. More than anything I'd like to just blab on when I feel like it and if I find inspiration in things. The one thing I have decided to do is keep the messages turned off on myspace - until I'm ready to start being one on one. It's a tiny thing that lets me feel like I'm unaccountable and I like that. There was a while there where I started to feel a little bit like I was rude if I didn't read or answer every single note and that's not what I want to be connecting about. So for the time being, blogs it is!

The picture above is of Katy Perry.
Which brings me to the things that got me excited.
There's two really.
The first is the dog kisser above. She's going to be huge so she doesn't need my help but I'll tell you a funny story. I heard this song 'You're so gay' and I was mildly offended by the use of the word 'gay'. i.e. gay as an insult. Then I listened to the lyrics and realized in fact in the context of the song she actually wasn't being insulting, but taking the piss out of an emo ex boyfriend. Moving on I checked out her site. And heard the song 'I kissed a girl' And I was obsessed. OBSESSED do you hear me? Then I looked at some footage of Katy and realized I'd met her.

Years ago I wrote some songs with Glen Ballard (Alanis Morrisette).
The songs never saw the light of day ('I've Been There' was one of them and 'The Wrong Way' was the other) as they didn't really fit on my albums but I had immense admiration and a wonderful time working with him. On one of the nights during dinner break this hurricane breezed into the studio in the form of a woman and introduced herself as Katy. She was honestly someone who had such a presence that I was simultaneously afraid and in awe. She struck me as a sort of raven haired Cyndi Lauper really. Anyway she talked about how she was signed to Columbia (someone give me a bucket!) and Glen talked about how she was going to be a big star.

A year passed and then I went in to record 'So Beautiful' and blah blah and then another tour and then another year and then 'Delicate'.. You get the picture.

But as I was looking at her picture it all came flooding back to me. Turns out she'd been dropped by Columbia records (honestly, such wankers!) and then gone on to become someone that just last week Madonna mentioned on national radio as the person she was listening to on her iPod. I just felt so happy and spent hours checking out Katy's video blogs and getting up to date on her music and I felt so happy that amongst the usual drivel of manufactured crud we had finally unearthed a genuine 21st century pop star.

Now the other thing that made me happy this week. Kanye West launched his 'Glow in the Dark Tour'. Here's a man who lost his mother last year and had an epiphany about what really matters in life - i.e. happiness. He consequently spent a wad of cash on a fanfuckingtastic tour and stage design for a show that is essentially a concept show (erhem I DID just do this recently btw..but it made me feel like I was on the right path!). His show involves a creature from Jim Henson's muppet factory and a stage that looks like a chunk of Mars.

I'm somewhat obsessed with Kanye's style and taste. It's not even really about the music for me but his choices. I love that he is an intelligent man making bold statements in a world full of cliche's.

Anyway just those two artists this week inspired me and reminded me to stay true to my boldness too.

Here's some snaps form the Kanye show.

If anyone finds any decent YouTube clips of the opening of the show, I wouldn't mind it if they perhaps posted them somewhere. Not that I approve of that kind of thing. Anyhoo I'm off to get some schleep.
Bye!

xD

Lime Magazine
Thanks to Manu for the scans of the article about Darren that was in Lime Magazine in March. Sorry it took me so long to send it out, but I wanted to type up the text to go along with the scans for those of you that need to use a translator in order to read the article.
You can see the scans and read the article here: http://www.darrenhayesfans.com/articles/limemalaysia0308.html

Darren posted this blog on his myspace Sunday, April 20, 2008

Erhem!

You might want to check out the landing page on my website

Woot!

xD

http://www.darrenhayes.com

In case you can't see his site, here is what it says on his homepage...

The Time Machine Tour on DVD
Trailer and Pre-Order May 1st
Deluxe Version July 1st
Standard Version July 22nd

This news was posted on Darren's website in the news section...

Darren Hayes Guest Judge On Australian Idol

Wednesday, 09 April 2008

Darren Hayes will be a guest judge on an upcoming Australian Idol episode. He will be talking to local radio in Australia on April 10th.

In an interview with Syndey Confidential Darren said "As an Australian entertainer living in London I definitely have a soft spot for Aussies trying to make it overseas.

"Rather than judging people, I'm going to be looking for that little bit of magic that someone once saw in me."

"I think potential is a huge criteria for a musical career and hopefully Tina and I can help discover some."

"I love Dicko and Tina so I'm sure I'm going to have a blast."

Read the article on the News.Com.Au website [here]

Visit the Australian Idol website [here]

Darren posted this new blog on his myspace Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Truly Madly Deeply

In December 2005 I attended a screening of a documentary about singer George Michael at a cinema in London.

I didn't know much about the evening or what the film was. I just knew that his publicist had invited me to attend a friends and family screening of the film.
If you know anything about me you'll know I'm notoriously terrible at the job of celebrity. I've famously uninvited myself from many a dinner with many a star – simply because I always feel fraudulent (don't we all?).

But I wanted to attend this event because George was quite simply someone who really inspired me to want to sing. I'd met him a couple of times in the past and he always struck me as such a shy and sensitive soul and more importantly I felt he'd been down a few roads I was about to travel.
So I took my then assistant and now amazingly successful author Lana Penrose as my date.

As we pulled up in our taxi – I saw a line of paparazzi and a crowd of about a hundred in front of the Curzon theatre. My immediate reaction was to tell the cabbie to keep driving and take me home. I had no idea it was a gala event and I was in my 'in between albums' state of not wanting to be in the public eye.
But we got out and just before we went in, Lana tried to say something supportive about making sure we smiled for the cameras.

Bless her heart, she had assumed that I would step out of the car and the press would instantly recognize me and cameras would start flashing. Little did she know that when you're someone like me – you're usually 'announced' to the press before you hit the red carpet. Without a manager or publicist or anyone from a record label this was simply not going to happen. My first thought was to just get in as quickly as we could. We approached the front door and the most humiliating thing that can ever happen to a personality happened : the gaggle of photographers took one look at Lana and I and dismissed us. Cameras that were actually on high alert suddenly relaxed and they all looked past us in the distance to see who else might turn up.

We walked in and Lana, rather like a child who can not lie, blurted out 'Oh God How embarrassing!'. To which my face flushed. I explained to her what I just explained to you and she got it.

We made our way to our seats. In front of us, a very rude D list UK 'celebrity' was being snooty to the poor usher who was showing people to their seats. All around me it felt like the audience was filled with people just looking to see who was in the room. It was a bad vibe and once again I just wanted to leave.
We sat down and I don't know possessed me but I decided to say hello to the person sitting to my right.

I never do this.
I always assume no one knows who I am and so I said 'Hello, I'm Darren'.
The man looked at me and said 'Hi I'm Anthony'.
He asked me how I'd ended up at the event and I told him I had met George once at a Pavaroti and Friends performance in Italy.
'Are you Darren Hayes?' he asked.
'Yes!' I said, rather shocked he knew.
'I'm Anthony Minghella' he said.
My mind flooded with all of his movies. The English Patient. The Talented Mr Ripley. And of course a tiny beautiful little film called Truly Madly Deeply.

Then he said 'I've always wanted to ask you, did you name your song after the movie?'.

And I don't know that I'd ever told a living soul that in fact, yes, I had.
I think at the time I was worried someone would sue me for using the title. But simply put the movie had a profound effect on me and naturally when I wrote the lyrics to my ultimate love song that was the phrase that fit.

I explained the above to him, told him how much I'd loved the movie.
He explained how it had been his first ever feature film and how much hard work it was and how much it changed his life.
I made the same comparisons about writing the song and we sat there for a moment both realizing that this one phrase had in fact completely defined our futures.

'We must keep in touch!' he said and actually meant it.
He told me how he felt we were clearly meant to meet and wished me all the best in the world.

It put such a wonderful spin on the evening.
Suddenly I felt a substance in a room that was full of insincerity.
I was struck by just how much grace he had and how genuine he'd Been. When we left the theatre, the paparazzi decided that I was newsworthy and snapped away to the point of almost bringing on epilepsy.
But I didn't care.
I'd met a genius. That's all I came away with.

I think I texted him once, and he texted me back.
Something kind and polite and that was the end of it really.
Life got in the way and people go off and do things and then two weeks ago I woke up to the news he had suddenly passed away.

The Times wrote an article about it here.

I can't say that I knew him very well.
Nor do I have the history to have been deeply traumatized by his passing.
But I was deeply saddened that the world lost this beautiful man in such a trivial way. I kept thinking about how worse off films will be now without his vision. I kept thinking of how much his particular grace and beauty will be missed and how cut short his amazing life was.

I don't know why I wanted to bring it up now – but I feel a sort of debt to Anthony and his delicate artistry and I wanted to write something to say how grateful I am to have met such a genius lovely gentle and great man.

New Video from Darren's Youtube page - Recording 'The Only One' added April 1, 2008

Also, on his youtube page, check out the video of "Darren Hayes at the Soho Revue Bar in 2007".
If you missed his intimate shows last year in London, it's a sampling of the songs he sang. Very cool. :)

NEW SINGLE CASEY OUT NOW!!

A favourite of both fans and critics alike (it was Entertainment Weekly's download recommendation when released in the U.S late 2007) new single 'Casey'from Darren Hayes is available via digital format now through iTunes Worldwide and the Official Darren Hayes Download Store (CLICKING HERE). (Please note all tracks purchased from the official download store are encoded in a high quality 320kbps MP3 format.)

During ''The Side Two Tour' Casey was recorded each evening during the UK shows and every individual one off performance is now available for fans worldwide to purchase and download to own forever by CLICKING HERE.

ADDITIONALLY - FANS IN THE UK CAN PURCHASE THE LIVE TRACKS THROUGH YOUR MOBILE VIA SMS. SIMPLY TEXT THE NUMBER AND CODE FROM THE LIST BELOW AND UPON CONFIRMATION USE YOUR COMPUTER TO GO HERE WHERE YOU ENTER THE MOBILE NUMBER YOU SENT THE SMS FROM AND RECEIVE YOUR DIGITAL DOWNLOAD.

Casey - Live In London, Feb 3 Text CASLON1 and send to 82822
Casey - Live In London, Feb 4 Text CASLON2 and send to 82822
Casey - Live In Manchester, Feb 6 Text CASMAN1 and send to 82822
Casey - Live In Manchester, Feb 7 Text CASMAN2 and send to 82822
Casey - Live In Bristol, Feb 11 Text CASBRS and send to 82822
Casey - Live In Brighton, Feb 15 Text CASBRI and send to 82822
Casey - Live In Birmingham, Feb 17 Text CASBIR1 and send to 82822
Casey - Live In Birmingham, Feb 18 Text CASBIR2 and send to 82822
Casey - Live In London, Feb 24 Text CASLON3 and send to 82822

In addition to the Live versions from 'The Side Two Tour', there are 3 unique digital bundles available to fans worldwide with EXCLUSIVE never released before b-sides at WWW.DARRENHAYES.COM

Check out this video: Casey
(http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=29239732)

THE TENSION AND THE SPARK U.S. ITUNES RELEASE!
This exciting news is from Darren's myspace and official site - posted March 02, 2008
It was the album that Sony refused to release in America and yet ironically it is considered the best of his career.
We are pleased to announce that FINALLY the critically acclaimed ground breaking stunning tour de force that is 'THE TENSION AND THE SPARK' has made its U.S release debut at iTunes USA .
For those stateside who've been unable to get a hold of this pivotal album - we triumphantly point you toward the U.S iTunes store to check out this sonic masterpiece.
About Time!

Electroqueer's blog about Darren's final night of the Side 2 Tour
In case you missed it, Raj (Electroqueer) posted this wonderful blog about Darren's final night of his Side 2 Tour in London.
(http://zxlcreative.blogs.com/electroqueer/2008/02/final-night-of.html)
Final Night Of Darren Hayes' Side Two Tour
Last night's final show of Darren Hayes 'Side Two Tour' was utterly incredible. Emotions ran high in the packed-out Islington Academy in London as hardcore fans from around the globe realized this may be a long time until Darren Hayes takes to the stage again. There were smiles, there were tears, there even were a few fans that fainted from the experience, but all-in-all the show was one of Darren's career bests.
Darren looked really happy on stage - joking about live technical fuck-ups to the endless exclaimations of love he had for his guitarist Steve Young and the keytar maestro Justin Shave. Treating the London fans to some setlist extras including 'Unlovable' and the energetic 'Carry On Amedeaus' (even the bouncers were enjoying this tune) it was a very special show to say the least. Darren even paid tribute to Madonna by incorporating lyrics to 'Vogue' into 'Dirty' and 'Get Together' into 'So Beautiful'. Leona Lewis even got a nod as Darren belted out the chorus to 'Bleeding Love' in one track.
After the show I chatted to Darren about what he had planned now that he's finished the last show and he was quite happy to say that he was looking forward to his downtime and getting to do a whole lot of nothing! Hearing Darren say this was a joy because if there is any musician out there that deserves a bit of a break - it most certainly is Darren Hayes. He has toured and promoted 'This Delicate Thing We've Made' tirelessly over the past year and looks forward to making more music for the legions of fans that embrace what he does. It doesn't matter if radio or the music industry "get it" anymore - he's going to be making music for all of us who do.
And with that said, we look forward to seeing Darren again in the future when he has a new story to tell through his music in that fascinating way that he does it. Thanks Darren for entertaining us all this past year with your beautiful record and generosity.
Make sure you buy the epic single 'Casey' when it drops on 3 March and if you want to relive the magic of 'The Time Machine Tour' make sure you pick up your copy when it drops on DVD soon.
February 25, 2008

New Issue of Decadence (fanclub magazine)
This news was posted on Darren's official website
http://www.darrenhayes.com
New Issue of Decadence
Check out the fabulous new issue of Decadence (A beautifully produced electronic magazine packed full of exclusive articles, interviews and photos) available for Official Members of Delicacy, the official Darren Hayes fanclub, to download now in the media section of the website.
If you aren't already a member of Darren's fanclub, you can join HERE.

Your Chance To Re-Live The Side Two Tour
This news was posted on Darren's myspace Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Your Chance To Re-Live The Side Two Tour
Category: Music

If you would like to re-live or experience the audience high point each night when fan-favourite 'Casey' was performed you can order digital downloads of the song now.

Casey was recorded each evening and every individual one off performance is now available to pre order and own forever by CLICKING HERE.

In addition, there are 3 unique digital bundles available with exclusive b sides at WWW.DARRENHAYES.COM

SINGLE ONE (http://www.darrenhayes.dloadshop.com/shop.asp?arid=6)
1. CASEY (A CAPPELLA)
2. WORDS (ORIGINAL DEMO RECORDING)

SINGLE TWO (http://www.darrenhayes.dloadshop.com/shop.asp?arid=7)
1. CASEY (LIVE FROM THE TIME MACHINE TOUR)
2. IN YOUR MOTHER'S EYES (DEMO RECORDING)

SINGLE THREE (http://www.darrenhayes.dloadshop.com/shop.asp?arid=8)
1. CASEY (ORIGINAL DEMO RECORDING)
2. WALK AWAY (ORIGINAL DEMO RECORDING)

LIVE EACH NIGHT ON THE SIDE 2 TOUR (http://www.darrenhayes.dloadshop.com/shop.asp?arid=9)

ADDITIONALLY - THE LIVE TRACKS CAN BE PURCHASED FROM YOUR MOBILE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE UK VIA SMS AND DELIVERED TO YOU DIGITALLY MARCH 3RD

Casey - Live In London, Feb 3 Text CASLON1 and send to 82822
Casey - Live In London, Feb 4 Text CASLON2 and send to 82822
Casey - Live In Manchester, Feb 6 Text CASMAN1 and send to 82822
Casey - Live In Manchester, Feb 7 Text CASMAN2 and send to 82822
Casey - Live In Bristol, Feb 11 Text CASBRS and send to 82822
Casey - Live In Brighton, Feb 15 Text CASBRI and send to 82822
Casey - Live In Birmingham, Feb 17 Text CASBIR1 and send to 82822
Casey - Live In Birmingham, Feb 18 Text CASBIR2 and send to 82822
Casey - Live In London, Feb 24 Text CASLON3 and send to 82822

'Casey' is released on March 3rd worldwide via iTunes and www.darrenhayes.com
The video can be seen now at http://www.youtube.com/darrenhayes

New Blog from Steve Young
Steve Young (guitarist for Darren's tour) posted this new blog on his myspace about the last Side 2 Tour concert last night.
http://www.myspace.com/steveyoungguitar
Monday, February 25, 2008
Has anyone seen my hat....?
Current mood: Knackered
Why oh why? did I throw my favourite hat into the audience. Hats to me are like special friends. When I put my hat on I know its time to perform. Like an actor getting into character. A small physical token to transend the enormous gulf of emotion between popping into Tesco's for the breakfast of everyday life and standing on stage playing songs that people have held so dear for so many years.
That particular hat, (from Urban Outfitters), was worn on all the Side 2 gigs, plus Amsterdam and even in front of Kylie Minogue. But it also signified a period that has now reached its conclusion. I felt at the end of the show last night that it really was the end of an era. This wasnt your average session job, this was something more. Everyone involved was entwined on so many levels. You dont just walk away thinking "right? now what?" You think "when will I see my friends again?", "did I make sure I said bye and thanks to everyone", "when will I play 'who would have thought again". Its a bit like waving your girlfriend off at the airport for a long trip.
The show itself was an interesting one. The dressing room was so far from the stage that we didnt actually have time to do the final 'good show' hugs. Kate was singing and we were still two floors down in the basement. I was also still brimming from the news that a fan on the balcony had elbowed my mother out the way thinking she was trying to steal her place. My mum was actually trying to find a place for my 11, 13 & 14 yr old nieces and nephews to stand who had never seen their uncle on stage before. Eventually the kind bar staff downstairs allowed them to sit on the bar where they had a good view. I know the person who did it, perhaps they will own up and say sorry.
I totally loved the rest of the gig. Even jumping into 'Popular' was a blast. Thats what live music is all about. The unknown.
I will now be playing with various artists such as Yamit Mamo, Fiona Renshaw, Helen Boulding and maybe a few new ones. So feel free to pop along. I will continue to update my page with gigs as they come along.
...Anyway, back to the hat...Whoever has it, your welcome to it. It belongs to the Time Machine Tour & the Side 2 Tour and everything else in between. Wear it proud. Thats why I threw it. New Tour - New Hat. If a hat could talk.......!!
I hope you've all had as much fun as me in the last 12 months.
See you soon. x

Door Opening Time Change For London
(This news was posted on Darren's official website and his myspace today.)
Due to the addition of special guests 'The Slips' the doors for Darren's final sold out show of 'The Side Two Tour' at the London Academy Islington on 24 Feb, 2008 will now open at 7pm. Darren will be onstage from 9pm

Casey Patch
(This news is from Darren's official site)
We recieved so much interest in the patch Darren wore in the Casey video that we decided to produce them for you!
You can get hold of one in our shop section HERE

Darren posted this new blog on his myspace today - Friday, February 22, 2008

Until we meet again..
Current mood: Zen
Category: Zen Music

I have blogged about every show on this tour so I thought I'd quickly post about Amsterdam. It was a love fest. Simple as that. I sang until I was hoarse actually (I think we played 17 or 18 songs and explored a lot of older stuff).. I've got one more show on Sunday night in London and then, as you all know, I'm officially out of the lime light for as long as it will take to get me some happy.
I've had a lot of people ask me what will happen after I play the last live date.

The truth is, I don't know.
Time out, for sure.

I've been in the public eye solidly for 12 years now. Even in my downtime when I wasn't promoting an album I was making one.
When I wasn't doing press I was touring. When I wasn't touring I was having meetings. When I wasn't having meetings I was making an album.
And so on and so forth.

And in the past year or so, I've documented it all online almost daily.

So I am looking forward to ducking out of sight for a while.
I'm going to close down messaging on my site after the 24th and I don't imagine I'm going to blog until I feel like it.
I need to switch the frequency off for a while to tune into the future.

Let me spend a moment looking back on it all, from space.

First of all, can I say how overwhelmingly positive the experience of making 'This Delicate Thing We've Made' was.
From the inception to the sounds. The visuals to the videos. The tour. Ahh the Time Machine Tour. Then the talents. The genius that is Justin Shave. The kindest heart and brave talent that is Steve Young. The solid truth of Peter Huttington. The sheer brilliance and solidarity that is Tracey Turner.
The loyalty and reliability that is the talent of Will King. The freakin' genius that has been the artork of Jane Wallace. The out of control unbelievableness that is the work of Richard Cullen. Just that tiny microcosm of people helped build up and deliver my dream to the world and in the process – we've made life long friendships. Then of course, there were all of you – who made me still want to make music even though no one really cares about music anymore. You all kept my faith in dreaming.

It hasn't all been positive. And that's ok. It's been interesting watching the level of panic rise and rise within 'the music industry'. It seems everyone is in a state of flux.
I'm very lucky to have come up from a period of great prosperity and to have used that success to cultivate my strange and interesting but heartfelt records.
But it hasn't been easy.

It was a huge struggle to bring 'This Delicate Thing' to the world.
Emotionally, practically and financially. But I'm so proud I did.
When I think about the music industry today, I think of great turmoil.
The analogy in my mind is like a shore full of competitive swimmers.
Thousands of them on the shore, running to the ocean as the gun goes off and suddenly amidst a sea of splashing there's nothing but confusion as to which direction to head.

When I think of my music, I'm reluctant to throw myself into that sea.
There's a race going on, and everyone seems so desperate to win that from a distance all the competitors have begun to look identical.
One big confused flapping mass of hysteria.

I don't want to be in the race.
I never did.

The idea of radio as the source for new music is a bit ancient now.
It's become so restrictive.
It used to be, for example, a golden rule in radio that a song be 4 minutes and 30 seconds.
In the mid 90's that changed to 4 minutes.
A few years ago it was 3 minutes 30.
Today it's 'under three minutes please!'.

A song like 'Casey' or 'How to Build a Time Machine'..
well they're far too delicate for that kind of chopping block.

I think about songs like 'Bohemian Rhapsody' or 'Hey Jude' and obviously they would never have survived had they been released today.
And it's not a case of the old man harping on about how things were better 'back in the day'.
It's just an observation.
And it certainly shapes how I see myself fitting in.

I've made many steps, each time I make a record, to inch further away from the feeling of being restricted and I think I've done a pretty good job so far.
Making a stand was at the expense of being able to rely on the bank account of a major label or the radio edit world of top 40. But it has taken a lot out of me.
I want to make sure that the next thing I do comes from a place of joy and urgency rather than a reaction to what is going on in that crazy rat race called 'the industry'.

The bits I've loved have been making the album I wanted and touring. Those bits I'm interested in exploring. But most of the rest of it I don't think I'm going to miss.

When I was growing up, the period between albums of my favourite artists used to seem like a lifetime. They would go away and when they came back they would have something new to say, something fresh to show and a brand new point of view.

They seemed to do that in the silence that existed in the period between albums.

That silence is what I'm going to find.
And when I've got something important to say, I'll say it.
I'm not sure when that will be.
But I'll be back. Because music is my oxygen.

Until that time, please know that I love you and I am more aware every day how lucky I am to have found an audience like you.
Thank you for the most incredible year of my life.
Thank you for these Delicate Things.
In my absence I'm going to set a few more birds free from their cages.
There are things I've hinted at that will still be happening this year.
The DVD of The Time Machine Tour.
The Surround Sound Animated DVD version of the Album.
And possibly a book.
The lovely folks at Powdered Sugar will make sure you're up to date on what's coming.
So keep in touch here or at my website.

Until then, all my respect and love..
Goodbye for now.

D

P.S Here's some lyrics by John Lennon.
I'll leave you with them.

JOHN LENNON – WATCHING THE WHEELS

People say I'm crazy doing what I'm doing,
Well they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin,
When I say that I'm o.k. they look at me kind of strange,
Surely your not happy now you no longer play the game,

People say I'm lazy dreaming my life away,
Well they give me all kinds of advice designed to enlighten me,
When I tell that I'm doing Fine watching shadows on the wall,
Don't you miss the big time boy you're no longer on the ball?

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round,
I really love to watch them roll,
No longer riding on the merry-go-round,
I just had to let it go,

People asking questions lost in confusion,
Well I tell them there's no problem,
Only solutions,
Well they shake their heads and they look at me as if I've lost my mind,
I tell them there's no hurry...
I'm just sitting here doing time,

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round,
I really love to watch them roll,
No longer riding on the merry-go-round,
I just had to let it go.

C. John Lennon

This blog was posted on Darren's myspace blog Thursday, February 21, 2008...
Brighton
Originally posted in the members area of Darrens Official Fanclub 'Delicacy' Feb 16th 2008.
Just got in the door from the Brighton gig. It's after 2 am and I'm more than a little bleary eyed! It's the only show outside of London close enough to drive home afterwards but it still feels like a bit of a trek after doing the set and then piling into a transit van with the lads.
I really enjoyed singing tonight – and the venue was a very cool looking space. I do feel for the audience at some of these clubs as obviously they aren't completely designed for everyone to have the best view – and there are always loads of people sort of crammed in at the sides where they can't really see much.
This perhaps leads to a bit of cheekiness. Or perhaps it's my own banter that invites it. Either way there was a very vocal young man to my right who kept INSISTING I sing 'Insatiable' all night.
To be kind, I performed some of 'To The Moon and Back' . Thought this was a nice peace offering. You know, something old but good.
Hats off to Shave for remembering how to play it, since it clearly wasn't at all rehearsed!
It was a very studious performance tonight. I was really internal (well until I started making jokes about having massive testicles).
And Steve said during the encore that he saw loads of people crying during certain songs. I presume this is not because we were terrible but because they too were feeling the lyrics and getting 'internal' as well.
I love it when music can do that.
Oh, so tonight, I threw in a bit of 'Strange Relationship' into 'Dirty'.
That song is so much fun live.
Am loving it.
Also loving throwing in 'Unlovable' during the encore sometimes.
It seems to do the trick.
Right – on that note I'm off to bed!
Got two in a row in Birmingham this week and then off to Amsterdam.
So got to get some rest.
Much love
D

After Brigton Gig Feb 2008

Darren's Blog - Bristol Thekla
Posted on his myspace blog - Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Bristol Thekla
Originally posted in the members area of Darrens Official Fanclub 'Delicacy' Feb 12th 2008.

The Boat gig.
When it was first proposed to me I thought 'Oh God No!'. I ain't playing on no boat. Visions of a harbour cruise for singles came to mind. Bad Karaoke. Even worse lighting. A dinner crowd perhaps.
But the choice to do 250 to 300 capacity clubs meant that our options were somewhat limited. I really wanted to make sure I played in Bristol this time and this was our only option.
But you know what? It rocked (no pun intended.. see what I did there?)
It was a really cool venue and a great set and the audience were mad for it.
I came on stage and the second the gig started I knew it was going to be fun. Added in bits of 'Alphabet Street' tonight into Dirty and we included 'Dublin Sky' for good measure at the end.
All in all a great gig and I'm slowly started to realize that it's soon coming to an end!
Only 5 more shows now. Brighton then two in Birmingham, the Amsterdam gig and our final show in London.
Yikes!
xxD

Special guests THE SLIPS announced as London Support Act
(Posted on Darren's myspace Wednesday, February 20, 2008)
We are thrilled to announce the addition of a special live guest to warm up audiences at the final date of Darren's Side 2 Tour in London this Sunday.
Electro powerhouse London duo The Slips will warm up the house from 8pm.
Check 'em out online and add 'em if you love their stuff.
These fellas have been involved in some of the biggest records of the last 5 years including work on 'The Tension and The Spark' and 'Delicate..'
Oh and this other woman called Madonna and this chick called Gwen Stefani or summink.
CHECK OUT THE SLIPS ON MYSPACE

Darren's Blog - Holy snappin duck shit
Darren posted this blog on his myspace on Monday, February 18, 2008
Holy snappin duck shit
Category: Music
Originally posted in the members area of Darrens Official Fanclub 'Delicacy' Feb 7th 2008.

Holy snappin' duck shit.
I can't believe I talked about having 'the runs' on stage!
But God it was funny.
Anyway I told that story.
I felt on fire (not from my ass, thankfully that had gone..)
But musically.
We were on fire.
Sang Unlovable at the end just because we felt like it.
Added a bit of 'What you need' into Dirty tonight..
And some 'Running up that Hill' into 'Conversation..'
Brilliant brilliant audience and a wonderful town.
Thank you so much Manchester.
All was amazing until the last second.. I left the stage
So full 'o' energy and did a little jump! ONLY TO CRACK MY HEAD ON THE LOW CONCRETE CEILING and land on my ass!
So it ended where it began really.
With the rear end.
Hehe..
xxD

This blog was just posted on Darren's myspace - Sunday, February 17, 2008

Manchester Part 2
Category: Music
Originally posted in the members area of Darrens Official Fanclub 'Delicacy' Feb 6th 2008.

Ok so I'm just in from the gig.
I probably should just tell you what I told my sister.. great crowd.
No, amazing crowd.
I always love Manchester and the North because we get such a generous amount of affection from the audience.
But there was one WANKER. Or shall I say a gaggle of wankers.
2 or 3 of them. Maybe 4.
(see what I did there?)
Anyway maybe they were drunk.
Maybe they were just really excited.
Or maybe they'd stumbled in for free.
I don't know.
But they were so rude. Talking LOUDLY in the quieter moments.
Heckling. Yelling out song requests and at one point yelling 'Boring!'.
My sister said, what did you do?
And I told her.
I said to the crowd, and I quote
"I'd sleep with pretty much 99% of the people in this room but I'd like to physically hurt the person who is being rude".
With that the entire crowd cheered and the people closest to the WANKER cheered the loudest.
I basically said if they didn't shut up the people next to them would physically remove each of their eyelashes one by one.
They behaved themselves after that.
It was so weird too because I was just about to sing '100 Challenging Things', which is really one of the saddest and most personal songs I've ever written. I was telling the tale about how it's a song for a Mother and a Father who died too young and left their son here to remind me that my own problems pale into insignificance. When the hecklers stopped I explained how the Father was a coal miner who hated the dark and the Mother was a stranger in a foreign country and that they worked all their lives to escape to the sun.
And the sad irony is the minute they made it, and only in the 50's – she passed away suddenly and he died of the C word but I suspect more from a broken heart.
Anyway the point of the song is that, upon meeting their son who survived – and seeing the sparkle and the joy in his eyes and witnessing his positive outlook on life I felt ashamed to have gone on so much about my own woes in life. That at least I had the luxury of parents alive whom I could blame for what was wrong with me. And that's when I fell in love.
So the gig – on fire, alive, tense, intense, cheeky, flirty, heartfelt and a bit of a struggle physically (said to my sister it's like a runner after training for a few days – suddenly all the muscles ache a few shows in and you start to feel the hard work of singing taking its toll).
But it wasn't really about any of that. Because afterwards I met the family of the courageous Amanda whom many of you will remember spent some of her last moments on stage giving me a cheeky hug during the Time Machine Tour.
I'd kept in touch after the funeral and because Amanda had bought tickets to this tour, her husband and sister went in her memory.
They gave me the biggest hugs (must run in the family) and once again I was reminded of how lucky we all are and how our problems pale into insignificance when we are confronted with true loss.
And I felt glad I'd experienced tonight, and told my stories and sung my songs.
With love
Darren

Darren's Blog - Manchester First Show
This was posted on Darren's myspace on Saturday, February 16, 2008

Manchester First Show
Category: Music
Originally posted in the members area of Darrens Official Fanclub 'Delicacy' Feb 6th 2008.
Spent the most hilarious 2 and half hours on the Virgin train (not an untouched by man train but a train run by, err, Virgin..) Anyhoo it was the unveiling of A.D.D Darren to Tracey (my P.A) and at one point Steve asked Tracey if there was a child's play pen I could be placed in. I guess I had a lot of spare energy.
Got excited about the gig tonight and about how the future is unfolding. Really looking forward to a break. When the tour is over I'm hoping to go visit my family and then take a good chunk of time for me.
Feel so good to be happy in the present. Not looking back. Not hoping forward. Just comfortable where it is right now. And the best thing about things winding down is that there is less stress around me.
The last 12 months, while amazing, have also been very taxing emotionally. Work wise it's been an overwhelming amount of pressure (running the label) and it had begun to drain me a bit. It's so lovely to be able to come out on the road and reconnect with music and the audiences and remember why it is I do what I do.
Here's a lil' picture of me in my hotel room looking out over Manchester.

It's so pretty here today. Gorgeous blue skies but cold temperatures.
We drove past where the old Hacienda used to be and I got sad that I never got to see it in person. Now it's a block of flats. Everything gets turned into a block of flats doesn't it.
Right now I'm finished sound check and I'm going to turn the shower on and try to steam my voice a bit in preparation for tonight's vocal gymnastics. Why oh why do I write such high notes? Hehe.
I'll write later to let you know how the gig was.
Much love
D

This was posted on Darren's myspace blog Thursday, February 14, 2008...

London Feb 4th
Category: Music

Originally posted in the members area of Darrens Official Fanclub 'Delicacy' Feb 5th 2008.

Talk about night and day.
THAT was a wonderful gig.
I was so much more relaxed on stage (*owing in full I'm sure to getting over first night jitters and the TERROR of new songs first time blah blah).
And there was a really tight connection between Steve, Shave and I.
We changed the order of a couple songs by moving Gunning Down Romance and that fact alone seemed to give us a little bit more room to ramp up tonight. 100 Challenging felt better at this tempo (we sped it up just a little) and Dirty was fun! Little bits of I Want You and Britney thrown in for good measure. Worked a treat.
I got a chance to say hi to a few people afterwards. Some who'd travelled form the other side of the city and some from the other side of the world.
And I got to share the TRUTH about the Insatiable video (ask your friends).
Mhwahah.
It was lovely.
Just lovely.
x

Happy snap has Darren Hayes fan in orbit
This article is from the Daily Telegraph (Australia)
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23214580-5006002,00.html

Picture caption: Click ... Darren Hayes with friend Maria Laspina.

Happy snap has Darren Hayes fan in orbit
February 15, 2008 12:00am

FAME can happen in the click of a finger - just ask the Aussie fan who has emerged as a celebrity photographer, after a happy snap he took at a Darren Hayes concert has ended up on the cover of the singer's new DVD.

The former Savage Garden singer liked the photos taken by Adelaide creative Sputnik taken backstage at a concert last year and snapped them up for his upcoming live DVD of his Time Machine tour.

The amateur photographer landed his big break in the music world after an introduction to the singer's sister took him from a VIP area at the venue to shooting from the stage wings.

Shown the digital images after the show, Hayes said the ad man had "managed to capture in one shot the essence of the show".

This was posted today on Darren's myspace blog...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008

London Feb 3rd 'Side 2 Tour'
Originally posted in the members area of Darrens Official Fanclub 'Delicacy' Feb 4th 2008.

