07-31-02
Thanks Laura for sharing this great news. Darren came fourth in Londons top ten sexiest men! Click here to see the results.
Thanks Elaine for this info. 'Insatiable' is at #14 on the Israeli chart but get this....it has been on the charts for 4 1/2 MONTHS! This is the longest running song in the chart as of now. Congrats Darren!
Thanks Asa for finding an English version of 'The Globes' website in English. This site has information about Darren and his upcoming tour date to Sweden on October 23rd. Click here to go there.
The Darren Hayes Music Fan Club has the international tour dates for the 'Too Close For Comfort' tour listed in their Non-member section. Click here to see them.
Thanks Emma for this news. You can now vote for Darren at SmashHits.net's Poll Winners Party ballot. They have lot's of different categories (there's 30 different categories in all). Click here to go there and vote.
07-30-02
Thanks Asa for this info! Darren will be coming to tour Sweden
on October 23rd, and tickes go on sale next week on September 3rd. For more information, click here (the site is in Swedish) (it is in Swedish).
The Beat.com.au has an interview with Darren on their site. Click here to go to their site and see it.
Huge thanks to Shayne Haze for this news. Xpress is a free magazine available in Australia, and they also have an online version at Xpressmag.com.au which you can see by clicking here (or on the image below).
07-29-02
Unfortunately, the instore appearance that Darren was going to do at Centre Stage of Westfield Toombul in Brisbane on 7th Sept has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond their control. Sorry for anyone who was planning to attend. The Sydney instore appearance is still on. Darren will be appearing at Warringah Mall, Arena Cove CentreStage, in the Northern suburbs of Sydney. It will be hosted by Mall Music. Darren will be there at 12.30PM. He'll be there for about an hour to sing a few songs and sign copies of his CD's.
Thanks Guynemer for uploading the videos for Darren's appearance on CNN and on the 'Pepsi Chart Show'. Click here to download the CNN video. Click here to download the Pepsi Chart Show video (both are in realvideo format).
Thanks Bron for transcribing the interview with Darren on 'Hot Fm' Radio (Australia) from Austust 20. Click here to read it.
07-28-02
Thanks Kris for transcribing the interview with Darren on CNN from Austust 24. Click here to read it.
Attention UK fans! Virgin Megastores in the UK have a limited number of the Australian 'Crush (1980ME)' single - it hasn't even been released in Australia yet - on sale now in the UK.
News has it that there will be a 2nd Melbourne show for Darren's concert. It will be on
September 11 and the tickets go on sale friday (not sure which Friday as of yet though). Apparently this is going to be an ages 18+ only show.
07-27-02
Thanks Georgia for typing up the article in the current 'Forte Magazine' in Australia. Click here to read it.
Thanks Clara for this news. Take 40.com has a listing of eligible songs for the 16th Annual Aria Awards. 'Insatiable', 'Strange Relationship' and 'Spin' are listed, along with audio/video. Also the Daniel Jones produced group, Aneiki - who will be supporting Darren during the Austrailian leg of his tour - has their songs '15 Minutes', 'Pleased to Meet You' and 'Superhero' listed as well. Click here to go to Take40.com, and once you're on the entry page, click on the 16th Annual Aria Awards graphic when it comes up, then go to Eligible Releases. Darren is listed under 'D'.
Thanks Vanessa for sharing these stills of Darren's appearance on the 'Pepsi Charts' in Mexico City back on June 3, 2002. Click on any one of the stills below to see them all, and in full size.
 
07-26-02
Thanks Georgie for typing up the transcript of Darren's appearance on 'The Monday Dump' in Australia today. Click here to read it.
Huge thanks to Lisa for this news:
Darren will be appearing at Warringah Mall, Arena Cove CentreStage, in the Northern suburbs of Sydney on the 1st of September. Darren will perform tracks from his 5 live track CD SPIN - Australian Tour Edition including his single Crush at 1 pm. After the performance Darren will be available to sign CD's. If you live in the Sydney area, please come and support Darren. :)
Huge thanks to Yelena for this news. The Herald Sun has an article on their website - Angry, not savage - which is Darren answering yet again to how he feels about false rumours of him being dropped as priority in the US. He does give us a bit of info about his tour as well, he says he will be using a lot of Savage Garden songs as well as his own from Spin and that there won't be an elaborate set design, props or costume changes. Click here to read it on their site.
Thanks Emma for this news. Channel [V] has a voting poll up on their site for fans to vote for their Artist of the Year. It's open to Australian residents only. Darren is choice #20. This will also enter you in a contest on their site when you vote. Click here to go to their site.
Thanks Jen for typing up the article in today's issue of the Newcastle Herald (Australia). Click here to read it.
Thanks Guynemer for uploading the stills from Darren's appearance on CNN. Click on any one of the images below to see all of the stills and in full size.
  
