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Brisbane, Australia | Established. Jan 01, 2006 | SELF

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""All You Need is Beatles" Charity Event Review @ The Zoo, Australia, Feb 5 2011"

All You Need Is Beatles @ The Zoo,Brisbane (05/02/2011)
Local News by lini, 6th February, 2011
www.fasterlouder.com.au

There are two types of punters who come to tribute gigs: those who want near-copies of their beloved originals to accompany their drinking and those who expect something more.

Despite the depth of talent crammed into a sweltering The Zoo tonight, it’s clear from the outset that only one group will go home happy. And drunk.

Art-rock band Drawn From Bees has collected an impressive range of local acts, organised and promoted this fifth annual The Beatles tribute night, and secured music journalist Ritchie Yorke as MC.

Try as I might, I don’t like Charlie Mayfair. They’re nice kids and their harmonies are sweet, but I just can’t get past the feeling I’ve heard it all before. The folk-pop outfit bumbles through All My Loving like it’s Helter Skelter, with each member determined to butcher the song in a different style. One singer gives it a blues sensibility, Hannah Shepherd plays it straight while the lead guitarist appears to be auditioning for The E Street Band.

She’s Leaving Home is equally disjointed and lacklustre, and a bungled first chorus leaves the singer suitably chastised and unable to recover the sweet, tense front the song requires. They crank it up a notch for Happiness Is A Warm Gun but with volume, they lose clarity. As they leave the stage, I wonder if the track should have been left for a band with more oomph and whether Charlie Mayfair should stick to playing Fleetwood Mac – uh, I mean – their own songs.

Lovers of Modern Art lay down a bass groove thick enough to skate on for mid-career classics Come Together (the riff from Foxy Lady is a nice touch) and Back In The USSR, which gets the weary crowd moving in what feels like 40 degree heat. It’s grand to see girls dancing The Stomp in their 60s-inspired frocks. Bless.

The crowd here is 20 and 30-something dags wearing their thinnest shirts, plus some older Beatles fans and parents of musicians. Band members alone tally 50 of the sold out room.

Grand Atlantic frontman Phil Usher joins Lovers of Modern Art for a rollicking version of Helter Skelter. He’s on the foldback speakers over the crowd doing the rock n roll scream. “Coming down fast now / Don’t let me break you,” he appeals. Aw, you’re no fun.

Between sets, Brisbane’s folk Godfather Ty Noonan serenades the crowd with some of the ballads, including Woman and Beautiful Boy. The fuzzy-headed man with a guitar and soul is a welcome reprieve from the rock.

It seems Inland Sea aren’t quite sure what they’re doing. There’s an on-stage tussle over who will sing the opening number, then what can only be described as a cacophonous cover of All You Need Is Love. Apparently, the song is not true because this band needs no fewer than nine members (one short tonight!) on stage at once. Guitarist Jeremy Hunter shrugs. “We figured it out, it was all right.” They recover for a surf-rock version of Paperback Writer, and as we collectively boogie and sweat out our beers, it feels like the a song about the best of summer.

Only half of Twenty Six are here tonight, bolstered by The Boat People’s Tony Garrett on drums. It’s clearly Twenty Six’s job to cover the acid years, with faithful versions of Strawberry Fields, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and Penny Lane. But it’s Tomorrow Never Knows that reminds us of The Beatles’ incredible legacy to modern music. This track is two degrees from modern electronica, and there’s even a trip-hop loop. Throw some keyboards over the top and you could have a thoroughly modern-sounding track from a group like Faithless.

Yorke tells us the gig is a sell out and we’ve raised $10,000 for Queensland flood victims. He says musicians struggle to know how to help in times of disaster. “They’re not plumbers, they can’t go out and do their bit for someone’s house. This is what they can do.”

Blame Ringo has less reason than any of the bands to be here tonight, supporting the Beatles’ legacy. Once called Goodnight Vienna, the band received a tersely worded legal letter from Richard Starkey’s lawyers in 2007 and had to change its name. Now they’re on a mission to “blame Ringo for everything”. They’re angst shines through when they manage to make even It’s Your Birthday sound sinister, with military-style drums.

Dear Grand Atlantic, if you take the Ferny Grove train to Mitchelton, there is a barber on Blackwood St that does $8 haircuts. I’ll even lend you my Go card. Still, it’s nice to see Bill Oddie has a career on bass guitar after The Goodies broke up.

Yorke returns to the stage to read a message Yoko Ono wrote for the crowd: “I wish all people in Queensland a safe recovery from the floods. It seems Mother Nature is expressing her anger at what we are doing to this planet.”