My thoughts on tonight are jumbled so let me share them with you. In no particular order..
It's a challenging set list.
Vocally, verbally (yikes lyrics!) and of course emotionally.
Now that you are all aware of the songs performed I can discuss in more detail why it was challenging.
First of all there is no drummer.
Which was intentional – to make the shows be less about rocking out and more about voice and song choices and to showcase the material off the new album which is heavily influenced by Justin and I sitting in a room together. I wanted the show to feel a bit like coming round to listen to us do some songs rather than a 'show'.
But having no drummer makes the music feel more, I don't know, intellectual?
Like you want to 'listen' rather than rock out.
As a performer, the pleaser, the part of me that wants to make sure everyone is having a good time – is aware that it would be easier to just do a more traditional gig.
Doing a more obscure set list is a delicate balance to pull off – because instinct makes you want to reach for the 'gun' so to speak.
And by 'gun' I mean HIT SONGS.
This is the first time I've toured with such an obscure set list.
A fan's dream, I would hope.
But not necessarily a casual listener's favourite material I would imagine.
Thoughts of that Prince gig I saw once where he only played experimental Jazz come to mind!
But that being said, it was called the Side 2 Tour for a reason. To suggest album tracks, b sides, rarer things. So on that front I'd hope that we delivered.
But it was interesting because I could feel all 3 of us actually coming to grips with it on stage. Thinking, quite literally, 'ohhh so THIS is a different way of moving..'.
We're so used to having the power of, say, a big production. Or the ease of throwing in something like 'Carry on Amadeus' or 'The Best Thing' as an instant crowd pleaser.
Tonight it was realizing that, no, this is something altogether different.
A point of difference to the Time Machine Tour.
It could only be played to a crowd who have seen a lot of what I do and would appreciate the dusted off treasures.
Be interesting to see how this unfolds.. ;)
I will say, I just read what Cat had to say in her post about the cold shivers. And I feel the same way to be honest. There's something heavy about this set list. And though it would be more entertaining in some ways not to be heavy – I kind of like it. In many ways as a show it reminds me of what 'The Tension and The Spark' was as an album. A bit uncomfortable but utterly pivotal.
Xx

The Gay People's Choice Awards Winners
(on AfterElton.com). Darren was mentioned a couple of times. I'll copy those parts below...
http://www.afterelton.com/people/2008/2/gaypeopleschoicewinners?page=0,2
http://www.afterelton.com/people/2008/2/gaypeopleschoicewinners?page=0,4
Favorite Male Musical Artist - Rufus Wainwright won this category propelled by his latest album and appearances on Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" tour. Kanye West can console himself with all those Grammys he won Sunday night. Meanwhile, former Savage Garden frontman Darren Hayes led among the write-ins.
Favorite Gay Couple: John Barrowman and Scott Gill - impressive considering Gill isn't really a public figure. However, Barrowman has been exceedingly forthcoming about their relationship, frequently discussing it interviews and in his recent autobiography Anything Goes. Meanwhile, many other gay couples have chosen to keep a lower profile. Most popular write-in couple: Darren Hayes and Richard Cullen.

The Side Two Tour Setlist And Where The Originals Are Available To Download
This info was posted on Darren's myspace blog today...
Saturday, February 9, 2008
The Side Two Tour Setlist And Where The Originals Are Available To Download
We thought this might be useful for tracking down some of the more elusive Side Two Tour setlist tracks.
Admin

Hero (From the Album 'The Tension And The Spark')
iTunes UK

Bombs Up In My Face (From the Album 'This Delicate Thing We've Made')
Official Darren Hayes Download Store
iTunes UK

Sense Of Humor (From the Album 'The Tension And The Spark')
iTunes UK

A Conversation With God (From the Album 'This Delicate Thing We've Made')
Official Darren Hayes Download Store
iTunes UK

Gunning Down Romance (From the Savage Garden Album 'Affirmation')
iTunes UK

Random Blinking Light (Rare B-Side included on the single 'Darkness')
iTunes UK
Tesco Music Downloads (available worldwide)

A Hundred Challenging Things A Boy Can Do (From the Album 'This Delicate Thing We've Made')
Official Darren Hayes Download Store
iTunes UK

Setting Sun (From the Album 'This Delicate Thing We've Made')
Official Darren Hayes Download Store
iTunes UK

Maybe (From the Album 'This Delicate Thing We've Made')
Official Darren Hayes Download Store
iTunes UK

Mine(From the debut self titled album 'Savage Garden' on the Australian and Japanese editions and UK CD Single 1 'I Knew I Loved You'.)
Not currently available for download.

Dirty (From the Album 'Spin')
iTunes UK

Dirty (Live)
Tesco Music Downloads (available worldwide)

Casey (Forthcoming single for release 3 March 2008 from the album 'This Delicate Thing We've Made')
Official Darren Hayes Download Store - available to pre-order now including the LIVE performances from each UK date of 'The Side Two Tour'
Official Darren Hayes Download Store
iTunes UK

Sing To Me (From the Album 'This Delicate Thing We've Made')
Official Darren Hayes Download Store
iTunes UK

I Don't Care (From the Savage Garden Album 'Truly Madly Completely)
iTunes UK
Tesco Music Downloads (available worldwide)

So Beautiful (Beautifulmix) (Original So Beautiful is from the Savage Garden album 'Truly Madly Completely')
The mix was previously available for a limited time on MSN Music UK and is not currently available for download. However the original single and other mixes are available for download.

So Beautiful (Single Version)
iTunes UK

So Beautiful (Album Version)
iTunes UK

So Beautiful (Bobby Blanco and Miki Moto Mix)
iTunes UK

Myspace Blog from Darren - It's Intense
Thursday, February 07, 2008
It's Intense
Category: Music
I've blogging about it over at the fanclub (those blogs will eventually be posted over here) but I wanted to let you know just how much I've loved the Side 2 Tour so far.
To sum up - it's intense.
It's very introspective set list with songs for trainspotters (hey I'm a trainspotter don't take offense!) and it is emotionally quite heavy it spots. Due in part to song choices but also intimate settings and the understanding that this tour will be my last for a while. All the songs take on a sort of duel narrative and I find myself thinking a lot up on stage. Audiences both nights have been superb and as I type this I'm about to run out the door for Manchester.
We're recording Casey live each night on this tour - and there's a bunch of ways folks can get their hands on the song from their show. I'll get admin to paste all the info below but basically UK peeps can text to pre order it (you get a text back day before release date and a code to download from tunetribe.com - it's just charged to your phone account) Also, because so many people have asked we're also going to make the songs downloadable via our site (http://www.darrenhayes.dloadshop.com) and tunetribe (http://www.tunetribe.com) day of release too.
Anyway, all the details will be below.
I just really wanted to explain why there's a hushed reference when we perform 'Casey' each night. It's because the record button is on! Hehe.
Much love to you..
x

Download the new single 'CASEY' as performed LIVE each night!

TEXT TO BUY NOW! DELIVERED TO YOU DIGITALLY MARCH 3RD

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New myspace blog from Darren...

The Big EQ Giveaway
Raj (Electroqueer) is giving away 2 tickets to Darren's London show and 2 Delicacy t-shirts on his myspace. He's also giving away 2 signed copies of Nelson Clemente's debut EP '6th Perception'. (btw I have Nelson's cd and it's incredible!) These are all great prizes!
Here is the link and the info about how you can enter...
http://zxlcreative.blogs.com/electroqueer/2008/02/the-big-eq-give.html

Willie Williams Article
I'm sorry I missed this when it was posted on Darren's site last Friday.
Tracey posted a "yousendit" link to where we could download a pdf file of an amazing Willie Williams article from November about Darren's Time Machine Tour.
Unfortunately by the time I saw it, the yousendit link had reached it's limit so I had to wait until I could find the article and upload it onto my site for you guys to see.
Thanks to Janet for sending me the pdf file of the article today. I've finally uploaded it to our site. Here is the link:
http://www.darrenhayesfans.com/images/articles/WWInterviewFeb08.pdf

Manchester Shows Door Time
This news was posted on Darren's myspace...
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Manchester Shows Door Time
Category: Music

The doors for the Manchester shows will be opening from 7pm and not 7.30pm as previously mentioned.
Also if you haven't already got your friends coming to the show, now is your chance because there are still some tickets available for the 2nd Manchester show on February 7th. You can purchase at the box office on the night or order now from www.ticketweb.co.ukfor box office collection.
Please remember that there is a no cameras policy at all of The Side Two Shows.
Admin

Poprepublic IT List Awards
Poprepublic announced the winners of their IT List Awards 2007, voted on by their readers.
Darren was voted "Favourite Male Aussie Artist". He also came in third for "Tours of 2007".
Here is the link to where you can see all of the results in their February 2008 issue: http://www.poprepublic.tv/popfeb08.pdf
Thanks to everyone that voted for Darren!

Willie Williams article
Thanks to Tracey for finding an amazing article with Willie Williams about Darren's Time Machine Tour set design and posting about it on Darren's official site. I have uploaded the pdf file to our site. You can see it here:
http://www.poprepublic.tv/popfeb08.pdf
For those of you that can't read the pdf file, I'll capture the pages in jpg form and also type it up, but it might take me a few days. I'll post it in our "article" section when I have it done.

Electroqueer: Darren Hayes Side Two Tour - A Treat For The Hardcore
Raj (Electroqueer) posted a really nice review of Darren's concert in London Sunday night on his myspace blog. Here is the link:
http://zxlcreative.blogs.com/electroqueer/2008/02/darren-hayes-si.html

NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY
This bulletin was sent out from Darren's myspace today:
From: Darren Hayes
Date: Jan 31, 2008 5:19 PM
Subject: NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY
NO PICTURES PLEASE
Just to advise those attending the Side 2 Tour that there is a no cameras policy to ensure absolutely no flash photography
We have asked all the venues to abide strictly by this policy to enable all in attendance to have an enjoyable time.
As you can imagine, flash photography is off putting for everyone especially those on stage in such small venues.
We would encourage those who are planning to attend to either leave cameras at home or leave them at the cloakroom upon entering.
We hope those going to the shows have a great time!

UK ONLY CASEY DIGITAL DOWNLOAD
This very cool image (with more information about the UK only digital downloads of Casey) was also just posted on Darren's myspace blog...
Thursday, January 31, 2008
UK ONLY CASEY DIGITAL DOWNLOAD
Category: Music

DARREN HAYES TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE 'CASEY'
This news was posted on Darren's myspace today....
Thursday, January 31, 2008
DARREN HAYES TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE 'CASEY'
Category: Music

'A song about escaping' is how Hayes describes the epic strings meets vintage synth single 'Casey' – the latest single to be lifted from his double album 'This Delicate Thing We've Made'.
A favourite of both fans and critics alike (it was Entertainment Weekly's download recommendation when released in the U.S late 2007) many have singled this track out as the centerpiece of Hayes' new sound.
"Casey, when you go, can you come and find me. I want to be beside you when you leave this town" Hayes croons earnestly atop the Kate Bush influenced string section and 1980's Fairlight drums.
"It's the story of a boy from a small town and a poor upbringing who wants to grow up and be something one day. He turns to the car radio and the freedom of a first car as a means of getting away.'
Much has been made of Hayes' admissions of growing up with domestic violence and many speculate the song is about his Sister who took care of him as a child. But Hayes says the influence is wider than that.
"It's about my sister in some sense, sure. But it's also about how I felt as a teenager, growing up different. And yet surviving against the odds. It also describes the sad realization that in a small town sooner or later everyone you love eventually moves away. In this song I'm the one left behind."
The single release is supported by a state of the art animated and live action music video by film maker Damian Hale of onedotzero fame. The piece involves hand drawn artwork and green screen technology that was 4 months in the making.
As the 4th single release from 'This Delicate Thing We've Made' Casey will feature a host of bonus tracks including brand new songs and never before released demos as well as a special treat for UK audiences. Each night of the 'Side 2 Tour' those in Britain will be able to purchase a digital version of the song as performed live each night.
'Casey' is released on March 3rd worldwide via iTunes and www.darrenhayes.com
The video can be seen now at www.youtube.com/darrenhayes

CASEY – SINGLES TRACKLISTING

VIA ITUNES WORLD WIDE
1. CASEY (MUSIC VIDEO)
2. CASEY (LIVE ACOUSTIC VERSION)
3. CASEY (LIVE FROM THE TIME MACHINE TOUR)
4. CASEY (INSTRUMENTAL)

VIA WWW.DARRENHAYES.COM

SINGLE ONE
1. CASEY (A CAPPELLA)
2. WORDS (ORIGINAL DEMO RECORDING)

SINGLE TWO
1. CASEY (LIVE FROM THE TIME MACHINE TOUR)
2. IN YOUR MOTHER'S EYES (DEMO RECORDING)

SINGLE THREE
1. CASEY (ORIGINAL DEMO RECORDING)
2. WALK AWAY (ORIGINAL DEMO RECORDING)

LIVE EACH NIGHT ON THE SIDE 2 TOUR
(AVAILABLE TO UK RESIDENTS ONLY)

New Myspace Blog From Darren...
http://www.myspace.com/darrenhayes
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

The musical equivalent of yellow roses
Current mood: contrite
Category: contrite Music

Especially for my U.S and North American audiences.. I left a little present for you in my music player as a way to say 'sorry' for not being able to make it as planned to your shores.
It's a live version of 'Void' recorded in Brisbane last year on the Time Machine Tour.
I've made it downloadable so grab it while you can.
It ain't much, but it's the thought that counts.

Much much love
xD

EDIT: THE SONG WAS UPLOADED, IT'S JUST TAKING A WHILE FOR MYSPACE TO PROCESS IT..

Darren posted this news on his myspace blog, Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Good news and bad news..
Category: Music

Straight to the point : No more U.S dates.
My sincere apologies to everyone who was hoping we'd be able to make it again. Unfortunately the right combination of available dates and venues just didn't align.
I'm really glad that I've been to America so much in the past 12 months and seen so many of you up close and personal. OF COURSE I'm sad I couldn't come back for one more round of shows for 'Delicate..' but I feel so lucky to have had a year of the best experiences singing my heart out with people I adore.
The good news is, we filmed The Time Machine Tour in glorious high definition and will be releasing the DVD of the show world wide.
Here's a little tease hot off the presses. I know its not as good as being there in person but it's the next best thing! Hopefully it will give those of you who missed out on the tour a sense of the magic we all felt..
Once again, thanks to all of you who expressed such warmth and understanding and just know that none of my dreams would have come true without your constant support.
Big love
xD

Darren posted this new blog on his myspace...
Monday, January 28, 2008

U.S dates - latest news
Current mood: hopeful
Category: hopeful Music

I'm sorry there hasn't been a confirmation about U.S tour dates yet.
It's been major dramas here at Powdered Sugar trying to secure venues on the days we need them in order for the tour to make sense logistically.
The U.S is such a massive continent that the routing really depends on venues being available on the days needed in the general direction of travel. It just doesn't make sense to go, for example, to New York, then L.A then back to Toronto etc.
Trouble is, we've only got a specific amount of time in which we can do these dates and without being able to confirm venues in some of the cities it throws the whole plan out.
I'm lucky I've had the pleasure of bringing the band to North America so many times in the last 12 months. As you know I've been trying really hard to make it once more before we call it a day on this album. But it's proving difficult.
I promise we'll have more news in the next 24 hours but I wanted to be honest and let you know where it's at.
Clearly I'm hoping it all works out!
Much love
D

GenQ Music Article - Darren Hayes reveals Casey
This article is from GenerationQ.net
http://music.generationq.net/bm/news/mu270108-01.shtml
GenQ Music
Darren Hayes reveals Casey
By Chris Pycroft
Published Jan 26, 2008
Despite having the least chart success out of any previous album released either as a solo artist, the momentum for This Delicate Thing We've Made continues to grow, with the release of the video for Darren Hayes' forthcoming single, Casey.
Casey follows the previous single releases of On The Verge Of Something Wonderful and Me Myself and I, both of which charted in Australia and the United Kingdom.
The single will be released on 3 March, with seven bundles to be made available with varying track lists. It is expected that there will be no physical version of the single.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXsORzXKnMs
Darren Hayes will be touring throughout the United Kingdom and United States in February and March. For more information, visit (Darren's official website).

Robert Conley's new myspace
I'm sure most of you remember Robert Conley. He co-wrote many of Darren's songs and toured with him. He's also married to Darren's former manager, Leonie.
Well, Robert just started a new myspace to showcase his work. He's an incredibly talented guy. Please check out his new myspace and send him a friend request and show him some love. :)
http://www.myspace.com/robertconleymusic

Video For Casey Now On Youtube
This news was just posted on Darren's myspace...
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Video For Casey Now On Youtube
Category: Music
Check out the stunning video for fan favorite 'Casey' now on Darren's official youtube page here:

'Casey' will be released on March 3 with 7 different digital singles bundles available. These will include versions of the song with bsides including brand new songs, never before released demos and live renditions of what everyone is calling the centrepiece of Darren's magnificent Opus 'This Delicate Thing We've Made.'
For a higher quality version visit http://www.darrenhayes.com/

Darren just posted this on his myspace blog...
Friday, January 25, 2008
Um
Current mood: Australian
Happy Australia Day.
Don't watch THIS if swear words offend you!
xD

This exciting news was posted on Darren's myspace blog...
CASEY VIDEO - PREMIERE THIS SATURDAY
Current mood: excited
Category: Music
Log on to WWW.DARRENHAYES.COM on Saturday January 26 from 8.PM UK time to see the world premiere of the full length video for 'CASEY'.
The fan favorite and critically aclaimed song features a music video that has been 4 months in the making.
Damian Hale of onedotzero spent his days and nights over the past 120 days painstakingly animating by hand the 'ode to nostalgia' Atari and Innerspace inspired video.
The online debut heralds the beginning of a release that will culminate on March 3 with 7 different digital singles bundles available. These will include versions of the song with bsides including brand new songs, never before released demos and live renditions of what everyone is calling the centrepiece of Darren's magnificent Opus 'This Delicate Thing We've Made'.
It all starts this Saturday.
Don't miss it!
WWW.DARRENHAYES.COM

New Blog from Darren...Monday, January 21, 2008

Busy Boy
Current mood: Busy Bee

Sorry it's been so long since I've written on the space..
Been really busy and I'm only now surfacing to breathe.
Where to start?
Casey - the single.
We're releasing it digitally on March 3 and there are a bunch of versions with bonus tracks. Some will be on iTunes, some on my website and the most exciting thing is that we're also offering a live version recorded each night from the Side 2 dates in the UK. Literally at the end of each show audiences members will be able to text to buy that night's performance of 'Casey' and it will be delivered to them on March 3.
What else?
The video is finished and it's breath taking. It should debut online towards the end of this week. It will also be available to buy in iTunes come release day.
Don't be dissapointed if you don't hear the song on radio - I'm not even trying to get it played to be honest. It's a weird time for music, with record labels slashing staff, dropping artists and everyone clawing for airplay. I wanted to be above all that and just release the song because I adore it.
You can expect to find some b side goodies including a brand new song called 'In your mother's eyes' as well as demo recordings of 'Words' 'Walk Away' and the original demo of 'Casey'. There's also a bunch of live versions including one recorded at the Canal Room in NYC and one from the Time Machine Tour in Australia.
There's a lot of choice, but hey, it's my favorite song off the album so I figured why not slurge?
Speaking of 'The Time Machine Tour' the DVD has just finished being edited.
Now the sound is being mixed and the front cover artwork is being finalized.
We expect to release it sometime before May this year for those of you who've been asking.
On other fronts - I go to Justin's studio tomorrow night to begin work on arrangements and remixing for the Side 2 Tour set list. It's all very exciting. The songs I've chosen to do on this little run are very cool (some rare, some old, some new) and I hope you all enjoy what I've come up with.
The U.S dates are being slowly set in stone and we should have some news for those in North America this week as well.
So it's all happening!
Thanks for all your lovely messages on here.. I do read most - even if it's impossible to reply to many - your support, as always means the world..
Mucho love
xxD

Last Chance to Vote For Darren At NME and PopRepublic
There are a couple opportunities to vote for Darren that are nearing their deadlines so I thought I would remind everyone. You'll have to subscribe to these sites before you can vote, but it's pretty easy.
Please vote for Darren in all of the categories that you think he fits on each of these.

NME Awards
Main site:
http://www.nme.com
Direct Link to Voting Page:
http://www.nme.com/awardsvote

PopRepublic.tv The IT List Awards
Main site:
http://www.poprepublic.tv/site
Direct Link To Voting Page:
http://poprepublic.tv/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=135&Itemid=100

Win tickets to Darren Hayes Manchester show
Manchester Evening News has a competition where you can win tickets to see Darren's Manchester show on February 7th.
Go here for the details:
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/competitions/1000848.html

Pop Star Heartbroken At The Death of 'Extraordinary' Fan
There was an article posted January 21, 2008 on ThisIsDerbyshire.co.uk about Amanda, the fan that Darren posted his blog about recently. The article is titled "Pop Star Heartbroken At The Death of ’Extraordinary’ Fan". Here is the link to where you can read it:
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=124378&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231734&home=yes&more_nodeId1=124522&contentPK=19614857

Darren posted this exciting news for the US/Canadian fans on his myspace Wednesday, January 16, 2008

U.S dates - last live shows this year
Current mood: accomplished

I'll be announcing news soon about North Amercian dates.
They'll be my last live shows anywhere in the world for 2008.
At this stage, it's just 6 cities.
NEW YORK. TORONOTO. BOSTON. DC. LOS ANGELES. CHICAGO.
*These could change prior to an official announcement, but just wanted to give a heads up.
The proposed start date is March 14.
The proposed last show March 22.
When it's done, I'm off to take a well deserved break and dream about the next thing.
I'm letting you know because lots of people have been asking me about other cities, countries, planets.
And whilst I'm very touched and moved by your kind requests, I don't want anyone expecting me to come somehwere I'm not able to.
It's been an incredible time and when the shows conclude I will have played live for 12 months in support of 'This Delicate Thing We've Made'.
I can guarantee you I'll enjoy these shows more than any of you! And I know, as always, I only have you to thank for making it all possible.
More news (probably next week) when it's official.
Much love
D

Darren posted a blog on his myspace earlier today and then decided to rewrite it. Here is his revised blog...
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
The Times They are A Changing

Eh
Just wrote this whole rant about Annie Lennox and realized I got suckered into believing a false story.. So here's my amended thoughts
Just goes to show - even if a friend sends me a link I should think twice before believing everything you read in the papers!
What I will say is that regardless of Annie Lennox and her future recording plans, I feel sad that I probably believed the tabloid story to be true because we are in an era where AMAZING artists are often having to choose to be independent just to get their music out there. .
But a larger part of me feels excited by the prospect.
I know when I decided not to get another major record deal people thought I was crazy.
I didn't get the kind of press that Radio Head did.. but I feel proud that I've been at the front of a pack of once major selling recording artists who are choosing to go it alone...
It ain't easy.
But god it satisfying.
Right. I need sleep.
And to stop believing in gossip!
(Don't I always say that! Shame on ME!)
xD

Darren posted this very moving blog (and pictures) on his myspace Sunday, January 13, 2008

For Amanda

Sometimes you meet angels and they're everyday people. They're standing right in front of you, and all your problems pale into insignificance. I've been lucky enough to meet a few of them in my life, but one who touched me so deeply has left our shores for greener pastures.

I wanted to say thank you and to celebrate the life of an angel named Amanda who I had the privilege of meeting on stage in Liverpool last year.

I remember the moment so clearly.
I was singing 'So Beautiful' and I looked down at this lady who had the biggest smile on her face. She was obviously frail from her illness but her smile lit up the universe. I never did this at any other show on the tour but on this night I reached down and asked her to come up on stage with me so I could sing the song to her.

I held her and I felt so humbled to be in the presence of such strength and dignity.

Today I found out that Amanda lost her battle with cancer and my heart broke. But my spirit felt so happy that I'd witnessed a bright spark in an even brighter life.

To Amanda and family, I wanted to thank you for the moment that I shared with your lovely one. I only knew her for a minute but I felt honored to meet a such an extraordinary person with such a gigantic heart.

With love and the deepest gratitude I dedicate 'So Beautiful' to you, Amanda.
It's yours. It was never mine to give away anyway.

'I have lost my illusions I have drowned in your words.
I have left my confusion to a cynical world.
I am throwing myself at things I don't understand.
Discover enlightenment holding your hand. You are.
You are.
So beautiful'

Darren featured on popular Madonna Fan site
This news was just posted on Darren's myspace blog...
Friday, January 11, 2008
Darren featured on popular Madonna Fan site
Check out this website for a cool mention about Darren's tribute to the Material Girl in London on New Years Eve
www.drownedmadonna.com is one of Darren's favorite sites to find out all things Madonna.

New myspace blog from Darren...

Friday, January 11, 2008
Cuppa Tea
Current mood: jittery anxious come on!!!
Category: jittery anxious come on!!!

I get bored waiting for you.
Well let me clarify.
I don't get bored per se. More frustrated, anxious, excited, ansty you get the picture.
And by waiting for you, I mean, you know, The Side 2 Tour.
I was on my way to the New Years Eve show and I said to my friends in the car
"I'm really excited about playing tonight, I've really missed it!".
And I realized that it had only been a month since I last played live.
And when I finished THAT last performance (albeit an in store acousitc
jaunt in the U.S) I was SHATTERED and had run screaming from the microphone into the arms of Chritsmas vacations. Vowing a need to collapse.
But there I was a month later DESPERATE to get back on stage.
It's funny how quickly live performance has become a staple in my life and my identity in the last 12 months.
I used to be someone who only ever toured when there was a record out. And then I'd be off in my promo hell or 'in between album' hiatus.
But this record has given me almost 12 months of solid live dates - from the tiny 200 people shows in Soho to the State Theatres in Australia and now back again into small rooms for 'Side 2'. It's going to make me very sad when it's all over and done.
I had an 'awww' moment this week when we announced that all the UK dates had been released now. To see in print that there'll be no more shows until the next album was quite sobering really. I can't say I'd have been able to keep going on and on forever, but I will say that I hope to wring every drop of sweat I can out of the club tour so I can walk away from 'Delicate..' with the fondest memories.
For those in the U.S who keep asking, we ARE going to announce dates for March soon I promise. We are still jiggling the budgets and dates so it can make sense financially (love ya, but I don't want to go bankrupt to show you! hehe).
So bear with us. I promised I would come and I'm working my way to fullfil that.
In the meantime, I've been watching the edit for the live DVD come to shape more and more each day. I just watched 'Darkness' yesterday and it took my breath away. It's great to be able to see what the audience saw (a truck load of green lasers!) as I obviously never saw the full effect from stage. It's going to be so wonderful to have a permanent record of that intricate production forever on DVD. I can't wait until it's released.
O.K right now it's 7pm in London.
I should be planning some wild weekend but in all honesty I'm going to pop out to the shops and pick up some dinner to cook for the boys. And make a nice cuppa tea!
Hope you're well..
Sending you loads of love
xD

Aussie rock star pays respects

Extra Birmingham Tickets Released For Feb 17th Show
This news was just posted on Darren's myspace...
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Extra Birmingham Tickets Released For Feb 17th Show
Category: Music
Due to overwhelming demand extra tickets are being released for the Birmingham show on February 17th.
As request for tickets have been so strong this show will now take place in the larger room - the Academy 2.
This has allowed us to release a limited number of extra tickets.
Those who have missed out on a chance to see Hayes perform in Birmingham will have this one last chance to purchase tickets .
Tickets go on sale FRIDAY January 11th from 9am via http://www.ticketweb.co.uk . A portion of tickets have also been set aside especially for members of Darren's Official Fanclub, Delicacy.
Fan Club Members will be able to purchase their specially reserved tickets using the code provided.

JamNow interview audio
Thanks to Manu for sending me the link to listen to this new Darren Hayes interview on JamNow.
http://www.jamnow.com/MembersProfile.aspx?UserId=1430&SongId=1087
(Just click on the Jam Player on the right side of the page to hear the interview).

FINAL SHOW ANNOUNCED FOR BRIGHTON FEB 15TH
This news was just posted on Darren's myspace blog...
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
FINAL SHOW ANNOUNCED FOR BRIGHTON FEB 15TH
Category: Music
We are glad to announce the FINAL UK date to be added to Darren's 'Side 2 Tour' will be in Brighton on February 15th at Barfly.
This will be the final date to be announced for the February leg of the tour and the last date in the UK for 2008. Tickets for all shows have sold out in minutes and we guarantee this will be the last opportunity for those UK side to witness what The Observer listed as one of the best gigs in Britain in 2007.
Find out why New York's Time Out Magazine describes him as 'Cool at last!'.
Tickets are £27.50 and go on sale via Ticketweb on Friday January 11th. Members of Delicacy, Darren's Official Fan Club will be able to purchase tickets 24 hours in advance.

Pop star reaches out to family of slain Etobicoke fan
This article is from The Etobicoke Guardian, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, January 8, 2008
It's about Lois, the girl that Darren was talking about in his blog on January 3rd.
Here is the link to where you can read it: http://insidetoronto.com/news/Etobicoke/article/38545

AMSTERDAM SHOW - ON SALE WEDNESDAY!
News from Darren's myspace and website...

AMSTERDAM CONFIRMED!
Tickets on Sale Wednesday.

Darren Hayes
The Side Two Tour
AMSTERDAM
21st February 2008

The much anticipated Amsterdam Show is now officially confirmed!
As is the tradition, Half of this show has been reserved for Delicacy Members.
Members of Darren's Official Fan Club will be able to purchase tickets 24 hours prior but for the general public tickets are on sale Wednesday.
Public Onsale date Wednesday 9th January 9 am UK Time
Venue address
Jan van Galenstraat 6-10
Amsterdam
0031 (0) 20 3868848
http://www.amsterdam-marcanti.com
Ticket Price
25 - Euro excluding booking fee
Ticket vendors
http://www.ticketservice.nl

Darren posted this new blog on his myspace tonight...

Friday, January 04, 2008
The revolution will not be televised
Current mood: eh
Category: eh Music
A while ago I just stopped reading tabloids.
I don't mean just the newspapers like the 'Hate' Mail in London or News of the World.
I stopped looking online.
I stopped reading the gossip sites, the paparazzi havens. The juicy chain emails that went around the music and entertainment industry. I stopped being sucked in to it.
It's funny because in the past I would justify it by maybe buying the odd gossip rag when I was on a long haul flight. But never in my home. You'd never see copies of the gossip rags in my house. But I'd read them if someone left them around. Or devour them at a photoshoot out of sheer boredom. And then years later it turned into mindlessly following link after link of bullshit online trash when I couldn't sleep at 3 in the morning.
It wasn't subscribing to the gutter press.
I was just, sorta, a casual bystander, right?
But the day I stopped doing that was quite simply the day I received a bunch of articles, sent to me, about me. They were mean, they were inaccurate and just plain spiteful. I'd gone from a member of the audience to an actor in the worst trashy soap of all time : the tabloid. For the first time in my public life I saw first hand what it felt like to be the subject of venom.
So I stopped subscribing to it.
Literally because I didn't want to accidently run into one of those articles and have it ruin my day.
But the unexpected upside was, I felt like a weight of bullshit was just lifted off my shoulders.
The day I turned my back on the dealer, I got a lot more than just protection of fragile lead singer ego.
I didn't care to know who was sleeping with who.
Or who'd had botox.
I didn't know who's movie was flopping.
Who'd been arrested.
Who'd won a grammy.
And then I didn't care what people said about me. Or didn't say.
The only gossip I got was sort of accidental.
And it felt good.
So today, I got one of those accidental pieces of hideous gossip.
I'm at home doing some work emails and my gorgeous friend pops up on I.M and says 'Britney had another meltdown'.
Huh?
Oh Britney. Right. She's still our entertainment even when she's not entertaining.
Show me. Tell me. Google me.
So I did.
And there she was, like our generation's Frances Farmer - being taken away in a stretcher. Being sectioned. Having her dignity and her mental breakdown cut up into bite sized chunks to be spread all over the world for us to digest and cast judgement on.
Now I don't know this lady.
But I know what depression looks like.
And I've seen post natal doldrums.
And all I could think of was how absolutely mortifying it must be for her children to be at the centre of all this flesh eating consumerism of meltdown as entertainment. And how they might feel about us all one day if their mother isn't around anymore.
It's lame I know.
And it's unoriginal.
I'm a hypocrite because I'm on the bandwagon and I'm saying jump off it.
But this isn't about celebrity.
It's about social values.
When did we become a society that held fame up as being more important than humanitarianism?
And when did it become permissible to not only watch the fall of another and do nothing to help, but to actually film it, record it, send it, upload it, profit from it, digest it, comment on it, sell it, judge it, enjoy it?
What does this say about us as a culture?
My hands feel a bit dirtier tonight.
x

More Tickets Just Released For London Academy Feb 24 Show
More news from Darren's myspace...
Friday, January 04, 2008
More Tickets Just Released For London Academy Feb 24 Show
Category: Music
Due to overwhelming demand we have just released more tickets to the final London show in the UK for Darren's 'Side 2 Tour'.
This will be the last chance for London Audiences to see Darren Hayes perform live in 2008. As the original allotment of 300 tickets sold out so quickly the show has been moved into the larger room and we can now offer more tickets to this previously sold out event.
We have held back a portion of tickets exclusively for Fan club members who can purchase tickets using their unique code. The newly released tickets are also available for sale to the general public.

LONDON
Academy Islington
Sunday 24th February 2007
Doors 7.30pm
Showtime 9.00pm
Tickets: £27.50
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk

Amsterdam Show - Official News
Friday, January 4, 2008
There were two blogs/news items posted on Darren's official site and myspace today regarding the Amsterdam Show. I'll copy both of them below so that you can read them. Just to clarify...the earlier message that is at the bottom, titled "European Dates - AMSTERDAM" was posted first on his site and then the top one, titled "Amsterdam Show - Official News" was posted about 4 hours later. That is the one with the most current information.

Amsterdam Show - Official News

We have finally managed to confirm all the details for the Amsterdam show and can officially announce the show WILL go ahead on February 21st. Tickets will go on sale to the fan club on Tuesday Jan 8 and to the general public on Wednesday Jan 9.
As usual, we'll give fan club members a specific link to purchase tickets. More info to come on Monday.
Please disregard any previous links or info you have been provided by 3rd parties. As we explained earlier, this show was still in discussion and details had not been finalized. That's why we always urge you to wait for official confirmation.
For Paris or any other European dates we still advise that IF these shows go ahead it wouldn't be until April. At the conclusion of the UK/Amsterdam dates Darren and band will fly to the U.S for dates in March.
If you have purchased a ticket for this event your ticket will still be valid. We are not offering VIP tickets on the Side 2 Tour. So please disregard any info referring to such.
Many thanks to All Xcess for their help in resolving this matter.

To recap
AMSTERDAM SHOW

21st February 2008
Onsale
Fanclub Tuesday 8th January 9 am UK Time
Public Wednesday 9th January 9 am UK Time
Venue address
Jan van Galenstraat 6-10
Amsterdam
0031 (0) 20 3868848
www.amsterdam-marcanti.com
Ticket Price
25,- euro excluding booking fee
Ticket vendors
http://www.ticketservice.nl

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European Dates - AMSTERDAM
European Dates - AMSTERDAM - This show is not approved. If you have bought tickets for this event you should seek a refund.
*This is why we urge you to PLEASE wait for official confirmation of an event before acting
Tickets for an Amsterdam show that apparently went on sale this morning were NOT APPROVED by Powdered Sugar or Darren Hayes. This show was merely in the discussion stage. The promoter decided to go ahead and put tickets on sale without complying with our requests. FYI VIP tickets were never a part of this discussion so please, if you have bought tickets for this you should seek a full refund.
THIS IS WHY WE URGE YOU TO WAIT FOR OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION.
With regards to European dates for the Side 2 Tour (ie Paris, Amersterdam or other cities) we can inform you that if these are confirmed they would happen in April, after the U.S leg. But none of this is confirmed yet.
As always, you should wait for official confirmation from us.