07-25-02
Thanks Spinner for typing up this article of Darren in today's 'Sunday Herald Sun'(Australia). Click here to read it.
Thanks Tara for this news. Darren will be on the Breakfast show (6-9am) with Richard Stubbs tomorrow on Mix 101.1 in Victoria (Australia). Unfortunatly there is no online listening option, but you can check out their website here
07-24-02
Thanks Tracey for the news that the CNN repeat with Darren will be on the music show tonight, August 24, at 23.30 Sydney Time. We are not sure if it is being played internationally though.
Thanks Toby for sharing this info about Darren's upcoming performance at Westfield Toombul - Centre Stage on Saturday 7 September, 12pm (taken from Taken from >a href="http://www.westfield.com/au/centres/qld/toombul/whatson/">Taken from http://www.westfield.com/au/centres/qld/toombul/whatson/:
Queenslander Darren Hayes, who has conquered both the Australian and global music markets, will perform live on Centre Stage at 12pm, Saturday 7 September. Former Savage Garden frontman will perform songs from his new album 'Spin' in his only Brisbane appearance. Buy a copy of 'Spin' and Darren will sign it, plus you'll get the chance to win two tickets to his live concert 'Too Close for Comfort' at the Brisbane Exhibition Centre on the same night! Come in and see one of Brisbane's most successful musical exports live at Westfield Toombul."
Darren appeared on CNN's 'Showbiz' this morning and CNN have put up the transcript as well as a couple of pictures of his appearance up on their site. Click here (or on any one of the images below) to check it out.
 
