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8th February 2004 - Message from Darren
This is just a quick note to let you all know how much I love and appreciate your support and
most recently your enthusiasm about my new music. Believe me, I wish I could just put the
album out right now and get out on the road and sing it all for you.. but there are so many
other things to set in place before this baby is ready. Now that the album is done, the
behind the scenes team are busy putting together the plan of exactly how we're going to go
about presenting it to you. Just trust me that I'm so very proud of this record and that your
love and support means the world to me. I know eventually this wait will all be worth it.
So see you soon(ish!)
Big hugs and love always
your biggest fan
Darren Stanley Hayes
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20th January 2004 - Speculation About Album Release Date
We would like to remind everyone that although there has been a lot of speculation on the internet as to when Darren's album is due, there is no confirmed release date as yet.
All we can tell you is that Darren's record company is thrilled with the new music and are expecting to release the first single in the first quarter of 2004. Right now Darren and his management are busy planning the first music video and the album photoshoot.
We promise to give you the official dates as soon as they are concrete.
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21st December 2003 - Holiday Message
I've had the most perfect day.
I'm home in Australia with my family all around me. I spent the day
with my niece and nephew seeing 'Peter Pan' at the movies,
hangin' out at the mall, shopping for Christmas and just being a
regular normal brother/uncle/son.
It's so weird to be happy. It's been so long since I've felt this
way. Let me back track.
I sat in the car with my mother yesterday, driving out to visit my
brother and listening to my new record. As we made the hour long drive
out there we had sat
through the entire record and I realized how hard it must be for a
mother to hear her son cry musically.. to ache or to yearn as some of
the songs on this new record do. And she cried a little and I realized
that I really do use my music as a way to communicate to everyone. And even
though a lot of the songs on the record describe a journey in and out
of darkness I am ultimately a very happy and grateful soul. I found
myself reassuring my mother that I was o.k and telling her that in some
ways I get it all out with the music and then I move forward.
And then there I was watching 'peter pan' about the boy who never
wanted to grow up.
And I'm aware of the cliché's surrounding such a complex.. and yet it
moved me on so many levels because that theme is very central to me.
I always thought that growing up meant losing some of your innocence.
Yet here I am 31 years of age and I am an adult. I'm somewhat cynical.
I'm wiser. But I haven't lost my innocence.
I'm finally taking stock of the last few years that almost killed me
and yet provided such an beautiful catalyst for this new album, and
more importantly.. this incredible perspective I have on my life and
what really matters.
And that's where I am today. I just feel at peace. I'm accepting
that happiness is not mindless joy. It is not some elusive nirvana of
perfection and romantic sunsets. It is flawed.
Beautifully. It is bitter and sweet. And it's such a great time to
express that... here in this holiday season where (regardless of
religion) we find ourselves reconnecting and gathering in this ritual.
For me, it's about returning 'home' and taking time to appreciate my
life and my blessings.
Here are some of them just this week.
Doing yoga with my sister and her children and watching her 6 year old
son meditate with his hands in prayer position.
Reading him 'how the grinch stole Christmas' tonight and having him
tell me why presents weren't important but family was.
Reading through all my fan mail, running into strangers in the street
who still know my name... and just feeling the most incredible
gratitude for your unconditional love.
Watching old Savage Garden footage with the children and thanking God I
had no idea how huge we were when we were on top of the world.. still
in awe of everything that
ever happened.
So that's where my head is at. Happy. That the glass is half full.
And yet half empty. Finally at peace with that.
I wish you all the love in the world.
Peace on Earth!
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24th November 2003 - 2004 Calendar goes on sale
The 2004 Calendar is available now in the shop section. It is a best of the d-Zine issue. |
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16th November 2003 - Chat Transcript 15 November 2003
Darren has just completed his second official online chat for the d-Zine!
You can find a transcript of the Chat Darren did online today by clicking here -> Chat Transcript
Hope you all enjoy it! |
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10th September 2003 - Studio Update at Sony Site
A studio Update has been added over at the sony site. You can find it at www.darrenhayes.com
Hope you all enjoy reading the first of a series of entries from Darren that will be posted there. |
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29th July 2003 - Site Upgrade!
Dear All,
It's been over a year since we first opened our "on-line" doors, and we
have been developing and enhancing our site since those early days.
Recently it has become clear that we needed to expand the operation to
cope with increasing membership numbers and to respond to some of the
suggestions and feed-back we have received.