Darren's Blog - For Lois
Darren posted this on his myspace blog Wednesday, January 3rd...
For Lois

I wanted to pay my respects to Lois (Iliada) and her brother Jamie and send my love and condolences out to the entire Zois family.

May you both rest and peace.

All my love
Darren Hayes

Third London Show Onsale Jan 4!
This news was posted on Darren's myspace and official site Wednesday, January 3rd...

Third London Show Announced.
Due to overwhelming demand a THIRD show for LONDON will be available onsale Friday January 4th from 9am to the public and fanclub members for Darren's Side Two Tour. MEMBERS OF DELICACY, DARREN'S OFFICIAL FAN CLUB have been provided with a code for specially reserved tickets.

LONDON
Bar Academy Islington
Sunday 24th February 2007
Doors 7.30pm
Showtime 9.00pm
Tickets: £27.50
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk

PLEASE read all the details carefully.
PLEASE do not refresh, double click or spam any of the sites. To do so will only result in flooding and the potential for being charged multiple times.
PLEASE do not contact the venue directly as they will be unable to help you with any ticketing issues.
If you have any problems please contact us at fanmail@darrenhayes.com

Myspace Blog from Darren- New Year's Eve Show
Darren just posted this new blog on his myspace...

Wednesday, January 02, 2008
New Year's Eve show
Current mood: Hung Over
Category: Hung Over Music
First of all thanks to all of you who attended thereby making it possible.
Couldn't have done it without you, but I'm sure you're getting that by now!
It was an extraordinary atomosphere in the room and I loved that it felt like a party with you rather than a show.
We did our thing - and it was a long thing (set list at the end of this post)..
Afterwards I played my dj mix which I'd been working on for ages.
It was such a thrill to see people boogie on down to my choices and I loved popping out and shaking my rumpmaker (what's up with my adjectives here?) when I could.
Got so carried away singing completely forgot to count down to New Years and I think 2008 arrived somewhere in the middle of 'Dress You Up' !
All in all up there with my best New Years Ever.. and I can't thank you all enough for this memory.

The set list..

bombs up in my face
the future holds a lion's heart
carry on (amadeus)
unlovable (the glamorous version)
the best thing
---acoustic set--
the only one
on the verge of something wonderful
popular/need you tonight/new sensation
gimme more
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(when)darkness(cries)
step into the light
casey
void (is full of love)
listen all you people
dress you up me myself and i
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so beautiful (the beautiful mix)
1999

New Years Eve Guest Update & The Only One Added to D's myspace
A couple of things to pass along. Darren has added "The Only One" to his myspace player. :)
Also, Tracey posted this message on Darren's official site for all of you that are going to his New Years Eve event...

New Years Eve Guest Update

For anyone who has not seen it this was sent out via Myspace on Darren Hayes New Years London and contains important information:
It's only a few days until we spend New Years Eve with Darren in London where you will be treated to a performance from Darren followed a little later by a TWO HOUR DJ set planned and played by the man himself!!
We've had a few emails regarding cameras for new years eve and the official word back is we'd prefer you didn't take pictures during the performance.
If you absolutely must, there can absolutely be NO flash as you can imagine its not only distracting for those watching but also for Darren having flashes going off in his face in such an intimate setting whilst performing.
Here's a reminder of the venue details for you:

Doors: 9.00pm
Showtime: 10.30pm
Finish: 3.00am

Venue: Club Colosseum
1 Nine Elms Lane
London
SW8 5NQ

Tube: Victoria Line or BR
Vauxhall Station
Leave Station by Exit 6

Bus
2 36 88 77 77a 185 322 344
Night Buses N2 N36 N44 N77

If you have any questions please dont hesitate to contact us at fanmail@darrenhayes.com

New myspace blog from Darren...

Friday, December 28, 2007
Getting ready for new years!
Current mood: adventurous
I'm in the studio with Shave - over in East London (a place I rarely go) and we're putting the finishing touches on the band arrangements (surprises) for New Years and he's helping me a little with my mix for my DJ set afters.
Don't expect me to be literally 'spinning'. I don't spin. I don't beat match. I do however put together a bloody awesome mix on a laptop so do expect me to be looking at the lap top a lot and possibly getting tipsy.
Now, why don't I go to the East of London much?
It's weird, it's like a North vs South thing. Too hard I say. I have to catch buses and trains and navigate through strange lands to get to the cool part of London that boasts Hoxton and the fab clubs like Boombox at it's fingertips. Me, I'm a West End Boy. Or West London specifically. And it's strange how used to a 'hood you can get thereby encouraging you never to really leave it.
But leave it I did - and it always feels good to go for a drive and 'see' bits of London I don't normally see. I listen to my music (not MY music, today it was ELO) and have a good think on my way over to the Shave.
As I type he's in Second Life.
I don't get it.
I know I should. But I don't.
I'm already too enslaved to my laptop. I don't want a whole second life to live.
I can barely keep up with my own!
On another note, I can't wait to spend a month in the gym before the tour starts. I've got that awful holiday 'blerggh' feeling where your body is just rebelling against eating so much CRAP!! But before I do that, I DO intend to have fun on New Years Eve.
Warning to all in attendance : I can not be held responsible for my behavior after I stop singing. Hehe. Ie after midnight I'm like a Gremlin.
In Second Life, of course, I shall be sober.
Right I'm off.
I'm going home to a nice hot cooked dinner for me!
(finger's crossed!)
Big love
xD

Darren posted this new blog on his myspace today...

Thursday, December 27, 2007
Checking In
Current mood: adventurous
Category: Music

The Side 2 Tour - Additional Manchester Show
(posted on Darren's myspace - Sunday, December 23, 2007)
Due to demand an additional show for Manchester will be available onsale tomorrow to the public from 9am for Darren's Side Two Tour. Half of the tickets have been allocated for members of Delicacy who can purchase these tickets by entering a special code.

MANCHESTER
Studio (formerly the late room)
Wednesday 6th February 2008
Doors 7.30pm
Showtime 9.00pm
Ticket Price £27.50
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk

Casey video SNEAK PEAK
Visit Darren's YouTube Account for a sneak peak at the 'Casey' video coming next year ;)
http://www.youtube.com/darrenhayes

From Darren's Myspace - Friday, December 21, 2007...

The Side Two Tour - Further Dates Added Due To Demand!!
Category: Music

Due to overwhelming demand additonal shows for London and Birmingham been added to Darren Hayes 'The Side Two Tour'. Tickets go onsale to the public on Saturday 22nd December from 9am with the exception of the additional Birmingham show which goes on sale from Monday 24th December from 9am.

Fans in Europe will also get an opportunity to see 'The Side 2 Tour' in Amsterdam on 21st February 2008. Full details to follow as soon as we have them. MEMBERS OF DELICACY, DARREN'S OFFICIAL FAN CLUB will as is customary, be able to purchase tickets for events prior to the general public.

Confirmed dates so far are:

LONDON
Bar Academy Islington
Sunday 3rd February 2008
Doors 7.30pm
Showtime 9.00pm
Tickets: £27.50
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk

*NEW*
LONDON - SECOND DATE ADDED!!
Bar Academy Islington
Monday 4th February 2008
Doors 7.30pm
Showtime 9.00pm
Tickets: £27.50
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk

MANCHESTER
Studio (formerly the late room)
Thursday 7th February 2008
Doors 7.30pm
Showtime 9.00pm
Ticket Price £27.50
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk

BIRMINGHAM
Bar Academy Birmingham
Sunday 17th Feb 2008
Doors 7.30pm
Showtime 9.00pm
Ticket Price £27.50
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk

*NEW*
BIRMINGHAM - SECOND DATE ADDED!!
Bar Academy Birmingham
Monday 18th Feb 2008
Doors 7.30pm
Showtime 9.00pm
Ticket Price £27.50
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk

BRISTOL
Bristol Thekla
Monday February 11, 2008.
Doors 7.30pm
Showtime 9.00pm
Tickets: £27.50
http://www.gigantic.com

There is a possibility of a show in Brighton as well as Paris.

For more news and details please visit:

WWW.DARRENHAYES.COM
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/DARRENHAYES

This news was posted on Darren's myspace today (Thursday, December 20,2008)...

MANCHESTER
Studio (formerly the late room)
Thursday 7th February 2008
Doors 7.30pm
Showtime 9.00pm
Ticket Price £27.50
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk

This news was posted on Darren's myspace...Wednesday, December 19, 2008

LONDON, BIRMINGHAM AND BRISTOL tickets on sale SATURDAY

Members of Delicacy, Darren's official fan community at WWW.DARRENHAYES.COM will be able to take part of a presale on Friday but for the rest of you, tickets for 3 of the UK 'Side 2 Tour' shows are going on sale THIS SATURDAY @ 9 AM UK Time. The following details apply

BIRMINGHAM
Bar Academy Birmingham
Sunday 17th Feb 2008
Doors 7.30pm
Showtime 9.00pm
Ticket Price £27.50
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk
TICKETS ON SALE SATURDAY 9.AM

LONDON
Bar Academy Islington
Sunday 3rd February 2008
Doors 7.30pm
Showtime 9.00pm
Tickets: £27.50
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk
TICKETS ON SALE SATURDAY 9AM

BRISTOL
Bristol Thekla
Monday February 11, 2008.
Doors 7.30pm
Showtime 9.00pm
Tickets: £27.50
http://www.gigantic.com
TICKETS ON SALE SATURDAY 9 AM

This News Was Posted On Darren's Myspace Tuesday, December 18, 2007...

The Side 2 Tour
Category: Music

Recording artist Darren Hayes is playing one final round of intimate club dates in the UK for 2008 before he leaves these shores for a national tour of the U.S and then a well deserved break.

These dates will be his last in support of his groundbreaking double album 'This Delicate Thing We've Made' and his final shows in Europe for the foreseeable future.

After selling out the Royal Albert Hall during his national UK tour in September 2007 Hayes had a chance to put on the big pop show he'd always wanted to present. The shows were lavish, spectacular and theatrical. But they left him with a need to reconnect with smaller audiences and explore the bounds of material left over on the other side of his double album. Hence 'The Side 2 Tour'.

'The Side 2 Tour' will be a stripped back and experimental look at music from his new record as well as some dusted off and reinvented old favorites. Playing to tiny houses and with limited dates, the shows promise to be a unique experience for anyone lucky enough to get tickets.

The show will run nationally throughout the UK and a limited number of European cities in February before making its way to the U.S in March. When the tour wraps, Hayes will have played live in support of his current album for well over 12 months.

This is a unique opportunity to catch one of this generations best kept secrets before he heads into a hiatus. Find out why Time Out New York describes him live as 'A natural.. gliding around the stage with the silkiest of falsetto voices.. Revelatory and cool at last.. A dance pop fiend!'.

Confirmed dates so far are:

London Feb 3 - ON SALE SAT 22ND DEC Manchester Feb 7 - ON SALE TBA Bristol Feb 11 - ON SALE TBA Birmingham Feb 17 - ON SALE SAT 22ND DEC

There is a possibility of a show in Brighton as well as dates in Paris and Amsterdam.

MEMBERS OF DELICACY, DARREN'S OFFICIAL FAN CLUB will as is customary, be able to purchase tickets for these events 24 hours prior to the general public. Tickets for London and Manchester go on sale to fanclub members on FRIDAY 21ST DECEMBER.

For more news and details please visit:

WWW.DARRENHAYES.COM
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/DARRENHAYES

Intimate UK Club Tour Feb 2008!
This news was posted by the Admin on Darren's myspace Thursday, December 13, 2007...

Intimate UK Club Tour Feb 2008!
Category: Music

We've been inundated with requests for tickets to Darren's New Years show in London and unfortunately this performance is beyond sold out. The good news is we are moments away from announcing dates for a club tour of the UK to begin in February.

Tickets for these shows will go on sale some time next week and as usual members of Delicacy, Darren's Official Fan Community, will have access to these tickets 24 hours prior.

The dates in the UK in 2008 will be the final UK dates in support of 'This Delicate Thing We've Made' and promise to be a total reivention and reworking of material not showcased in the Time Machine Tour. Darren hopes to explore some of the material on disc 2 as well as re work some favorites.

Plans are underway for a similar tour of the US in March 08 - but for now stay tuned for more details of how to buy tickets to this strictly limited and intimate club tour of the UK in Feb next year.

Tickets will be £27.50 plus booking fee and with limited capacity we expect tickets to sell fast.

Admin

Woozyfly.com - Interview/Casey/The Only One videos
Thanks to Manu for alerting me to this and thanks to Aka Wind also. :)
Check out this site: http://www.woozyfly.com/DarrenHayes
There are videos of an interview with Darren (separated into two videos) as well as his acoustic performance of The Only One and Casey. (Scroll down to click on the videos).
These videos are really wonderful. If you missed his recent acoustic performances at the Border's stores in the US...this is what he sounded like singing "The Only One" and "Casey" acoustically with just Steve on guitar.
It was magical and I think these videos capture that. Enjoy. :)

QX Magazine Article
There was a nice article/interview with Darren in QX Magazine (your complete guide to the gay scene in London) last month. (QX Magazine Issue 663, Darren Hayes Me Myself and I - November 14, 2007). Thanks to Hails for the heads up and the scans. You can download the magazine online on their website (http://www.qxmagazine.com) but you have to be 18+ years of age to enter the site.
You can see the scans and read the article (I typed up the text of the article for those of you that can't read the article from the scans) on a page in our news/article section.
Here is the direct link to the page:
http://www.darrenhayesfans.com/articles/qxmagazineuk111407.html
and here is a picture from the article:

Darren's blog - Winding Down - see you in the New Year
Darren posted this new blog on his myspace....
Friday, December 07, 2007
Winding Down - see you in the New Year
Current mood: contemplative
Category: contemplative Music
So I'm sitting in my hotel room in Boston. I'm winding down, unravelling, unwinding.
The body is already doing that thing it does when it knows the coast is clear : it's slumping. I've just watched 'Sleepy Hollow' on T.V I ate some M and M's.
I am wearing a leopard patterned bath robe (not my fault, it's in the hotel room.. it's hideous but hilarious)
I am detoxing from the stress and craziness that was this year.
I can't believe it's finally end of the 'schedule' for me.
It seems like every second this year I've had something to do and now I can finally shut down until New Year.
I know the album only came out in August, but as many of you know I've been working non stop all year on this. And it's been pretty consuming.
I feel like so much has happened I sort of want to recap it a bit.

I started my own label.
I did my first ever residency in London at the soho revue bar.
I got my first official magazine cover on Attitude magazine in the UK.
I had my first top 20 UK single on my own label.
I did a gazillion photo shoots.
I played in a gazillion radio stations.
I sold out the Royal Albert Hall.
I went home to Australia THREE TIMES this year for work.
I co directed my first ever video.
I broke attendance records at Borders stores for my U.S in stores.
I shot my third live DVD since being a solo artist.
I released my third album since being a solo artist.
I finished my eleventh year as a recording artist.
I learned so much.
I gained so much.
I lost so much.
I loved so much.
I hurt so much.
I sang harder, stronger, better, faster than ever before.
I put on the greatest show on earth.
I shared my life with a bunch of strangers who went on to become best friends.

There's been a lot of energy going outward.
And now I just want a few moments alone.
I'm not going to write to you until the New Year.
I'm sure you all understand. It's been probably more than a year of constant updates and I'm going to take this time to recharge, reset and replenish.
Stay tuned as admin will probably let you know soon about the club tour next year.
We plan to play select dates in UK in February and a full national tour of the US in March/April 2008.
It's all being put together as we speak. The sooner we know, we'll let you know.
Expect it to be small rooms and sweaty gigs with an entirely new slant on what we did in 2007. Re-arranged. Re-jigged. Revived.
I want to thank each and every one of you for your kindness and love. I'll check in with you after Christmas.
Much love
xD

Steve Young's blog - Er...sorry Madam, no i'm not David Gray
Steve posted this new myspace blog about his experiences in the US with Darren on his myspace blog today...
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Er...sorry Madam, no i'm not David Gray
Current mood: Jetlagged, Cozy, HAPPY
Home at last......
It may be gray and cold and raining like hell but i'm glad to be here. At one point I wasn't sure I was going to make it. Has anyone ever heard of Zoom airlines?? No...neither did anyone at Boston Airport. I had to fly to JFK first then get a Zoom flight to Gatwick. If your flying international AA tend to overlook 3 suitcases. So when I checked in at Boston they asked where I was going.."London...", "who with?", Zoom",....."Who?"...."er...Zoom", "we've never heard of them, have you?". Anyway I get to JFK, find Zoom, three check-in desks, the queue for Premium Economy a mile long, the queue for economy empty...i'm starting to get that cheap holiday to greece feeling, you know, where you pay £50 for an upgrade that is actually a normal seat. I walk to the front of the economy queue. A 12 yr old girl pulls herself away from some daydream and hands me a food voucher for $10. Ok, no food on a 7 hr flight. She then tells me the flight hasn't arrived in JFK yet from London. It will be at least a 4 hour delay (i'm already 4 hours early). I make my excuses, run to the nearest Virgin desk and i'm on a flight home in 3 hours.
Talking of Boston, it was a real shame to miss the last Borders gig but a big thank you to Tyrone for covering and doing a fine job. I always get slightly nervous when another guitarist covers me because this is exactly how i've got more permanent jobs in the past.
I read Darren's blog about David Gray and to reiterate it was very amusing when these other diners kept coming over and asking if I was David just because I had an english accent. It was so ironic that I was actually sat next so someone who had sold millions more records but when Darren is out he is such a normal person that people just don't realise who he is. I think I eventually told our waitress, Jessica, and she replied "I knew it all the time, why do you think i'm being so chatty!!".
I actually met David a week before in NY. A few days earlier D & I played a radio station call WPLJ. When I heard that David was doing the very same thing I made sure I was there in the room. I really wanted to get Anne a signed CD, she's been a fan for years, and so had this whole script worked out, "Hey, I'm Steve, I played here last week, I'm doing a promo trip like you etc...etc...". I got as far as a brief handshake and "Hey....oh!" and he was gone.
Sometimes its better just to not meet people. One thing it did highlight was just how great Darren is with his fans and with corporate sales teams. Its really hard to get into the vibe at 9am while a sales team sits stuffing cookies and drinking coffee. You then have to perform with as much enthusiasm as you would any other performance. In nearly all the cases by the end of it, the food was forgotten and people would clammer to have a picture with an obvious star. Often CEO's or Producers would come over and tell us that there are not many artists who could, or would even consider, turning up with one instrument and singing old & new songs so well. They were genuinally impressed and even a little suprised.
After spending a month in America a really felt like I got a good grasp of this enormous country. On our travels we met so many positive, enthusiastic music lovers. People were generous and kind. As someone who knew relatively little about Savage Garden it soon became obvious that Darren has a strong bond with the US and being away for so long has just made it stronger. That wouldn't happen on the UK, I don't mean the fans, I mean the music industry. In the UK selling records is uncool, being a superstar is uncool. The radio is monopolised by a couple of huge stations who care little for music and too much about hype. We saw, in Washington DC, how Satellite radio is the future and will eventually kick the 'establishment' into touch. A radio station for anyone and everyone. The staff there were proud to be a part of it. Ron, the DJ for our interview, had worked in normal radio for 20 years and yet here was a guy, as excited and proud as a teenager in a new job and so pleased to show us what he was now part of. Watch this space and read about Sirrius radio in the US for more information.
Are you still with me?
I've had a wonderful trip. Although he will always be my boss, Darren has become such a great friend. In this job its very hard to make real friends, and I feel that whatever happens next year I've got a new buddy that is above and beyond music and the job. You soon discover a lot about people when you spend every day with them. If a ying and yang had three sides. Myself, Brad & Darren were exactly that for the last 30 days.
At the end of each day we would run to our rooms exhausted but usually after about 20 mins the phone would ring and 10 mins later we would be together in a restaurant laughing and joking as though we hadn't seen each other for ages.
To conclude:
Tell everyone about the Album,'This Delicate Thing We've Made', and also the single 'On The Verge Of Something Wonderful'. Thank you for being so generous and making me feel part of something thats obviously so special to you. There are talks of coming back next year to America and thats something I'm already looking forward to.
Right now, i've been away pretty much since the start of the Time Machine Tour in September. Im going to think about Anne, Family, Christmas and of course NEW YEARS EVE!!!! I'll add some pictures in the next few weeks. Im moving to Hertford next weekend but other than that i'm going to enjoy some time off.
See you soon. Steve X

The Boston Globe -Truly, madly, solo
Another mention of Darren on a Boston online news source. This one is from The Boston Globe and it's titled "Truly, madly, solo". Here is the link to where you can read it:
http://www.boston.com/ae/events/articles/2007/12/07/truly_madly_solo/

Edge Boston, MA Article
This new article/interview with Darren was posted on "Edge" Boston, MA, USA. The article is titled "Up Close With Darren Hayes" and here is the link to where you can read it:
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ci=108&ch=entertainment&sc=music&sc2=features&sc3=&id=53268

Darren's new blog - Through the wind and snow..
Darren posted this new blog on his myspace....
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Through the wind and snow..
Current mood: homesick
Category: homesick Music
We finally made it to Boston.
The XM performance and recording went amazingly well..
Ron, the DJ who interviewed me and hosted the event was a total gem and gave us a tour of the whole network which was incredible. Definitely the future of radio there!
It was snowing hard all day..
We had our plane delayed for a couple hours in DC and finally made it to Boston for our last night with the wonderful Steve Young.
Steve had a prior family commitment in London and left today - so last night Brad, William (from Co5) and I took Steve out to dinner to say thanks for such a wonderful job. It was mildly amusing that we'd landed in town the night of the David Gray concert, and because of our accents all the ladeeez thought that we were either David Gray himself or part of his band. In fact, many times fellow diners would come up to the table and ask if William or Steve was 'David Gray'. It was quite funny. Steve pointed out afterwards that there was someone at the table who'd sold quite a few more records than the Mr Gray and yet who remained blissfully unrecognized! Lol.
It's really sad saying goodbye to Steve when we've got one more in store tomorrow in Boston - but we'll be helped by the lovely Tyrone for my final acoustic gig in the US for this year.
Steve, Shave, Pete and I will be rocking it out together for Londoner's on New Years Eve and of course next year we are still flirting around with the idea of some club dates in the UK in Feb and a club tour of the US in March/April 08.
Still early stages but it's being discussed.
Once again, thanks Steve for all your hard work on this run.
For being my friend.
And for being a top bloke.
Love to you and the family and see you soon!!!
xxD

Bay Windows article - Garden of delights
This new article/interview with Darren was posted today on "Bay Windows", New England's largest GLBT Newspaper. The article is titled Garden of delights, Darren Hayes of Savage Garden brings his solo sound to New England". Here is the link to where you can read it:
http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=arts&sc=music&sc2=news&sc3=&id=53285

Boston Now article
This new article was posted on "Boston Now" in the USA today.. The article is titled "A voice, a guitar and some conversation, Hayes performs intimate show for fans.". Here is the link to where you can read it:
http://www.bostonnow.com/entertainment/music/2007/12/06/a-voice-a-guitar-and-some-conversation

Darren posted this new blog on his myspace...
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Almost home..
Current mood: surreal
Category: surreal Music
How can I sum up the past few days?
Blur. I'm tired. I miss Rich. I miss England. It's sorta time.
I don't think a human being should be away from their family as long as I have been really. I am the son of a seafaring man. I guess it's in the blood. But today I realized I haven't slept in my own bed since September 25.
It's not bad. Or sad. Or a drag. But it's a head trip. It sort of makes everything take on a surreal quality. Moments flash by and they involve taxis, train stations and planes. Just things going places.
I wonder if the disconnection makes the performances so full of connection?
You see, the shows have been amazing. Like tonight in Philly. We really made a unique experience. It was hard to top New York - so about ten minutes in I just stopped trying to. And in its place a brand new experience arrived.
The audience were cheeky, attentive, fun and gracious.
I found little bits of other songs coming through - Michael Hutchence was there alongside Prince tonight.
It's amazing how much Steve and I miss our partners and I think that solidarity has brought us closer together.
I described him tonight as one of my best friends and it wasn't just rhetoric.
It was a relief.
I'm off to Washington for a moment tomorrow. Then we fly to Boston.
Almost home now ;)
xxD

Courier Mail article - Anthony Callea sets the record straight
This story is about Anthony Callea but it mentions Darren so I thought I would pass along the part that mentioned Darren.
It's from The Courier Mail (Australia)
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22872147-5012980,00.html?from=mostpop
Anthony Callea sets the record straight
Article from: The Courier Mail
December 04, 2007 11:00pm
IF Anthony Callea and Darren Hayes ever pair up for a duet - you heard it here first.
"I would love to do that. I might chase that up actually," said the ex-Idol, who found out yesterday that Darren is a big fan.
During an interview with Qconfidential earlier this year, ex-Logan boy Darren - who married boyfriend Richard Cullen last year - said he admired the way Anthony handled his public outing and admitted he was a fan of the Melbourne crooner.
"Did he really say that?," Anthony asked. "That's so nice. I think he's amazing. I would love (for us) to do something together.
His new album is great."

Steve's blog - Luggage explosion
Steve Young posted this new blog on his myspace....
http://www.myspace.com/steveyoungguitar
Monday, December 3, 2007
Luggage explosion
Current mood: Loving Stairs
I came with 1 suitcase and a guitar.....
I now have 3 suitcases, a guitar, a guitar amp, a laptop, and a ton of xmas presents. I now have to drag them to Philly, Washington DC, Boston and then finally back home to London. Darren also now has 3 suitcases so I wont be getting any sympathy there.
Today I experienced what I can only describe as the single most disturbing, anxious moment of my life. After performing an 'interesting' set on Woozyfly.com Myself, Darren, Brad, Fallon and 4 other people crammed into a tiny lift. There was no space to move. Imagine the Piccadilly Line on the last saturday before christmas....that packed.
The lift then decided to stop halfway between floors. We joked about for a bit, rang the alarm bell, pressed the emergency intercom.......Nothing. It started to get a bit warm. No mobile phone signal. A bit warmer. The bad jokes start. We hear a mumbled voice far above us, then nothing. Its now really hot, coats are coming off. 30 mins later a voice over the intercom. "oh! your stuck? we didnt know". 45 mins later, the door opens revealing a brick wall, just to remind us we really are STUCK!!! Shortly after that the lift moves and we get out. NEVER AGAIN!!! Im sure this happens to everyone but please, please never me again.
I have to pack now. 9am lobby call. See ya!! x

Steve Young's blog - A few firsts........
Steve Young posted this new blog on his myspace...
Sunday, December 3, 2007
A few firsts.........
Current mood: Macbooky
Its been a groundbreaking day!!!
So....firstly....I am the proud new owner of my first ever MacBook Pro. Im sat on my hotel bed enjoying the luxury of wireless internet. I know, welcome to the real world Steve...DOH! Ive been sat here for hours without realising the time flying by so now I 'get it' when Darren says he's up till 6am on his computer...its hard to put down..
Secondly...I went to my First Broadway show....actually my first musical ever. Shame on me. Darren dragged me kicking and screaming to see Xanadu. I absolutely LOVED IT. Essentially its a comedy but I totally bought into the whole love story side of it as well. We also got to meet Kerry Butler who plays the lead role. We had our picture taken with her and acted like a couple of star struck teenagers. It was so much fun... Anne is going to see a whole new 'musical friendly' side of me.
Thirdly...For the first time ever...I walked out of a movie. We went to see The Mist which, without being too strong, was the biggest pile of bad acting, pathetic CGI, plot less, steaming heap of crap ive ever seen in my life. It was also my choice of movie so ive lost a lot of face here (it was my choice to see 30 Days Of Night as well but that was brilliant).
Fourthly...I went to the Hard Rock Cafe on Times Square. Ive never been to the one in London for fear of being mistaken for a tourist but it was actually really cool. I love music history and trivia and seeing things like Jim Morrison's dirty pants is so cool. I had a Mojheto (spelling?) and D had a Pinicolada (spelling?)...
Ha! Ha! Normally by now ive run out of internet credit but those days are over!!!
Tomorrow is our last day in New York. We have a couple of radio things then on tuesday we head to Philly to do our second and final acoustic extravaganza (wow four A's). I'm really excited. The show in the Canal Room was such an amazing experience. We talk about it like excited school kids. I love playing the songs like this. When you strip away all the studio production and all your left with is the pure essence of the song, THATS when you know wether its a good song or not. I felt that we played 15 amazing songs, no set fillers, just one emotional journey after another. Ok, ive totally over used the word 'song' now.
As always thank you for your kind comments. Its been a long and sometimes lonely trip and seeing all the generous words you write makes it all so much easier. Ive got quite a few pictures so i'll do the usual, and try and remember any stories that go with them.
See you later. xx
PS: If you live in South London come and see me with Yamit Mamo at The Bedford in Balham on Thurs 13th Dec.

Darren's myspace blog - snoop
Darren just posted this new blog on his myspace... lol :)
Sunday, December 2, 2007
snoop
Current mood: caffeinated
Sitting in a starbizzle.
Drinking my Ventizzle Vanizzle Sizzle extra shizzle lizzle.
It snowed outside.
Fo shizzle.

International pop star takes new direction
This new article is from Philadelphia Gay News, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA..."International pop star takes new direction", By Larry Nichols
Here is the link: http://www.epgn.com/113007/3darrenhaynes113007.htm

phillyBurbs.com - Concert Scene This article is about Darren's upcoming Philadelphia concert. It sounds like the guy did his homework! :)
Here is the link:http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/81-11302007-1448992.html

Darren's blog - Bing Bong! My latest obsession
Darren posted this new blog on his myspace today...
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Bing Bong! My latest obsession
Current mood: laughing my lard off
Category: laughing my lard off Music
MAX AND GABE'S INTERNET THING

It's my latest obsession.
If you think Max is funny (I do)
check out www.maxsilvestri.com (I did)
and laugh (I am)
xD

Philadelphia Daily News article about Darren’s upcoming concert there
Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia,PA,USA
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/features/20071130_hedline.html
Posted on Fri, Nov. 30, 2007
This week in music
Darren Hayes: While some critics dismiss his work as frivolous, this boy has sold 25 million discs worldwide. Most have been in his role as front singer/songwriter of Savage Garden, an Australia-spawned duo with ultracatchy, sugarcoated synth-pop tunes like "Truly Madly Deeply" and "I Knew I Loved You" that nod to '80s acts like Erasure and Pet Shop Boys. Fans can catch Hayes this time in an acoustic intimate evening, unveiling a bunch of new solo tunes, too. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, $20-$35, 215-222-1400, www.worldcafelive.com.

Darren’s myspace blog - ACOUSTIC SHOW at Canal ROOM
Darren posted this new myspace blog after the Canal Room show Wednesday night. And he's right it WAS amazing!

Wednesday, November 28, 2007
ACOUSTIC SHOW at Canal ROOM
Current mood: astounded
Category: astounded Music
WAS AMAZING!!!
I am going to tell the story I often tell - but it's true.
I was bloody sick. Like food poisoning sick.
And I'd sat in the bathtub under the hot shower with cramps for hours before the show in so much pain.
I must have eaten something - or shaken something that had a bug on it.
And it attacked my guts!
But the show - was f****** amazing.
Think about it - a full 90 minute show with nothing but a guitar and a voice.
AND WE DID IT.
We had a bit of a breakthrough.
We realized that we don't the bells and whistles.
We had a brotherhood.
We felt like a band.
I f****** love Steve Young.
I f****** love New York.
xxD

Steve Young’s blog - Canal Room NYC
Steve posted this new blog on his myspace about the Canal Room show Wednesday night...

Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Canal Room NYC
Oh WOW!!!
That was so freaking amazing......
I can't tell you the build up to this gig. Last week we had 5 or so songs, Tonight we played 15....3 of them I learnt this morning when I woke up....
I walked back into the dressing room in a daze. Ive never done anything like this before. To be honest, I felt very emotional.
Keeping a crowd of paying guests entertained for over 90mins with one Guitar and Vocals is a tall order....but lets face it, when the Vocals happen to be Mr Darren Hayes, there's really nothing to worry about. He was awesome, the best ive ever seen him. You were amazing.
To infinity and beyond......
Night Night. xxxx

CW11 (NY) Morning News Blog (picture and video)
Darren appeared on NY TV station CW11 this week. They posted a blog about it with a picture of him and it looks like the video of his appearance.
CW11 Morning News Blog
Darren Hayes

Darren Hayes performed live in our studio! You can catch Darren at the Borders in Columbus Circle on November 27th at 6pm and at the Canal Room on November 28th at 8pm
http://weblogs.cw11.com/news/local/morningnews/blogs/2007/11/darren_hayes.html

XM Satellite Radio Competition!
This exciting news was posted on Darren's myspace. Good luck to all of the fans that enter!
XM Satellite Radio Competition!
Category: Music
XM Satellite Radio, America's no. 1 satellite radio service (featuring 68 commercial free music channels), is assembling a small audience of friends and fans of DARREN HAYES for a taping session with the artist on the afternoon of December 5, 2007at XM's Washington, DC broadcast studios.
The seating for this special program is extremely limited and approximately 20 winners (plus one guest) will be chosen on a "first- come, first-served" basis to the special MYSPACE page set up specifically for this event.
If you are interested and are 100% confident that you can be in Washington, DC on the afternoon of December 5, 2007, please send a friend request to this profile:
www.myspace.com/xmdarrencontest
If you are a winner we will accept your friends request and you we will contact you for your full name and contact information for yourself AND your guest.
Please only enter if you are 100% confident you can attend. You will have only 24 hours to respond to our Congratulations message or your place will be offered to someone else. Good Luck!

Darren’s blog - The Hours
Darren posted this new blog on his myspace after the Border's New York instore event.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007
The Hours..
Current mood: sleep deprived
Category: sleep deprived Music
I'm writing this with the last few blips of conscious thought I can muster.
I didn't arrive in my hotel room until 3 am Tuesday morning and had to be up at 6 am for a live T.V performance the same day. 3 hours sleep.
I can't believe we were able to even think let alone sing. But we did.
The T.V show finished by 9 am, we had some breakfast and then it was on to an amazing boardroom performance at WPLJ in New York.
By the time I got to my hotel room in the afternoon it was 2pm and I tried to have a nap before the Borders New York in store.
It was 4pm when I finally drifted off.
6 pm when Myrna arrived at my hotel room.
6.30 pm when I was steaming my voice and trying to wake up.
7 pm on stage singing my heart out and meeting all of you lovely people.
Probably my favorite performance on this in store tour to date.
Right now I'm about to head off to bed.
It's 1 am Wednesday in New York and I'm planning on sleeping the day away so I can be fresh for the Canal Room show.
It's been so much work!
So much travel.
But you all make it sooo worth it.
xxD

Darren’s vBlog Delayed in Detroit
Monday, November 26, 2007
vBlog Delayed In Detroit
Category: Music

Me, myself and I is at number 10 in MAD BulgariaTop 50
Thanks to Nicky for sharing this good news with us...
Me, myself and I is at number 10 in MAD Bulgaria Top 50
http://www.mad.tv/bg/?id=9&action=chartpage&type=2
Mad tv Bulgaria started playing the song last week and it is at number 10. :)

Darren’s vBlog - Snow
Darren posted this video blog from Detroit Michigan on his myspace today (btw I live in Michigan about 2 hours from where he was and he's right...it was snowing big huge snowflakes all day. It's like Christmas out there!)