Thanks sg911 for typing the transcript of Darren's appearance on 'Take 40' in Australia just recently. Click here to read it.
Thanks Jen for typing out the last part of the transcript from Darren's appearance on 'Fat 30' on 'Sea FM Radio' (Australia) radio. Click here to read it.
Thanks Adam for finding this editorial about Darren kicking off his first solo tour on citysearch.com.au. Click here to read it on their site.
07-23-02
Thanks Magda for this news that Darren is #1 on Muzyka in Poland. You can help vote by clicking here. Just click by the blue arrow and after the survey appears, it doesn't need to be filled.
Thanks Jen for typing out the second part of the transcript from Darren's appearance on 'Fat 30' on 'Sea FM Radio' (Australia) radio. Click here to read it.
07-22-02
Thanks to Marilu for the news that Darren is going to be appearing on the 'Pepsi Chart' show in Mexico (channel 5) next monday (Aug. 26th).
Thanks Jen for typing out the first part of the transcript from Darren's appearance on 'Fat 30' on 'Sea FM Radio' (Australia) radio last night. Click here to read it.
Thanks Georgie for typing up this short review of 'Crush (1980ME)' in 'the singles' section of today's 'Herald Sun' (Australia):
If you're going to make an '80s musical throwback, you may as well be shameless about it. Crush is more '80s than fluoro leg warmers and name drops everyone from Simon Le Bon to Papa Smurf. Don't let radio tell you he's not cool enough, kids, this is A-grade pop." - Four stars
07-21-02
Here are the current world wide charts for Darren:
ARIA/Australasian album chart - week commencing 19 August, 2002
Spin - re-entered the chart at # 20.
New Zealand Singles Chart dated 18 August, 2002
Strange Relationship - re-entered the chart at # 44.
Sweden Album chart dated 15 August, 2002
Spin - #45 (down 3)
UK Charts dated 18 August, 2002
Albums - Spin # 25 (down 3)
Singles - Strange Relationship # 55 (down 1)
Savage Garden US Billboard Charts - Issue date August 24, 2002
Adult Contemporary Recurrent Chart
I Knew I Loved You # 3 (same as last week)
Truly Madly Deeply # 10 (same as last week)
Thanks to Robert over at MTV.co.uk for this news about their upcoming special:
WHAT? Bank Holiday Hits Fest
WHERE? MTV Hits
WHEN? Bank Holiday Monday (August 26th)
It's Bank holiday and all you wanna do is kick back, relax and watch some good (nay, brilliant) videos on telly. Doesn't happen often does it?
Well, that's all about to change this bank holiday (August 26). The clever bods at MTV Hits are giving you the chance to choose what you want to see on MTV Hits. Yep that's right, you have control from 10am-2pm.
And, they've narrowed it down for you...
Five Night Stand 2001: (Hearsay, A1 and Five)
Five Night Stand 2002: (Blue, Liberty X and 3SL)
Number Ones Of 1999: (Steps, 911 and Boyzone)
Number Ones Of 2000
Number Ones Of 2001
Westlife Videography
Backstreet Boys Videography
Kylie Minogue Videography
One Hit Wonders
Just make your selection from the list then click here (or on the image below) to enter in your list.
Remember, if you don't vote, you could end up watching hours of Val Doonican... who? Exactly.
07-20-02
Thanks Aya for this news. The Japanese tour dates for Darren's 'Too Close For Comfort' tour are:
Tuesday 12 Nov. - Tokyo Ebisu Garden Hall
Wednesday 13 Nov. - Tokyo Ebisu Garden Hall
Friday 15 Nov. - Nagoya Bottom Line
Sunday 17 Nov. - Osaka Namba Hatch
YoungScot.org has ticket and venue information for Darren's show in Glasgow in September. Click here to see it on their site.
07-19-02
There's a Spin Review in the September issue if Magazine. Click here to read it.
There's a mention of Darren's upcoming tour with a quote from him on 'Columbia Record's' website. Click here to go to their site and scroll down the page a bit.
'FoxFM' is giving you the chance to win tickets to Darren's show in Melbourne on August 31st. Click here to enter on their site. Good Luck!
BRW.com.au has an article about managers making talent into stars which features John Woodruff and speaks of his work with Savage Garden. Click here to see it on their site.
07-18-02
Thanks Danidar for uploading the video of Darren's performance of 'Strange Relationship' at 'Party in the Park' from July 7, 2002. Click here to watch it!
Another concert date has been added for Darren's 'Too Close For Comfort' tour in Sydney. Tickets for the September 3rd date at the Enmore Theatre go on sale this Monday. You can get them at www.ticketek.com.au.
Thanks Toby for the lyrics to Darren's new B'Side song that will be appearing on the 'Crush' single called 'Right Dead Back On It'. Click here to read the lyrics.
07-17-02
Thanks Laurina for finding these amazing photos of Darren in China. Click on any one of the images below to see it in full size and to see even more!
   
Thanks Tracy for sharing the info that she just received from De-Montfort Hall (which is the venue that she's going to) a booklet advertising concerts.
Darren is in the book and there is a little picture of him (Insatiable CD cover) and a lovely text:
"DARREN HAYES PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS"
MONDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER 7.30pm
Singer with Australian pop duo Savage Garden, Darren Hayes became a hit across the globe with his stunning and unique voice. Recently embarking on a solo career Darren has been wowing the pop world all over again with his summer hit Insatiable.
07-16-02
Thanks Elaine for sharing this info:
I just received an email from Dani at the NiteMix in Australia. She wanted me to tell you that Darren was in her studio and recorded an interview which will be broadcast on her show on Friday the 23rd of August. She'll let me know exactly when so stay tuned for the exact time.
The address is www.nitemixonline.com
Thanks Mony for scanning in the articles of Darren in this month's issue of 'Eres Magazine' (Mexico). Also, thanks goes out to Vanessa and Melissa for translating the article for us. Click on any one of the images below to see the article and read the translation.
   
