Toni Collette & the Finish
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Toni Collette & The Finish are a band fronted by Australian actress, singer and songwriter Toni Collette
. Other band members include Collette's husband Dave Galafassi, Glenn Richards, David Lane and Pete Farley.
The band's debut album Beautiful Awkward Pictures was released on 7 October 2006. The album contains eleven tracks, all written by Collette, with arrangements by the band. The album debuted at the 12th spot on the AIR Independent Distribution album chart.
From an interview in the Live Earth program Toni Collette says "I never wanted this record to be a big loud statement. I just wanted it to be quiet, organic and very old school, cruisey in a lo-fi kind of way. It's like in life there are the people who talk a lot and needs a lot of attention and then there is someone who is really quiet - I want my record to be like that quiet person. The more you get to know it, the more you like it"
Chart positions
The band released their debut single "Beautiful Awkward Pictures" on the 2 September 2006. The single debuted at the 18th spot on the AIR Independent Distribution Singles/EPs Chart and reached its peak position of 8 the following week. As of the 16 November 2006 the single has spent 8 non-consecutive weeks on the AIR chart.
The video clip for the single features Toni Collette walking along a beach. Later in the video clip a man runs into the water to rescue a female who appears to have drowned. This female is later revealed to be Collette.
Chart positions
"Look Up"
"Look Up" was chosen as the 2nd single from Toni Collette and the Finish's highly successful independent album Beautiful Awkward Pictures because of the positive critical reaction and the reception it got at the sold out 2006 tour around New South Wales.
The accompanying video was filmed in Sydney by Paul Goldman and Alice Bell (the partnership behind the award-winning movie Suburban Mayhem) and since release in mid January has been on high rotation on most video outlets introducing more people to the band's emotive, heady and soul-stirring music.
The single features two live tracks from Toni Collettes MAX Session.
The single is in limited release, and it sold in ARIA participating outlets and at Toni Collette's tour merchandise stand.
Chart positions
It got such a positive reaction it helped introduce Toni to a larger audience and overwrote the media image of actor wanting to sing, to actor turned singer.
Toni performed her last 2007 gig at The Vanguard at Newtown as a secret show; this show was sold out within a few days.
Toni & The Finish announced that they will do a very special "warm up" show at the Gaelic Club Surry Hills on the 5/7/2007 for the basis to have fun before Live Earth. This also was the mark of Glenn Richards on guitar reuniting with the band to perform live as on the band's Look Up tour Richards was unable to tour with them because of recording commitments with Augie March. This warm-up show sold out the Gaelic club and got a very positive reaction from the crowd.
on 7 July 2007. This would be Toni & The Finish's biggest gig to date. Toni Collette & The Finish headlined the concert along with Wolfmother
, Crowded House
, Jack Johnson
, and Missy Higgins
.
Toni Collete & The Finish were the second headline act for the daytime session of Live Earth. The audience gave a very positive reaction to Toni's songs and her belief of going green. Toni performed a 30-minute set of her own songs from her debut album Beautiful Awkward Pictures and a cover of T-Rex's song "Children of the Revolution".
The setlist for Toni Collette & The Finish was
Toni Collette
Antonia "Toni" Collette is an Australian actress and musician, known for her acting work on stage, television and film as well as a secondary career as the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish....
. Other band members include Collette's husband Dave Galafassi, Glenn Richards, David Lane and Pete Farley.
Personnel
- Dave Galafassi (Drums) - Collette's husband. Drummer in many local Sydney bands.
- Glenn RichardsGlenn RichardsGlenn Anthony Richards is the mainstay guitarist singer-songwriter for the Australian rock band Augie March.-Early years:Richards was born in Shepparton, Victoria...
- Guitar. Successful singer/songwriter/guitarist - Richards won 2007 Song of the Year for his band Augie MarchAugie MarchAugie March are an Australian indie/pop rock band. Formed in 1996 in Shepparton, Victoria, the band currently consists of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Glenn Richards, lead guitarist Adam Donovan, bassist Edmondo Ammendola, drummer David Williams, and keyboardist Kiernan Box...
's "One Crowded Hour". - Pete Farley - (Bass) - Multi-instrumentalist who has played in many successful independent Sydney bands.