We've split this action up into three phases. Phase 1 was the
introduction of a new more powerful server, which has been running for a
couple of weeks now. That comes to an end today with the final piece of
equipment being upgraded later today to cope with your download-demands!
Phase 2 will follow as soon as that is done, and will be far more
noticeable to you all. The entire "back-end" database is being upgraded.
The database runs our site, and by replacing the old system with a new
one, we will be able to offer more features on-line to you all. And the
all is important. One of the big changes you will notice is that the
"merchandise" system has changed. You now have a more typical basket
that you can fill with all your Darren goodies. You now also have
complete on-line control of your subscription information. Finally, We are going to introduce an online Registration for Non Members which will allow them to order Merchandise we have for sale on the site and also receive our mail shots called d-News. We'll be introducing other extras as time goes on. One final note is that as a reward to our dedicated members we will also be offering discounts to full members on merchandise, typically 25%.
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16th July 2003 - Moving To New Server
In the next 24 hours we will be moving home to a much larger and better server. We are doing this so we can continue to provide a quality site as we have outgrown our old one. Unfortunately this may cause some inconvenience to you. We are going to have to turn off ordering facilities for both Memberships and Merchandise, the Members Forum,Membership Details Update, and also the d-Pals program. We are doing this to ensure no information is lost in the change over process.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Regards
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3rd July 2003 - Darren Attended Party
Last Night Darren attended the Serpentine Gallery Summer Party in London. Fans can see a pic of Darren at wireimage.com here.
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3rd July 2003 - Darren's Schedule Updated
Darren will be appearing at Party In The Park in London on July 6.
Just confirming Darren will not be singing, it will be an onstage
interview only.
He will be arriving at PITP at around 2.30pm and then he is onstage at around 3.30pm to 3.45pm with Beyonce onstage directly after him.
He is then leaving for Paris to attend the Dior fashion show and won't be back in London until 9th of July.
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2nd July 2003 - Darren Attending Hulk Premiere
Darren Will be attending the Hulk in London.
Thursday 3rd July
Location: Empire cinema; Leicester Square
Doors Open at 6pm- seated by 6.45pm
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2nd July 2003 - Message from Darren!
I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who has gone out of their
way to be so kind to me and say hello to me during my stay in London.
It really has been quite overwhelming to see so many happy smiling faces at
the various events I'm attending. I am very lucky to have such a loyal and
loving group of people cheering me on and I want you to know that I'm very
grateful for the love I feel from all of you.
My only way to repay you for your incredible support and loyalty is by
trying to make the best record I know how to make. The recording has been
going incredibly well.
I'm so pleased with the music that is being created and I can't wait to
share it with you.
Until then, just know that you make me feel like the luckiest guy on earth.
nothing fails
no more fears
nothing fails
you washed away my tears
(Madonna, Nothing Fails - American Life)
with love and thanks always
xDarren
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2nd July 2003 - Darren On Stage AT PITP
We have just received confirmation that Darren will be appearing on stage at Party In The Park in London on July 6th.
We can confirm he will NOT be singing, but will be introducing an act.
We don't have the time he will appear onstage at the moment, however we will let you know as soon as we do! |
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1st July 2003 - Charlie's Angels Time Confirmed
We have just received confirmation that the Charlie's Angels Premiere is going to be at 7.pm
Tuesday 1st July- Charlie's Angels premiere.
Location: Odeon, Leicester Square.
Time: 7pm |
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29th June 2003 - Darren To Attend Charlie's Angels Premiere
Darren will be attending the Charlie's Angels premiere on the 1st July
Tuesday 1st July- Charlie's Angels premiere.
Location: Odeon, Leicester Square.
Time: TBC
Darren has also been invited to the Hulk premier, however due to has busy schedule we are unsure if Darren will be able to attend at this stage... We will keep you posted.
Thursday 3rd July- The Hulk premiere
Location: Empire cinema; Leicester Square
Arrive at 6pm- seated by 6.45pm
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28th June 2003 - Darren Appearing At Film Premiere
On the 29th of June at 6pm, Darren will be attending the premiere of the Hoover Street Revival in aid of The Big Issue Foundation,
which raises money for Homeless.
The Premier will at the Odeon Covent Garden - 135 Shaftsbury Ave London WC2
The film is scheduled to start at 6.30pm.