Monday, November 26, 2007
vBlog - Snow

Official 2008 Darren Hayes Calendar
The much anticipated 2008 official Darren Hayes Calendar is now available for presale purchase at http://www.darrenhayes.com
The beautifully produced 28 page calendar is due to ship on December 5 - just in time for Christmas.
You can check it out HERE

New myspace blog from Darren...

Friday, November 23, 2007
Breakfast orders and Miami Beach
Category: Humid Music

I had the most wonderful, relaxing and fun time in New York on my days off.
I was staying at a hotel that shall remain nameless. Suffice to say it was very cool looking but had THE WORST customer service ever. But let me get back to that..
On the positive vibe, on my days off I..
*stayed up late every night and slept in late every day
*saw two movies
*got a facial
*spent gorgeous quality time and thanksgiving with Myrna (love you!)
*walked a lot
*didn't buy a thing
*drank lots of coffee
*adored how cold it was

Now on to THAT hotel.. let me give you an example of the service.

I ring room service at 11.30 am on morning.
Me: Hello, I realize it's probably too late to order breakfast food but..
THEM: ..Breakfast finished at 11 am
Me: I realize that. As I was saying, I was wondering if you had just some yoghurt and fruit somewhere that I could have brought up?
THEM: Oh yes. We have yoghurt and we have a plate of mixed berries we can serve
Me: Brilliant! That's perfect actually because what I wanted was just a bowl of yoghurt and..
THEM: WE CAN'T PUT THE YOGHURT IN A BOWL SIR.
Me: Sorry?
THEM: The yoghurt. It's in a container. Danone. It comes in a container not a bowl.
Me: Right. Um. Well anyway what I wanted was the yoghurt and just some strawberries and a banana sliced..
THEM: We have bananas. But we can't slice the banana
Me : Sorry?
THEM: It's against food heath and safety regulations. We can't actually slice the banana for you.
Me: Let me get this straight. You are room service correct?
THEM: Yes sir.
Me: Because yesterday someone brought me up a bowl of yoghurt with sliced strawberries and bananas on the side
THEM: (SIGHING) Sir. I can see from your account that you are a regular guest.
Me: Yeah I stay here all the time
THEM: So I guess the person yesterday was just being nice. But we actually aren't supposed to slice the banana.
Me: So can't you just be nice?
THEM: We can bring up yoghurt but we can't put it in a bowl. We can bring you a banana but you'll have to slice it yourself.
Me: So you have yoghurt. You have bananas. You have bowls. You are room service. But you can't serve those ingredients to me in a bowl.
THEM: Correct
Me: You do have bowls right?
THEM: Yes we do sir
Me: So can't you just put the yoghurt in a bowl?
THEM: That's just not the way we prepare the food I'm sorry.
Me: I guess I'll just go to the store then
THEM: If that's what you'd prefer sir.

I hung up.

I went to Starbucks. They had a yoghurt parfait that contained sliced bananas AND sliced strawberries. Who knew?

Right now I'm in Miami.
We've flown here for a performance at the White Party tomorrow night.
A huge storm greeted us and the whole city sort of ground to a halt for a moment.
We went to the Delano for a gorgeous meal and I'm now winding down for bed.
Only 2 weeks to go until I see my beautiful boys (I really miss them!)..

That's it..
I'll let you know if they have yoghurt and fruit tomorrow.
hehe
x

NY Times Ad for Darren's Border's appearance
Thanks to Janet for sending me the scan of an ad that was in the New York Times newspaper for Darren's Border's appearance in NY next week.
New York Times
November 23, 2007
Weekend art section, page B 5

New myspace blog from Darren...

Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Still Beautiful
Category: Music
Woke up in Little Rock.
Sang for some folks in radio.
Flew to Memphis.
Watched a storm from the the departure gates.
Flew to St Louis.
Now I'm getting ready for bed.
Life is still beautiful.

Darren just posted this new blog on his myspace...

Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Little Rock little boy big world
Current mood: contemplative
Category: Music

Darren posted this new blog on his myspace...
Monday, November 12, 2007

The Kindness of strangers..
Current mood: ehausted!
Category: ehausted! Music

It's such a crazy schedule and I don't know how I find the energy to do this except for you guys. So many people turned up to the Phoenix instore - it blew me away. Some had been waiting for 7 years to see me sing live - others had driven 8 hours to shake my hand.
This morning was ROUGH. We had arrived at 12 midnight from L.A after our flight was delayed by 5 hours. We had to get up at 5 to be on morning television at 7 and then we had our instore tonight. Tomorrow I'm up at 5 again to fly to Dallas for radio promotion and then on to who knows where after that. I'm trying to keep my head down and focus on the work ahead but seeing all of these smiling faces makes it all so worth it.
I'm so lucky to have this connection to you guys.
Don't ever doubt it.
xD

New Single Me Myself And (I) OUT NOW!!
This news was posted on Darren's myspace...

OUT NOW in Australia and the UK the second stunning single, Me, Myself and (I) taken from the double album opus, This Delicate Thing We've Made, which Attitude declared as 'a glorious return' this track sees Darren channel his inner 'Prince'. Including two brand new tracks, Let's Go and Slow Down, the powerhouse that is Darren Hayes is unstoppable; it is no wonder that Billboard have proclaimed him as a 'celebratory beacon'.

Me Myself and (I) is available in Maxi Single, DVD Single and 7" Clear Red Vinyl Single formats and to download from iTunes and 7 Digital now.

Fans can also download exclusive packages from the official website:

Me Myself And (I)
1. Me Myself and (i)
2. The Verge Of Something Wonderful (Live Acoustic Version)
3. Every Little Thing (Demo)

Who Would Have Thought
1. Who Would Have Thought
2. Breathless (Demo)
3. The Only One (Demo)

Available exclusively in the UK is a Limited Edition Green 7 Inch release of 'Who Would Have Thought'.

For details of more online stores where you can purchase Darren's music visit the official website [Here]

NEW YEARS EVE in London - PURCHASE TICKETS
This news was just posted on Darren's myspace blog...
Sunday, November 11, 2007

NEW YEARS EVE in London - PURCHASE TICKETS
Current mood: CELEBRATORY
SECRET LINK TO BUY TICKETS TO NEW YEARS EVE IN LONDON
VISIT DARREN'S NEW TOP FRIEND AND REQUEST FRIENDSHIP..
You'll be sent a secret link before Friday where you can purchase tickets to the exclusive NEW YEARS EVE gig at London's famous MARQUEE CLUB.
CLICK HERE to go straight to the New Years Eve page and request friendship now.
Tickets are extremely limited for this one off gig.
They go on sale THIS FRIDAY UK time at 10AM.
Members of Darren's fanclub will be able to jump the queue and purchase tickets the day before.

Flyer for Darren's Borders Hollywood performance on Friday
Thanks to Wendy for sharing this picture of the flyer for Darren's Border's appearance in Hollywood, California on Friday.
She also said that she spoke to Borders and they said they would allow people to start lining up inside the store by the stage at 5pm.

Darren's blog - He's leaving on a jet plane
Darren just posted this new blog on his myspace...

Wednesday, November 07, 2007
He's leaving on a jet plane
Current mood: halved
Category: halved Music
Pedestrian thoughts.
He left today to be back in London..
Love is strong but work won't wait..
And although we've been side by side for months..
Although we can't always travel together..
We both hated saying goodbye.
As he drove away..
When I walked back in the hotel room..
I looked at half the chaos that remained..
Half the luggage..
Half the mess..
Half the socks..
And thought that a half of me had just left too..

Me Myself and (I) Widget
This was posted on Darren's myspace blog today...
Monday, November 05, 2007
Widget!
Category: Music
Townsend Records have a really useful little widget that you can use to add to your myspace pages or websites which have samples of Me Myself And (I) that you can pre-order now from Townsend Records. To get the code and instructions for the widget please go HERE: http://www.7digital.com/widget/artists/darren-hayes/

Rave Magazine review of Darren's Brisbane concert
Rave Magazine (Australia) posted this review of Darren's Brisbane concert
http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/6160/82/
Darren Hayes
QPAC - Thu Oct 26
Judging by the massive semi-trailers parked outside QPAC (and the consequent parking tickets on the windshield!), tonight's show by home-grown pop maestro Darren Hayes should be quite a spectacle. The scheduled support act has been cancelled, which leaves most people hitting the bar before the show starts. Once ushered into the performance hall, we're greeted by some strange sci-fi music which makes sense, seeing it's the last night of The Time Machine Tour.
The curtain drops and Darren appears standing impressively on a makeshift bridge, accompanied by his two backing singers and an array of musicians and knob twiddlers. They launch straight into The Future Holds A Lion's Heart from his most recent album This Delicate Thing We've Made. It's all very futuristic, yet also eighties to the max. The set design is quite extravagant, accompanied by visual projections, lasers and robotic dance moves, which all combine to make this a very stylised and extravagant performance. Darren appears more comfortable as the set goes on, while the enthusiastic crowd lap up older hits such as Insatiable and the surprising appearance of the first Savage Garden hit I Want You. A massive crane emerges from the set, and the best part of the night comes in the encore, which starts with a mash up of Affirmation with PiL's classic Rise, and also includes a mash up of Pop!ular and Prince's Baby I'm a Star. The set concludes with the laid back The Great Big Disconnect, a fair departure from the flamboyance of the night.
BRIANNA DALTON

Darren Hayes Does it Blue @ T [Life]
There are some nice pictures of Darren if you follow this link too....
http://hollywoodtreatment.net/blog/?p=2218
November 1st, 2007 :: Darren Hayes Does it Blue @ T [Life]
While Justin Timberlake was playing at Acer Arena Sydney, The T [life] launch attracted well over 20 well known celebrities including Grant Hackett, Sophie Falkiner and a special performance by Darren Hayes. A VIP Blue Carpet took place in the Telstra Shop on George Street.

Intimate Philadelphia Show And Borderline Music Update!!
This news was posted on Darren's myspace...
Friday, November 02, 2007
Live And Intimate Acoustic Show Philadelphia
Category: Music
Darren will be doing a LIVE AND INTIMATE ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE at the World Cafe Live in Philadelphia on 4 December at 7.30pm. Tickets are extremely limited and will be available soon [HERE]
"After just two multi platinum hit albums, Savage Garden parted ways and Darren Hayes decided to do his own thing. This included two solo albums, the first being 2002's poptastic 2 million selling UK and Australian top 5 album 'Spin'. His 2nd solo album, a deep, dark and broodingly electronic confessional 'The Tension and the Spark' featured collaborations with experimental programmers Robert Conley, the renowned Marius De Vries (Rufus Wainwright, Bjork) and mixes by Mark 'Spike' Stent (Madonna, Mirwais, Massive Attack). His upcoming album 'This Delicate Thing We've Made' is an ambitious and cinematic opus. Featuring 25 bold and wildly extravagant pop songs that are already being compared in scope to the work of heroes Kate Bush and David Bowie."
Please also note the following update to the Borderline Music event where on Saturday, November 17 at 7.00pm Darren will play you a host of rare and hard to get bsides from his entire career and answer your questions:
Borderline Music 3333 N. Broadway Chicago, IL 60657

Darren's blog - Interesting Article
Darren just posted this new blog on his myspace....
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Interesting Aritcle
Current mood: curious
Category: Music
FOUND THIS ON THE FOX WEBSITE
Definitely struck a chord in me!
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Bruce Springsteen: New songs are refused Radio Play
Bruce Springsteen should be very happy. He has the No. 1 album, a possible Grammy for Best Album of the Year for "Magic," an album full of singles and a sold-out concert tour.
Alas, there's a hitch: Radio will not play "Magic." In fact, sources tell me that Clear Channel has sent an edict to its classic rock stations not to play tracks from "Magic." But it's OK to play old Springsteen tracks such as "Dancing in the Dark," "Born to Run" and "Born in the USA."
Just no new songs by Springsteen, even though it's likely many radio listeners already own the album and would like to hear it mixed in with the junk offered on radio.
Why? One theory, says a longtime rock insider, "is that the audience knows those songs. Of course, they'll never know these songs if no one plays them."
"Magic," by the way, has sold more than 500,000 copies since its release on Oct. 2 and likely will hit the million mark. That's not a small achievement these days, and one that should be embraced by Clear Channel.
But what a situation: The No. 1 album is not being played on any radio stations, according to Radio & Records, which monitors such things. Nothing. The rock songs aren't on rock radio, and the two standout "mellow" tracks — "Magic" and "Devil's Arcade" — aren't even on "lite" stations.
The singles-kinda hits, "Radio Nowhere" and "Living in the Future" — which would have been hits no questions asked in the '70s, '80s and maybe even the '90s, also are absent from Top 40.
What to do? Columbia Records is said to be readying a remixed version of "The Girls in their Summer Clothes," a poppy Beach Boys-type track that has such a catchy hook fans were singing along to it at live shows before they had the album. Bruce insiders are hopeful that with a push from Sony, "Girls" will triumph.
I'm not so sure.
Clear Channel seems to have sent a clear message to other radio outlets that at age 58, Springsteen simply is too old to be played on rock stations. This completely absurd notion is one of many ways Clear Channel has done more to destroy the music business than downloading over the last 10 years. It's certainly what's helped create satellite radio, where Springsteen is a staple and even has his own channel on Sirius.
It's not just Springsteen. There is no sign at major radio stations of new albums by John Fogerty or Annie Lennox, either. The same stations that should be playing Santana's new singles with Chad Kroeger or Tina Turner are avoiding them, too.
Like Springsteen, these "older" artists have been relegated to something called Triple A format stations — i.e. either college radio or small artsy stations such as WFUV in the Bronx, N.Y., which are immune from the Clear Channel virus of pre-programming and where the number of plays per song is a fraction of what it is on commercial radio.

Chicago-Borderline Music date change
Thanks to Janet and Susan for the heads up on this. It hasn't been announced officially yet by Darren, but it appears that the date has changed for Darren's Borderline Music appearance in Chicago. It was scheduled for Friday night (Nov 16) at 7pm. It was changed to Saturday night (Nov 17) at 7pm.
I'll let you all know as soon as it's official, but I wanted to give a heads up to the fans that are planning on traveling to Chicago for the gigs so that they can plan around the changes.
Please note: I'm talking about the "Borderline Music" gig NOT the "Border's Store" cd signing and acoustic set in Chicago. As far as I know, the Border's gig is still scheduled for the 16th at 12:30pm.
Here is the link to Borderline Music's website that tells of the change...
http://www.borderlinemusic.com/
. SAVE THE DATE: Meet and Greet with Darren Hayes at borderline MUSIC in chicago SATURDAY NOV.17 2007.
Meet Darren Hayes in person - at our Lakeview Location 3333 n. broadway Chicago IL . Saturday November 17 2007 at 7pm. EVENT (CD listening party of rare and b-side tracks, Q&A and CD signing) PLEASE NOTE THE DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM Friday TO Saturday -still at 7PM. Get here early - space is Limited.

Borders Video
Darren posted this cute video from the airport November 1, 2007...

Me Myself And (I) Video Available For Selection On Fizz In The UK
This info was posted on Darren's myspace blog...

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Me Myself And (I) Video Available For Selection On Fizz In The UK

Just thought you would like to know that the video for Me Myself and (I) is available for selection on Fizz on Sky Channel 361. To request the video call 09056 580 888 and its selection number 014

Fans in the UK can also request the video on the following shows:

Flaunt has a show where they do a rundown of the most requested videos of the day. You can request Me Myself And (I) by mobile phone by texting REQUEST followed by Darren Hayes Me Myself And (I) to 64040

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Chart Show TV in the UK does a daily request show where you can request Me Myself And (I). You can text REQUEST followed by Darren Hayes, Me Myself And (I) to 63333 or email request@chartshow.tv

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Broadcasting each weekday from 6pm to 8pm, Jamster Most Wanted is a fast paced, high impact and energetic mix of the most requested songs of the day.

Jamster Most Wanted is compiled from viewers requests across the day.

You can vote for your Me Myself And (I) by texting the word SONG followed by the song title to 57365 if you are in Ireland or 60365 if you are in the UK

Intimate Canal Room Show Tickets ON SALE NOW
This was posted on Darren's myspace...
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Intimate Canal Room Show Tickets ON SALE NOW
Category: Music
Tickets for Darrens Live and Unplugged Special Acoustic Show at the Canal Room in New York on 28th November are onsale NOW!
CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS

New blog from Steve Young
Steve Young posted a new blog on his myspace today. Thought you all might like to read it as he talks about "Darren" related things. ;)
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Early starts...!
Current mood: Hungry!! :)
I'm a cheap date....Drinks at 9pm, in bed by 10pm. Great as long as getting up at 5am is ok. I didn't even know Sunday had a 5am but apparently it does. Poor Anne!! Yes I'm talking about Jet- lag...Boring.
There is one good thing about time-zones. The next time you get in trouble for getting home late from the pub just say "Sweetheart! I'ts midday in OZ and Tea-Time in LA...Time is meaningless".....Na! I know, it doesn't work!
I can't believe its all over. I keep getting little flash backs..like Troy Brennan..his nick-name for the band was 'Children Of The Damned'. He used to call out in a sing-song voice "Children, oh! Children Of The Damned...it's time for your make-up". I miss that. Wonder why he called us that? Ho Hum!
BTW...Did Darren really win the Pull-Up comp? I need to confer with the judges.
So, brace yourselves, but it was actually a gorgeous sunny day yesterday in London. I had lunch in Camden with Anne and even that looked pretty (Camden I mean...Anne always looks pretty). All the drug-dealers were smiling and wishing people a lovely day.....Beautiful. It's cold and gray today so I'm thinking of LA.
Can't wait to get cracking in the states. As much as I love being part of the huge TMT Monster (we were a family of 30) it's so nice to be doing intimate acoustic shows. Darren sent me a list of songs to work out so i've been busy doing that all week. Very exciting.
Other news...I'll be doing a gig on 11th Dec with Yamit Mamo in London. She has a fantastic voice and if you can make it please do. Check out her myspace for details.
Well, i'm rambling now and also dying for some breakfast. Thankyou for all your lovely comments. You sure know how to make a guy feel special. For those of you who weren't there, the Brisbane show was really electric. We all had so much energy and emotion because we knew it was the last one. I can tell you now the DVD is going to so cool. I can't wait. It will be my first music DVD that i've been on. (Hollywood movie's are sooo yesterday).
Talking of firsts..The vinyl for Me Myself & I features some acoustic versions that D & I did at Shave's just before the tour. I was so chuffed when I got the call. I haven't listened to vinyl for years and have never been on a 7" release. In fact I'm so pleased about it that I'm going to buy a record player the day it comes out. I don't have room for it in the flat so I'm just going to have to move.
Somewhere in the country, maybe Hertforshire? Nice country views for my yet to be purchased vinyl collection. Xmas pressies anyone? I'm easy this year.
Okay, I'm going. I still don't have a computer so probably won't blog again till after the US promo. I have over 800 photos from the TMT of which some will end up here. Please be patient. Take care y'all.
Big Love. xSx

Windy City Times (Chicago) article
This was posted on the Windy City Times website this morning.
It's great that word is getting around. :)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=16490

Windy City Times
Pop Making Sense
by David Byrne with Tony Peregrin
2007-10-31
Out singer-songwriter Darren Hayes is returning to Chicago with two in-store appearances before heading to Miami's White Party over Thanksgiving weekend. In conjunction with his third solo album, This Delicate Thing We've Made, Hayes will perform and sign his CD at Borders, 150 N. State, on Fri., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., and then conduct a DJ set, Q&A session and signing that evening at Borderline Records, 3333 N. Broadway, at 7 p.m. The former Savage Garden singer may be best known for the mega-hit ballads Truly Deeply Madly and I Knew I Loved You, but the Australian pop star also scored hits on the dance charts with Insatiable, Pop!ular and Step Into The Light.

LIVE SHOW in New York!!!
This was just posted on Darren's myspace blog
Tuesday, October 30, 2007...

LIVE SHOW in New York!!!
Current mood: Live!
Category: Live! Music
Nov 28 Canal Room.. New York
Live and Unplugged Special Acoustic Show.
Song. Conversation. Acoustic versions. Darren at his best : intimate.
Tickets are extremely limited and will go onsale Wed Oct 31st.
Happy Halloween! Mwhahahaha!!
Tickets will go onsale via http://www.canalroom.com/calendar.php?m=11

New myspace blog from Darren...Into the Arms of America

Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Into the Arms of America
Current mood: ready for a break
Category: ready for a break Music
So much has happened since I last blogged.
Mostly I collapsed with exhaustion from the tour - well I didn't
really have time to collapse as I had a few things to do like present an award at the Arias in Australia and spoil my nephew rotten by hiring out a whole cinema so he and his friends could watch 'Transformers' as a birthday gift.
Where to begin?
Melbourne was ROCKIN'.
BEFORE THAT - we had a day of Sydney amazingness out on a boat as a thankyou to the band and crew. Me - slathered in sunscreen and a hat and not talking (resting my voice again agh!) and the band and crew all gettin' down to the sounds of P Funk and Prince whilst enjoy the Sydney Harbor View and gorgeous food and drink.
Sydney show - amazing.
Melbourne, I've touched on - even more electricity than last time at Manchester Lane.
Brisbane amazing in the end but so much drama getting there with storms, set and equipment delays and poor 'She Said Yes' missing out on their set due to the time restraints.
I forgot about the cameras rolling and had a blast.
Afterwards caught up with the now infamous Troy Clifford - childhood friend I'd not seen since 1995. That was sheer joy and I was so glad I found him again.
Stayed up WAY late (10 am!) and ended up doing a chin up competition with the crew and Steve at Claire (choregrapher and DJ for the night)'s wonderful Valley pad.
For the record I won.
Steve came second.
Next day was WAY hung over.
Caught a movie and went into a friend's comic store and got WAY homesick for Brsibane. Did work on the DVD and made it to bed at a decent hour.
Arias were a blur but Ben Lee was adorable and I thought The Song About Ping Pong was cool.
Tomorrow I"m in Sydney for a day with a tiny event to attend and then I'm off to the states.
I am really ready for a break.
But I don't have time for one.
Xmas is looking goooood!
Right now we are still desperate to sort out a New Years Eve Gig in London and promise you news asap.
I got an email from Willie Williams about our idea for the intimate club shows in 08 and the set list!!! V cool. Basically all of the stuff we didn't do on the Time Machine Tour.
Wooot!
Sleep calls.
So does Amercia.
Love ya!
xxD

Generation Q review of Darren's Melbourne Concert
Darren Hayes Live Is Something Wonderful
Darren Hayes returned home recently to show off his new album, This Delicate Thing We've Made, and GenQ had an amazing time!
by Leigh May, Entertainment Editor-Music on 2007-10-29
Here is the link to their website where you can read her entire review. It's really great!...
http://www.generationq.net/articles/Darren-Hayes-Live-Is-Something-Wonderful-00001.html

Changes To Borders Tour Details
This news was posted on Darren's myspace blog today...
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Changes To Borders Tour Details
Darren is doing an exclusive Borders Music mini instore tour of the the U.S and some US Appearances from early November through to early December where he will be performing an acoustic set and signing copies of the album 'This Delicate Thing We've Made'. For your chance to see Darren perform and get your album signed see the dates below:

Friday, November 9 at 7.30pm
Borders, 1501 Vine St, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California 90028

Monday, November 12 at 7 PM
Borders, 7135 East Camelback Rd, Space 140, Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Friday, November 16 at 12.30pm
Borders, 150 North State St, Chicago, Illinois 60601
Borderline Music (time and address to be confirmed) Chicago, Illinois

Tuesday, November 27 at 7 PM
Borders, 10 Columbus Circle, New York, New York 10019

Friday, December 7 at 1 PM
6 Wayside Rd, Burlington,, Boston, Massachusetts 01803

In addition to the exclusive Borders Tour Darren will be performing at The 23rd Annual White Party at Vizcayaon November 24th at 9.30pm. The White Party is the worlds largest and oldest HIV/Aids fundraising event. For full details about The White Party week visit http://www.whiteparty.org/
To purchase tickets go [HERE]
Please note these dates are subject to change so watch this blog for any changes to venues or times.

Me Myself And I eCard
Let everyone know about Darren Hayes second stunning single, Me, Myself and (I) (taken from the double album opus, This Delicate Thing We've Made, which Attitude declared as 'a glorious return') by sending them this funky eCard:

Click Here To Send A Me Myself And (I) eCard

Co-written and produced by Justin Shave on the second last night of the album recording sessions, this track sees Darren channel his inner 'Prince'. Including two brand new tracks, Let's Go and Slow Down, the powerhouse that is Darren Hayes is unstoppable; it is no wonder that Billboard have proclaimed him as a 'celebratory beacon'.
Available in three formats (Maxi Single, DVD Single and 7' Clear Red Vinyl Single), remixes on the Maxi-Single come courtesy of 7th Heaven, DJ Wayne G & Andy Allder and Friendly. The new video is inspired by some of the iconic images of the 80's, like classic cassette tape advertisements and the clean, sharp fashion lines of Kraftwerk album covers.
Pre-order information available now on www.darrenhayes.com

Darren appearing @ Borderline Music, Chicago
Thanks to Greg from Borderline Music for sending me this info to share...

hi there,
i was hoping you could share this with group.
Darren Hayes will be dj-ing at our store on Friday, Nov 16th, 7pm.
DJ SET, M&G, Q&A
BORDERILNE MUSIC (not to be confused with borders, there may be confusion as i believe he is also doing a m&g at a local borders earlier that day.)
3333 north broadway, chicago il 60640
please let the fans know.

New myspace blog from Darren...

Thursday, October 25, 2007
The Time Machine Tour - At the End of Time
Current mood: Serene
Category: Serene Music
Well, it's over.
The Time Machine Tour, as we knew it, has come to an end.
The Stage, The Sets, The Costumes, The Origami Bird and the Lasers have all been put into storage and who knows if they'll ever be set free again..
It was an amazing undertaking and I just want to take this opportunity to thank the incredible band and crew who made it all possible.
I knew, going into this album, that the tour for this kind of music had to be presented in a certain way that wouldn't necessarily make the accountant happy - but it was a risk I wanted to take in order to see a dream come to fruition. We honed our skills from Glasgow, to the Royal Albert Hall, from Perth all the way to my home town of Brisbane last night where the show was filmed in glorious High Def for a future DVD.
And I'm so glad.
I don't know if I'll get the chance to put on a show as elaborate again and I'm certain I couldn't have done it without the blood, sweat and tears of this amazing troup of magicians.
Right now there's months of editing and mixing that have to take place in order to turn a one off experience into a permanent piece of digital technology. But when it's done, the Time Machine will live on forever and for that, I'm so grateful.
To everyone who came out, paid their hard earned cash and stood up to be counted I say a humble thank you for bringing our circus to your town.
Soon I'm off to the U.S to start the promo for the first single there and to remind people that I did something with my life.
Until then, I love you and I wish you nothing but heaven.
xxD

MusicRooms article - Darren Hayes Returns With Second Single
Musicrooms.net posted this new article/review of Darren's new single on their website October 24th. Here is the link:
http://www.musicrooms.net/rock_and_pop/darren_hayes_returns_with_second_single.html

samesame.com.au article - 24th October, 2007
SameSame.com.au posted a nice article about Darren on their website, "Darren Hayes - On The Verge Of Something Wonderful, Feature, By Christian Taylor, 24th October, 2007. Here is the link:
http://www.samesame.com.au/features/1519/Darren-Hayes-On-The-Verge-Of-Something-Wonderful.htm
They also posted some nice pictures of Darren onstage at Sydney's Oxford Art Factory. Here is the link to the pics:
http://photos.samesame.com.au/nsw/Darren_Hayes__Oxford_Art_Factory_-_15_10_07

POP! At Soho Revue Bar
This news was posted on Darren's website and myspace October 23rd...
POP! Celebrates the release of Darren Hayes' brand new single 'Me, Myself & (I) on November 13th. MASSIVE free give away of Darren Hayes goodies, CDS/Posters/T-Shirts and signed merchandise. Pop is every Tuesday at Soho Revue Bar 11-12 Walkers Court, London. FREE ENTRY to all NUS / £3 others. DJ's Dusty 'O' and Lady Lloyd play all the pop classics and current chart tunes.

New myspace blog from Darren..."On the mend"

Monday, October 22, 2007
On the mend
Current mood: Rejuvinating
Category: Rejuvinating Music
I'm in Melbourne and on the mend.
The 'lurgy' ended up being the full blown throat infection that most of the crew and band got but luckily I got some pretty powerful antibiotics and am resting up well and good until the Melbourne show. It's a blessing having this time, and to be honest I have not even left my hotel room today. I'm here in a dressing gown and have spent the last two days writing everything down and not talking.
It's crazy, but it works.
A speech pathologist said to me that your voice is a muscle like anything else and just like an athelete, if it's sore rest is the only thing that will allow it to recover.
It's amazing what a couple of days of down time does for my vocal chords.
It's also gruelling how many songs there are in this show! So it's no wonder I've felt the strain. But, I'm healthy and good and just taking care of the thing that has given me so much joy.
It's so nice being home.
I've had my gorgeous Mum and Sister to see every single day.
My cousin Tod is running our merchandise stand and with Richard with me
the ony thing missing is Wally, our dog!
I"m thrilled about playing in Melbourne on Wedneday and can confirm we definitely are filming the Brisbane show for a future DVD/CD of the 'Time Machine Tour'.
It's been such a unique and special production I wanted to have it recorded as a part of my visual history. Hopefully this is a way for overseas fans to experience the show that we love so much.
When we finish up in Brisbane I'm spending a few days home with my family and then Richard and I will go to L.A for a few days of fun (Universal Studios anyone??!! hehe) before I start my Borders appearances and U.S promo.
It's been such a busy year. I do hope we can arrange our special New Years Eve Gig in London. What a way to top off a rollercoaster ride huh?
Next year there are already plans underway for a smaller and more intimate club tour of the UK, Australia and the U.S. So a busy boy I think I'm going to be before this sucker gets put to bed.
Busy but happy.
Oh.. speaking of HAPPY! Did I tell you I had the honour of visiting the set of the Baz Luhrmann film 'Australia' whilst in Sydney? I'm sworn to a confidentiality agreement but I can tell you this is the most elaborate and stunning thing I think he's ever attempted. I'm such a fan and it was a pleasure to meet my favorite director and get a glipse of Nicole and Hugh on set. I'm so proud this film represents Aborginal people in a romantic and deservedly respectful way. There are some amazing indigenous Australian actors in the film including Lillian Crombie, Ursula Yovich, David Ngoombujarra and David Gulpilil. Lillian was on set the day we watched and I think she's so stunning. Just a gorgeous human being.
Right, that's it for me.
I think the vitamins are kicking in.
I'm having such a ball on tour.
She Said Yes are just a great pop band and Tania Doko is a DOLL.
Please check them out and support them if you like their music.
They so deserve it.
Love you and will probably blog from my dressing gown again tomorrow.
hehe
xD

Steve Young (Darren's guitarist on the tour) posted this new blog about the tour on his myspace today...
Monday, October 22, 2007
Its raining!!!!!!!!
Current mood: contemplative
Hiya folks.
Just a quickie from me to you. Im currently in the Business Centre in our hotel in Melbourne typing as fast as i can before my credit runs out......Let me defiine Business Centre for you. A tiny, over heated room with 2 PC's that are running on snail juice. Located next to the ladies toilet which is full of cackling old ladies all screeching and making all manner of noises. Daytime drinking just DOESNT work.
Ok, its not that bad....
Ive made the classic school boy error. During this tour as events unfold ive been quietly chuckling to myself thinking "cant wait to blog about that" and whilst walking back to the hotel earlier realised that ive completely forgotton all of it.
This band (according to Darren) is officially the most hard core party band he's ever known. This was backed up by the bus driver in the UK. But answer this, if you put 6 musicians-would-be-comedians on a bus/plane/pub/dressing-room/sauna/swimming pool/boat together...chuck in a dose of good will and a few crates of australias finest....what do you expect?
The shows themselves have been really great. No matter how tired or jet lagged we feel when the intro music comes in we all just switch over to full steam ahead. I personally have never jumped up and down so much in my life. I think we have totally earned a sponsorship from Red Bull. They may notice a drop in sales when we leave on friday.
Apparently Justin twisted his knee chasing a dog around a library. I got abused once again by a doorman for wearing a hat. Will & Myself attended a dentist. I chipped my tooth on a beer bottle whilst going over a bump on the bus. Darren ran down stairs for an ice pack and returned with another bottle wrapped in a mucky tea-towel...Nice!
Pete and Micheal both had Rock-Doctors come to their hotel rooms. The only non casualites are Anna & Sparx, but you know, it aint over yet.
Only 2 more shows to go. Cant believe that its nearly over but at the same time feel like ive been here for ever. I do like OZ you know.
After five days in Sydney I really felt a tug of sadness when we left. We met such nice people, Blake & Paige (the boat people) to name a few.
I have a few days to recover in the UK then off to America to start the promo trip. I love doing little acoustic shows. Really itimate and chilled out. Not sure what we're playing, better ask the Boss huh
Im really looking forward to Brisbane. We have a huge end of tour party planned. I will do my best to get a few crazy pictures for you all.
I can't tell you why but please send all your positve thoughts to a certain little girl in Southampton General Hospital who needs all the help she can get right now.
Talk to you soon. X

Australian Idol News - Doin’ It For the Kids
This news was posted on Australian Idol's website.
Darren Hayes took to the stage to sing his brand new single "Me, Myself & I". The electro-pop and falsetto packed track had the audience on their feet dancing. Darren kindly donated tickets, flights and accommodation to his Brisbane concert next week, while the managing of director of PayPal, sitting in the audience, told James the company would donate $50,000 to the night's causes.
To read the whole article, go here:
http://www.australianidol.com.au/news-doin-it-for-the-kids-night.html

Darren’s Myspace Blog - Who would have thought the tiny courageous?