Ono and her late husband would have been proud of what happened next. Noonan returned to the stage to lead an all-in rendition of Give Peace a Ch - FasterLouder.com.au


""All You Need is Beatles" Charity Event Review @ The Zoo, Australia, Feb 5 2011"

All You Need Is Beatles @ The Zoo,Brisbane (05/02/2011)
Local News by lini, 6th February, 2011
www.fasterlouder.com.au

There are two types of punters who come to tribute gigs: those who want near-copies of their beloved originals to accompany their drinking and those who expect something more.

Despite the depth of talent crammed into a sweltering The Zoo tonight, it’s clear from the outset that only one group will go home happy. And drunk.

Art-rock band Drawn From Bees has collected an impressive range of local acts, organised and promoted this fifth annual The Beatles tribute night, and secured music journalist Ritchie Yorke as MC.

Try as I might, I don’t like Charlie Mayfair. They’re nice kids and their harmonies are sweet, but I just can’t get past the feeling I’ve heard it all before. The folk-pop outfit bumbles through All My Loving like it’s Helter Skelter, with each member determined to butcher the song in a different style. One singer gives it a blues sensibility, Hannah Shepherd plays it straight while the lead guitarist appears to be auditioning for The E Street Band.

She’s Leaving Home is equally disjointed and lacklustre, and a bungled first chorus leaves the singer suitably chastised and unable to recover the sweet, tense front the song requires. They crank it up a notch for Happiness Is A Warm Gun but with volume, they lose clarity. As they leave the stage, I wonder if the track should have been left for a band with more oomph and whether Charlie Mayfair should stick to playing Fleetwood Mac – uh, I mean – their own songs.

Lovers of Modern Art lay down a bass groove thick enough to skate on for mid-career classics Come Together (the riff from Foxy Lady is a nice touch) and Back In The USSR, which gets the weary crowd moving in what feels like 40 degree heat. It’s grand to see girls dancing The Stomp in their 60s-inspired frocks. Bless.

The crowd here is 20 and 30-something dags wearing their thinnest shirts, plus some older Beatles fans and parents of musicians. Band members alone tally 50 of the sold out room.

Grand Atlantic frontman Phil Usher joins Lovers of Modern Art for a rollicking version of Helter Skelter. He’s on the foldback speakers over the crowd doing the rock n roll scream. “Coming down fast now / Don’t let me break you,” he appeals. Aw, you’re no fun.

Between sets, Brisbane’s folk Godfather Ty Noonan serenades the crowd with some of the ballads, including Woman and Beautiful Boy. The fuzzy-headed man with a guitar and soul is a welcome reprieve from the rock.

It seems Inland Sea aren’t quite sure what they’re doing. There’s an on-stage tussle over who will sing the opening number, then what can only be described as a cacophonous cover of All You Need Is Love. Apparently, the song is not true because this band needs no fewer than nine members (one short tonight!) on stage at once. Guitarist Jeremy Hunter shrugs. “We figured it out, it was all right.” They recover for a surf-rock version of Paperback Writer, and as we collectively boogie and sweat out our beers, it feels like the a song about the best of summer.

Only half of Twenty Six are here tonight, bolstered by The Boat People’s Tony Garrett on drums. It’s clearly Twenty Six’s job to cover the acid years, with faithful versions of Strawberry Fields, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and Penny Lane. But it’s Tomorrow Never Knows that reminds us of The Beatles’ incredible legacy to modern music. This track is two degrees from modern electronica, and there’s even a trip-hop loop. Throw some keyboards over the top and you could have a thoroughly modern-sounding track from a group like Faithless.

Yorke tells us the gig is a sell out and we’ve raised $10,000 for Queensland flood victims. He says musicians struggle to know how to help in times of disaster. “They’re not plumbers, they can’t go out and do their bit for someone’s house. This is what they can do.”

Blame Ringo has less reason than any of the bands to be here tonight, supporting the Beatles’ legacy. Once called Goodnight Vienna, the band received a tersely worded legal letter from Richard Starkey’s lawyers in 2007 and had to change its name. Now they’re on a mission to “blame Ringo for everything”. They’re angst shines through when they manage to make even It’s Your Birthday sound sinister, with military-style drums.

Dear Grand Atlantic, if you take the Ferny Grove train to Mitchelton, there is a barber on Blackwood St that does $8 haircuts. I’ll even lend you my Go card. Still, it’s nice to see Bill Oddie has a career on bass guitar after The Goodies broke up.