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25th June 2003 - Darren in the UK
Darren has recently been in the UK working on his new album and will be there for another Month or so. For those of you in London, You may see Darren out and about attending some public events. We will let you know confirmed details when we have them |
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24th June 2003 - Members Details
Members can now check their membership expiry dates by going to http://www.darrenhayesmusic.com/memberDetails.php
If for some reason you don't find an expiry date there please contact us at fanmail@darrenhayesmusic.com
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5th June 2003 - Sony Site News
We've had a lot of questions about the sony site. There are plans to
redesign the site to update it for the release of Darren's new music
sometime at the end of the year. The chat room has been temporarily
taken down for that purpose. There aren't updates on the news section
as he's out of the public eye and not actively promoting anything.
His low profile at the moment is intentional.. so don't worry! He's
enjoying this quiet period while he takes time to work on new music and
get ready to come back with surprises. We can assure you that you
can expect updates from the studio and info to be on the sony site as
soon as he is ready to let the world in. In the meantime, all confirmed news and
info from Darren that we receive here at the fanclub is
being made available on the public news section so that all fans can
access it.
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2nd June 2003 - New Photos Are Up!!
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1st June 2003 - Live Chat Transcript Up
Darren stayed an extra hour, and you can get the full transcript from:
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29th May 2003 - Darren does another suprise chat!
Yesterday Darren dropped in to check everything was working for the fan chat this week, and stayed for a chat with the fans!
The transcript can be found [Here].
For those of you who missed the first suprise visit, you can read the older transcript [Here] |
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17th May 2003 - Birthday Thanks from Darren
I wanted to say thank you to everyone for making my birthday 'in hiding' a fantastic one.
I was overwhelmed by the emails, letters and gifts. You shouldn't have is what I'm supposed to say.
But in reality, it made me feel very special. Sorry I've forgotten most of your birthdays! Could you imagine if you expected me to remember? Could you imagine if I did remember. How incredible would I be? I can imagine my VH1 before they were stars interview with a voice over saying 'all this.. and on top of it all...the MOST thoughtful entertainer because he personally sings happy birthday to his fans in a g-string'. Actually I made up the part about the g-string. And the VH1 thing. And I hate g-strings. My point is I wish I could return the favour. So I'll have to just make sure this is
THE MOST INCREDIBLE ALBUM EVER. Yes I'm working on one. Ooops am I supposed to say that? Oh well....just did.
Love you..
xD
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15th May 2003 - Virus Alert
It has come to our attention that some people are receiving emails supposedly from us containing the bug-bear virus. The virus comes from fanmail@freeserve.com Please be aware this is NOT from us, as our email address is fanmail@darrenhayesmusic.com
If you recieve one of these emails please ensure you do a virus check or simply delete the email.
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4th May 2003 - New Photos up in the Gallery!!!!
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8th April 2003 - Darren drops in for surprise chat!
Darren made a surprise visit to the new chat-room to help finish off the testing.
Some who were lucky enough to be on-line at the time found out and joined in! Members can view the transcript by clicking [here].
In the end Darren stayed for about an hour and chatted about Wally, Guitars, and Everything! |
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7th March 2003 - d-Pals
The launch of the d-Pals has been an overwhelming success. We are so glad you all love it. We have had to modify the program slightly due to the huge numbers of users. We have had to limit the number of random matches to five per day per registered user.
Love Tracey
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5th March 2003 - d-Pals Moderator
We just wanted to let you all know that Cheryl - Darren's Toes is the moderator of the d-Pals system. If you have any problems navagating the system please feel free to contact her at Darrenstoes@hotmail.com.
Cheryl was the person who originally came up with the penpals idea and we are so proud that she agreed to be moderator of the system for us. Thanks Cheryl!!
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5th March 2003 - March Photos Up!
Just letting you know that March Photos are up!
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4th March 2003 - d-Pals have arrived!!
We are so proud to introduce a new program the the D-zine for both Members and the Public. It is called d-Pals.
Darren has fans all over the world, and many of them visit this as well as many other web-sites that are about him. We thought it would be good to let all of these fans get in touch with each other.
d-Pals is an advanced web-based pen-pal system dedicated to and designed for Darren's fans. Even if you are a long standing member of Darren's on-line fan community, d-Pals will put you in touch with people you otherwise may never have met.
When you join up you will be asked to answer a variety of questions that build up a fan-profile of you (the information recorded will not be passed to any third-party). These questions change all the time, making sure that your profile reflects what's currently going on in Darren's career and life in general!