Thanks Heather for typing up the transcipt from Darren's appearance on yesterday's 'Popworld' in the UK. Click here to read it.
07-15-02
Thanks Spinner for sharing this info. Mix 106.5FM Radio (in Australia) has a contest running right now in which you can win tickets to Darren's concert! Click here or on the screen shot below to go to their site for more info and/or to enter the contest. You can also send in requests, so if you can request Darren's 'Crush' that would be great!
Thanks Asa for this news. Strange Relationship
is going to be the next single in Sweden. It will be released on the 19th of August.
Below is a list of the releases (info taken from SonyMusic.se.
Strange Relationship: Europe : 672828 1 : CD Single
1. Strange Relationship
2. Sexual Healing (capital Radio Session)
Europe : 672828 2 : CD Extra Maxi Single
1. Strange Relationship
2. Sexual Healing (capital Radio Session)
3. So Bad (original Demo Recording)
4. Strange Relationship (dp Vs. Darren Hayes Mix)
Europe : 672868 4 : Cassette Single
1. Strange Relationship
2. Sexual Healing (capital Radio Session)
1. Strange Relationship
2. Sexual Healing (capital Radio Session)
Europe : 672868 5 : CD Maxi Single
1. Strange Relationship
2. Insatiable (capital Radio Session)
3. Strange Relationship (dp Vs. Darren Hayes Mix)
Thanks Karen for the news that Darren is going to be on tomorrow's show of 'Popworld' (UK). It's on at 9.30am on channel 4.
Thanks Spinner for typing up the article in today's issue of the 'Courier Mail' (Australia). Click here to read it.
07-14-02
Thanks Charlene for sharing these pictures from Darren's appearance at the MTV China awards show - the one where he won Best New International Male Artist. Click on the image below that you want, to see it in full size.
 
RE:Covered has a real player clip up of Darren's performance of 'I Can't Help Falling In Love With You' for their Elvis special. Click here to see it on their site.
07-13-02
Darren has updated his journal at Darrenhayes.com. Click here to read his entry.
Thanks Emma for sharing this. Darren just made it number 1 on the Swedish radiostation Rix fm's top 6 list. Go Darren!
Thanks Janet for this news that SAFM.com.au has a mention of Darren's upcoming 'Too Close for Comfort' tour. Click here to see it on their site.
The 'Crush' release date for Australia has been put back to September 2nd. Thanks Peter from SoundWorld.com.au for this news.
07-12-02
Thanks Tracey for this news. B105 in Australia will be giving away tickets to Darren's concert in Brisbane, and they also say to listen for exclusive interviews. Click here to see it on their Giveaways page, scroll down. Click on the image below to see their promo page with a picture of Darren.
Thanks Michelle K. for scanning in these articles that appeared in the Sunday papers in Australia. Click here (or on the 1st image below) to see the 'Sydney Morning Herald', and here (or on the 2nd image below) to see the 'Sunday Telegraph'.
 
Sound World has the new 2CD Spin: Australian Tour Edition CD up on their site for pre-order (see CD details below in news of 8.10). This set includes the Spin album, extra track The Heart Wants What It Wants and special live versions of Dirty, Insatiable, Strange Relationship, I Miss You and Good Enough. It will be released in Australia on September 2, 2002. Click here to pre-order at SoundWorld.com.au.
07-11-02
Huge thanks to Brock for sharing this news:
"Darren appeared in both Sunday Sydney newspapers today. In the Herald, he was talking from Brisbane where he is rehearsing with the 7 piece band for the concerts, basically talking about false rumours and how he hits those high notes in 'Insatiable'
The Telegraph had a short piece of Darren wearing a shirt saying 'What Tall Poppy syndrome?', basically he's getting back at critics by designing commentative t-shirts. Others include 'Yes Daniel and I are speaking' and 'this IS the real colour of my hair'."
Huge thanks to Dorothee for taking these great high quality screenshots of Darren from her Savage Garden DVD. Click on the image you want to see it in full size.
  