Yorke returns to the stage to read a message Yoko Ono wrote for the crowd: “I wish all people in Queensland a safe recovery from the floods. It seems Mother Nature is expressing her anger at what we are doing to this planet.”

Ono and her late husband would have been proud of what happened next. Noonan returned to the stage to lead an all-in rendition of Give Peace a Ch - FasterLouder.com.au


"Various Quotes"

"Noonan masterfully walks the line of rock, pop and soul without stumbling completely into either genre."
Ben Preece, Time Off Magazine

"Tyrone follows the path of many singer-songwriters in not being afraid to “expose himself”. The emotional rawness is brought out with touching melodies and Tyrone's own talent ensures the songs are well arranged."
Carmine Pascuzzi, Mediasearch.com.au

"The songs are so full of hooks you have to wonder where Noonan’s been hiding this stuff!"
Glen Humphries, Illawarra Mercury

"Where the words beckon to be consumed and ruminated upon, the music cunningly snubs its own profundity and sails through the air carefree; a refreshing change from where lyrical mourning and musical mourning often walk hand in hand."
Helen Barradell, Beat Magazine

"Chillingly good and absolutely world class"
Time Off

"Noonan’s vocals are fabulous ... rich, golden, funky and full of emotion."
Sound Bites, The Northern Star

"I really like it. Sticky hooks!" (on hearing upcoming single Tight Black Dress)
Jimmy Steal, Emmis Communications’ VP of Programming

"Katie and Tyrone Noonan have such heart-stoppingly brilliant
voices that crowds respond with an instant fanaticism".
HIT Magazine.

"Two of the most powerful and moving voices in the business"
Beat Magazine
- Various


"Beat Magazine Review"

Heavy Soul Part 1 is a fine sample offering of Noonan's diverse vocal range and musical aptitude.

A sonic box of chocolates, each track showcases layers of smoothness and flavour with intriguing centres.

'Live With A Little' is a catchy as hell Beatles-style pop number laced with a great rock riff.

'You Know' finds Noonan putting on his disco shoes and treading the dance floor with inspired verses of white boy funk.

'Back (Where I Started From)' and 'Memories of You' are jaunts into pop rock territory that blend commercial radio appeal with deeper lyrical content.

'You're Not Here' finds Noonan in melancholic mode. Armed with a piano, a guitar and his heart on his sleeve, this song is the saddest yet loveliest on the album.

All the uplifting melodies and groove-styled beats on other tracks cannot camouflage Noonan's artistry for tearjerkers.

'You're Not Here' is the draw-card amongst all six tracks and is the epicentre of the record both thematically and musically.

Heavy Soul Part 1 for all its weighty subject matter is light on melodies and hooks. Where the words beckon to be consumed and ruminated upon, the music cunningly snubs its own profundity and sails through the air carefree; a refreshing change from albums where lyrical mourning and musical mourning often walk hand in hand.

Heavy Soul Part 1 is a solid offering for Noonan fans and a good enticer for those ready to discover him away from the safety net of george, providing limitless insight into his potential as a solo artist and the genres of music he might try his hand at mastering on future long players. - By Heren Barradell


"The Making of Tyrone"