By matching similiar (or even different) profiles, d-Pals will allow you to start corresponding with other fans all over the world!
To use the d-Pals network you need to sign-up or log in.
As a member as long as you are logged into the site, you won't have to log into d-Pals as well. However, you do need to pick a d-Pals user-name. Allowing you to have a different user name means that you can remain anonymous if you wish. However, we have retrieved your normal forum user-name if you have signed up to it and entered this into the user-name box. If you would like to chose a differnt name then please delete your forum name from the box below and enter you desired d-Pals user-name.
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26th February 2003 - A Statement From Darren Hayes Management
A Statement From Darren Hayes Management
Contrary to recent posts on the internet, the proposed
'Savage Garden Greatest Hits' that had a tentative release
of March 25 has been put on hold at the artists request.
Although Columbia records has the right to release such a
compilation without artist input or consent, they have
agreed to hold off the release in order to let their artists
have input into a revised track listing and package that will
be more unique than the current proposal. We are very
grateful to Columbia for making this decision. It is our
firm belief that Savage Garden's loyal fans deserve a very
special and well thought out retrospective collection. We
will endeavor to do this for you when the time is right.
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23rd February 2003 - Something new coming to the D-zine
Keep your eyes out, we have a new and exciting program coming to the D-zine very soon! |
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13th February 2003 - d-Mail now available!
If you go to the gallery now, you are able to send your friends d-Mail that will include a great photo of Darren that you can choose. |
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12th February 2003 - New Merchandise Available Now
Just thought we would let you know, there is a little suprise for you in the merchandise section!! |
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3rd February 2003 - New Photos are up!
Hey All,
Just letting you know that we now have new photos available in Both the Public and the Members section of the site! |
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29th January 2003 - Darren is fine!
We have had several emails from fans concerned about Darren and his health, as they had heard that he was in hospital. I just wanted to let everyone know that it is completely untrue. Darren is fine and was doing Yoga today when I called him. I would just like to remind you not to believe all that you read. I am sure many of you will be relieved to know that Darren is fine and concentrating on relaxing and Training his new Puppy.
Take care,
Tracey
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24th January 2003 - Latest Darren News
Latest Darren News!
There have been a lot of questions lately regarding Darren's plans
after Spin and in particular for 2003. As Crush is the last single to
be released from Spin in the world outside of America, Darren plans to
take some down time in the first half of the year with very tentative
plans to go into the studio around July. In his time off Darren plans
to take some classes at University (for fun), work on his guitar, write
some songs and most importantly raise his new puppy (photos to come!).
Obviously after 2 years of making and promoting Spin he is going to
enjoy the next 6 months 'off' while preparing for the next chapter in
his career. One thing we can tell you for sure is that he will be
editing and piecing together the
DVD of the Too Close For Comfort tour with Director Grant Marshall,
with hopes for a release later in the year. Although he'll be
keeping a low profile, we'll obviously be keeping fanclub members up to
date on the details of his down time. Oh and that puppy.
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13th January 2003 - We Are Back From Holidays
Hello All,
We want to let you all know that we are back from holidays. It was lovely to take a break and we enjoyed it greatly.
Take care,
Tracey |
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13th January 2003 - January 2003 Photos Up Now!!
Hey Everyone,
I thought you all might like to know we have more photos in the gallery!!!
Love
Tracey
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4th January 2003 - Merchandise Orders
Please Note: If you have ordered Posters in Merchandise Orders, please be aware that these items take longer to arrive than other items. We post them the same day as your orders for t-shirts, calenders and tour books, and pay for them to go first class air as the other items, but they take up to one week longer to arrive.
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31st December 2002 - Happy New Year Everyone!
Hey There!
We just wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year!! Hope you have a great night and stay safe...See Ya next year
Love
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30th December 2002 - Fanclub closing for a week
We would just like to take the opportunity to let you all know that the fanclub will close for a week from Saturday the 4th of January. Please be aware that there may be a delay in answering your emails during this period.
Take care,
Tracey, Judy and Tracy
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23rd December 2002 - Happy Holidays from Darren
Hey there,
I wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone happy holidays... I'm
having a very quiet Christmas celebration myself. Whatever you're doing,
whatever your beliefs, I hope the end of this year leads smoothly and
beautifully into a safe a happy 2003. It feels so good to be home and
relaxing. I want to say a sincere thank you to everyone for supporting me
so much this past year with my album and the tour. It was definitely a
trip!