- David Lane - (Piano/keys) - Successful singer/songwriter who has recorded three LPs and has been quoted as "Sydney's underground music gem".
- Amanda BrownAmanda Brown (musician)Amanda Gabrielle Brown is an Australian composer, classically trained musician, singer and songwriter, renowned for her role as the violinist of the band The Go-Betweens and more recently a session musician and soundtrack composer....
- (multi-instrumentalist) - Joined The Finish for Toni & The Finish Australian tour and is now a permanent member.
Albums
Beautiful Awkward PicturesThe band's debut album Beautiful Awkward Pictures was released on 7 October 2006. The album contains eleven tracks, all written by Collette, with arrangements by the band. The album debuted at the 12th spot on the AIR Independent Distribution album chart.
From an interview in the Live Earth program Toni Collette says "I never wanted this record to be a big loud statement. I just wanted it to be quiet, organic and very old school, cruisey in a lo-fi kind of way. It's like in life there are the people who talk a lot and needs a lot of attention and then there is someone who is really quiet - I want my record to be like that quiet person. The more you get to know it, the more you like it"
Chart positions
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| AIR Indie Distro Album Chart | 12 |
Singles
"Beautiful Awkward Pictures"The band released their debut single "Beautiful Awkward Pictures" on the 2 September 2006. The single debuted at the 18th spot on the AIR Independent Distribution Singles/EPs Chart and reached its peak position of 8 the following week. As of the 16 November 2006 the single has spent 8 non-consecutive weeks on the AIR chart.
The video clip for the single features Toni Collette walking along a beach. Later in the video clip a man runs into the water to rescue a female who appears to have drowned. This female is later revealed to be Collette.
Chart positions
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| AIR Indie Distro Singles/EPs Chart | 8 |
"Look Up"
"Look Up" was chosen as the 2nd single from Toni Collette and the Finish's highly successful independent album Beautiful Awkward Pictures because of the positive critical reaction and the reception it got at the sold out 2006 tour around New South Wales.
The accompanying video was filmed in Sydney by Paul Goldman and Alice Bell (the partnership behind the award-winning movie Suburban Mayhem) and since release in mid January has been on high rotation on most video outlets introducing more people to the band's emotive, heady and soul-stirring music.
The single features two live tracks from Toni Collettes MAX Session.
The single is in limited release, and it sold in ARIA participating outlets and at Toni Collette's tour merchandise stand.
Chart positions
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| ARIA Australian Chart | 18 |
| Singles Chart | 61 |
- Note: Singles chart are based on the number of distributed copies around ARIA outlets. In no way does this represent sales. For an independent band, "Look Up" in its weeks it's been in the charts has done well.
MAX session
In November 2006 Toni Collette & The Finish recorded their first ever televised performance at the Sydney Opera House for the MAX Sessions for Foxtel music station MAX. MAX sessions is a successful live intimate performance of a recording artist which includes questions from the audience, interviews and stories. Toni's MAX session was shown in January and was one of the highest rated MAX sessions ever televised. It was so popular MAX showed repeats throughout the month and occasionally throughout the first half of the year because of the number of requests for it to be shown again.It got such a positive reaction it helped introduce Toni to a larger audience and overwrote the media image of actor wanting to sing, to actor turned singer.
Tours
Toni Collette & The Finish toured constantly around Australia throughout the end of 2006 to early 2007. Most venues were sell outs. The audience and critics alike were all positive reviews of their show.Toni performed her last 2007 gig at The Vanguard at Newtown as a secret show; this show was sold out within a few days.
Toni & The Finish announced that they will do a very special "warm up" show at the Gaelic Club Surry Hills on the 5/7/2007 for the basis to have fun before Live Earth. This also was the mark of Glenn Richards on guitar reuniting with the band to perform live as on the band's Look Up tour Richards was unable to tour with them because of recording commitments with Augie March. This warm-up show sold out the Gaelic club and got a very positive reaction from the crowd.