  
  
The audio version of Darren's interview from Friday on HNFM Live is now up! Click here to go to their site and listen.
07-10-02
The Elvis special on Re:Covered will now be on August 16th rather than the 18th. Thanks to Karen for this note:
UK TV Alert Re-Covered Elvis Special: This info is from Karen....Darren is on BBC Choice on 16th August, on an Elvis Special..He sang "I can't help falling in love with you". As usual he sounded fantastic! Just thought I would let u know, so that u could pass it on..it should be a great show...its on at 8.30pm.
Thanks Shayne Haze for sharing this. Here is a snippet from a the recent 'West Australian Magazine' about stars' essentials:
Essentials - DARREN HAYES - Pop Singer
My most treasured possession is some rosary beads given to me by my sister 6 years ago. She travelled the world with them before having children. They are always with me and have been on every plane flight. I hang them in my hotel rooms. I don't use them but they are very grounding for me.
I'ts not nessessarily a Christian thing for me but an object of affection. They are as cheap as you can get and she got them from The Vatican.
Runner-up is an E.T. box set. It's an original vynil pressing, narrated by Michael Jackson. There's a huge pull out poster of Michael Jackson and E.T. together and the original application to join the E.T. fanclub from 1983. I'm a huge E.T. fan. That's in my house in San Francisco.
HMV is now taking pre-orders on a new version of Spin which contains 5 live songs. The CD is due to be release on September 2nd. Click here to see/order it. Here is the track listing:
1 Strange Relationship
2 Insatiable (album version)
3 Heart Attack
4 I Miss You
5 Creepin' Up On You
6 Dirty
7 Crush (1980 ME)
8 Good Enough
9 I Can't Ever Get Enough of You
10 Like It Or Not
11 What You Like
12 Spin
13 The Heart Wants What It Wants (album version)
14 Dirty (live)
15 Insatiable (live)
16 Strange Relationship (live)
17 I Miss You (live)
18 Good Enough (live)
Thanks Spike for the news that the Elvis Special of Re:Covered featuring Darren covering 'I Can't Help Falling In Love With You' will be shown on BBC 1 on Saturday August 17th at 12:25am to 1:00am.
The transcript from the 'HNFMlive' interview is now up on their site. Click here to read it.
07-09-02
Thanks Ema for sharing this. You may remember that HNFMLive was doing an interview with Darren on Friday. Well, the interview is all finished and they will be posting a transcript (and possibly audio) on their site very soon. So keep your eye out for that!
Thanks Dyan for sharing this. Take40.com has footage of Darren recording Spin up on their site. Click here to go to their site and just click on the red 'features' tab at the top left and choose 'Darren Hayes'.
07-08-02
It has been heard that the new Darren single for North America is going to be 'I Miss You' and will be released in December. Thanks Pandora for sharing this news!
I did some searching on the internet and came across this website called Body Body Wear and Darren is there! They have a few pics of Darren there back when Darren was getting ready for the 'Affirmation' tour. Click on the images below to see them in full size.
 
Huge ShayneHaze for sharing these. Here are 2 articles from Australian local papers that mention Darren's upcoming tour in Australia:
From ZebraHype: The now blonde bombshell half of Savage Garden - also known as Darren Hayes - will be kicking off on his first live solo tour since the savage pair split. The Too Close For Comfort Tour follows on from the success of Hayes' solo album, Spin. The show will highlight tracks from Spin, with Hayes also slipping in a few Savage Garden classics including Truly Madly Deeply, I Knew I Loved You, Affirmation, I Want You, To The Moon And Back, Santa Monica and Break Me Shake Me. Sounds like Dazza will be stirring up a pretty happening party and he won't have to do it all on his lonesome. Andrew Dorsett, Antigua Lee Novak, Tina Kopa, and Angela Bekker have been recruited as Hayes' back up band for the tour. This Too Close For Comfort Tour stops by at the Burswood Theatre on Sunday, September 15. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Friday August 9.
From X-Press: Ex-brunette Savage Gardener now blonde solo artist Darren Hayes is bringing his unique brand of pop to his Australian fans with his Too Close For Comfort Tour. Hayes kicks off the party in Melbourne at the end of August and closes the show at Burswood Theatre on Sunday, September 15. As well as performing tracks from his latest album, Spin (debuting at number three in the ARIA charts), Hayes will also be belting out some Savage' classics along the way. Tickets go on sale for the Perth leg of the out on Friday August 9 and are available from BOCS or click on www.bocsticketing.com.au.
Thanks Dee for sharing these scans from the August 8th issue of the Sunday Herald in Australia's 'Hit Magazine'. Click on any one of the scans below to see/read the article.
 
