Long Way To The Top
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Long Way To The Top was an Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) documentary on the history of Australian rock and roll from 1956 to the modern era. It took its name from the AC/DC song "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" originally released in 1975. The original series performed well for the ABC when shown in 2001.[1]
In 2002, promoters Michael Chugg and Kevin Jacobsen decided to build on the popularity of the show by sending a package tour of artists featured in the program on a national concert tour of Australia. Jacobsen's brother Col Joye was on the Long Way To The Top tour as well as Little Pattie, The Masters Apprentices, Stevie Wright, Daddy Cool, Normie Rowe, the Atlantics, John Paul Young and Marcia Hines. The tour proved to be successful taking receipts of $10 million with a budget of $4.5 million. [2] Highlights of the tour were broadcast on the ABC in late 2002 and a DVD went on sale.
The concert tour was a unique event as that lineup had not toured together before and would not tour again. Ross Wilson said: "It was personally a buzz for me, meeting up with some of those '50s guys like Col Joye. Backstage everyone knew they were part of something momentous, because that entire lineup would never come together again. I think the audience got that vibe, too." [3]
[edit] References
- ^ ABC TV Long Way To The Top
- ^ Billboard 10/5/2002, Vol. 114 Issue 40, p20
- ^ Billboard 10/5/2002, Vol. 114 Issue 40, p20