After leaving the esteemed Brisbane band George, Tyrone Noonan has found his feet as a singer and songwriter in New York and London. He spoke with Nathanael Cooper
REMEMBER the band George? The band dominated the Brisbane music scene for so long, and became one of the greatest pop exports Queensland has ever created. But all too soon, the George dream was over. The band’s second album would be its last (well, at least for now) and the members would go their separate ways.
Lead singer and co-songwriter Katie Noonan has released two successful albums since then, but what happened to her brother Tyrone?
He was the other voice and writer that made George such a powerful force. Well, he has certainly not been sitting quietly at home, reminiscing about the George days. The talented musician has been all over the world making amazing music, including a six-month songwriting and performing adventure in London.
And now he has his eyes firmly set on New York, but not before he makes a stop on the Sunshine Coast to give his fans a taste of how good his debut solo album is going to be when he releases it later this year.
“It’s going to be a full rock show,” Tyrone said. “I’ll be doing stuff from the new album, stuff from my mini album and stuff from no album.
“I always feel a bit weird plugging myself in that way, but I think it will be a thoroughly entertaining evening.
“I would like to think it’s going to be a pretty exciting show. The band I’ve got together is awesome.”
Tyrone has always been recognised as both an excellent performer and a talented musician and his time overseas has only made him better.
“In the middle of last year, I went to London to pursue my career there,” Tyrone said. “I put a hot band together including three ex-Brizzy lads, which was really cool.
“We built up a name there and I wasn’t planning on coming back but they changed the visa laws while I was there, which forced me home.”
And as much as he loves being in Australia and particularly back at home in Brisbane, his trip back is just a stopover before he heads to New York: a place where Tyrone has found a true musical home.
“In 2007, I spent three months in America,” he said.
“I wrote about 14 or 15 songs while I was in the States ... people were so keen to write with me, which I thought was fantastic. I recorded another two songs for the record there as well.”
The record he speaks of is his debut solo release, I Believe, due out later this year. I Believe draws heavily on Tyrone’s experiences in thethree countries he lives in and rings of a mix of English, American and Australian influences.
While he is best known for the indie/jazz/pop sounds of George, I Believe fuses an eclectic combination of rock, pop, soul, funk and reggae and is evidence that Tyrone has graduated as an artist.
The self-financed album was co-produced by Paul Peterson (Stevie Wonder, Prince, Lionel Richie and The Beach Boys among others) and mixed by Grammy award-winning producer Steve Hodge.
Working with professionals of this calibre has certainly rubbed off on Tyrone.
“I would like to think my songwriting in particular has developed,” he said. “Doing a lot of co-writing has helped ... it has helped me recognise what I need to work on.”
As well as his show on the Sunshine Coast, Tyrone and his family have been recognised by the prestigious Queensland Music Festival for their contribution to the Brisbane music scene and will take part in a very special performance at the historic Jimbour House Ampitheatre. All four members of the Noonan family – Maggie, Brian, Katie and Tyrone – will peform together for the first time, accompanied by the Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra.
See Tyrone at his only Sunshine Coast show for 2009 (and quite possibly the last chance to catch him for some time) at The Sands Tavern, Maroochydore, tonight.
Tickets and information are available by contacting the venue on 5443 7944.
- ESP Magazine July 2009


"Time Off Magazine Review"

With george on extended hiatus, Tyrone Noonan has obviously been keeping himself busy with the recording of this excellent mini-album - his 'break-up record', if you will.

Despite the negative undertone of a relationship ending, Noonan can still clearly write a pretty darn awesome tune and here, he delivers six superb tracks of love-lost and starting over.

Sporting an impressive curly afro on the cover, Noonan masterfully walks the line of rock, pop and soul without really clumsily stumbling completely into either genre.

The excellent 'Live With A Little' sounds like a hybrid of Kravitz and Chili Peppers while the funky 'You Know' throws in a little Prince to boot and 'You're Not Here' is the kind of love-ballad that radio should be all over by now.

My heart goes out to you and your heartbreak, Tyrone, but it's hard to remain unselfishly sympathetic while you're delivering a product of this high calibre. - By Ben Preece


"Stadium Rocks!"

Australian singer, rock musician and friend of Populous, Tyrone Noonan, remembers his time performing in Populous-designed stadia with his band george.
By Tyrone Noonan
1.8 billion. That's the figure that kept running through my head as I headed to Sydney's ANZ Stadium with my musical compadres from my band george, back in 2003.
This was how many TV viewers would be watching the Rugby World Cup opening ceremony at the stadium, in which we were all participating as performers. Talk about ratcheting up the nerves! And that's without mentioning the other more immediate rush of adrenalin we had from knowing we were about to play live to a packed house of 80,000 people.
When, back in 1967, The Beatles (my favourite band) performed All You Need Is Love to a global TV audience, they had 400 million people watching. We were about to have well over four times that number focused on us. "Best not to think of such figures", I said to myself as our car snaked its way through Sydney towards the huge stadium.
Entering through the back felt like being invited into the bowels of a giant spaceship. Normally, at this stage of a gig we'd be looking around for a trolley to transport all our gear back stage. But no, this was the Rugby World Cup. Our car charged straight through and began traversing the stadium's internal freeway, which reminded me a little of an aircraft carrier.
Suddenly, as huge groups of school kids and volunteers started scurrying around us, the enormity of the concert struck me fully. It was time for our pep talk with the technical crew. This was one gig where we would have to rely on what's known as "in-ear monitoring", and I remember being told strictly not to look at ourselves on the giant video screens throughout the stadium, as we would appear out of sync. To ensure clarity for every listener, all the video and audio was to be somehow time-delayed to deal with the huge logistics of amplification in such a large space.
Ouyr eventual performance was, I guess, the closest feeling to what it must be like for a soccer or rugby player to run on to the field of a packed stadium at the start of a game. Except we were being wheeled in to the middle of the field on an oval-shaped stage by a team of burly lads. It was totally surreal, and quickly followed by one of the most exciting gigs of my life. I thought: "This is not rock and roll, this is something else altogether."
Four years later, I then had the opportunity to sing the Australian national anthem at Melbourne's Etihad Stadium for the A League Grand Final (Australia's season-ending soccer final). I did the soundcheck to an empty stadium on the day, and the foldback speakers on the floor in front of me seemed perfectly loud enough, so I opted not to have in-ear monitors. I had, after all, heard the horror story of a former antem singer who'd used them at a similar event while some other music was being pumped into her ears.
But once the stadium was filled, and it came to performance time, the speakers were useless; way too quiet. Yet I had to continue, and so I began to listen around for anything as a guide. Suddenly the memories of the pep talk from the technical crew four years earlier came into my mind, so I knew that anything I focused on was potentially out of sync. It was terrifying, but somehow I got through it.
The band george formed in Brisbane, Australia, in 1996. There released several EPs and two albums, enjoying most success with the double-platinum selling Polyserena in 2002.
- http://www.populous.com 2010