Saturday, October 20, 2007
Who would have thought the tiny courageous?
Current mood: zen like
Category: zen like Music
Isn't it always the way?
The runt of the litter is always the strongest.
We played to our smallest theatre audience on the tour tonight in Adelaide and it was, once again, such hard work for the crew to try to find a way to fit our huge show into the magical but cramped stage at the legendary Thebarton Theatre.
But oh how magical the show turned out to be!
I was called at 10 am to be told the ceiling was just too low to fit the origami crane in.
This, obviously, gutted me as the crane as you've guessed by now is a crucial part of the show. The boys worked incredibly hard to make sure the bridge and the tower and the projection screens would be present and we arrived at the venue.
I'm not afraid to say that the show wasn't sold out.
Only a few on the tour haven't been, but every time that happens it's always hard on everyone as we feel we've failed somehow. We look out at the empty rows at the back and feel bad for the audience who might feel that they've come to a gig that is less than popular. But you know what? Every time that happens we just pitch up and give the best we have and the audience gives it right back.
This audience in Adelaide tonight was without a doubt the one with the biggest heart I've witnessed. They made us feel like we were in a stadium. They stood up (when allowed to lol!) clapped, cheered and supported us through our journey and I had a wonderful show.
As per usual, I've finally picked up the lurgy that the entire band and crew have come down with since England and it knocked me on my ass before the show. I was absolutely shattered at sound check and napped before the show, all the time my festering throat getting angrier. Luckily it only made me feel like crap but didn't really hamper my voice.
At soundcheck, I was told that Masaoko, one of my most enduring and faithful Japanese fans had passed away. She had bought tickets to the entire tour and when she was taken ill, her family contacted us to ask if we could give her tickets away. We thought she was incredibly kind and of course refused the offer, refunding her money and sending a basket of goodies and autographed photos and things to send light and love.
It broke our hearts to find out that she passed away holding my photogaph this morning.
I dedicated Affirmation to her and the trio of Japanese fans in the front row burst into tears almost taking me with them.
I don't understand the randomness of life.
This year has been the hardest of mine, truth be told.
But also the most wonderful.
But through it all, I'm so proud of all of you for being open and for growing with me and rebelling. Let's face it, I've hardly had tremendous support at radio or television and in some ways, I'm succeeding without much help. I guess we all have that in common.
We're outsiders, we don't subscribe to whatever it is we're told to do and instead we've made our own music and danced to it. If it weren't for people like Masako, I wouldn't be able to do the thing I love. If it weren't for the people in Adelaide tonight who paid their hard earned cash to bring our silly and wonderful and crazy and brilliant show down under and into your hearts tonight, none of these connections would have been made.
So tonight I raise my glass to the disenfranchised. To the lonely, the departed, the broken hearted.
I've got time for you.
Thank you for having time for me.
xxD

Possible New Years Eve One Off Gig in London
This exciting news was posted on Darren's myspace blog...
Friday, October 19, 2007
Possible New Years Eve One Off Gig in London
Darren Hayes is considering a one off intimate New Years Eve gig in London to celebrate with fans.
More news if this event is confirmed.
But plans are under way for a very intimate affair including a 2 hour show and the man himself spinning tunes until way into the new year.
More news either way as soon as we get it.

The Sydney Morning Herald - He could be so lucky too, with these moves
There was review of Darren's Sydney concert posted in The Sydney Morning Herald, October 19.
Here is the link:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/he-could-be-so-lucky-too-with-these-moves/2007/10/18/1192300952860.html

Generation Q Review of Darren's Sydney concert
Generation Q posted a revie of Darren's Syndey concert "Darren Hayes pop!ular at State Theatre, Singer Darren Hayes has performed in Sydney as a part of his Time Machine Tour by Chris Pycroft - Associate Producer AU on 2007-10-18
Here is the link:
http://www.generationq.net/articles/Darren-Hayes-pop!ular-at-State-Theatre-00001.html

Daily Telegraph - Idol finalists clue up
This article is from the Daily Telegraph. It includes this nice picture of Darren with the Australian Idols...
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22608912-5006002,00.html
Idol finalists clue up
October 19, 2007
HE'S already an affirmed super star, so Darren Hayes was looking a tad out of place among the final six Australian Idol wannabes yesterday.After his acclaimed concert at the State Theatre on Wednesday night, the former Savage Garden frontman popped into the show's Moore Park studios to give the up-and-coming singers a few tips ahead of tonight's charity music extravaganza Doin' It For the Kids.
The Rogue Traders, Katie Noonan, The Young Divas, Damien Leight and Vanessa Amorosi will also belt out tunes for Channel 10 special.
Shannon Noll will take to the stage with his country crooning bros Adam and Damian

Nice pictures of Darren’s Sydney concert
afterelton.com posted some nice pictures of Darren's concert on their blog. Here is the link:
http://www.afterelton.com/blog/brianjuergens/darren-hayes-plays-sydney?comment=29251

Darren performing on Australian Idol special Friday night
Thanks to Kellie for sharing this news for the Australian fans...
Darren will be performing "Me Myself and (I)" at a charity telethon called "Doing it for the kids" this will be telecast on Friday night 19th October at 7.30pm. He will be performing along with other Australian Artists plus the current Australian Idol Contestants.

2dayfm (AU) Interview and live performance
Darren did an interview and amazing acoustic performance of a Kylie song on 2dayfm October 18, 2007. Thanks to Maria for letting me know about it, and uploading it to zshare for us. :)
http://www.zshare.net/audio/4283793b7b6f86
I've also uploaded it to our audio page. Here is the direct link: October 18, 2007 - 2dayfm (Sydney, AU) Interview and acoustic performance

Darren posted this new blog on his myspace today...

Partylist.com article - Darren Hayes To Perform At White Party Miami
As was mentioned on Darren's official site news earlier, in addition to his "Borders Instore Tour" in the US next month, he'll also be performing at White Party Miami (Florida) November 24th.
Here is a news story about it with more details from Partylist.com.
http://www.partylist.com/sybfusion.cgi?templ=pl-news.tpl&idx=97254

Sydney Morning Herald artcle - October 16, 2007
The Sydney Morning Herald (AU) posted a new article and great new picture of Darren on their website, October 16th.
Here is the link:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/coming-up-roses-after-the-savage-days/2007/10/15/1192300678355.html

Australian Me Myself And (I) CD Single Pre-Order
This news was posted on Darren's myspace blog today...
October 15, 2007 - Monday
Australian Me Myself And (I) CD Single Pre-Order
Category: Music
'Me Myself and (I)' Darren's second single from 'This Delicate Thing We've Made will be released in Australia on CD Single from November 10th. You can also pre-order 'Me Myself And (I)' now from Waterfront Records who will ship worldwide.
AUSTRALIAN CD SINGLE
1. Me Myself And (I)
2. Let's Go (DEMO)
3. Slow Down (DEMO)
4. DJ Wayne & Andy Allder Electro Mix

Darren's new myspace blog - Get it out

October 15, 2007 - Monday
Get it out
Category: Music
Just got in from a hot and sweaty club gig in Sydney.
Really a warm up gig and a spontaneous decision this week to do something extra to try to give those people who missed out on our show in Canberra and Newcastle at least a chance to see something special. I loved the gig. I wrote to my best friend and I'll paraphrase what I said to her in my email..
"Tonight on stage I really enjoyed myself. It's bizarre but I needed that gig.
I needed to sweat and to connect with human beings and as stupid as it sounds to know that those people understood me. And when I'm up on stage and I'm doing my thing I'm so happy. Sometimes all the other stuff involved in getting me there can bring me down. But when I'm on fire, when I'm alive like I was tonight I'm so free. "
I was purging myself up there tonight.
Sweat and pain and love and joy and sadness and all of it just pouring out of me.
x

Exclusive Borders Instore Tour
This exciting news for the US fans was posted on Darren's official site today...
Exclusive Borders Instore Tour
Darren is doing an exclusive Borders Music mini instore tour of the the U.S from early November through to early December where he will be performing an acoustic set and signing copies of the album 'This Delicate Thing We've Made'.
For your chance to see Darren perform and get your album signed see the dates below:
Monday, November 5, Los Angeles- Borders- Hollywood Store #354
Time: 7pm
Monday, November 12, Phoenix- Borders- Biltmore Mall #54
Time: 7pm
Friday, November 16, Chicago- Stateside Street #405
Time: 12:30pm
Friday, November 30, New York- Columbus Circle #592
Time: 7pm
Friday, December 7, Boston- Burlington #251
Time: 1pm
In addition to the exclusive Borders Tour Darren will be performing at The 23rd Annual White Party at Vizcayaon November 24th at 9.30pm. The White Party is the worlds largest and oldest HIV/Aids fundraising event. For full details about The White Party week visit _http://www.whiteparty.org/_ (http://www.whiteparty.org/)
To purchase tickets go [here]

Audio of Darren's Interview with Nova 96.9 Sydney
Darren did an interview with Sydney, Australia radio station, Nova96.9 on October 15. You can listen to it from their website here: http://www.nova969.com.au/site/shows/merrick_rosso.aspx
I've also uploaded it to our audio page here: http://www.darrenhayesfans.com/audio.html

New myspace blog from Darren...

October 14, 2007 - Sunday
I don't mind doin' it for the kids!
Current mood: Spacey, tired, excited
Category: Spacey, tired, excited Music

Videos of Darren's interview on 92.9 Perth
Darren did a fun interview with 92.9 Perth on Friday. They put the 2 part video up on their website so everyone could see it.
Darren Hayes
A lively Darren Hayes joins Em, Wippa & Tim to talk about his new show plus we play a silly game called 'is it a man or is it a woman'. Plus Darren reveals a special treat for a few lucky guest who've been invited to his show.
Here is the link:
http://www.929.com.au/shows/emwippatim/show-videos/EM-WIPPA-TIM/DARREN-HAYES

Sydney Club show TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
This exciting news for the Aussie fans was posted on Darren's myspace...
October 9, 2007 - Tuesday
Sydney Club show TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Current mood: wooh hooo
Category: wooh hooo Music
Tickets for the one off intimate club show are now onsale. The performance on October 15 will be in Sydney at "The Oxford Art Factory" on Oxford Street in Sydney. These tickets are incredibly rare with only 300 much sought after spots up for sale. Purchase tickets via MOSHTIX (http://moshtix.com.au/) 130O 438 849
Or TICKETEK 132 849

Parramatta Sun Interview with Darren
Part 2 of Parramatta Sun interview with Darren was posted on their website October 10, 2007. It's a long but very good interview. Here is the link: http://parramatta.yourguide.com.au/blogs/blogarticle_detail.asp?blogarticle_id=815

Pre-Order "Me Myself And (I)" And "Who Would Have Thought"
This info was posted on Darren's myspace blog...
October 9, 2007 - Tuesday
Pre-Order "Me Myself And (I)" And "Who Would Have Thought"
Category: Music
The forthcoming single from Darren Hayes 'Me Myself And (I)' is now available to pre-order from Townsend Records on Cd, Vinyl and Dvd. Also available to pre-order is the UK Exclusive 7" Vinyl release of 'Who Would Have Thought'. Both are released in the United Kindom on 12th November and are taken from the album 'This Delicate Thing We've Made'.
You can currently catch the video for 'Me Myself And (I)' on The Box, B4, Chartshow TV, Homechoice and Fizz.

New myspace blog from Darren...
October 8, 2007 - Monday
Flying to Perth Australia..
Current mood: Touring!!
Category: Touring!! Music

This is just a mad quick one to let you know I'm on Australian time.. tho I'm not in Australia yet.
I basically have had the weirdest 48 hours where I was going to bed at 7 am and waking up at 5 pm!! Some might say it put me on Aussie time … others might say I'm crazy. I think it was just the adjusting to coming off tour before going back on.
Anyway, the annoying thing about it is I was under the impression I was leaving for Australia tomorrow NIGHT. I thought I'd have all day on Tuesday to pack, swank around, buy things I didn't need. Lament over leaving Wally. But nope, I woke up (this afternoon, as you do) to be told that through an error of typing – the flight actually leaves at 9 am IN THE MORNING!!!
So naturally I'm not tired.
It's 4 am and I've finally finished packing for 6 weeks (2 in Australia, a month of U.S promotion) and I feel like I have time travelled. Or that someone has taken about 12 hours out of my life and won't give them back.
The good news is I hopefully will sleep most of the way on the flight and be more adjusted to Australian time than most normal people who aren't insomniacs.
And I know you've been told, but we've been madly arranging a one off club show in Sydney for Monday the 15th of October. All the details will be released as I'm flying . Just know it's something I've been trying to do as a way to make up for those who missed out in Canberra and Newcastle. Not as ideal as playing in your town, I know, but hopefully the next best thing.
I love you heaps and will talk to you from Perth!!
xxD

This news was posted on Darren's myspace - October 8, 2007 - Monday
CONFIRMED INTIMATE CLUB SHOW IN SYDNEY OCTOBER 15
Category: Music

Savage Garden voted to Brisbane's rock 'n' roll Walk of Fame
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22546549-5003421,00.html
The Courier Mail
Three join Go-Betweens
By Martin Philip
October 08, 2007 12:00am
SAVAGE Garden and Keith Urban will join the Go-Betweens at the top of Brisbane's rock 'n' roll Walk of Fame next month.
The Logan duo and the boy from Caboolture took the most votes - 224 each - in an online poll to decide Queensland's most popular musical artists.
The Go-Betweens were the first act nominated to the Walk of Fame to mark the death of the band's co-founder, Grant McLennan, last year. Powderfinger, The Saints and The Bee Gees will also be honoured with plaques in the Brunswick Street Mall. Deputy Mayor David Hinchcliffe said more than 1000 votes were cast in the poll.
"I can tell that once the Walk of Fame is unveiled it is going to be treasured by local residents and visitors from all over the county," he said.

AT&T Blue Room (USA) Darren Hayes Videos
Thanks so much to Maria for finding these amazing live performance videos (WWHT, Verge, SITL, IWY and MM&(I) and 3 interview videos with Darren that are on The AT&T Blue Room website (USA).
Here is the link: http://attblueroom.com/search/index.php?q=darren+hayes

New Video Shoot and getting ready for Australia!
New myspace blog from Darren...

October 6, 2007 - Saturday
New Video Shoot and getting ready for Australia!
Current mood: Tired
Category: Tired Music
I spent the day 'off' on Friday shooting a new music video for the 3rd single.
I will reveal what that single is at some point in the future.
Right now, let me say that I worked with the lovely folks at onedotzero.com and the wonderfully talented Damian Hale. All of these visioneers are due directly to my relationship with Willie Williams.
Damian et al worked on all the visuals for the tour, as as you recall, the animation video for 'Step into the Light'. So that's how we all started working together.
This video is live action and animation - much like the combination of both in 'Verge' - so although there was a lot of green screen and there will be a lot of post production - I was still required to, you know, be in it lol.
What I didn't realize was how much.
I literally thought I was turning up for a few hours but ended up on set basically the entire 13 hour day.
Damian and crew did an amazing job with props, costumes and details.
I can't wait to see how it turns out. (Don't expect it until 2008) I uploaded some pics HERE
There are so many things in the pipeline at the moment.
I'm obviously excited about the Australian tour.
We are filming the Brisbane show for a possible DVD.
Then there's the repackaged album we're putting out next year to include a surround sound DVD with 13 animated films.
Then there's the musical I'm developing.
Ooops. Did I just reveal that out loud?
Oh well, it's true.
It's going to take years so don't hold your breath but it's a collaboration with Willie Williams. If you thought the album and the tour seemed theatrical it's because they are! We've wet our feet with the idea of a narrative on this tour. Can't wait to develop a larger story with more original songs. Wish us luck!
Someone I love is Steve Anderson (Kylie Minogue's musical director). He is involved in the 'Remixed' version of the musical 'Rent' in previews in London.
Steve was responsible for completely re-arranging and re-envisioning the sound of the show. It's so hard to tackle something like this but I have to give it to Steve for coming up with some beautiful new arrangements. I met him tonight and he was very kind and generous.
Though - I was 'not talking' (something I frustratingly have to do whem my voice is sore.. and this week after the tour and then singing on the video set all day it needed rest!).
So poor Steve had to meet me as a mime artist!
Lol.
If you're reading this Steve - sorry!
But you are lovely. And we have to work together soon.
Me, Anna, Willie, Richard and my friend Nat from school met afterwars for some dinner and it was so great to have a moment where I was surrounded by peole I love and I felt at home in London. It doesn't often happen - but it's getting more and more common that I find a bit of peace and solitude in this city. When it happens I feel kind of relieved actually.
Oh and before I forget it ..
I'M SOOO OVER FACE BOOK!
And I'm not even on it. Well, I have an account that admin runs and it says everywhere that the only stuff on there is stuff from myspace and to please just find me here. But still I'm being pestered to be there. Errgh!!
I'm sooooo over the bloody invites, the pokes, the water balloon fights. The wall!
The writing on it. The people talking about it. Can you get the theme here? I will not submit! Me and Steve Young are at the front of the resistance. JOIN US!
hehe.
See ya
xxD
..

Me Myself And (I) Single Details
This info was posted on Darren's myspace blog and his official site...

Me Myself And (I) Single Details

Release dates are November 3 in Australia and November 5 in the UK. Pre-sale links available soon!

ME MYSELF AND I

CD ONE - MAXI SINGLE
1. Me Myself and I
2. Let's go (Demo)
3. Slow Down (Demo)
4. DJ Wayne G and Andy Allder Electro Mix

UK ONLY
7 INCH RED VINYL SINGLE
A. Me Myself and I
B. Me Myself and I live acoustic version

DH.COM DIGITAL SINGLE
1. Me Myself and I
2. On the verge of Something Wonderful (live acoustic)
3. Every Little Thing (Demo)

iTunes
1. Me Myself and I (album version)
2. Me Myself and I Wayne G & Andy Allder Mix
3. Me Myself and I Andrew Friendly Vocal Mix
4. Me Myself and I 7th Heaven Club Mix (exclusive)
5. Me Myself and I 7th Heaven Radio Mix (exclusive)
6. Me Myself and I live acoustic version

SPECIALIST DJ DOWNLOAD SITES
1. Me Myself and I 7th Heaven Dub Mix
2. Me Myself and I Andrew Friendly No Dub Mix
3. Me Myself and I Andrew Friendly Total Dub Mix
4. Me Myself and I DJ Wayne G & Andy Allder Electro Remix
5. Me Myself and I DJ Wayne G & Andy Allder Lucky Club Remix

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT

DH.COM DIGITAL SINGLE
1. Who Would Have Thought
2. Breathless (Demo)
3. The Only One (Demo)

UK ONLY
7 INCH GREEN VINYL SINGLE
A. Who Would Have Thought
B. Who Would Have Thought live acoustic version

Canberra and Newcastle Concerts cancelled
This media release was posted on Darren's official website today...

Media Release
Friday, 05 October 2007
For Immediate Release

Canberra and Newcastle Concerts by Darren Hayes cancelled on technical grounds

Due to venue size restrictions relating to the dimensions of essential stage pieces, and the limitations of load-in spaces , Darren Hayes' production team has had to cancel the concerts scheduled for the Newcastle Civic Theatre on Tuesday October 16 and Canberra Theatre on Sunday October 21

Obviously disappointed, Hayes' manager said, "We've created a world class show based around some extraordinary set pieces, and having just finished a tour through the UK, we found that physically getting the set into some venues is impossible. It's disappointing to have to cancel these two shows but we also wouldn't want Australian audiences to experience a radically scaled down version of this production'.

Darren is personally overseeing efforts to re-ticket fans at other concerts on the tour, however anyone who has bought tickets for the Canberra or Newcastle concerts can have them refunded by the venues if they wish. Fans who have purchased the VIP Experience also have the option of attending the Sydney concert at the State Theatre on Wednesday October 17.

Having just finished the last night of the UK leg of the tour at a triumphant sold out show at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall, Hayes extended his apologies to those who were planning on attending the Canberra and Newcastle shows.
"When you see the full show you'll understand why our production team had to make this difficult decision. I do hope those people who are inconvenienced can try to make it to Sydney to see the show as it was designed and I'll make it up to you on stage".

The Time Machine Tour, designed by Willie Williams (U2, Rolling Stones, George Michael), will continue through Perth October 13, Sydney October 17, Adelaide October 20, Melbourne October 24 and Brisbane October 25.

The album 'This Delicate Thing We've Made' is out now. The single 'Me, Myself and I' is out November 3.

Me Myself And (I) On The Box & B4!
This news was posted on Darren's myspace blog...
October 5, 2007 - Friday
Category: Music
The stunning new video for Me Myself and I receives its UK TV debut on First Play Friday on the Box today and you can also catch it on B4.

New myspace blog from Darren...
October 4, 2007 - Thursday

Career defining moment
Current mood: hungover

8 am.
How rock and roll is this?
Just getting to bed after sending the last of the stragglers home from my house.
The performance at The Royal Albert Hall was momentous. For many reasons.
Because it is a prestigious and esteemed venue.
Because it was a dream of mine that I literally plucked out of the sky 2 years ago
and it became a reality.
Because it was the end of the UK tour.
Because my oldest and closest friend from school, Nat, was in attendence (over in Europe for a vacation).
It was supercharged. Super special. And Super good.
Everything went off without a hitch.
Well, better than that. There was an energy in the room.
The size of the audience was exactly the size this show was designed to be seen by.. it felt like an arena but much more intimate.
As I was singing, all I could think of was that my voice was travelling up into the sky that was built by Queen Victoria for Albert.. that my voice was resting where great voices had once touched. That I was a boy from Brisbane and I'd done something with my life.
Afterwards we had a drinks reception on premises (my first alchoholic beverage in what feels like years!!) and then went on to some hideous club. But it didn't matter - I was with my on tour family and we had a blast.
In some crazy moment of drunken logic we all ended up at my place listening to Sign O the Times on vinyl and drinking champagne.
It was an extraordinay night and for me - if I'm honest probably the first night on the tour where I truly allowed myself to relax and enjoy it.
And boy did it show.
I have a hangover to sleep off tomorrow.
(Once again, my first in YEARS!)
A video to shoot on Friday.
Packing on the weekend.
And then leaving for the Australian leg.
I love you more than you can imagine.
And I feel very very lucky and slightly dehydrated.
Lol.
xxxD

Steve Young's new blog - Speechless......!
Steve Young (Darren's guitarist for his tour) posted this blog about last night's concert on his myspace today...
http://www.myspace.com/steveyoungguitar
October 4, 2007 - Thursday
Speechless......!
Current mood: Happy & a bit Fuzzy!
Wow! what can I say to describe what was going through my head when I arrived at the RAH yesterday? I got off the tube at Queensway so i could walk across Hyde Park towards it. I wanted to take my time and savour what was about to occur. Ive been to the RAH a few times, mostly to see Eric Clapton, but never in my wildest dreams did I expect to be playing there. I sneaked out a couple of Clapton riffs during soundcheck ha ha!
In the audience were Anne, my Mum, Sister & Hubby, Cousin (who flew over from Sweden especially) and Jason my oldest and best mate from high school. Talking of hard core - picture my Mum sat in the loudest banging club in Soho, Champagne in one hand, other arm around Darren or Ray, alternately. Very impressed. She's currently sat in the garden reading the paper.
I dont remember a great deal about the chaos that followed in Darren's house. A very cute Wally loving all the people that had come to see him. Very loud Prince on vinyl. (im so going out to get a record player). Tons a champers but I think the most lasting memory will be Darren's face - totally happy, relaxed, slightly tipsy, grinning continuously, blown away and full of love. Things have been a bit stressful at times over the last couple of months and to see him looking so happy will keep me smiling all the way to Australia.
To answer a couple of questions...Yes I have hundreds and hundreds of photos, including a few awesome shots of you lot!! and a few backstage sneakies. I will post these when I get back from OZ. My computer has blown up so im quickly borrowing Anne's.
Thankyou for taking me under your respective wings (no pun intended).
Your all a top bunch and make me very happy. I cant wait to see you all again soon.
Till then. Cheers ears. X

Manchester Evening News Review
This wonderful review of Darren's Manchester show was posted on his myspace blog today...
October 1, 2007 - Monday
Manchester Evening News Review
Category: Music

Darren Hayes @ The Lowry
Glenn Meads
1/10/2007

30/09/07

IF there was any justice in pop, Darren Hayes splendid album, This Delicate Thing We've Made, would have outsold James Blunt 10 times over.

This highly experimental piece is at times emotionally charged, zany and camp, yet highly addictive.

The Time Machine tour is the perfect showcase for this underrated double long player. Waking The Monster sets the scene as Hayes, ably supported by his Fifth Element-style backing vocalists travel back in time- revisiting key moments from the Aussie's life.

Filled with elements reminiscent of a big, bombastic eighties gig, there is something old fashioned, quaint, yet highly refreshing about this concert with a narrative.

Clearly influenced by Kate Bush, Darren includes the odd 'Cloudbusting' moment within his theatrical extravaganza. He also manages to insert older material seamlessly within the Time Machine concept, with tracks like Insatiable complementing the sci-fi style set design.

Never before has The Lowry worked so wonderfully as a venue for a pop concert. It often has a stuffy atmosphere, whereby the audience are not sure whether they should stand up or not.

Instantly

Last night, the audience rose to their feet instantly and remained so throughout this energetically charged gig with a difference. Hayes' latest material is so varied in terms of genre that you are silently stood up one minute, intently listening to the emotion within the lyrics.

Minutes later you are throwing shapes to the disco tinged epic, Step Into The Light.

Some may find the theme of revisiting your past, looking at life's mistakes a dour way to spend an evening. But it is delivered with such sincerity that you are willing to allow Darren to have the odd self indulgent moment.

Ironically, when singing songs from his back catalogue, he looks slightly awkward, forgetting the words to the dull, but popular I Believe from his Savage Garden days. But once he is in 'Disco Bunny' mode for the new single Me, Myself And (I) you witness a man so comfortable and proud of his new material, you could quite easily wipe the slate clean alongside him.

Backed by a technically superb band and two game backing singers, Hayes is clearly on cloud nine. If he continues to put on shows of this high calibre, surely, to put it bluntly, he should put James in the shade.

Electroqueer Blog: Darren Hayes Time Machine Tour - Live From Brighton Parts 1 & 2
Raj (Electroqueer) has posted his "The Time Machine Tour - Live from Brighton" blogs sharing his experience of attending Darren's concert in Brighton.
Spoiler Warning: His blog contains some great pictures from the show and also describes the concert in detail so if you haven't seen the show yet and don't want to know the details or see pictures of it until you see it for yourself, don't read this blog. But if you can't make the show and want to see/hear what it's like, follow these links and read his incredible review of the show and see the wonderful pictures that he included. Here are the links:
Part 1: http://zxlcreative.blogs.com/electroqueer/2007/09/the-time-machin.html
Part 2: http://zxlcreative.blogs.com/electroqueer/2007/10/darren-hayes-ti.html

New myspace blog from Darren...
September 30, 2007 - Sunday

Manchester - love this city.
Current mood: Hopeful
Category: Hopeful Music

I'm so excited!
I'm in Manchester. I fucking love this city.
We had a day off yesterday which was somewhat boring for me as I have been resting my voice on days off and it makes for tedious (read non existant) communication.
Rich and I did a little walk about and even took a ride on the wheel (which was much higher than I thought it would be and I proptly wanted to pee my pants with fear!).
Did some shopping, met up with Maggz and Steven and saw Atonement again at the cinema. It's such a stunning film and it made more sense the second time.
We had some dinner at the hotel and got a great sleep.
Today I've been up, been to the gym and am about to go pack before heading over to the venue. I'll edit this post with a ramble about tonight's show when it's over.
Big love!
xD

EDIT : POST SHOW

I'm in my dressing room about to get on the bus.
It was a gorgeous venue - amazing purple seats and decor (like something Prince might have designed)..
Audience mad, up for it and full of love.
Bird slightly malfunctioning but when she did come to life it was worth it.
It's a LOT of work singing for 2 hours. I don't think I've ever done a show this long or hard and it's taking it's toll! Looking forward to another night and day of resting the voice to get ready for Liverpool.
P.S sorry I forgot the words a bit to Affirmation and talked a lot about my genitals.
I don't know what posessed me!
hehe
xxD

Camp (USA) Interview with Darren
Camp (Kansas City's voice for the LGBT and Allied Communities), Kansas City, Missouri, USA, posted a new interview with Darren on their website. I've added it to our article section. Here is the direct link to where you can read it:
Camp (USA) - Interview - Darren Hayes on His Own Label, His Own Way - September 29, 2007

New myspace blog from Darren...
September 28, 2007 - Friday

When Things are put into perspective
Current mood: Humbled
Category: Humbled Music

Simple point to make tonight.
Amazing crowd, gorgeous town (my first every time in Brighton)
but some sound issues for me on stage.
No one was aware of course, but I came off stage giving the audience what they deserved (the best of me) but feeling a little like I'd let them down.
Then I came backstage and met a young woman who was living with a serious illness and my own problems got put into perspective. She was alive, cheeky, and had a fire in her eyes and I was so humbled to meet her and make her smile.
Isn't it amazing when your sorrows pale into insignificance and you're reminded to be strong?
Thanks to the young lady (she knows who she is)
And thanks to the city of Brighton.
Much much love
xD

This announcement was just posted on Darren's myspace and his official website...
September 28, 2007 - Friday

Darren Hayes to release second single, Me, Myself and (I)

MAXI SINGLE
1.Me Myself and (I)
2.Let's Go - Demo
3.Slow Down - DEMO
4.Wayne G's and Andy Allder's Electro Mix

DVD SINGLE
1. Me, Myself and (I) video
2. The making of Me Myself and (I) video

7 INCH CLEAR RED VINYL SINGLE
A. Me Myself and (I)
B. Me Myself and (I) - Live acoustic version

'This Delicate Thing We've Made' Canadian Release Date
Exciting news for the Canadian fans from Darren's myspace...
September 28, 2007 - Friday
'This Delicate Thing We've Made' Canadian Release Date
Category: Music
We are pleased to let you know that the stunning album from Darren Hayes 'This Delicate Thing We've Made' is set for its Canadian release on 9th October, 2007

New myspace blog from Darren....

September 27, 2007 - Thursday
Birmingham Symphony Hall
Current mood: Defiantly good
Category: Defiantly good Music
What a night!
What a show!
Truth be told I had rather a tender voice today - I really pushed a little too hard in Newcastle so spend the day off in silence and doing all the right things (steam, no talking, lots of water, lots of sleep) and today it felt tentative at first. I had to really be careful - sort of like a runner with a mild strain. It worked, but I didn't want to push it too far.
Thank God the audience were mad up for it and really did that thing a great audience does - took up the slack and dragged me where I needed to be.
It was such a pleasure to do this show in a gorgeous venue designed for theatre. Our show is very theatrical. As much as we loved the random rock out vibe of the Newcastle gig it was great to do the show the way it's designed tonight.
I'm going to continue to take it easy vocally throughout the tour on my days off and after shows so I don't burn out! But wow! What a great show.
Thanks to all you Brummies for making us feel so much love!!
See you soon!
Brighton here we come!!!
P.S I've put some gorgeous images of the tour in my photos. Willie Williams took them so they are pretty much how the show is meant to be seen. Check 'em out.
xD

http://www.myspace.com/darrenhayes

New myspace blog from Darren - September 26, 2007 - Wednesday

Newcastle Bliss
Current mood: triumphant
Category: triumphant Music
We always knew that some of the set wouldn't fit in the Newcastle venue.
I was advised from the beginning not to play the City Hall as our entire stage wouldn't fit. It was a tough decision, as some cities like Sheffield and Nottingham had to miss out on this tour as we couldn't get a venue available on the right dates that would fit the show. I felt bad about that but wanted to take the show to as many cities as I normally play where we could get the show as we designed it there.
What no one considered with the Newcastle show, was that even though the set could fit on the stage (well most of it) - it couldn't get in the building! The venue is beautiful but has original tiny load in doors that make loading in difficult at the best of times. With a set like ours, the poor crew this morning found out the hard way that, like a couch too big for your apartment, our set coudln't even make it through the doors!
We had an emergency meeting upon waking up (not the nicest way to sit bolt upright on tour lemme tell ya) and Willie Williams quickly saved the day. He allowed me my obligitaory 'how could this possibly happen!' moment and then moved swiftly into solution mode.
His take : if we can't do the show exactly as designed lets give Newcastle something NO ONE else was going to get. The set list was radically altered and extended. And we went out there and had a fucking amazing time.
Regardless of one moment when we lost power to the stage - we rocked out.
And the audience gave it large.
As a consequence I absolutlely sang my heart out and woke up today a little hoarse. I have spent the day not talking, resting my voice and getting ready for Birmingham tomorrow night!
Sending you all love
xxD

Out in Hollywood Interview with Darren
Greg Hernandez did a nice interview with Darren for Out in Hollywood (Southern California, USA). It includes some nice pictures. It has been added to our "article" section. Here is the direct link:
Out In Hollywood - My Chat w/Darren Hayes - September 26, 2007

ME MYSELF AND I music video WORLD PREMIERE!
This exciting news was posted on Darren's myspace blog today...
September 25, 2007 - Tuesday
ME MYSELF AND I music video WORLD PREMIERE!
Current mood: THRILLED
The stunning new music video for Me Myself and I directed by Richard Cullen and Darren Hayes for Pixelfing is now live for all the world to see. CLICK HERE to see it in all its high definition glory. THE SINGLE IS RELEASED NOV 5 AND WILL INCLUDE A HOST OF BSIDES, EXTRAS AND GOODIES.

New myspace blog from Darren - September 24, 2007 - Monday

Opening Night! Wahooo!
Current mood: Thrilled
Category: Thrilled Music
Let me be the first to write up my account of the opening night of my show.
It was pretty flawless and I'm so happy. But let's go back in time a little.
Back to the last few days.
The band rehearsals took it out of us physically but it was nothing compared to the production rehearsals. They were gruelling!
We did the show so many times, and it was 15 hour days and lots of sweating.
Dealing with costumes, lyrics,
marks, choreography, blocking,staging. There was barely time to even think about my voice or the experience we were having. Last night we were all so tired. We had finished our dress rehearsals but were so tired we could barely talk! We all went home from Bray Studios (where the set had been parked for days) and quickly packed our bags to meet the tour bus in West London.
Bruce, the lighting designer made the joke that it's always the way in this business.
You exhaust yourself and give it everything you've got in production rehearsals and THEN you're only at the starting line! But it has to be that way and we all accept it.
It was 11pm before the bus started it's journey from London to Glasgow and there was settling in to do on the bus that is to become our home for the next few weeks.
The crew have a separate bus and ours is the band and management and Wilie the director and a few sound crew. All in all 16 people!!
16 little coffin like beds.
16 egos.
16 opinions on what to watch on t.v (well, there are 2 lounges so that's helpful!)
Woke up this morning, nerves nerves nerves! The day was a blur.
A few changes to 'Casey' and going over and over one particular moment that always seemed to not work in rehearsals.
Suddenly it was dinner time ( I couldn't eat) and then SHOW TIME.
A calm came over me, I felt lucky, proud and blessed.
The band all met in my dressing room and we had one of those cheesy back stage holding hands in a circle moment and I felt so BLOODY PROUD.
We hit the stage, the show went off virtually without a hitch and the audience were lovely. I cried at the end of 'Casey' and afterwards I just couldn't believe we'd done it! I don't want to give away too many details of the show. I'm sure you'll all hear about it and talk about it amongst yourselves. I'd prefer that actually. If you're after discussions etc go to my site, there's a bulletin board and I'm sure people will give you the inside spoiler version of the show. It's HERE
I'll say goodnite until tomorrow, I'm off to the bus, to eat my dinner and watch Donnie Darko.
Love you..
xxD

The Sunday Telegraph - Sydney, Australia Article
There was an article "Hayes cleared but smeared" in the September 23 issue of The Sunday Telegraph. The article is just recapping what was said in Darren's official statement but it included this great new picture of Darren and Richard so I thought I would share it. You can read the article in our "article" section. Here is the direct link:
Sunday Telegraph (AU) - Hayes cleared but smeared - September 23, 2007

No charges ... Darren Hayes with Richard Cullen.