Live Earth
Toni Collette and The Finish played at the Australian leg of the Live Earth concert in SydneyLive Earth concert, Sydney
The Live Earth concert in Australia was held at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney on 7 July 2007, in front of around 45,000 people. It was the first of the Live Earth concerts to kick-off the day-long event & promoted by Michael Chugg, Amanda Pelman of Chugg Entertainment, Joe Segreto of IMC /...
on 7 July 2007. This would be Toni & The Finish's biggest gig to date. Toni Collette & The Finish headlined the concert along with Wolfmother
Wolfmother
Wolfmother is an Australian rock band from Erskineville, Sydney. Formed in 2000, the group was originally a trio composed of vocalist and guitarist Andrew Stockdale, bassist and keyboardist Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett. Wolfmother released their self-titled debut album in October 2005,...
, Crowded House
Crowded House
Crowded House are a rock band, formed in Melbourne, Australia and led by New Zealand singer-songwriter Neil Finn. Finn is the primary songwriter and creative director of the band, having led it through several incarnations, drawing members from New Zealand , Australia and the United States...
, Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson (musician)
Jack Johnson was born May 18, 1975 is an American folk rock singer-songwriter, surfer and musician known for his work in the soft rock and acoustic genres. In 2001, he achieved commercial success after the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales. He has since released four more albums, a...
, and Missy Higgins
Missy Higgins
Melissa "Missy" Morrison Higgins is an Australian pop singer-songwriter, musician and actor. Her No. 1 albums in Australia are The Sound of White and On a Clear Night , and her Top Ten singles are "Scar", "The Special Two", "Steer" and "Where I Stood". From a musical family in...
.
Toni Collete & The Finish were the second headline act for the daytime session of Live Earth. The audience gave a very positive reaction to Toni's songs and her belief of going green. Toni performed a 30-minute set of her own songs from her debut album Beautiful Awkward Pictures and a cover of T-Rex's song "Children of the Revolution".
The setlist for Toni Collette & The Finish was
- "This Moment is Golden"
- "Johnny's Lips"
- "Tender Hooks"
- "Cowboy Games" (before the song Toni announced that it can be considered as a view of Australian politicians)
- "Look Up" (Toni announced it as the theme song for environment)
- "Children of the Revolution" (Toni's cover of this song got a wide media coverage around the world and was suited for the occasion)
2007 "Look Up" tour dates
| Date | City | Country | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 March 2007 | Parramatta Parramatta, New South Wales Parramatta is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Greater Western Sydney west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River. Parramatta is the administrative seat of the Local Government Area of the City of Parramatta... |
Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
Gasworks | Sold out |
| 2 March 2007 | Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... |
The Gaelic Club | Sold out | |
| 3 March 2007 | Revesby Revesby, New South Wales Revesby, a suburb of local government area City of Bankstown, is located 22 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and is a part of the South-western Sydney region.... |
Whitlam Theatre | ||
| 7 March 2007 | Moorooduc Moorooduc, Victoria Moorooduc is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.The Moorooduc Highway runs through the locality, being the main route between Melbourne and the Peninsula.... |
Peninsula Lounge | ||
| 8 March 2007 | St Kilda St Kilda, Victoria St Kilda is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip... |
Prince of Wales Hotel | ||
| 9 March 2007 | Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million... |
Fowlers Live | ||
| 10 March 2007 | Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000.... |
The Rosemount | Sold out | |
| 11 March 2007 | Fremantle Fremantle Freemantle is a suburb of Southampton in England.Fremantle or Freemantle may also refer to:- Places :* Fremantle, the port city to the capital Perth, Western Australia... |
Fly By Night Club | Sold out | |
| 15 March 2007 | Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of... |
The Tivoli | Sold out | |
| 16 March 2007 | Coolangatta Coolangatta, Queensland Coolangatta is the southernmost suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It has a population of 4,869 and is named after the schooner Coolangatta which was wrecked there in 1846.... |
The Coolangatta Hotel | Sold out | |
| 17 March 2007 | Byron Bay Byron Bay, New South Wales Byron Bay is a beachside town located in the far-northeastern corner of the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located north of Sydney and south of Brisbane. Cape Byron, a headland adjacent to the town, is the easternmost point of mainland Australia. At the 2006 Census, the town had a... |
The Great Northern | Sold out | |
| The Vanguard Secret Show | Sold out | |||
| Gaelic Club Live Earth Warm Up Show | Sold out |