"Illawarra Mercury Review"

Given that I don't much care for Noonan's other band, george, I wasn't looking forward to hearing his solo release.

But this mini-album is actually really, really good.

It's much more straightforward, simple and catchy than the atmospherics of george.

The songs are so full of hooks you have to wonder where Noonan's been hiding this stuff. If you're looking for a great pop album for this summer, go buy this. - By Glen Humphries


"Mediasearch.com.au review"

The george band member takes time out to go solo. In turn, Tyrone Noonan delivers very personal emotions placed in these songs.

When one considers the circumstances behind the tracks, the result, not surprisingly, is the title 'Heavy Soul Part 1'.

This really only touches the surface of what he wishes to express. Tyrone follows the path of many singer-songwriters in not being afraid to 'expose himself'.

The six tracks tread the line of funk, soul and pop, demonstrating a good mix, as in the versatility george has shown previously.

We learn through his writing of a long-term relationship break-up, and that perhaps these songs are part of the therapy required.

The emotional rawness is brought out with touching melodies and Tyrone's own talent ensures the songs are well arranged. - Carmine Pascuzzi


"Bye george!"

Tyrone Noonan shot to fame in Aussie band George, but now he’s ready to go solo in the UK with a new album and London showcase gig.

WORDS ALISON GRINTER
Nothing tests a musician’s
mettle like going solo.
Tyrone Noonan should
know. Not only is he forgoing the
safety net of his former band
George, he’s also been forced out
of the shadow of his sister Katie
— George’s luminously talented
front-femme.
“I wouldn’t have used that choice
of words,” he laughs.
So what words would he use?
“Ah, you’ve put me on the spot
there ... I guess I wouldn’t want
to quantify it so specifically as
being in my sister’s shadow, but
you’ve brought up a fair point
and yes, I do feel it’s time for me
to carve my own identity away
from George.”
For those of you suffering
eccy-induced memory loss,
George were the Brisbane indie
band who became a crossover
phenomenon in the early
noughties finding favour with
an Aussie music-buying public
more usually inclined towards the
post-grunge rock of Powderfinger
and the Foo Fighters.
Incredibly, their 2002 album
Polyserena debuted at number
one in the Australian charts, went
double platinum and beat The
Vines’ debut to win Aria for best
breakthrough album. Soon after
they headed to London to try their
luck and were featured in NME,
which ran an article ‘Who The
Fuck is George?’
“We had a fantastic time,”
Noonan reminisces. But “creative
differences” with their UK label
stalled their progress.
As the band’s vocalist/guitarist/
keyboardist, Noonan formed the
group’s creative nucleus with
his classically trained vocalist/
keyboardist sister Katie. (Their
mother was well known opera
singer Maggie Noonan.)
Their relationship was, by all
accounts, quite stormy. “We’d
occasionally have a barney off
stage where other people would
have kept it behind closed doors,”
he says.
In 2004 George went on hiatus
not because the Noonans suffered
a spectacular sibling meltdown à
la Oasis, as you might expect, but
because Katie left the band to
start a family.
“Now we’re stronger and closer
than we’ve ever been and ever
would have been if we’d never
done [George],” he says.
It leaves Noonan in a good place
to launch his solo assault in the
UK. As yet unsigned, he has self-
funded a “world-class album”
called I Believe, which was co-
produced by Paul Peterson (aka
Saint Paul, one-time lead singer
of American band The Family and
longtime Prince collaborator).
Peterson also hooked Noonan up
with “mix engineer par excellence”
Steve Hodge, the main engineer
for Minneapolis hitmakers Jam
& Lewis, responsible for crafting
the final versions of hit records for
artists including TLC, Usher and
Mariah Carey — “which is not my
kind of scene,” Noonan says.
“But then I found out he’s also
mixed some punk records and did
some George Michael stuff — and
I figured I’m somewhere between
punk and George Michael,” he
laughs. “The rest of the album is,
hopefully, timeless pop/rock with
a soul kind of twist.”
This high-calibre input has
already borne fruit. One song
from the new album, the gospel
inspired The Family Song, won
a Q Song Award in the spiritual
category of the Queensland
songwriting gongs. “It’s surreal
to win an award in that category,
but why not?” he says.
The song came about after
some family pressure. “They
were like ‘Gee Ty, you’re always
writing songs about your ex.
When are you going to write a
song about us?’”
Like George’s music, Noonan’s
solo repertoire is influenced by
Jeff Buckley and his band, but
also has a distinctly ’60s feel.
“Yeah, I can’t help it,” he concurs.
“I grew up with the Beatles.”
His first memory, he says, is of
hearing his music teacher mum
practising Beatles songs. “She had
to teach the kids these songs so
she had to learn them first.”
Sounds like there’s no escaping
the family after all.
» Tyrone Noonan performs at
TNT’s Month of Music, Shepherd’s
Bush Walkabout, Shepherd’s Bush
Green, W11 (www.tntmagazine.
com/monthofmusic). Thursday,
September 4. £5.
- TNT Magazine, London UK