Here's wishing you all the very best things in life.. peace on earth and all
that stuff.
With love and thanks always
Darren
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17th December 2002 - New Photos Any Minute Now!
Keep and eye out everyone... there are new photos coming your way any minute now!!! |
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12th December 2002 - New Look Finished!
At least for now! We have completed moving across the old member's site to the new look, finishing off this round of changes.
We still have lots of ideas for new things for the site, so keeping checking here.
Thanks for you patience during the change-over! |
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11th December 2002 - Merchandise Temporarily Sold Out!
We have sold out of all of the tour merchandise, but you can still get our exclusive poster pack, and the calendar from our merchandise page (these two items are available to members only). |
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10th December 2002 - Darren Has to Cancel Graham Norton Show
Unfortunately I'm not going to be performing on Graham Norton. I have, very annoyingly, come down again with a viral laryngitis which will prevent me from singing for at least a week. I have been fighting off a flu but was able to sing fine for the first few days of promo. After the Capital Christmas live performance I felt the symptoms were moving towards my throat and when I woke up on Saturday I could barely speak. I've seen two doctors and it's official. I am not allowed to sing. I'm fine, just frustated. It's one of those situations that if I sing I could probably sound o.k but risk damaging my voice permanently. My performance is going to go ahead on the GMTV as this can be fully mimed (something I hate doing) but Graham's show is something, like Letterman in the u.s, that is all about being fully live. Because I'm not physically able to do that, we are going to have to appear on the show some other time.
I'm dissapointed but just wanted to apologize to anyone who was looking forward to seeing the show.
On a brighter note, I really did have such a great time at Top Of The Pops AND Capital. My spirit was in it, even if my body at times wasn't.
Thanks for all your support, love and best wishes and just know that I love you all.
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29th November 2002 - Hidden Tracks
The official word on the connected technology:
The connected portion of Spin was intended to provide 3 Stream Only tracks to fans who bought the album. These songs were rare, unreleased and intended to be a way of thanking those who bought the album. They were to be available to stream for the duration of the album promotion only. One song Lift Me Up was unlocked when the album was released, with the intention of unlocking the subsequent songs each time a single was released worldwide.
However, since the unofficial MP3 versions of some of those songs are being circulated on the Internet, we have chosen to make different material available to fans. A new song, Where You Want To Be, will be available in streaming audio when Strange Relationship gets its worldwide commercial release later this year. We plan to make another track available when a third single is released worldwide from Hayes Spin album.
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28th November 2002 - New Site Design and Structure
The D-Zine web-site has had an overhaul, in fact it's still going on!
Members can now log into the site using their membership details. We have a new forum too, so please go and check it out.
These changes will enable us to have a far more dynamic site, with benefits for members and non-members alike. |
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28th November 2002 - Members Chat Questions Answered by Darren
Member's chat questions have been answered by Darren. Go to the News section to read what people had to ask, and Darren had to say. |
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28th November 2002 - Merchandise available!
We are pleased to announce 'Too Close For Comfort' Tour Merchandise for sale. The Tour Book is available to Members and Non Members because of a short supply at some venues. All other merchandise is available to Members only. We are also please to announce the first of our D-zine exclusive range beginning with a poster pack, and very soon our Calendar and T-shirt range! Please go to our Merchandise section for further information. |
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28th November 2002 - Free D-Zine Screen Saver
There's now a free version of the D-Zine screen saver!
Download:
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28th November 2002 - Message from Darren
Message From Darren
I just wanted to say a huge thankyou for all of your good wishes and support during the past week. Of course I was completely devestated to have to cancel some shows on this tour. I never thought my name and that word would be in the same sentence! But hey, thank God , Dr Chung and all my friends and family for being so supportive and encouraging. I am feeling fantastic.. my voice is back and I can't wait to rock in Brisbane on Saturday night.
If it makes you feel any better, I had three days of silence that were the most frustrating 3 days of my life!! Imagine me getting annoyed and not being able to yell! I had to write everything down. I filled up pages and pages of scribbled thoughts. It made me very grateful for my health and the voice that I have enjoyed every day up to this point in my life.
Changing the schedule and the way I handle some of my media at the moment is a way of making sure that I keep my voice for as long as I want to sing. For me, that would be the rest of my life.
Thanks again for your understanding and support. My sincere apologies to those who were holding tickets for shows that had to be cancelled. I love you!
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