New myspace blog from Darren - September 22, 2007 - Saturday

Final Countdown - and UK support James Murray
Current mood: Ready!
Category: Ready! Music

This is a very short update.
I'm just about to go to bed after having done the show twice today.
Tomorrow is our final dress rehearsal and then it's off to Scotland to open the tour in Glasgow on Monday night.
We're all physically worn down but spiritually way up.
And by the time the curtain drops we'll be all yours.
Can't wait.
I wanted to introduce you to the lovely James Murray who's our UK support act. He's lovely and talented and I'm sure you'll enjoy his making waves before we come on and rock it (pop it!).
Big love
xxD

Podcast of US radio interview with Darren
Thanks to Ema and Manu for alerting me to this link and thanks to Kelly for sending me the details about this interview that Darren did with syndicated radio show in the US. They put the interview up on a podcast where we can download/listen to it. I'll copy part of Kelly's email below so that you can read all of the details...
I have a link where you can download an interview that just aired tonight on a U.S. syndicated radio show. It's a look back at Savage Garden, but they also talk a lot about Darren's solo career. Here's the link:
http://www.madpod.com/show/?s=shadoe+steele
If you right click on the first link that says "Download podcast" you can save the interview

New myspace blog from Darren - September 21, 2007 - Friday

The Future Holds a Lion’s Heart
Current mood: Amazed in a good way
Category: Amazed in a good way Music
Amazing Happy Day.
We did our run through of the show today with full production and I can't tell you how floored we all were at how great it looks.
Honestly the most intricate and theatrical show I've ever put my name to and with a team of the best people you could ever hope to work with.
Where do I start? Let me get the superficial out of the way first.
The show LOOKS stunning. The set. The visuals. The lights. The costumes.
Stunning.
Now on to the human aspect.
Sparx just rocks. Simple as that. Such a pleasure to sing with a boy with blue eyed soul.
Anna-Maria La Spina is seriously world class. Enough said.
Michael is a sensitive and emotive keyboard player.
Steve is like the best friend I never had growing up. And a rockin' guitarist and all round swell guy.
Shave is MAESTRO to me. Genius. Lovely.
Peter is so talented and yet so down to earth. I forget it's not coming off tape when I turn around and see the shock of him banging away at the drums.
Willie Williams is so wise, knowledgable and patient. His ideas floor me.
Bruce Ramus is a lighting God.
David Rudder makes it sound better than live.
Will King, our on stage monitor man, gives me everything I need to survive up there sound wise. AND he comes on at the end to play guitar.
Then there's Tracey, my P.A who is the best dressed and prettiest workaholic you'll ever meet.
Don't get me started on Lucy, our new Powdered Sugar recruit who is a joy to be around.
Boyd, it goes without saying, has a Lion's heart.
And I'm so grateful to be sharing my life with these people.
It is a wonderful show.
I can't wait for you to see it.
xD

Soundtrack to My Life Videos
Thanks to Maggz for putting up these 4 videos on youtube of Darren's appearance on Soundtrack to My Life in the UK last week. It includes some pretty amazing performances so it's a must see!

Statement Regarding Alleged Incident Concerning Darren Hayes
This was posted on Darren's official site today...

Statement Regarding Alleged Incident Concerning Darren Hayes

Today the Crown Prosecution and The Metropolitan Police concluded there was no case to answer in relation to the recent allegation that singer Darren Hayes had racially abused a door person at a London restaurant on July 22nd 2007. Upon an investigation the Police recommended that no formal charges be brought against Mr. Hayes and that there was no racist undertone to the incident.
"I could never think, let alone utter a racist remark. It's just not who I am," Mr. Hayes said. "As a gay man, I find the notion of discriminating against a human being because of race, gender or sexuality to be abhorrent. It goes against everything I have stood for."
Mr. Hayes confirmed that an altercation took place at the restaurant, for which he received a caution, but strongly denied any racial undertones to the brief exchange. He is pleased that any notion of racism has been ruled out by Police recommendation and he was not charged with any crime.
"It was a horrible thing to be accused of and I want to thank all of my friends, family and fans for giving me the benefit of the doubt. The experience has been frustrating and at times made me very sad, but through it all I have to say I support the legal system and our right of protection under the law. I'm glad the truth is out there. I just want to concentrate on my music now."

http://www.darrenhayes.com/dh/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=174

Darren on Soundtrack to My Life - September 20th (UK)
Thanks to Maria for posting a heads up about this on Darren's forum.
http://www.mightyv.com/program_info/341936/42817
Soundtrack to My Life [ Series: Soundtrack to My Life ]
Thu 20th 23:35 - Fri 21st 00:05
Darren Hayes talks frankly about his career and musical influences, and performs hits from Savage Garden To the Moon and Back, and previews brand new material.
It is on itv1 London which can be watched on sky channel 993 if you are out of london

BRAND NEW VIDEO for 'Words'
This was posted on Darren's myspace today...
September 18, 2007 - Tuesday
BRAND NEW VIDEO for 'Words'
Category: Music
Check out the brand new short film made for the stunning album track 'Words' from Darren's album 'This Delicate Thing We've Made'.
Slight of Hand. Love. Magic. Delicacy.
See what you can make of this cryptic piece!
CLICK HERE to check it out.

They have also added it to youtube!

New blog from Darren - Countdown To The Tour Vol 7

September 17, 2007 - Monday
Countdown To The Tour Vol 7
Category: Music

Egg on head is going down.
Bruise is coming up.
Shave called it a 'shiner'.
Others weren't so kind.
Though you can hardly see it on camera.
See HERE for our little video of the rehearsals yesterday.
I'm BLOODY exhausted though!!
God, how hard is it to sing so many songs!!
I'm glad we're getting practice in now.
So I'll be well oiled (erhem) for opening night.

Few things

*Ian and Anna are amazing. Ian's nickname is Sparx. So that's what I'll refer to him as from now on.
*Anna is being quite funny.
*I'm being a little bit of a tormentor. But I do bring food and treats every day so the band like me I think.
*Steve is doing a lot in this show. As well as his guitar arsenal he is playing some drums on one track and singing on a lot. It's awesome to have he, Shave AND Sparx and Anna singing up a storm on the big songs.
*We all had a costume fit today and my clothes look cool! They're a little inspired by an action hero of mine. Enough said. (Hey, it is a concept album, of course my clothes would be somewhat conceptual too!) *Claire went through some movement with me today, my ass and legs are sore!
There's not so much dancing, as gestures and things I wanted to incorporate into the story telling. So far so good.
*The folks at onedotzero have come up with some stunning visuals for the show.
I can't wait for you to see them.
*The stage!! Oh my the stage!!! I could go broke bringing this thing around the world (not really, but I love drama, and my point is.. IT'S AMAZING!!!).
*Shave is being adorable. He's like an excitable little kid with his Keytar. (Geddit? Keyboard Guitar??). He and Michael are dueling keyboard GENIUSES so it's a lush synth world up there in Keyboard street.
*Peter Huntington is a fucking kiss ass drummer who today propelled himself into my top books for busting out the groove from Prince's 'Dance On' (From Lovesexy). I recognized it immediately and we had a fan boy moment.
*I'm clearly tired but will sign off now by saying, if you are even thinking about seeing this show, don't hesitate. I have never done anything like this before and I'm not sure I will again. I can't imagine being able to take it to many other places in the world, so this year is sort of all or nothing. Grab it while it's here is my motto!
ON that note..
off to bed..
Love you heaps!
xxD

PR.com Interview with Darren - September 17, 2007
US based PR.com posted this really nice long interview with Darren on their site today. Here is the link:
http://www.pr.com/article/1073

Roomthirteen.com - album review
This review of Darren's new album was posted on RoomThirteen.com today
Here is the link:
http://www.roomthirteen.com/cgi-bin/cd_view.cgi?CDID=6554

drownedmadonna.com Interview With Darren Hayes
This new blog was posted on Darren's myspace...
September 16, 2007 - Sunday
drownedmadonna.com Interview With Darren Hayes
Category: Music
Check out a recent interview with Darren on one of the biggest Madonna fansites on the internet drownedmadonna.com here:
http://www.drownedmadonna.com/modules.php?name=darren_hayes

Send Darren Your Good Wishes
I'm posting this message from Marilyn, one of Darren's fans from Pennsylvania, USA. I think it's a really nice idea. Thanks Marilyn!
(btw Marilyn's email address is MarAmmo@msn.com)
Here is her message...
Send Darren Your Good Wishes
I thought it would be a nice touch to send Darren our love and good wishes before the tour begins. Wouldn't you like to tell him (in your own words) "GOOD LUCK DARREN"...
I've started a web page that has 100 gifs to choose from. If you want to use your own picture, that's fine too.. but whatever you decide- . Tell Darren how you feel, send him your wishes but try to keep it to a few sentences... he's a busy man..lol.
If you want me to add one of the gifs for you- tell me the number that is to the right of it and I'll add it to your post. If you want to use your own picture, send it to me with your email and I'll add it for you.
I'll need these emailed to me by Friday Sept 21st, so that I can get the page laid out and the URL sent to Darren.
Here's my page that has the gifs :
http://www.undeniablydarrenhayes.com/gifpagel.html
Have fun with this...AND EMAIL ME! lol

The Daily Telegraph article - Extortion claim
This from the Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia)...
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22417851-5009160,00.html
The Daily Telegraph
By Jonathon Moran
September 16, 2007 12:00am
Extortion claim
THOSE close to Darren Hayes believe the singer is being extorted for money by a waiter who suggested he had been racially abused by the London-based Australian.
The former Savage Garden frontman was arrested in London last month for allegedly racially vilifying a waiter at a Soho restaurant.
When Insider spoke to a member of staff at the Thai eatery, he said: "I'll tell you what happened for 100,000 pounds.
"He (Hayes) was here to dine and then the incident happened. He was very upset.''
Hayes' former manager, John Woodruff, said he didn't know exactly what had happened, but attempts to extort money from the singer had occurred several times during his career.
"I know the guy really well, and this wouldn't be the first time that somebody has tried to extract money from him,'' Woodruff said.
Hayes, 35, was released on bail until September 21 pending further inquiries.

New blog from Darren - Countdown to the Tour Vol 6

September 15, 2007 - Saturday
Countdown to the Tour Vol 6
Current mood: Egg Headed
Category: Egg Headed Music
First things first.
I have a lump on my head the size of a golf ball. Why?
Because I walked into a bloody door! Who does that? Me!
Yep - I decided to curl up in bed with a book on Thursday night. I went into the bathroom to clean my teeth and walked right into the edge of the open glass door to the toilet. The hard edge slammed into my forehead. I screamed out in pain and called out to Richard. He came running up stairs yelling 'What??!! What happened??!!'. He saw me sat on the floor, swollen egg of pain growing on my skull and confessed relief that I hadn't seen a ghost.
'A Ghost?' I said in disbelief.
'Yeah. I thought you'd seen a ghost or something!' he said.
I just cracked up laughing. Tells you a lot about our life when one of us assumed that a yelp in the middle of the night was far more likely to be something paranormal than an accident.
Well, we do live in an old house.
I hope the lump goes before opening night in Glasgow. If not, just try to make believe it's some kind of sexy scar or something. Or perhaps a festering zit.
Right I suppose you probably want to know what's happening with the tour preparations. The short answer is it's going great. But gosh it's a lot of work!
I spent the morning with Claire getting goodies and lunch for everyone at Whole Foods. We then met the band and some crew at the rehearsal studio in West London. It was funny because they were doing auditions for a girl band there today. When Anna arrived they asked her if she was auditioning 'for the girl band'.. Hehe.
Steve and Shave said they might have a go.
But they chickened out.
As Ian, Anna and I started working on vocals yesterday at home, we were able to get into the meat of it a bit more today. Many of you are aware of how talented Anna is, and Ian James is on par. He's got a gorgeous voice and his sound fits Anna and I perfectly. He's got a very similar voice to me actually – so the blend is awesome.
With Steve singing as well, it's great to have 4 voices out front.
Not to mention quite reassuring for me!!
We worked for about 8 hours today and at the end of it I am shagged.
The band are sounding huge and Steve is proudly strutting around with my old black Stat and sparkly guitar strap like he's some kind of exotic peacock. Truth be told I thought it was a brand new guitar he was sporting. Turns out it was my badly neglected guitar from the 'Too Close for Comfort' tour that he'd found in my storage and cleaned up. It sounded aweomse!
There are 21 songs in this show.
It's daunting to think of it all at once. But when working on them individually it's achievable. Besides, it's great practice to start pacing ourselves now.
We're rehearsing again all week so will check in with you very soon.
Right now I'm going to start to wind down so I can get a good night sleep.
I might put some ice on my egg head too!
Love
xD

US Billboard Chart Update - September 22, 2007 Charts
Thanks to Kelly for this US Billboard chart update for Darren..
Unfortunately, Darren's "Step Into The Light" dropped to #10 (down 5, 11 weeks on the chart) on the Hot Dance Club Play Chart dated 9/22/2007.
His album didn't show up on any of the charts that we could see this week. But hopefully when he comes to the US to do promotion in November, we'll see it appear again. :)

TrueHollywoodNews.com - Darren Hayes speaks (briefly) about recent allegation made against him.
In case you weren't able to listen to Robbie's podcast interview with Darren for Towleroad that I sent out the other day, TrueHollywoodNews.com posted a transcript of the part of the interview where Darren spoke about those false allegations of racist remarks.
Here is the link:
http://www.truehollywoodnews.com/?p=85

Darren posted this new blog on his myspace...

September 13, 2007 - Thursday
Countdown to the Tour Vol 5
Current mood: Vinyl obsessed
Category: Vinyl obsessed Music
This is how much I love you. Even though I didn't have time to, I've been recording acoustic versions of songs off the album and digging up rare things to put on the b-sides of the single(s) I'm about to release at the end of next month. Just for you.
Yes, in the middle of tour prep HELL today, I had the awfully talented Steve Young and the frightfully gifted Shave record acoustic versions live in the studio of 'Verge', 'Me Myself and I' and 'Who Would Have Thought' for various evil plans.
It was hell because we were quite far behind in our work – but the deadline for the single production is looming and I knew if I didn't get these recorded I never would. So I'm glad we did!
They sound incredible. Especially the acoustic version of 'Me Meself..'.
It's been completely re-invented. Those of you without record players might want to go to your friend's houses who have them because some of these tracks might only appear on limited edition vinyl! Mhwahahaha.
Don't stress – there's oodles of new and rare stuff on the CD singles and one day later I'll probably make the stuff on the vinyl singles available for download.
WooHoo.
What else is going on?
Tomorrow Anna and Ian come 'round to my house to work on the arrangements of the backing vocals for the tour. I'm so thrilled that I'm going to have the luxury of sharing the stage with these incredible vocalists. They're amazing and it's a total pleasure to know them.
The tour book is at the printers.
The T-shirts and special merchandise goodies have all been signed off on.
And today, I got many photos of our stage as the director Willie Williams sent them from the factory in London. I'm so jealous as he got to walk on my stage!
I'm going to try to get an early night tonight. Claire Marshall, the choreographer on this tour, flies in from Australia tomorrow and I hope to meet her for lunch if she's alive. It's such a long flight I wouldn't be surprised if she's dead to the world!
On that note, I'm going to say goodnight..
Sending you oodles of love..
xxD

Podcast Interview with Darren on Towleroad
Thanks to Robbie Daw (aka J'ason D'luv of ChartRigger) for letting me know that his interview with Darren is streaming as a podcast right now on Towleroad!
It's a two part wonderful interview. Here is the link:
http://www.towleroad.com/2007/09/music-news-excl.html

Darren posted this new blog on his myspace...

September 12, 2007 - Wednesday
Countdown to the tour VOLUME 4
Current mood: MATHEMATICAL
Category: MATHEMATICAL Music
It's getting so hectic that I feel the need to warn you up front that messages right now are sort of a distant memory. I see the odd 'Why won't you respond to my mail?' subject line and I barely have time to scratch my head let alone respond. I apologize for that. When I'm touring it gets kind of mad in my world and I thank you in advance for understanding that my silence does not equal rudeness. I'm just trying to give you the best tour possible. If I don't reply I do try to read mail and your kindness is appreciated!
Right - what's been happening? Tour book madness. Tour arrangements.
Costumes. Staging. Budgets. Single tracklistings. Video budgets. Marketing meetings. Sitting in the studio with Shave..
Shave and I worked on the intro to the show today. If you think about a show, those first five minutes really make or break it. I can think of some amazing ones (Madonna's 'Reivention tour' for example) and some that don't deserve a mention. We try, as much as possible, to make those opening moments thrilling. And I hope we've succeeded. The sound design of the first few moments in this show is unlike anything I've done before. It's terribly exciting!
Tonight I madly rushed to make it to the Barbican Theatre to see a show by my favorite theatre company 'Complicite'. It was a show called A DISAPPEARING NUMBER (https://www.barbican.org.uk/theatre/event-detail.asp?ID=4928) and I was completely blown away by the synergy between what the show is about and what my album and show are about. It was about Time. Obviously. But it explored the relationship between nature and the artistry of mathematical patterns and revealed that the romanticism of infinity is not so mathematical after all. I loved the show and marveled at how certain concepts (imaginary numbers, zero, infinity etc) that are in the imagery of some of the songs on my album were metaphors in this very real story about a relationship.
I think I said this once, but there's a madness I'm fascinated with in those who understand math. Kate Bush put it nicely in her song 'Pi'.
Tomorrow we are in the studio with Steve - recording some acoustic B sides and doing the arrangement of one final song. Then we start band rehearsals on Saturday.
I can't believe it. It's all happening very quickly!
Right - I'm off to do something that involves sleep.
Wish me luck.
xxxD

New myspace blog from Darren - It's all Go!
Darren posted this new blog on his myspace this morning...

September 11, 2007 - Tuesday
It's all Go!
Current mood: Frantic
It's bullet point time coz I'm racing right now..
You know it's less than 2 weeks until Glasgow THE OPENING NIGHT!!!??!!
AAAAaaarrrrrggghhh!!!
IT'S FINE. WE'LL BE READY. MWHAHAHAHA.
*I finally got a regular sleep. It involved me staying up ALL NIGHT on Sunday to approve the final tour book. Yes that's right - I'm very hands on. We were lucky enough to get Jane - the designer responsible for my album artwork - to design our Tour Book for the Time Machine Tour. And it's stunning. But it did involve the two of us getting no sleep this weekend as we sent files back and forth through 2 timezones. It once again features specially commissioned art, design and of course some gorgeous unseen pics. I love it. Love her.
*Did I explain how I got regular sleep? Well it's because I basically fell over last night from lack of it. And it turns out I had come full circle so I was up in the morning like a regular (well, somewhat regular) person. Who knew?
*The video for Me Myself and I is about a week away from being finished. It's stunning and I can't wait for you to see it!
*I just finished doing up the mix tape for the before and after music on the tour. It's always one of my favorite moments on tour - making the music that people will listen to before the show begins. This tour it's a bit of a departure and there are some hidden messages and signs. See if you pick em!
That's it... running out the door for meetings..
Just wanted to send some well rested love!
xxxD

Darren Hayes Comes To Canberra Theatre
This nice write up about Darren coming to the Canberra Theatre came in my google alerts so I thought I would share it. :)
Here is the link to where you can read it:
http://www.huliq.com/33630/darren-hayes-comes-to-canberra-theatre

Mediasearch.com - Spotlight :: Interview with Darren Hayes
Thanks to Iwona for finding this interview with Darren from mediasearch.com. Here is the link:
http://www.mediasearch.com.au/music/spotlights/darrenhayes-interview

Cleo - Five minutes with... Singer / Songwriter, Darren Hayes
Cleo Culture Club - September, INTERVIEWS, Five minutes with… Singer / Songwriter, Darren Hayes
Forget the tabloids. This is an honest insight into a remarkable artist whose passions run deep and strong. He chats to Lara Antonelli about his third solo album This Delicate Thing We’ve Made.
Here is the link to where you can read this nice interview with Darren...
http://cleo.ninemsn.com.au/cleo/cultureclub/interviews/stories/491.asp

Radio 2 audio file from Darren's September 7th interview
Darren was on BBC Radio 2 (Celebrity Popmaster) on September 7th. Thanks to Hayley for uploading the interview to megaupload. Here is the link:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OV0JAS6E
For those of you that can't use megaupload, I've also uploaded to our group's site. Here is the direct link to the file. (Right click and save).
http://www.darrenhayesfans.com/audio/radio2popmaster090707.mp3

New blog from Darren - Lucid Dreams

September 9, 2007 - Sunday
Lucid Dreams
Current mood: reflective
Category: reflective Music

Exhausting sleep last night.
Lucid dreams the whole time. Been going to bed far too late recently. It started when I got back from Australia and I've never really broken the back of the jet lag. Since I've not had too many early mornings - I've managed to become a night owl often watching the sun come up as I crawl into bed.
It's made for some strange otherworldly dreams and a skewed view of my universe.
Last night - I was in another world. Perhaps a parallel one. Like this one but I'm sort of ageless and there's always a sense of the universe being slightly fluid. Time changes, the faces of characters shift. Environments are familiar but new.
In this dream I had moved house and was trying to get to grips with my new surroundings. It was a very industrial building yet it was in the middle of a beautiful field next to a gully. I felt claustrophobic being in such a concrete structure and my body was yearning for nature. There was an incredible urge to run outside.
I ran out of the house, and a storm was brewing. The air was pregnant with rain and the trees were blowing furiously in the lead up to what should have been a downpour. But the rain never came. Yet as I made my way to the gully - I sensed something dreadful. Something I guess like death. I looked up and all around the tree that overhangs the gully were black crows. Ominous. Silent. Watching.
I woke up.
Richard called from downstairs and he said there was a problem in the garden.
A bird, he said, was injured and it lay bleeding.
My immediate thought was to ask 'Is it windy outside? Is it about to rain?'
'No,' he said puzzled.
I went downstairs and the poor little bird lay in the garden, blood on it's torso. One wing bent impossibly backward. It was clearly dying. A cat must have attacked it and it had made it's way to our garden.
We called animal welfare and they took the little bird away.
I don't know what happened to it.
I daren't think.
Wally, all the while, had become rabid. His animal instincts suddenly at the surface. His need to retrieve suddenly palpable. It was weird to see him as an animal and not some cuddly teddy bear like the kind we've become accustomed to.
Later, we went to see the movie 'Atonement'.
I knew from the beginning credits this was a film that would move me.
It had been such a strangely cinematic day that I wanted to just immerse myself in a bit of fiction.
Those of you who don't want to know avert your eyes now. But the plot of the movie - a tragic romance set in England during WW2 , begins with the false accusation of a horrendous crime. This lie sends ripples throughout many lives and the irony was not lost on me. I found myself quite angry and thinking a lot about justice and truth.
We came home and there was no storm.
Our dog had not become a wolf or a hunter.
He jumped playfully at our knees and we walked him around the square of homes built in the 1800's.
We held hands.
And I thought about how lucky I am to have love.

BBC Radio 1 Chartblog - Darren Hayes Questions Answered
BBC Radio 1 Chartblog asked Darren's fans to submit questions for him and now they are posting the selected questions and answers on their site. Here is the link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2007/09/darren_hayes_questions_needed.shtml

New DH blog - Me Myself And (I) Sneak Peak
Darren posted this new blog and picture on his myspace...
September 8, 2007 - Saturday
Me Myself And (I) Sneak Peek
Enjoy this sneak peek at a still from the stunning forthcoming video for Me Myself And (I).

GayWired.com - Truly, Madly, Totally Darren Hayes
This nice article/interview with Darren is from GayWired.com. Truly, Madly, Totally Darren Hayes, Interview, 09.07.07, By Ross von Metzke . Here is the link to where you can read it:
http://www.gaywired.com/article.cfm?section=70&id=16362

Generation Q - 20 Questions With Darren Hayes
20 Questions With Darren Hayes - Darren Hayes takes the GenQ 20 Questions Challenge and tells us who he would turn straight for! by Leigh May, Entertainment Editor on 2007-09-05. Here is the link to where you can read it:
http://www.generationq.net/articles/20-Questions-With-Darren-Hayes.html

Darren posted this new blog on his myspace...

September 6, 2007 - Thursday
Farewell Maestro
Current mood: 'O Sole Mio

New US Billboard Charts - September 18 chart date
Thanks to Kelly for keeping us updated on how Darren is doing on the US Billboard charts...
Here's the Billboard update for this week.
This is the 9/18/2007 Issue.
Dance Club Play Chart - "Step Into The Light" holds at 5 in its 10th week on the charts.
Top Independent Albums - TDTWM dropped out of the top 50.
Top Internet Albums - TDTWM dropped out of the top 25.
European Top 100 Albums - TDTWM dropped out of the top 100.

Time Off Interview with Darren
This is a nice interview with Darren from Time Off - Queensland's Leading Street Press.
Here is the link to where you canread it from their site:
http://www.timeoff.com.au/index.php?area=Interviews&pg=38&subarea=38&sel=6759&PHPSESSID=079df81a6dbefaabf7243255348f2f7e

Darren’s comment on Electroqueer's (Raj’s) blog
Darren posted this comment on Raj's (Electroqueer) blog review of his album. He explains what the concept of his album is and what the songs are about in more detail than he's said in the past. It's very interesting. Here is the link to where you canr read it directly from Raj's blog:
http://zxlcreative.blogs.com/electroqueer/2007/08/weve-had-out-te.html?cid=81651.. 653comment-81651653

New Darren Hayes myspace blog - Countdown to the Tour 3

September 4, 2007 - Tuesday
Countdown to the Tour 3
Current mood: BeeZy
Category: BeeZy Music
First of all let me say, if you are coming to more than one show, I hope as many of you as possible are in Glasgow for the show opening.
Firstly, because I love Scotland and it's always a pleasure to play there.
Secondy becuase all will be revealed opening night - and through the internet and blah blah technology most of the surprises will be let out of the bag then. So I'd rather anyone who considers themselves to be hardcore and is coming to multiple shows to come there! Because I want you to be gobsmacked. And I wanna see your faces! Hehe.
Right - that being said (I'm so bossy! You love it!)
I have just finished watching the latest edit of the ME MYSELF AND I music video.
It's fan-fucking-tastic.
I can't believe how good it is. I know I just said it, but dang it I'll say it again.
I can't believe how good it is!! It's probably 2 weeks away from being finished.
But it'll be worth it, trust me!
I had an almost final costume fitting today with Fintan and the team. It's looking and feeling great. There's a special moment during Casey that involves the making of something extravagent so they're off to do that. Meanwhile, the folks at WWW.ONEDOTZERO.COM are working on the visuals for the show and Willie Williams called me today to say 'I'm standing on your stage.. and you're going to Love it!!'
DID THAT MAKE ME JEALOUS?? Hell yes. I haven't seen it yet.
Shave keeps sending me through arrangements of the songs as he's working them up. He's changing them as we've discussed and it's so fun to reinvent the older material and make the new material segue into the show. There's a real point to this show and having so much music is a luxury because it's allowed me to really be theatrical and get my point accross succinctly. Oh, and be a POP SLUT.
Right.. Thursday I'm meeting up with Willie to discuss the show.. next week we go in to the studio to do more programming and I meet up with the vocal technicians (like how I call them that? Pssst it's my fancy word for the backing singers) to go over parts in advance of band rehearsals the week later.
Busy Busy Bee!
Lovin' it!
Talk soon..
xxxD

The Sun Herald Review (AU) of Darren's "This Delicate Thing We've Made"
Thanks to Sherman for typing this up. There is a review in Sydney's The Sun Herald newspaper today (Sept 2) in their entertainment liftout. It was reviewed by Christine Sams and she gave it 8/10:
"There's often an impression of Darren Hayes as a pop artist who deals mostly with things at a a mainstream, saccharine level. (After all he named his indie record label Powdered Sugar.) But the truth is the opposite: Hayes's music might be based on his passion for pop and electro-exploration, but often the content goes much deeper, particularly lyrically. In his new double-album release This Delicate Thing We've Made, his riskiest moments are his best: tracks such as Bombs up in my Face, with its feisty biting commentary and the dark energy of Setting Sun. If Hayes had tightened this into a single album, it might have been the best of his career, but there enough piercing moments to make up for an occasional lack of cohesion."

US Billboard Review of Darren's "This Delicate Thing We've Made"
Album Reviews
September 8, 2007
This Delicate Thing We've Made
DARREN HAYES
Producer(s): Darren Hayes, Justin Shave
Genre: POP
Label: Powdered Sugar
Darren Hayes' double-disc "This Delicate Thing We've Made" is a momentous spiritual tour de force, an undressed lyrical exploration of a soul reborn, tucked into a labyrinth of sonic textures. After publicly coming out and revealing details of a tumultuous childhood, Hayes shears the velvet veneer of hits like "Truly Madly Deeply," often conjuring frenetic, nervous dance beats and such telling titles as "A Fear of Falling Under" and "A Conversation With God." But all is not dark: Melodic moxie springs forth via "The Sun Is Always Blinding Me" and "Listen All You People," as plush ballads "Maybe" and "Words" further soften spiked edges. Fans have the clear choice to simply sing along to the surface or look beyond the beats to see inside a man in his 30s who has triumphed in a tug of war with demons. - Chuck Taylor

Manchester Evening News Interview With Darren
Manchester Evening News interviewed Darren on September 3, 2007. The article is titled "Darren at the double" by Glenn Meads. You can read the article here:
Manchester Evening News (UK) - Darren at the double - September 3, 2007

New Darren Hayes myspace blog - Friends

September 2, 2007 - Sunday
Friends
The great thing about the weekend was that it started with hanging out with my friends at the Prince gig. And ended with friends. I really let my hair down for the first time in ages and had a sparkle in my eye. There's been so much work going on it was nice to chll out. Steve was hilarious fun to and from the venue and entertained all my friends and I in the van.
Almost didn't need to see a show!
Rich has been putting in serious hours editing the video and he's mostly just two cute little eyes behind a massive LCD screen most days. We (Wally and I) enforce little breaks to go out and get coffee and grab some air. If it wasn't for us - he'd literally have square eyes. It looks amazing : so his hard work is totally paying off.
I had coffee with Tania Doko the amazing singer and lead vocalist of the band
She Said Yes
They will be opening up for us in Australia and I'm so thrilled. I've been a fan of Tania's for years. First in the Australian duo Bachelor Girl and now solo. Rich and I took her and James Roche to our local. She's a Taurus just like me and we just about talked each other to death on the weekend.
It was lovely to hang out with Aussies and it did make me homesick!
I adore London and my life here but I still miss home.
Moments like today just reminded me how long it's been since I've had a good guffaw!
And you always tend to do that with people who remind you of 'home'..
I had another fitting for the costumes for the tour. It's amazing how 'real' the clothes look in toile form. I'm really impressed with the artistry involved and the dedication required to make my bum look good! Lol. This week there'll be one more fitting and then they start cutting the cloth. I also spend more time with Shave working on arrangments and programming for the songs before he and I take them to the band to learn.
I feel sorry for Anna and Ian with the lyrics! I have a hard enough time learning my own new songs, let alone coming in fresh! This is the wordiest album I've ever made so we've all got lots of 'revision' to do.
Things turning me out right now?
*The Donnie Darko soundtrack. Have we discussed my love of Donnie? I always forget to rave about this film when I talk about my 'faves'. But it's in my top 3 films for sure. Do I have some Donnie Darko fans in the house? I'm sure I do.
It reminds me, very much, of the concepts in my album. Ponder that!
*The movie Atonement. I can't wait to see it. Just the trailer alone has me captured.
*Australia. I'm so annoyed that every time I go home it's harder to leave!!
Can someone move London closer? I miss my Mum!
*My dog. He's seriously one of the strangest, coolest, nuttiest, softest, warmest, kindest most unique souls on the planet. He's incredibly loyal to the point of making himself miserable. He refuses to leave the bedroom in the morning if one of us is still asleep. Even if he's starving. Even if he's dying to go to the loo. He's incabable of abandoning the pack. You gotta love that.
*Danni Minogue.
I saw her on X Factor (honestly, I rarely watch..) and fell in love with her. She was so kind to the contestants and is looking beautiful. She needs a boyfriend apparently.
Can a kind, good looking man reading this who likes women please sweep her off her feet? She deserves it.
Right - that's moi.
Off to bed.
Sending lots of love as always!
xxxD

Australian Charts (and update on US Billboard)
When I posted the US Billboard charts a few days ago (charts dated Sept 8), I forgot to mention that Darren's "This Delicate Thing We've Made" in addition to debuting at #44 on the Billboard Top Independent Album Chart, also debuted at:
#19 on the Billboard Top Internet Album Chart and
#48 on the Billboard Top 100 European Album Chart.
Thanks to Jeff for the heads up. :)

The new charts for Australia (charts dated 03/09/2007) were posted.
ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart:
This Delicate Thing We've Made - #38 (down 19, 2 weeks on the chart)
ARIA Top 20 Australian Albums Chart:
This Delicate Thing We've Made - #16 (down 8, 2 weeks on the chart)
ARIA Top 50 Physical Singles Chart:
On The Verge of Something Wonderful #44 (down 8, 5 weeks on the chart)
ARIA Top 20 Australian Singles Chart:
On The Verge of Something Wonderful #17 (down 6, 5 weeks on the chart)
Unfortunately he dropped off the main ARIA Top 50 Singles chart this week (was #38 last week).

Beat Magazine (AU) Album Review
Thanks to Bec for scanning a nice review of Darren's album that was in Australian free magazine called "Beat" last week. You can see the scan and read the review here:
Beat Magazine (AU) - Album Review - August 29, 2007

New Darren Hayes myspace blog - How it should be done - Prince Live

August 31, 2007 - Friday
How it should be done - Prince Live
Current mood: Humbled
Category: Humbled Music
Saw Prince tonight in London.
I don't need to bang on about how amazing he is because quite literally even if you're not a fan most people will agree this man is untouchable live. It goes without saying he's a genius. Almost freak of nature genius super talented.
No, my point is, his stance on 'the hits' and the mentality of the audience.
He made a very cheeky and clever point tonight and it was this : He sprinkled very well known and mega hits thoughout the show but did not behave like a jukebox. He knew his audience was comprised of all walks of life and all manner of 'fans' - and so he catered to all but did not pander to the casual spectator. That is, he did not just churn out a greatest hits show just so people would walk away full.
Not until the auditorium almost cleared out.
The show (spectacular as it was) ended, lights came up and it was clear that he was not coming back. It was clear with the last strains of 'Purple Rain' as hordes of the audience started making their way for the exits to be first in line at the taxi ranks or tube lines - that the 'show' was over.
It was clear when the house lights went up, and stayed up.
It was clear when the roadies came out and started breaking down the stage.
It was clear to almost everyone except those die hard fans who sat in their chairs and refused to leave. Prince came back, some 20 minutes later to perform, ironically a medley of his biggest ever hits. When Doves Cry. Raspberry Beret. Alphabet St. Sign O The Times.
Just him and a keyboard blasting out samples like a karaoke machine.
He made a jibe about those who left to 'catch their trains' and it really struck a chord in me that this was the reward. This was the 'thankyou' from him, to us, for sticking around. For letting him evolve. For giving him the respect he deserved.
It really struck a chord in me.

Electroqueer's review of Darren's album Disc 2
Raj (Electroqueer) posted the second half of his review of Darren's album on his blog on August 30. Here is the link to where you canr read it from his site:
http://zxlcreative.blogs.com/electroqueer/2007/08/weve-had-out-te.html

RoomThirteen.com Interview with Darren
Room Thirteen has this new interview with Darren on their website:
http://www.roomthirteen.com/cgi-bin/feature_view.cgi?FeatureID=512

New Darren Hayes myspace blog...