07-07-02
Thanks PurpleHayes for sharing this. There is an article in the August 5th issue of London's 'The Evening Standard' that gives an inside look at stars' Personal Assistants, and Susie Steadman, Darren's PA, is one of the PA's that they quote. Click here to read it.
Thanks Francesa for this info that Savage Garden are mentioned on Salon.com in an article that talks about Subway Love. Click here to see it on their site.
07-06-02
HNFM Live is interviewing Darren on Friday and is asking fans to send in their questions. Click here or on the banner below to go to their site and ask your question.
Thanks Kaz for typing up the last part of the transcript of Darren's appearance on lJabba's Morning Gloryl. Click here.
Ticketek has venue and seating info on their site for the following venues: Brisbane Convention Center, Civic Theatre Newcastle, Enmore Theatre, Royal Theatre Canberra and Win Entertainment Centre. Click here to go to their site.
07-05-02
Thanks to gotalittlecrush for sharing this article with Darren in this months issue of SX Magazine (UK). Click here to read it.
Darren appeared, via prerecorded interview, with Mark Dennison on the 'Sunday Morning Cafe' radio show yesterday. Click here to read the transcript.
DarrenHayesFans.com is running a promotional contest for Australian fans. Prizes include tickets to one of Darren's concerts in Australia, an autographed Too Close For Comfort tour program, and more. Click here to find out more.
07-04-02
Thanks Wendy for typing up the 3rd part of the transcript of Darren on 'Jabba's Morning Glory' on Channel V. Click here to read it.
You can now watch Darren's 'Crush' video in mpg format. Just click here to download it.
Thanks Tobi uploading these 273 stills from Darren's 'Crush' video. They are in a .zip file for you to download which you can get by clicking here.
Thanks Bibly for sharing MORE screen shots from Darren's appearance on 'Jabba's Morning Glory'. Click here or on any one of the images below to see all of the stills and in full size.
  
07-03-02
Thanks Bibly for sharing these screen shots from Darren's appearance on 'Jabba's Morning Glory' yesterday. Click here or on any one of the images below to see all of the stills and in full size.
  
Thanks Wendy for typing up the first 2 parts of the transcript of Darren on yesterday's 'Jabba's Morning Glory' on Channel V. Click here to read it.
Darren's Insatiable is included on a double CD compilation called 'Hits 53.' Click on the CD cover below to see the track listings and maybe even purchase it.
The Beat.com has a mention of Darren's 'Too Close For Comfort' tour in their 'Hot Talk' section. Just click here to go to their site and then scroll down till you see the tagline 'not so savage darren.' Thanks Francesca for sharing this.
OurBrisbane.com has an interview with Darren on their site. The article is titled - Magic in the Room. Click here to read it.
07-02-02
Thanks Spinner for sharing this info that 'Rage' (Australia TV) will be playing the 'Crush' music video on Saturday morning just after 5am (Australian time) but check your local guides to be sure.
Channel V will be running the 'Jabba's Morning Glory' show with darren (repeat) this Saturday August 3rd. Here's more info from their site:
Saturday 3 August | What a HUGE show we have for you, and speaking of HUGE our mate Darren Hayes is dropping in to give advice on your latest crush - so call up if you fancy the guy on the bus or even the guy who drives the bus. The lovely lady Alison Michalk (editor) from BLUNT Magazine is going to flash... us a sneak preview inside her next issue (pssst - big Aussie Band on the front cover). Last but definitely not least Mike 'The Man' Kerry is making his debut appearance on the JMG set today ....... ooooooohh!!!
07-01-02
Thanks Antonina for translating the article with Darren in the recent 'Cool Magazine' (Russia). Click here to see and read the article.
Lime Magazine has Darren in the Hot Shots section of their website. Click on the image below to read the short article.
Thanks Francesca for sharing this info. She was searching for more information on Gosh Makeup - the company that did the makeup for the Crush (1980ME) video. Well their website is now up, and they do list the Crush video under their recent projects. Great job by Gosh owner Sharon English on that 1980's look in the video. Click here to visit their site.
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