August 30, 2007 - Thursday
What inspires me
Current mood: inspired
Category: inspired Music
I was listening to one of my favourite albums of alll time tonight and I realized I very rarely talk about it or mention it when I descirbe my decision to make a double album and specifically a concept one.
The album I hail as one of my favorites of all time is actually a Eurythmics album called 'Savage' . At the time, it was very misunderstood. I don't know if it did well in the charts but I know it was a shock for a lot of mainstream pop listeners who expected the band to churn out another 'Miracle of Love' or 'Missonary Man'. This was a deeply disturbing and pyschological journey of a woman. I dare not presume exactly what the exact stories described - but to me it seemed to speak for downtrodden women and particuarly the sort of disenfranchised female uber class who were delegated the role of sophisticated house wife but were in fact miserable.
With lines like 'I wear this unhappiness, like a chain around my neck' and 'I wish I was invisible so I could climb through the telephone.. don't cut me down when I'm talking to you...' The album seemed to be this beacon of hope, perhaps dimming in strength, but never the less emitting a pulse out of the heart of a woman beaten down by domesticity.
From the first insane beats of 'I love to listen to beethoven' to the heart wrenching 'You have placed a chill in my heart' this album is truly conceptual. The music videos were all linked and featured, essentially 3 characters. The mad houswife, the crazy alter ego uber tart and of course, Annie.
If you haven't listened to this album and you wanted to connect the dots from a piece of art that inspired the record I made, do check it out.
Annie has a new album coming soon.
Songs of mass destruction.
What a gorgeous title.
On that note, I'm off.
With love
D

New Darren Hayes US Billboard Charts
Thanks to Kelly for sharing this information. :)
For US Billboard Charts dated September 8, 2007...
Hot Dance Club Play Chart:
Darren's "Step Into the Light" is 5 (up 2, 9 weeks on the chart).
His album didn't make the Billboard Top 200 Album chart but it did
debut on the Top Independent Albums Chart at 44 and the Top Internet Albums at 19. :)

Darren's myspace blog - Countdown to the Tour Vol 2

August 30, 2007 - Thursday
Countdown to the Tour Vol 2
Current mood: magical
Category: magical Music
Spent the afternoon with Shave in his studio. I don't know if I'm supposed to admit it out loud but I heard the Antigone album today.. it's fucking amazing.
I hear the album drops early next year.
Ahhh!
Right now on to my tour. So went to Shave's East London den.
Got to catch up on secret men's business. You know one of those great chats men friends have when they're raw and honest and talk about life and what it all means and how you're going. It's so great when you're close enough to drop the pleasantries and just tell it how it is. Life is gorgeous and terrible and wonderful and delicate and that's what makes it worthy of writing about and dissecting in abstract thought. I realized I hadn't had one of those chats in a while and then we instantly went into applying that kind of human heart to the show.
Willie has designed the show in a theatrical sense with definite movements. I'm not going to explain away the show, in the same way I haven't over explained the album... suffice to say there's a certain loose narrative and with this record and many albums of material it's given us the ability to construct quite a statement.
We worked out a killer arrangement of a song from The Tension and The Spark.
In fact, I came loaded with quite a few drastic changes I wanted to see applied to the older stuff to bring it into this universe.
My favourite part today was the intro and how we plan to make you pee your pants as the show beigins.
Very exciting stuff (not the peeing, though you know.. whatever floats your boat..)
but the whole concept of seeing the show start to plot out musically.
Tomorrow I have another costume fitting and more torture at the gym.
I don't think I've realized how quickly this week has gone!
Friday and then a weekend. Wahooo.
Sending you lots of love and magic and light and peace.
xxxxD

Gaydar Radio Interview
Gaydar Radio recently did a nice interview with Darren and posted it on their website. It's been added to our article section. You can read the interview by clicking here:
Gaydar Radio (UK) - Interview with Darren Hayes - August, 2007

From Darren's myspace - Guest blogger-Kane Adrian
August 29, 2007 - Wednesday
Guest Blogger - Kane Adrian
'Me, Myself and (I)' Set Visit
- Kane Adrian

My friend Kane

Have you ever thought how cool it would be to go visit the set of a music video? The lights, the glamour, the all-you-can-eat buffet and servants fulfilling your every need... the serene music and luxurious couch in the dressing room... the relaxing massage between takes...
Um. You're kidding, right?
Thanks to the so-nice-it-makes-you-sick kindness of Darren Hayes, I was invited along Tuesday afternoon to watch as he filmed the music video to the upcoming second single off This Delicate Thing We've Made - 'Me, Myself and (I)'.
Arriving a little after 1pm to find a room at my old University filled with cables, enormous green screens, massive fans (of the spinning, rather than overweight and fainting, sort), monitors, cameras and other such machinery, I was taken through to the dressing room to find an uber-sweaty Darren in a state of undress. Oh, sorry girls (and boys)... did I get you excited for a moment there? He was just topping up his deodorant and tucking his shirt in. Relax, already. Sheesh.
Having missed each other on a couple of occasions, I've gotta say it was lovely to meet the man who's not only provided some of the best pop music of my music-loving life but who shares my love for all things geeky. Sure enough, the conversation swiftly turned to my partner's comic store and Star Wars, as Darren shared his excitement at using the same digital camera used for Episodes II and III of the saga. As producer Grant Marshall - of 'Crush (1980 Me)' fame, among many other Darren-related production - joined in, however, it dawned on me: man, I'm so glad I studied films rather than filmmaking. As cool as it all sounded in theory, this techno-talk was a little over my head. Add to that the hive of activity right outside, I think I'll happily stick to overanalysing the end product. Talk of original Return of the Jedi posters, silver-painted Star Wars figures and shopping at Comics Etc. was definitely more my bag... erm... baby. Of course, that's not to say it wasn't all completely and utterly fascinating - not to mention surreal.
Discovering that these poor sods had been at it since around 6am, had filmed major sequences involving what was essentially a jet engine blowing Darren across the floor and had until at least 9pm to go, the time came for Darren to go back to work. Tracey, Darren's Mum, Aunty J, a niece and nephew lucky to get the day off school and other friends and family arrived and we sat down to chat as Darren stood upon his little green stage and prepared for the main part of the day's shoot. Not surprisingly, the entire family was lovely and it was easy to see where our man gets it.
Meanwhile, I barely knew there even was such a thing as 6am.
As silence filled the room, the bold (and instantly addictive) opening beats of 'Me, Myself and (I)' blasted over the speakers - a total joy for me, since I hadn't heard more than the 30 second MySpace clip by this stage. Darren switched effortlessly from the cheeky, cheerful guy we see in interviews to Mr. Pop Star, alone in front of a mass of fluorescent green, wind blowing on his shiny black suit, staring into the camera, beginning his well-rehearsed moves and continuing in character until the final 'woo-hoo'. And then, sure enough - like clockwork - Mr. Cheeky returned. As he was poked and prodded by the make-up guy and costume girl and stood patiently for the next run through, he appeared to have an epiphany: 'Kane, are you too young to remember the Sunnyboy showbags at the Ekka?' he shouted across the room. I knew what he meant but it kind of came out of left-field. 'Um...' I replied, eloquently, 'yeah, I know what you mean.' 'Those triangular ice things that made the shlush shlush sound...' he recalled, with a level of glee some might say was out of balance with the actual allure of a Sunnyboy. Yep. This was definitely Darren Hayes, Brisbane boy and pop culture fanatic, excited that he was in town at the same time as the Ekka. Oh, and for those who don't know, that's our annual show... or fair... orwhatever you wish to call it. Apparantly, Richard didn't 'get it' and Darren's Mum referred to it as 'a cesspool of disease.' It is... but, hey, showbags, people. Showbags.
Take after take of what was shaping up to be a nice sequence indeed and Darren continued the friendly banter across the room, while ensuring he was cooperating with the crew. 'What's my motivation?' he asked Richard, in typical Hollywood actor style. 'Do you want it faster? More intense?' he said later, in a tip of the hat to Star Wars only us true obsessives would understand. It was mentioned in conversation later in the day that this eagerness to please was unique to Darren. Many artists, I was told, spend video shoots wasting time (and budgets) with diva-like behaviour. However, despite weeks and months of near non-stop work, lack of sleep and late nights online, Darren was doing all he could to ensure everything ran smoothly - even down to offering drinks and spraying the room with deodorant to mask the distinctive smell of overworked feet. No, not his. In fact, I got the impression he may in fact die if he ever thought he stank. No joke.
As my visit came toward its end, I got to watch the filming of the dancers and - I swear - what those guys were doing should require a degree in physics. Reminiscent of Kraftwerk, Daft Punk and Kylie's Fever era, it was unbelievable to watch the focus and determination on these guys' and girls' faces as they went through the motions over and over again in front of a small crowd. No doubt about it, theirs is an occupation that couldn't possibly get enough praise. Even Darren was in awe. Of course, that was never going to stop him distracting them between takes for a momentary laugh. Ever the joker, Darren would stand back and openly critique 'the one in the tie' or 'number 3'. Needless to say, they were in identical costumes and unnumbered.
All jokes aside, it was this very beauty we were witnessing that Darren informed me he was unable to do under a major recording contract. This mechanical, electronic, '80s-inspired artistry he clearly excels in could only happen now and, boy, it was worth the wait. Even without the editing and animation work poor Richard has ahead, the monitors showed what is destined to be one damn cool clip.
And that was without a single glimpse of a prop. As much as I'd like to provide a commentary on Darren's moment in the spotlight with the dancers, I'm afraid I got a call to say I had to leave. Why, you ask? Puppy pre-school. Yep. That's right. My dog had to go learn... stuff. Sorry guys! So, that was it for me. No buffet, no massage, no luxurious couch. Nope - it was something far better and more real than that. It was a normal bunch of guys creating art, an artist fuelled by Red Bull and an unashamed optimism to keep his vision alive and his family watching their son, brother, nephew and uncle at work.
Thanks for the opportunity, Darren! See you back home in October and, until then, I look forward to seeing this complicated thing you just made.

Manchester Evening News (UK) Album Review
There was a wonderful review of Darren's album in the Manchester Evening News (UK) on August 28th. You can read it here:
Manchester Evening News (UK) - Album Review - August 28, 2007

Eventful.com
Thanks to Liz for finding this and asking me to share it with the group. Go to http://eventful.com/ (you have to register) and click on "performers" and then do a search for Darren Hayes.
They call it "demanding" an artist but really it's just a good way to show how many people would like to see Darren perform and where.
You can either add to one of the locations/demands already started or start a new one for your home town for Darren.
Some fans have already discovered it and established demands for him in different cities around the world. Here is a direct link to the 30 already started for Darren so far:
http://eventful.com/demand?q=Darren+Hayes+-location_type:venue_id&l=&page_size=1\ 0&sort_order=Demand+Count&direction=descending&page_number=1

New blog from Darren - Countdown to the tour
Darren posted this new blog on his myspace...

August 28, 2007 - Tuesday
Countdown to the tour
Current mood: Moonwalking
Category: Moonwalking Music
I thought I'd start to try to write a more tour specific blog of what's happening day to day in the lead up to the tour. With less than a month to go - things are happening literally every day and some of them are even interesting ;)
Today Fintan Fitzgerald (stylist) Tom and Mary (pattern cutters and tailors) came 'round to do a costume fitting with me. In my absence Tom had cut and sewn up a toile (google it) of my basic wardrobe.
This was essentially a rough calico version of my outfits and I was so amazed to see the details already present in these temporary versions.
Things were tried on, colours were discussed and things were pinned. Overall it left me with a feelng of great respect for their craft and I'm looking forward to seeing the end results. I think from here, they take away the toiles and then make adjustments for the next fitting. When it's fitting just right, they'll then unpick the calico versions and use these as the exact patterns for the final pieces.
Shave is busy programming and getting all the files from the album ready and in working order to arrange and produce the songs for the show. I'll go and sit with him a couple times this week to discuss arrangements. Next week we'll spend more time together going over details of the new arrangements and working in my ides for the twists and turns I like to include in the older material - and of course the segues between songs (my favourite part!).
I'm getting rough versions of remixes of Me Myself and I trickling in. Wayne G is working up something MASTERFUL that I'm excited about. Richard is just getting into the footage of the video - having only just received the raw files from the video transfer. And I'm slowly slogging away at the gym (blergh). Gotta hit the stage and feel fit so it's a necessary evil.
We've firmed up our touring cast now.. and I can reveal that Shave will be our musical director and play keys. He'll be joined on keys by Michael Edwards. Peter Huntington is returning to play drums and obviously the guitar that is Steve Young will make his presence felt.
Anna Maria La Spina is returning on stage to sing with me for the first time properly since her time with me on tour with Savage.. and we welcome Ian James (Sparx) as her couterpart backing vocalist.
It's a wonderful team in a show designed by Willie Williams and directed by Bruce Ramus (both u2 alumni) both of whom haven't worked together with me since the 'Affirmation' tour way back when.
It's all shaping up nicely.
Just have to focus and pace myself.
Right now, someone has asked for a cup of tea.
And someone needs their tummy scratched.
You work out who.
Sending you loads of love as always!
xxxD

USA Ringtones
Cool stuff for the US fans. This message was posted on Darren's myspace blog today...
August 26, 2007 - Sunday
USA Ringtones
Category: Music
Darren Hayes: How To Build A Time Machine - Text "darren1" to 66399
Darren Hayes: On The Verge of Something Wonderful - Text "darren2" to 66399
Darren Hayes: Me Myself And (I )- Text "darren3" to 66399
Darren Hayes: Who Would Have Thought Text "darren4" to 66399
Darren Hayes: Casey - Text "darren5" to 66399
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Darren posted this new blog on his myspace today. (Congratulations Darren!)

August 26, 2007 - Sunday

Top 20 Album DEBUT all thanks to YOU!
Current mood: GOBSMACKED AND THRILLED
Category: GOBSMACKED AND THRILLED Music

I just wanted to make sure you were aware of how greateful I am that my album has been embraced around the world and done so well in the charts this week.

It has debuted at number 14 in the UK and 19 in AUSTRALIA. With 'Verge' doing the same thing as a single, this record is already leaps and bounds ahead of what most independent releases could even dream of. Top 20 is Top 20 in anyone's books. And I'm so proud!

It's a fantastic message to send the music industry. It shows that it's possible to stand apart from the crowd and fight for what you're passionate about. Without corporate sponsorship, greasy handshakes, hype or bullshit advertising campaigns this album has found it's place and I have only YOU to thank for that.

There's more and more to come with the tour and plans for many many more singles over the next year. With the record hitting shelves in the U.S (Thanks Borders for your amazing support) and iTunes around the world it's only just starting. We go to radio soon in North America with 'Verge' and next month will see the first snippits of 'Me Myself and I" start to emerge in clubs and at radio.

Right.. that's it from me. Just wanted to share my glee and thank, er thee.

xxxD

New UK, Australian, and USA Charts for Darren's albums and singles

For the UK Top 40 Album Chart dated August 26
Darren's new album "This Delicate Thing We've Made debuted at #14!

The following are Australian charts dated August 27th

ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart:
"This Delicate Thing We've Made" debuted at #19
ARIA Top 20 Australian Albums Chart:
"This Delicate Thing We've Made" debuted at #8
ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart:
"On The Verge of Something Wonderful" #38 (down 1, 4 weeks on chart)
ARIA Top 50 Physical Singles Chart:
"On The Verge of Something Wonderful" #36 (down 6, 4 weeks on chart)
ARIA 20 Australian Singles Chart:
"On The Verge of Something Wonderful" #11 (up 1, 4 weeks on chart)

And thanks to Kelly for letting us know that Darren's "Step Into the Light" is #7 on the US Billboard Dance Club Play chart dated September 1, 2007 - (up 4) 8 weeks on chart. :)

Video Hits (Australia) Interview Video
Darren did an interview with Video Hits when he was in Australia and they have uploaded it to the web so that everyone can see it. They have it divided into 4 parts. Here is the link:
http://ten.com.au/ten/roo-video-result.html?url=http://publish.vx.roo.com/tendigital/portal/%3Fchannel=FUZZY%26clipid=1427_vh_dhayes1_240807_iv

Nova 106.9 Brisbane Interview with Darren (audio)

New myspace blog from Darren - All is full of love

Lots of Articles
I added a lot of new articles and album reviews to our articles section, including People Magazine (USA) and Attitude Magazine (UK). You can find the articles directory under the news tab at the top of the page. Here are some of the direct links:

• People Magazine (USA) - Catching up with Savage Garden's Darren Hayes - September 3, 2007
• American Superstar Magazine (USA) - ASM Interview: Darren Hayes - September 2007
• Perth Now/Sunday Times (AU) - Going it alone - August 25, 2007
• Attitude Magazine (UK) - Darren Hayes - I owe my coming out to Michael Jackson - July/August 2007
• The Guardian (UK) - Album Review - August 24, 2007
• Herald Sun Hit Magazine (AU) - A Hayes of Glory (album review) - August 23, 2007
• New Magazine (UK) - Album Review - August, 2007
• Heat Magazine (UK) - Darren Hayes Is Back With A Real Mix Of Tunes - August, 2007
• Reveal Magazine (UK) - Album Review - August, 2007

Undercover (AU) Video Interview with Darren
Undercover (Australia) has a video interview with Darren up on their website now.
They have it divided into 6 parts and you have to sit through a short commercial on each but it's well worth it. Tim Cashmere did a nice job interviewing Darren.
Here is the link (look under Music Interviews):
http://undercover.com.au/Video.aspx?channel=Music+Interviews&clipid=892447

Switched.com - Darren Hayes Loves and Hates His Gadgets
This is an interesting article/interview with Darren that was posted on switched.com on August 22
Here is the link: http://www.switched.com/2007/08/22/darren-hayes-loves-and-hates-his-gadgets/

Inthenews.co.uk Review of This Delicate Thing We've Made
This new review of Darren's album was posted on inthenews.co.uk on August 22.
Here is the link:
http://www.inthenews.co.uk/entertainment/reviews/music/dance/darren-hayes-this-delicate-thing-weve-made-$1125816.htm

Official Statement - Recent Allegation
An official statement was posted on Darren's myspace blog and on his official site (I'll copy it below).
(btw A lot of fans have been asking me what this is about. Here are a couple of links that explain what's going on:
http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2325806
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/21/1187462274300.html?s_cid=rss_/
Of course anyone that knows anything about Darren knows he would never do anything like this. It's just not in him.
You can post your support for Darren on his official forums on his website:
http://www.darrenhayes.com/dh/forums/index.php)

Here is the official statement...

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Recent Allegation
A Statement from Darren's solicitor

"Darren is unable to comment to any extent as the incident is presently under investigation by the police, with whom he has cooperated fully.
However he is deeply upset at the allegation which he strenuously denies and anyone who knows Darren will recognise that the particular nature of the allegation is totally abhorrent to him and contrary to everything for which he has stood"

Darren on Channel 5 tomorrow (Wednesday) in UK
Thanks to Joyce for this heads up for the UK fans..
Channel 5 tomorrow UK
"I was just getting changed in the gym a little while ago and I heard them mention on the TV that Darren will be on tomorrow. As it was the news programme showing at the time, I assume it will be the same programme tomorrow. As far as I know it's on around 11.30 - 12.00."

Video Interview on CBSNews.com (USA)
Thanks to Aiden for the heads up about this. There is an interview with Darren featured on CBSNews.com (USA):
http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/
Scroll down and look to the left of the page where it says "Today on Showbuzz" and you'll see the picture of Darren with the capture "Darren Hayes is Back". Click on that to see the video.
edit: Now we have the direct link: http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/sections/video/main500620.shtml?id=3183133n
Maria has also uploaded the video for us to watch and download here (Thanks Maria!):
http://www.zshare.net/video/32412517cdcef4/

Review of Darren’s album in The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
Thanks to Jolene for sending me her review of Darren's album that was published in "The Parkersburg News and Sentinel" in Parkersburg, West Virginia today.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Darren Hayes finally finds his solo voice
by jolene craig
Here is the link to the article:
http://newsandsentinel.com/Columns/articles.asp?articleID=19342

Darren Hayes Myspace Blog - I bought my own album today

Artisan New Video/Interview on RooTV.com
Thanks to Manu for sharing this news...
You can see a nice Artisan News interview on rootv.com
http://www.rootv.com/
(Write Darren Hayes in the search)
Maria also uploaded the video to zshare.net for us to download.
Here is the link:
http://www.zshare.net/video/3236229f187a41/

Hayes Days - Video of Darren's Interview on Sunday

2 Electroqueer Blogs
Raj (Electroqueer) posted this blog review of Darren's new album, Disc 1 on August 18th...
Our Thoughts On 'This Delicate Thing We've Made' Disc One
http://zxlcreative.blogs.com/electroqueer/2007/08/my.html
and Raj (Electroqueer) posted this blog on August 19 about Darren's show at the Astoria Saturday night...
Darren Hayes Trips the Laser Fantastic at G-A-Y
http://zxlcreative.blogs.com/electroqueer/2007/08/darren-hayes-tr.html

New Darren myspace blog - Why I love my guitarist

Australia's Funniest Home Videos - Darren Hayes on the Video Show

Hear Darren's Entire New Double Album Streamed on Logo Online!

Review of Darren's new album by Simon Curtis
I found this interesting review of Darren's new album (and his concert at the Roxy in LA) on Electroqueer's blog. This one isn't by Raj, it's actually by guest blogger Simon Curtis.
http://zxlcreative.blogs.com/electroqueer/2007/08/guest-blogging-.html

In LA article - Fairlight Symphony
Thanks to Manu for sharing this article from In LA Magazine. You can see the scan of the article and read it here:
http://www.darrenhayesfans.com/articles/inlamag082007.html
You can also download the magazine for free in pdf format here:
http://www.inlamag.com/pdfedition/1013.pdf

Darren myspace blog - Album launch at Astoria this Saturday night, and..
Another new blog from Darren on his myspace.
btw You have to be logged into myspace to see the pictures that he links to.
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=140713037&blogID=300066766
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Album launch at Astoria this Saturday night, and..
Current mood: Dee.Lear.Ree.Us!!!
First things first..
if you are in the London area this Saturday night I do hope you're going to come to my gig at the Astoria. It's somewhat of an album launch really - with a few key pieces of the show being tested out on your unsuspecting selves.
Not the whole she-bang of course.. about a 40 minute set and some fancy lights. Please don't wear anything flamable. I'm not sure how dangerous lasers really are.
Ehem.
On to my next topic of sheer thrill and excitment!
..
Oh Lookie Lookie. It's my fingers holding my first copy of the limited edition version of the album.
Just stepped in the door and a whole box of 'em were waiting for my excited little fingers to touch, oggle and photograph.
For those who have asked, at this stage the limited version is only available in the UK. Scratch that, make it WAS only available. They've sold out already. So if you pre ordered one good for you. If you see one on a shelf, gobble it up because at this stage we're trying to make more but it's anyone's guess as to when and if that will happen.
In other exciting news, my dog is giving me Evils since my return home at SIX A.M THIS MORNING!!! (Would Rhianna blog for you at such death defying and sleep deprived hours? I think NOT!).
I'm very excited that the album comes out this week/next week (depending on where you live!). It's a real relief. And.. so did a baby from my friend's belly. Yep, my best friend just had her second baby!! Welcome to the world Jarvis, oh Brother of Calvin and son of Robert and Leonie. Woot Woot.
Right. I'm off. To, er, watch re runs of summink on the telly.
Or drink some water.
Or track down some miracle herb that will let me sleep properly tonight and relief the muscular PAIN I'm experiencing from jumping around like a mad man on the set of my latest music video.
If you want to see more pics of the album package in my grubby little hands..
CLICK HERE
Sending you loads of love..
xD

Darren's myspace blog - Your Questions Answered
Darren posted this new blog on his myspace...
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=140713037&blogID=300060093
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Your Questions Answered
Current mood: testing the idiot in us all
If you've got some interesting or always wanted to know (music or career related! lol) questions you'd love me to answer, post your question as a COMMENT here.
I'll wait until it gets all bloated and ready to explode with questions (much like my belly feels today after having eaten HUMMINBIRD CUPCAKES) and I'll answer them in a blog some time next week.
Remember, please only leave a comment if you have a question. Don't just write something for the sake of it (You know who you are!)
This will be an idiot test that I will encourage others to flame you for if you get it wrong lol.. (D'ya hear that the rest of you? Pity the fool who leaves a comment here that says 'What a cool idea!' mwhahaha)
Questions only.
Answers soon.
Love ya!
xD

TNT Article - Darren Hayes Out and About
There is an article about Darren in TNT Magazine, London, UK, Issue 1250, August 13, 2007. Thanks to Sharon for the heads up. You can see/read the article here:
TNT Magazine (UK) - Out and About - August 13, 2007
You can also download the entire issue of the magazine in pdf format here:
http://www.tntmagazine.com/entertainment/
Click on the Home tab to "read TNT on line"

Arjan Writes Blog - Darren Hayes in Next Magazine
Arjan posted this on website August 15th...
http://www.arjanwrites.com/arjanwrites/2007/08/darren-hayes-in.html
Darren Hayes in Next Magazine

Let the countdown begin!
Darren Hayes' much-anticipated new album "This Delicate Thing We've Made" is dropping in (digital) stores next week.
My interview with the singer is appearing in Next Magazine on Friday. You can pick up a free copy of Next at kiosks throughout New York City. I will blog the entire interview this weekend for all of you to read. It is one of the most engaging interviews I've done so far and I'm very happy how it turned out.
Lots of other very good Darren stuff coming up as well. Stay tuned.
August 15, 2007

Darren on Rove Live (Australia) August 12, 2007
Thanks so much to Kate for capturing Darren's interview and performance on Rove Live (Australia) this week and uploading them to her myspace page. Click below and enjoy!

Part 1: The interview

Part 2: The Performance

B105 (Brisbane) Interview
Darren did an interview with his hometown radio station B105 Brisbane, Australia this morning (August 15, 2007). Thanks to Maria and Hayley for the audio file. You can hear the interview by clicking on the following link (right click to save):
August 15, 2007 - B105 (Brisbane, AU) Interview

Darren's blog - Me Myself and I video shoot
New myspace blog from Darren...
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Me Myself and I video shoot
Current mood: Wrecked!
Kraftwork. Robert Palmer. 80's Cassette Advertisements. Shiny. Black. Vinyl.
These are some of the words that spring to mind when I think of the video for 'Me Myself and I' that we shot today.
Without a doubt, the hardest video I've performed in. Demanding physically and creatively. This was the first production from Richard's and my company Pixelfing. He directing, me co-directing – Black Lab (Grant Marshall, Tim McGahan of 'Crush 1980Me, Too Close For Comfort, Big Night In) producing. 6 Dancers. A world of green screen. 3 costume changes. All based on a concept Richard and I wrote on a train ride from Leeds to London. Fun, Fun and Fun.
There was a fan the size of a building pushing air and debris (and me) against a wall.
There were hours of meticulous choreography performed by a team of dancers who can only be described as super human. There were clothes to die for (Alexander McQeen, Dior, Pierre Hardy shoes) and a stereo straight out of Back To The Future.
It was such hard work – and much responsibility.
Though Richard started at a director in the theatre, it was his first time directing me and we danced awkwardly around our roles for the first few moments before rolling our sleeves up and getting down to hard work. It was a brilliant collaboration and all involved are sore, exhausted but so so proud.
There will be at least a month of post production work to do on the piece – so it's going to be a while before I can give you an update on the progress. Suffice to say it's such a joy to do absolutely anything I want to.
After a day that began at 5 am and finished at midnight I have just spent the last few hours autographing the remaining 500 cd covers for Newbury Comics in the U.S. Gosh that was a lot of work after today! But they sold out in nanoseconds so I had to do my bit to make sure Powdered Sugar can pay the bills!!
Tomorrow I'm off to B105 in Brisbane (radio station) to do a radio interview at 8 am. Well I guess that's in about 6 hours. Eeek. Then I've got 2 more print interviews and I rush off to the airport to fly home to London, Wally and a gig at the Astoria on the 18th. I love you, but I can not WAIT for the album to come out so I can bloody relax!
I'm off to bed – more from the other side of the world.
Big love
xD

Melbourne Herald Sun Article
There was an article about Darren in the Herald Sun online August 14, 2007. You can read it here:
Herald Sun (AU) - Darren Hayes has swipe at Howard - August 14, 2007

Charts!
UK Top 40 Singles Chart Dated August 12, 2007 - Darren's "On The Verge of Something Wonderful" debuted at # 20
For the Australian charts dated August 13, 2007:
ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart #35 (down 6, 2 weeks on the chart)
ARIA Top 50 Physical Singles #28 (down 6, 2 weeks on the chart)
ARIA Top 20 Australian Singles # 10 (down 2, 2 weeks on the chart)

New DH myspace blog...

Sunday, August 12, 2007
WE made this!
Current mood: okydiddlyokie!
It's 1 in the morning and I should be asleep.
I've got a flight to Brisbane tomorrow at 11 in the morning and A rehearsal for the video when I get there. It's the end of a very busy promo trip to Australia and I must say it's been a blur and a blast. Rove and the entire team were beyond great to us today. It's hands down my favourite T.V show to be on in the entire world and that's above Jay Leno and Rosie O! I love how comfortable they make us feel when we're on there – and how confessional I get on his couch!
My Mum and favourite Aunty Jen were down in Melbourne tonight from Queensland to spend time with me. Poor Mum has a cold (as does half of the country) and was devastated at the thought she might make me sick. She's so cute that woman and between her and my Aunty J they never shut up! They're hilarious and it makes me so happy to see them here when I'm so busy. I don't have time to smell the roses at the moment so it's nice they bought them to me, so to speak.
Right now I just wanna say thanks to all of your who have gone out and supported my music and my indie moves this year. It's been a lot of hard work and you've made it so worthwhile. We may end up debuting in the top 20 in the UK with the single and that's a miracle considering we are not signed to an evil empire!
Right now I'm very much aware that without all of you I would not have the opportunity to make my music – and from my heart I just want you to know that I am forever grateful for you. I really doubt there's another artist with as kick ass an audience as the one I have. This year it's like we've all hung out together making this record and now we're seeing it become a reality. How cool is that? This Delicate Thing WE'VE made!
xxD

On The Verge Of Something Wonderful On USA iTunes

Generation Q - review of Darren's new album
Generation Q posted this wonderful review of Darren's new album on their website. Here is the link:
http://www.generationq.net/articles/Darren-Hayes-%E2%80%93-This-Delicate-Thing-Weve-Made-00001.html

Darren's Myspace Blog - Thursday, August 09, 2007
A roadtrip, a car wreck, a paper back novel..
Current mood: exhausted
Sorry I haven't written much of late. As you've probably worked out I've been busy promoting my album in Australia – so with the time difference, the jet lag and the insanely busy schedule I've not had a second to breathe.
First of all, thanks to everyone for supporting the single. If you haven't bought it yet and you want to support a good (looking) cause, hehe, please do so this week. We need every little piece of love we can get. Being independent we are up against massive marketing budgets and global spam of major labels – so our success is purely dependent on YOU.
I don't even know where to start with my news.. bullet points here we come
*The performance at HUM record store in Sydney was adorable. People were so kind and sweet. They made me feel very lucky. There was a massive gazillion foot tall poster of me out the front. I wanted to steal it but I didn't know where to put it.
*I had lunch with my dear friends (Robert, Leo and my godson Calvin) and I wish I weren't so jet lagged but it was worth it just to hear Calvin proclaim me equal place with my dog Wally as his 'favourites'.
*Flew up to Brisbane for video production meeting (looong and necessary) and dinner with my family (where I was jetlagged and not very entertaining)
*Had three insanely busy promo days that all began at 6 am and finished late in the evening doing things like live radio and t.v performances
*Ran into Cate Blanchett at Nova radio station in Sydney and couldn't speak! I was so in awe. Got back into the car and her P.R had phoned to tell my P.R that Cate was in fact 'star struck' to see ME. I almost died!!
How cute is that?
*Did 3 t.v shows and got followed around by the Paparazzi all day yesterday in Sydney which was both exhausting and bizarre in that order. They were nice (the fotogs) but I didn't quite understand what they were looking for!?! They shot pictures of me/us for 6 hours and as far as I'm concerned they wasted 5 hours and 55 minutes because they got the same shots at the beginning as the end.. Flattering I guess.
*Flew to Melbourne last night – had my first night off on this trip and had dinner with Steve, Boyd, Anna (our publicist here) and Richard. I was beyond tired when we went to bed.
*Today was another long one. Finally crawled into bed and I've got a 10 am morning radio visit to wake up to.
*My Mum and Aunt fly down to see me on Saturday (day off!!) before Rove (Sunday) and then flying up to Brisbane (Monday) to shoot the video for 'Me, Myself and 'I' on Tuesday. Flashing by, the moments are. But moments they are.
I'm off to bed..
Will try to check in soon!
Big love!
xxD

Cute picture of Darren and Richard
Perez Hilton posted a very cute picture of Darren and Richard on his website August 8. Here is the link to his page so that you see the larger version of the picture and read what he said about it: http://perezhilton.com/?p=3295

Exclusive Tracks Now Available for Download
From Darren's myspace blog...
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Exclusive Tracks Now Available for Download
Category: Music
In addition to the standard versions of the single that you can download from all the different on-line stores or order from our ordering links, you can now buy and download exclusive tracks from our very own download store by clicking on the link below:
Click [Here] for Exclusive Downloads

Autographed copies of album - limited quantities
From Darren's myspace blog...
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Autographed copies of album - limited quantities
Category: Music
Pre-Order 'This Delicate Thing We've Made' from Newburycomics.com to receive your copy autographed! Darren has signed a limited number of cd booklets for Newbury Comics and this is the only store in the world where you can buy them. Visit the website [HERE]

On The Verge Of Something Wonderful Out Today UK
This was posted on Darren's myspace blog...
Sunday, August 05, 2007
On The Verge Of Something Wonderful Out Today UK
Category: Music
'On The Verge Of Something Wonderful' the debut single from the forthcoming album 'This Delicate Thing We've Made' is released today in the UK.
The single is available to download now on iTunes UK [HERE]
and you can also buy the cd singles online at Townsend Records and HMV

Nova969 Interview and Acoustic Performance of "On the Verge"
Thanks to Maria for the heads up and Hayley for the file of Darren's interview and acoustic performance of "On the Verge" on Nova969 (The Merrick and Rosso Show) yesterday in Australia. They have the interview on their website. Here is the link:
http://www.nova969.com.au/site/shows/merrick_rosso.aspx
You can also hear/save them here:
August 6, 2007 - Nova 96.9 (AU) Merrick & Rosso Interview and Accoustic Performance of Verge
August 6, 2007 - Nova 96.9 (AU) Accoustic Performance of Verge

2DayFM Interview with Darren
Darren did a wonderful interview with Kyle and Jackie O on 2DayFM August 6th. There have the interview on their website.
Here is the link: http://www.2dayfm.com.au/shows/kyleandjackieo/guest_interviews
And I've also uploaded it to our site (Thanks for the file Maria!). Right Click to Save:
August 6, 2007 - 2DayFM (AU) Kyle and Jackie O Interview

Magic FM Interview with Darren
Thanks to Hayley for this audio file of Darren's interview with Magic FM 105.4 (London,UK) that aired on August 5th.
August 5, 2007 - Magic FM 105.4 (London, UK) Interview

Century FM Interview with Darren
Thanks so much to Maria for sending me the link to Darren's Interview with Century FM (Manchester, UK):
http://www.1054centuryfm.com/Article.asp?spid=11953&id=451375
There are 3 files. Parts 1 and 2 of his interview and also a 3rd file of Darren doing their Pop Quiz.
If you have a problem with their windows media format, thanks to Maria I have it in mp3 format as well on our audio page:
http://www.darrenhayesfans.com/audio.html

ARIA Charts for Darren's "On The Verge.." Single
Here are the Australian chart results for this week (August 6, 2007). Keep in mind that a lot of the major cd stores don't report to the ARIA chart anymore so it's not as important as it once was and doesn't include all of the actual sales. And Darren is an indie artist now so it's harder to chart than being on a major label...but that said, it's not a bad start. And Darren is doing a lot of promo in Australia this week so I'm sure that will help bring attention to the single and increase sales too. :)
Top 50 Singles Chart
* 29 - NEW 35 ON THE VERGE OF SOMETHING WONDERFUL Darren Hayes MGM
Top 50 Physical Singles Chart
* 22 - NEW 22 ON THE VERGE OF SOMETHING WONDERFUL Darren Hayes MGM
To 20 Australian Singles Chart
9 - NEW 9 ON THE VERGE OF SOMETHING WONDERFUL Darren Hayes MGM

The Daily Telegraph - Introducing Mr Darren Hayes
This new article was posted on The Daily Telegraph's website today. It includes a beautiful picture of Darren and Richard with the caption: "Good sports... Richard and Darren arrive in Sydney yesterday. / The Daily Telegraph".
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22185146-5006002,00.html

Arjanwrites Exclusive: First Look at Darren Hayes' New Album
Arjan posted this on his site today...
"Exclusive: First Look at Darren Hayes' New Album
Have a look at the album art of Darren Hayes' upcoming new double disc set "This Delicate Thing We've Made" that I laid my hands on yesterday." To see the beautiful scans of Darren's new album art and read Arjan's blog...here is the link:
http://www.arjanwrites.com/arjanwrites/2007/08/exclusive-first.html

Sunday Mail article "Let good times roll"
This article was posted on the Courier Mail website (from Sunday Mail). Let good times roll, by Ritchie Yorke, posted August 05, 2007. Here is the link:
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,,22184923-7642,00.html

Thieves In The Temple Rehearsal
Saturday, August 04, 2007 - Darren posted this fantastic video of him rehearsing singing Prince's "Thieves In The Temple" on his youtube page. His voice is just gorgeous in this. :)

Darren's blog - I wish you heaven
New myspace blog from Darren...
Saturday, August 04, 2007
I wish you heaven
Current mood: loved
Quick Random things form a spacey jet lag void that is my consciouness
*In store performance and meet and greet was a highlight for me this year.
Thanks to each and every one of you who gave up time on their Saturday to come and make an old man feel popular. I loved meeting people who had been fans since the beginning and the newbies. You're all gold and I love you for it.
*I made the somewhat ambitious decision to fly up to Brisbane tonight to have dinner with my family and fly back to Sydney tomorrow. I had severe space head jet lag fog brain and was almost certainly not even in the same post code let alone restaurant as my poor family tonight. Sorry! But the thought was there!
*I have a pre production meeting for the video for 'Me Myself and I' tomorrow (there I said it) and god willing I'll keep my eyes open enough to find out exactly what it is I have to find out.
*I am somewhat obsessed with Siobahn Donaghy
*I am glad Robyn is having a hit. Her single is gorgeous. Go get her album when it comes out if you like the single. It's more and more and better.
*Big shout out to HUM records on Oxford St in Sydney for being a kick ass independent record store and for having me today. Love them.
*I had a few little teary moments today meeting some amazing people who took the time to express love and encouragement to me. It really humbled me and I felt that grattitude you can only have when you've been held up by loving arms.
To the girl I told was strong, to the folks who'd flown in, to the people with tattered and well worn cd slicks from ancient times - THANK YOU!!!
I'm off to bed.
I really am a lucky man.
Love to you
xxD

Passport Magazine Vip lounge article
Thanks to Manu for sending me this nice interview that Darren did with Passport Magazine, America's #1 Gay and Lesbian Travel Magazine. Here is the link: http://www.passportmagazine.com/49/VIP_Lounge.php

Sydney Star Observer article
This new article about Darren was posted on the Sydney Star Observer's website today.
Sydney Star Observer - Issue 878 - Published 2/08/2007
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY HAPPY - AT LAST by John Burfitt
Here is the link to where yhou can read it:
http://www.ssonet.com.au/display.asp?ArticleID=6821

Deluxe Box Teaser
Darren posted this little teaser video on his myspace and youtube.

New Blog from Darren - Only An Ocean Could Know
New myspace blog from Darren...
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Only An Ocean Could Know
Current mood: discombobulated
Writing this from my seat in the airplane. It's about 4 hours into the flight and I'm suitably bored. Travel purgatory really. Actually I take that back because sitting on the tarmac at JFK for an entire day was purgatory (hell?). This is more 'eh'.
I am relaxing at least.
It was beyond stupidly crazy busy in the past week. This morning was nuts too. I literally woke up – went to the gym, came back and did the People Magazine interview and had exactly 50 minutes to pack for my trip to Australia. Not only was I absolutely not organized at all, but I had to pack clothes for promo, my new video outfit(s) and my regular joe stuff as well as all my hypochondriac lead singer stuff (vitamins, sprays, disinfectants etc lol!).
Poor Richard had to lug the several suitcases downstairs ( I am ashamed to admit how many) and by the time we got a block away in the taxi I realized I'd left something behind and we had to go back.
It was a mad rush to Paddington station and the Heathrow Express (I don't do cars lately – too depressing sitting in traffic and the stress of almost missing a flight!). Met Steve and Boyd at the platform and made the mad dash to the train.
Once inside it was smoooooth sailing. Check in to gate to duty free to lounge to chair.
And now I'm here.
In 'eh'.
I watched a documentary about people who use storage facilities. And a program on an architect who I am now obsessed with and who I want to design my next house.
I ate Steak.
And nuts.
And put some moisturizer on.
And I'm still 'eh'.
Man wasn't meant to fly.
And sometimes I wonder if the soul needs the earth.
Up here but meant to be down there.
My mind keeps racing and I think a lot about where I am in the universe and what my actions and my music mean to it all. I sometimes wonder if this record will be my last or if it will be everything I hope it to be. I certainly dream about holding it in my hands. I have yet to receive the first pressing yet. The art work with its beautiful colours and delicate fonts and shiny glossy paper is something I really can't wait to see. Then there's the tour and the moment that you get to hear all of it. I'm so excited about that. But I also feel a sense of relief too. Like it's finally here and soon my intention will find its home and everything will be as it should be. And my job is done.
Do you spend as much time as I do pondering your purpose?
For me, the music and my connection to you is a given. I know that's a beautiful thing and I'm so grateful for it.
But the rest of the stuff – the 'business' side of it all leaves me cold. The more I know the more I don't want to know. If that makes sense.
I think it's a really pivotal time for music and the music industry right now. The old guard is changing and in some ways maybe the 'blinded by the lights' sensation I feel is because I'm going somewhere new. I'm taking on the big guns with my big heart. And it's a road I haven't truly been down before.
I know everyone changes as they grow older – but I can't remember a time when I felt so 100% aware of the details. I'm not just coasting along. I'm not giving just good enough. I'm very consciously here right now. And maybe that's a sensation I haven't felt for a long long time.
I wrote a song before I began this album. A song neither here nor there.
One last song about the pain before
I saw light.
I was in Santa Monica with Rick Nowels and the heartache that Inspired 'Unlovable' was finally put to rest in one last song.
I never included it on an album – and I only ever recorded it as a demo
(it's a bonus track on our darrenhayes.com version of the digital single of 'Verge…' that's coming soon). Anyway I didn't use it for this new album because It didn't belong and everything I wanted to say about that period had been said. It's interesting though – because it has a sense of disembodiment to it.
Which pretty much sums up how I feel when I'm in this space. Flying in a tin can in a place neither here nor there. When I wrote this song I was in Santa Monica and feeling lost and I had yet to meet my soul mate.
The ghost of the past would haunt me one last time as I wrote this song. Here's the lyrics. Hopefully I'll post this blog when I'm in Bangkok. Othewise you'll get this when I touched down in Oz.
Either way thanks for being here with me. Neither here nor there.
xxxD

Ocean

By Darren Hayes and Rick Nowels

Even though I know you're gone
The memory lingers on
I see your footsteps on a sandy beach
That waves have been crashing on

Danger goes where emotion flows
I wish sometimes I'd never known love
It's dangerous the waves crash on the shore
But never repeating

Only an ocean could know
The weight of the world on my shoulders
Thinking of you, my love
I wish I could drown out emotion
Until only the ocean knows

Walking down the boulevard
The water still calls your name
A thousand tides may rise and fall
But darlin' I feel the same
You said it's dangerous to love so deeply
I never cared I fell completely
It's dangerous the way I can't move on
Lost in emotion

Only an ocean could know
The weight of the world on my shoulders
Thinking of you, my love
I wish I could drown out emotion
Until only the ocean knows

And I still hear your song
It's in the call of the ocean
It has been here so long

Only an ocean could know
The weight of the world on my shoulders
Thinking of you my love
I wish I could drown out emotion
Until only an ocean knows
Wash me away
Carry my heart on an ocean
Love has forsaken
Been taken to somebody else
I wish I could drown my emotions
Until only an ocean
Only an ocean could know

xx

Access All Areas - Hayes hits Sydney for instore
This article was posted on Access All Areas...
Hayes hits Sydney for instore
Posted on August 1 2007
http://www.accessallareas.net.au/data/EElVluVVuVPIrThCyM.php

Darren's myspace blog - The Other Side of The World
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
The Other Side Of The World Category: Music
Can't believe that I'm looking forward to a 27 hour flight to Australia as DOWN TIME! Normally though I adore going home, the flight is of course a complete nightmare. But I can't wait to get on that plane.
Tonight – at 10.40pm I write this to you in my last 20 minutes of spare time before I have to get back on the phone to do more phone interviews for Australia. I started my day at 8am on my way to an early radio interview at LBC. Or so I thought. Someone in my office who shall remain nameless got the schedule mixed up and got me up and in a cab an hour earlier than I had to be! Grr (hehe). As it was I had a bit to do to get ready to tape this television show called 'The Soundtrack of my life' scheduled for later in the day. So I used the extra hour to get my stuff together and then have a ten minute nap.
We did the interview.. then made our way back to the studios in London where the show was being taped. Turns out it was the building where Marshall Guitars have their HQ and Steve was in heaven.
It was an amazing crew – many of whom I'd met years before at the now defunct Top Of The Pops. They spoiled us rotten and it was hard work but a pleasure to do. The format of the show is really music centric.
They invite one artist on the show per episode to sing a combination of their tunes and songs that inspired them. Then, of course, there's a great interview. I peformed 'Verge' 'To The Moon and Back' Prince's 'Thieves in the temple' and Madonna's 'Ray Of Light'. All acoustically.
Steve and Shave were there playing amazingly well and giving it large. They do rock.
Afterwards I had a meeting with our team to discuss the tour merchandise (T shirts etc) and then I had the final styling meeting for the music video for the next single.
When that finished (about 2 hours ago) I had my first real meal of the day and now I'm watching the final moments of Ferris Buelller's Day off for a moment before I head back up and do more press.
Arrgh!
Tomorrow I have an interview with People Magazine in the U.S and then I'm on a plane.
Can't wait to lay there and do NOTHING.
We've got a crazy busy schedule in Australia and I'm not even pretending that it's going to be easy. But I know once the album is out I'll have a moment to stop and breathe. In the meantime.. I'll see you
On the other side of the world.
xxD

Take 40 Exclusive: Darren Hayes Discusses New Album & Video
Take 40 had a nice article on Darren 30 July 2007. Here is the link to where you can read it:
http://www.take40.com/action/newsdetail?articleId=13015

About.com Article/Interview - July 30, 2007
There is a really nice, really long, interview with Darren on about.com. I think it's a US based website. They have the interview separated into 4 pages. Here are the links to each page:
http://dancemusic.about.com/od/artistshomepages/a/DarrenHayesInt.htm
http://dancemusic.about.com/od/artistshomepages/a/DarrenHayesInt_2.htm
http://dancemusic.about.com/od/artistshomepages/a/DarrenHayesInt_3.htm
http://dancemusic.about.com/od/artistshomepages/a/DarrenHayesInt_4.htm

Billboard Chart update for "Step Into The Light"
Thanks to Kelly for this good news from Billboard's (US) Hot Dance Club Play Chart dated August 4th.
"Step Into The Light" is at #21 (up seven from last week) in it's fourth week on the chart. :)

Electroqueer - Darren Hayes Interview Part 1 & 2
Raj did a wonderful interview with Darren. He put part 1 and part 2 up on his "Electroqueer" site.
Here are the links...
Darren Hayes Interview Part 1: "It's Seriously Deadly, and Deadly Serious...":
http://zxlcreative.blogs.com/electroqueer/2007/07/darren-hayes-in.html
Darren Hayes Interview Part 2 : "Blogging has completely reinvigorated my faith in the music industry.":
http://zxlcreative.blogs.com/electroqueer/2007/07/darren-hayes--1.html

BBC Radio Merseyside (Liverpool, UK) Billy Butler Interview
Thanks to Maria for capturing the interview that Darren did with BBC Radio Merseyville which aired on July 28th. I've uploaded it to our audio section. Here is the direct link (right click and save):
July 28, 2007 - BBC Radio Merseyside (Liverpool, UK) Billy Butler Interview

Australian Instore Signing!
This exciting news for the Australian fans was posted on Darren's myspace
Friday, Juy 27, 2008
Australian Instore Signing!
Category: Music
'On The Verge Of Something Wonderful' is out THIS Saturday in Australia and will be available on iTunes as well as the following retails stores:
JB Hi Fi
Leading Edge Stores
Sanity
Other exciting news for Australian fans is that Darren will be doing an instore signing and performance at HUM on OXFORD in Sydney Saturday August 4th from 1pm.
Also check out this interview on the set of 'Verge'..
Thanks to musicplustv.com
http://musicplustv.com/37215

Daily Mail (UK) Article - It's a man's world: Darren Hayes This new article with Darren about fashion was in the Daily Mail (UK). It's been added to our news/article section. Here is the direct link:
Daily Mail (UK) - It's a man's world: Darren Hayes - July 27, 2007

Me-Me-Me.tv Q&A with Darren Me-Me-Me.tv recently invited people to submit questions for Darren. You can read Part 1 of the answers here:
Me-Me-Me.tv Q&A with Darren - July 27, 2007
And part 2 here:
Me-Me-Me.tv Q&A with Darren - July 30, 2007

Off The Record: By David Smyth, Evening Standard This new article " OUTGROWN THE SAVAGE GARDEN", Off The Record: By David Smyth, Evening Standard was posted on thisislondon.co.uk on July 27, 2007. The beautiful picture below was posted along with the article. You can read the article here:
Evening Standard/thislondon.co.uk (UK) - OUTGROWN THE SAVAGE GARDEN - July 27, 2007

Picture caption: Outlay: Singer Darren Hayes has been forced to dip into his own pocket

Australian fans - Video Hits Competition
Video Hits has an exciting competition for Australian fans. Go here for the details...
http://ten.com.au/ten/video-hits-competitions-darren-hayes.html
On The Verge Of Something Wonderful is the brand new single by Darren Hayes
To celebrate, one lucky winner and a mate will fly to Perth to see Darren live in his first concert on his upcoming Australian tour! You'll get to stay at the Medina Apartment Hotels, you'll have access to Darren's sound check including a meet and greet and a take home goodie bag worth$1000 bucks!
Prize Details:
The prize also includes a Mac Book Pro & a Video ipod loaded up with Darren's new film clip and two special animated clips from his new album This Delicate Thing Weve Made.
There's a $500 gift voucher to spend at Sunglass Hut and a $500 hair care pack from Instant Rockstar'.
50 runners up will also receive a signed copy of the single, the album and Instant Rockstar hair product.
Enter now to be in the draw to win

Radio City 96.7 (Liverpool, UK) Radio Interview
Radio did a nice interview with Liverpool radio station Radio City 96.7 on July 22. Thanks to Maria and Hayley for the file. I've added it to our audio page. Here is the direct link (right click and save): July 22, 2007 - Radio City 96.7 (Liverpool, UK) Interview

Gay & Night Magazine article (Netherlands
There is a really good article with nice pictures in the August Issue of Gay & Night Magazine (Netherlands).
Thanks to Maaike and Michael for the scans and Michael for typing up the text. You can read it and see the scans here:
http://www.darrenhayesfans.com/articles/gaynightnetherlandsAug07.html

Star Magazine (UK)
There is a small article int Star Magazine (UK), July 30, 2007 Issue. Off the Record... Darren Hayes. Thanks to Hilary for typing it up and Rachel for the scan. You can see/read the article here:
Gay Times (UK) - Nobel ex-savage - August, 2007

Darren's Myspace Blog - EQ interview and Don't Have a Cow Man!
New myspace blog from Darren...
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
EQ interview and Don't Have a Cow Man!
Current mood: amused
Raj over at Electroqueer has posted part one of his interview with me.
Show him some love and pop over. He's an amazing supporter of electronic pop music and I loved chatting to him.
http://zxlcreative.blogs.com/electroqueer/2007/07/darren-hayes-in.html
In other news, my import Robyn album arrived today from Sweden. Yep.
Konichiwa Bitches! She is seriously turning me OUT!
I also had a fab meeting with Willie Williams re the tour. It's going to be insane.
I'm so excited about it and it's going to be a real 'show'. Not just a gig.
Can't wait!
Been doing lots of interviews around the werld. Lots in Australia and the U.S including The Houston Chronicle, About.com and Skope magazine. In Brisbane Aussies can look out for a cover piece in the colour magazine in The Sunday Mail. Those in the UK can look out for a piece in the London paper on August 20! I did some stuff for ITN which is like a new service that goes out online and to radio etc.
O.K - Wally is giving me evils!
He's sitting in the Star Wars room glaring at me because I'm online again!
I've only got an hour and then I'm back on the phone to Australia doing radio interviews so I must say buh bye.
P.S Have you made yourself as a Simpson? www.simpsonsmovie.com
Waaay fun.
Big love!
xD

Darren's Myspace Blog - Fun Fings
New myspace blog from Darren...
Monday, July 23, 2007
Fun Fings
Current mood: devious
Fun things today.
Saw the digital booklet for iTunes and it rocks.
Listened to the whole album front to back and it still rocks.
Someone sent me the first 'review' (obviously someone with an advance copy) of the album at Amazon.co.uk and it ROCKED.

New Blog From Darren - Sundays seem to come and go...
New myspace blog from Darren...
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Sundays seem to come and go...
Current mood: hopeful
Sleepy Sunday
Harry Potter
Why'd I bother
Got some good news
Bought some new shoes (green)
Can't be arsed rhyming anymore
But all of the above is true.
I bought some ice cream trainers in canary yellow and a pair in green to match the record sleeve! Took me most of today to accept that this week is not so crazy busy as the past have been.
I can reveal a few secrets if you will let me..
1. My support in Australia - www.myspace.com/shesaidyesband Many of you Aussies will know my friend Tania Doko as one half of Bachelor Girl.
Well she's gone all electro and She Said Yes is the result. I'm thrilled to share the same stage as her and her trio including my old band member Karl Lewis . I'm a huge fan. Thanks She Said Yes!
2. I'm already preparing the shoot for the SECOND MUSIC VIDEO to be shot in my home town of Brisbane on August 14. I can't reveal the song yet but let's just say it is funky.
3. I don't have a third thing. But I don't think 2 things constitute a list.
Maybe I'll go into a sub section
a. Patrick Wolf still rocks my boat
b. So does Robyn
c. Madonna should have made the song 'With Every Heartbeat' but I'm glad Robyn did first. Robyn is a mutha and reminds me of Madonna's energy in 83.
d. I have a meeting this week with Wille Williams again for the tour. Wahoo.
e. I have made a couple of paper birds. I wonder who'll find 'em.
g. Wally is being very cute. I can't be arsed explaining why. It has something to do with his neediness.
Roight.. orf to bed. Thank you so so so so so so so so so much for anyone in the UK who has made 'On The Verge...' a regular visitor to the No. 1 spot on The Box.
Glad I made the video now! (Well, I always was..)
Thanks to everyone in Oz who has supported the song at radio! It's out in a week!
Wahoo! I'm coming home to see you soon and be on Rove and the telly and see my Mum and stuff.
I am getting VERY excited that the album release.
Sending big hugs and innapropriate affection to all..
xD

US Billboard Chart Update!
Thanks to Kelly for this good news!
Darren's "Step Into The Light" continues to climb the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Here are the last two weeks stats...
July 21 - #32 (up 8) 2 weeks on the chart.
July 28 - #28 (up 4) 3 weeks on the chart.

Darren's Interviews with Metro Radio and Heart FM
Darren did some great interviews with Metro Radio (Newcastle) and Heart FM (Birmingham) on July 19th which included live acoustic performances of "On The Verge Of Something Wonderful" and "Insatiable" at Metro Radio. Thanks to Maria (Italy) for the Metro Radio files and Maria (UK) for the link to Heart FM's file download from their website.
You can right click and save these to your computers or listen to them here:

• July 19, 2007 - Metro Radio (Newcastle, UK) Interview with Alan Robson part 1 and Acoustic Performance of Verge
• July 19, 2007 - Metro Radio (Newcastle, UK) Interview with Alan Robson part 2 and Acoustic Performance of Insatiable
• July 19, 2007 - Heart FM 100.7 Radio (Birmingham, UK) Interview

Darren's myspace blog - Cover Boy!
Darren posted this new blog on his myspace...
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Cover Boy!
Current mood: flirty
Did the photo shoot for the cover of August edition of Attitude Magazine today in London.
Worked with the lovely and amazingly talented Ellis Parrinder who was utterly charming and totally relaxing to be around. I don't think I've ever been as chilled out on a photo shoot before. I have had a bit of practice this year getting my mug taken so I guess it's all paying off. It all felt pretty effortless and I got to wear some nice new clothes and catch up with my 'team' who I haven't seen in ages.
I always work with Charlotte (makeup) Paul (art direction) and it was a good excuse to see them today whilst 'working'. It's amazing when the line between work and play is blurred and you end up using a 'job' to legitimately share stories, get hugs and generally say 'wow!' to each other.
I loved everyone at Attitude including the gorgeous editor Adam and the stylist(s) and especially the set art director who was playing me loads of rare Prince and Kate Bush records.
Love it. Love them. Love you.
xxxD

Gay Times (UK)
Darren was featured in Gay Times (August issue) including a really nice picture of him. You can pick up a copy at most WHSmith shops in the UK. Thanks to Sharon for the scan and I've also typed up the text for those of you that need to use a translator to read the article. You can see the scan and read the article here:
Gay Times (UK) - Nobel ex-savage - August, 2007

Darren's blog - Make Something Wonderful and what will you feel?
New myspace blog from Darren... :)

Friday, July 20, 2007
Make Something Wonderful and what will you feel?
Current mood: Reflective

I don't think I've worked harder than I have this week. Well, not since the very first days of that pop band I was in. I have returned from a 4 day jaunt around the UK visiting radio stations and promoting the single. And I'm shagged!

Steve, guitarist in our band, it has to be said is both funnier and more versatile than I'd given him credit. I'm not talking about his playing. That is unquestionable. But he's a good driver and has a dead pan sense of humor. I knew this when the radio announced that Amy Whinehouse had cancelled yet another gig. Tracey, my assistant and long time touring veteran said 'She's going to have a hard time getting insurance. She obviously has some kind of substance issue. She needs treatment'. Without missing a beat Steve said, deadly seriously... 'They tried to make her go to rehab. But she said no'.

You had to be there.

But Steve O did drive like a demon through bad weather and an unusually shy GPS that decided to be silent for most of the trip. We HATED her. (She had a very posh english accent and was vague about direction.. She'd use adjectives like 'slightly' and 'soon' when giving directions. Ie TURN SLIGHTLY RIGHT. ERR. SOON.')
Yeah she was useless.

I sang 'Verge..' about 5 times a day as well as doing back to back interviews. All of the Dj's were lurvely to us and we did stay in some amazing hotels.

Tomorrow I'm doing my cover shoot for Attitude Magazine. You will be relieved to know that the two ENORMOUS spots on my face have evaporated and I am sat here with a face mask on. I almost never get zits. And this week I was like a 16 y/o kid.
At least it was radio!

Hope some of you have discovered the 'make something wonderful' project.
http://www.neonbird.com/something-wonderful/

It's such a gorgeous idea.

What can I tell you to keep you in my loop?
I've been so busy I can barely think.. so here they are in point form

*Yep.. I'm doing G.A.Y on August 18. Think of it as a preview to the tour.
And an album launch.
*Being 'indie' is hard work ! Lower your expectations of chart positions please!
So then if the single or album chart higher or I get more airplay than I expected I'll be surprised. Ain't no room for dissapointment or negativity in this house y'all.
*Borders are being amazing to me in the U.S
*The music video will be on Video Hits in Australia this weekend.
*I am heading home to Oz in August to do Rove and a few surprises.
*I'm obsessed with Robyn's 'With every heartbeat'
*I'm still obsessed with Patrick Wolf

I had a tough week, truth be told.
Not tough bad, but tough in a challenging fight for your passion kind of way.
Nothing worth having comes too easily. But it took it out of me this week.
Came home and just flopped into my family's arms and slept the week off.

I had one of those dreams I sometimes have where I dream of San Francisco and my home by the bay. The smell of the ocean and the cyan blue water smiling at me when I woke up from being sad. Didn't matter how down I was - the view from my window always said 'Aww come on. It's not so bad'.
I cried a little in my sleep for I walked around with Richard and showed him the house and the peace I felt by the water. I know it was just a symbol of how hard I'm working and how for me Sausalito will always represent a time when I was out of the game. It was easy not competing. I did not have to try. I was a little lost though. A sort of neo peace. But also like living in the fog. Nothing was real and there were no challenges.

Then I woke up this morning and I had a MySpace message from an old friend from school. He'd been my best friend since first grade and we'd lost contact.
Fallen out actually years and years ago before my success. Anyway he wrote to me and apologized and I cried a few happy tears and marvelled at the connectivity of MySpace. In some ways, the dream seemed almost like a symbol of my relationship to the past. And here was my past literally waving hello. Say hello to your future! I'm just pleased to meet you. You were a million miles away. Say hello to your lion's heart. Queen Victoria's England will never be the same again!

Here's some Kate Bush lyrics I love
It's from her album 'Ariel' and it's called A Coral Room.

There's a city, draped in net
Fisherman net
And in the half light, in the half light
It looks like every tower
Is covered in webs
Moving and glistening and rocking
It's babies in rhythm
As the spider of time is climbing
Over the ruins
There were hundreds of people living here
Sails at the windows
And the planes came crashing down
And many a pilot drowned
And the speed boats flying above
Put your hand over the side of the boat
What do you feel?
My mother and her little brown jug
It held her milk
And now it holds our memories
I can hear her singing
"Little brown jug don't I love thee"
"Little brown jug don't I love thee"
Ho ho ho, hee hee hee
I hear her laughing
She is standing in the kitchen
As we come in the back door
See it fall
See it fall
Oh little spider climbing out of a broken jug
And the pieces will lay there a while
In a house draped in net
In a room filled with coral
Sails at the window
Forests of masts
Put your hand over the side of the boat
Put your hand over the side of the boat
What do you feel?

Pre-Order This Delicate We've Made in the US Now!
I received this info in an email from Darren's official site's mailing list....
Pre-Order This Delicate We've Made in the US Now!
Fantastic News!
This Delicate Thing We've Made is now available for pre-order in the United States!
Check it out now!
http://www.darrenhayes.com/dh/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1130&Itemid=267
We have also created a special VIP Information page so VIP guests can get all vital information as it becomes available. http://www.darrenhayes.com/dh/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=487&Itemid=201

Popular (The Remixes) Limited Edition from Perfect Beat
This came in my Perfect Beat newsletter today. Cool stuff!
You can buy a very cool limited edition cd of Darren's "Popular" remixes with this special offer.
Perfect Beat is a US based online music store.
(btw You can also buy Darren's US "Step Into The Light" remixes single here and help it climb up the Billboard chart: http://perfectbeat.com/product_info.php?products_id=15853 )
Here is the link and their description of the new "Popular" single that they just got in from Columbia Records...
http://perfectbeat.com/product_info.php?products_id=16018
Darren Hayes
Popular (The Remixes) (Limited Edition)
Lookie the hook up we got this week! Eyes are watching Perfect Beat, and apparently since the success of Darren's latest hit, "Step Into The Light", Columbia though we could use a limited number of this special 2004 pressing of "Popular". Yes, we had this single back in 2004, but not THIS remix package! You get 9 mixes, including 2 NEVER BEFORE released mixes, Jason Nevins Funkrock Remix and Peter Presta Apple Jaxx Remix! These are official CDR pressings from Columbia, with full art and printing on the disc. A collector's item for sure, and no doubt they will be up on E-bay in 2 weeks for $30!
Limited stock, so get ‘em while you can! Maximum, 3 per customer!

The Hit Magazine (AU)
Thanks to Teds for sharing that Darren was mentioned twice in "The Hit Magazine", Melbourne Australia this week and for scanning it for us.
On The Hit Magazine list...
9 things we love this week, Darren was at number 3
"Like a good pop star, Darren Hayes keeps teasing fans with bits of his looming album This Delicate Thing We've made. Go to www.myspace.com/darrenhayes for his prince-y falsetto on the funky dance track Me Myself and I."
Here is the scan of it which includes a very nice picture of Darren:

Also the Melbourne concert ad was in there too!
Here is the scan of the ad:

Scotland Radio Interviews and Acoustic Performances of "On the Verge.."
Thanks to Megan, Hayley and Maria for capturing 3 of Darren's radio interviews in Scotland today (July 17). He also performed "On The Verge Of Something Wonderful" acoustically with Steve on guitar for these stations. You can click on the Interview files which include the acoustic peformance or just listen to the acoustic performance separately.

• July 17, 2007 - BBC Radio Scotland (UK) Interview and Acoustic Performance of Verge
• July 17, 2007 - BBC Radio Scotland (UK) Acoustic Performance of Verge
• July 17, 2007 - Forth 2 Radio (Scotland, UK) Interview and Acoustic Performance of Verge
• July 17, 2007 - Forth 2 Radio (Scotland, UK) Acoustic Performance of Verge
• July 17, 2007 - West FM 96.7 Radio (Scotland, UK) Interview and Acoustic Performance of Verge
• July 17, 2007 - West FM 96.7 Radio (Scotland, UK) Acoustic Performance of Verge

Darren just posted this new blog on his myspace *lol*

Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Radio Promo in the U.K.. and Peeing in Public
Current mood: spacey, tired, thrilled

Right - let's get peeing in public out of the way..
It's not my fault! There were flash floods in Newcastle today and we were an hour late for our inteview there. Being in the car for the 3 hour drive and unable to stop (we were so late!) meant that the 2 litres of water I'd consumed were aching to get out!
We arrived in Newcastle and many of the streets were flooded and the walkway to the Radio Station (where pee salvation was housed) was completely blocked by a flooded tunnel. I was standing there literally about to die when Steve, my ever chirpy and increasingly funnier by the day guitarist suggested I just .. well you know.. do it there in the street along with the running water.

I can't believe I didn't get arrested.
It's a crime right?
But come on.. I was going to pee my pants and it WAS running into a drain!

Does this give you any indication of our hectic day?

Quick rundown.. 5 separate acoustic performances of 'Verge' live at radio.
3 different cities. One LONG day. It's 2 am as I type this and we began at 8.30 am today. We were in Glasgow. Then Edinburgh. Then Ayr. Then Glasgow. Then Newcastle. Now Manchester. I honestly don't know what day it is!

I'm super thrilled about being the number one most requested song on the Box in the UK. That's ace.

This week I'm doing more radio visits until Saturday where I am back in London shooting the cover for Attitude Magazine. It's a huge deal that they've asked me to be their feature story next month and I can't say I remember having many cover stories in my career. So I'm thrilled at the prestige of it all.

Being indie is still a thrill and still kind of scary. I'm trying to have realistic goals and expectations of what the record will do.. how it will chart.. what airplay it will get etc. But in some ways (well many ways) I don't want to stress because I think I've entered an entirely new path in my career. I don't know what lies ahead but I do know it's a very exciting adventure and that every tiny little achievement so far feels like a Grammy Award.

I'm so grateful.
If a little delerious.

xxD

Crave Magazine Interview
There is a nice interview with Darren in Crave Magazine (USA), July 2007 issue. I've added it to our article section. Here is the direct link:
Crave Magazine (US) - Interview With Darren Hayes - July, 2007

U.S alert! Album Preview!! Hear previews of ALL 25 songs!
Exciting news from Darren's myspace...:)
Monday, July 16, 2007
U.S alert! Album Preview!! Hear previews of ALL 25 songs!
ALBUM PREVIEW - HEAR SAMPLES OF ALL 25 SONGS!
This is exciting news, especially for U.S fans who can now pre-order 'THIS DELICATE THING WE'VE MADE' from both Barnes and Nobles and Amazon.com . But even more exciting is that Barnes and Noble are streaming samplers of ALL 25 songs on the album.
VISIT
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?z=y&EAN=634457191426&itm=2
To hear the world exclusive preview.
You can pre order the album there or from Amazon and get it at a pretty good price!
http://www.amazon.com/This-Delicate-Thing-Weve-Made/dp/B000SUKPR0/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-6170470-6380650?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1184265578&sr=8-1
Very very excited Darren Hayes today!
xxD

Audio File of Darren's interview with FM 104.7 Canberra
Thanks to hails for sharing this audio file of Darren's interview with FM104.7 Canberra, Australia. It's quite long but a really nice interview. I've uploaded it to our audio page. Here is the direct link (Feel free to right click and save):
July 16, 2007 - FM 104.7 (Canberra, Australia) Interview

Backstage photos of Darren at PITP Leeds
Thanks so much to Manu for sharing these 3 links to backstage photos of Darren at PITP Leeds. (I especially love the one of Darren with the bags on his shoes. lol That is so cute!)
Here are the links:
http://www.radioaire.co.uk/photoWallPhoto.asp?wallID=30479&photoID=2041583

http://www.radioaire.co.uk/PhotoWall.asp?id=30479&start=13

http://photo.wenn.com/index.php?ref=leeds%20party%20park%20160707&version=uk&session_id=1539c1108f0360d568fd511a06a82347

Audio File of Darren's Backstage Interview at PITP Leeds
Darren performed at Part in the Park Leeds today. He did a short backstage interview with 96.3 Radio Aire. Thanks to Maria for sending me the file. You can hear it by click here (or right click to save): July 15, 2007 - 96.3 Radio Aire (Party In The Park, Leeds, UK) Interview

New myspace blog from Darren....