"Illawarra Mercury Review"

Given that I don't much care for Noonan's other band, george, I wasn't looking forward to hearing his solo release.

But this mini-album is actually really, really good.

It's much more straightforward, simple and catchy than the atmospherics of george.

The songs are so full of hooks you have to wonder where Noonan's been hiding this stuff. If you're looking for a great pop album for this summer, go buy this. - By Glen Humphries


"London calling for george boy Noonan"

HOW do you follow up being in a band whose 2002 debut album Polyserena went to No.1 and double platinum and won an ARIA?
"You've got to be true to yourself," is the advice of Tyrone Noonan, who shot to the giddy heights of fame with Brisbane outfit george and has immersed himself in local projects since the band took an extended hiatus three years ago.
They are words he has followed very closely with his debut solo album I Believe, now waiting in the wings for international release.
"This (solo album) is the best reflection of just me. I guess as a person and a songwriter and the kind of music that I really like."
His individual flavour as a solo artist blends rock with swirls of pop, soul, funk and reggae.
Noonan mixes it all with dexterity, going from crooning a love ballad to belting out a rock tune and sounding just as strong in both.
"That's what I mean, this record is like a true reflection of a lot of the things that I really love musically," he says. "So I guess there is a bit of genre hopping there but hopefUlly there's enough of a thread to make it all work."
The album has a fair amount of radio appeal, especially the catchy song Tight Black Dress that Noonan says is "probably one of the most whimsical songs I've ever recorded".

"But I'm slowly learning to understand that's OK. Every different song has their place and their time. I think there are other songs on the record that are deeper than that and if a song like this can draw some interest into the album, then they will also get the other songs as well."
Ten of the 12 tracks were recorded at Brisbane studio the Tanuki Lounge, owned by former george bassist Paulie Bromley. Industry contacts then gave Noonan the chance to polish it off with Prince protege Paul Peterson (aka St Paul) and Grammy winning engineer Steve Hodge in Minnesota.

"The Americans are really good at pulling off what's called a big sound. I guess that was part of my idea, to try and mix that big sound of America with a
style that I think is more kind of English influenced. So the idea was to hopefully create a record that was more global sounding," he says.
The English influence is important, since Noonan is taking his solo career to London on an open-ended ticket late next month.
The last time he went there was with george, where they performed sell-out shows across Britain. It will be a different experience as a solo artist, but Noonan is optimistic.
"I'm going to be hitting the ground running doing a bunch of solo shows, and then my Aussie band members are looking at following me over shortly after, so it's really getting out into the international arena and looking for the right partner to release my record to the world."

Tyrone Noonan's last major public gig before going to London is at Brisbane Powerhouse's Livespark on Sunday. - The Courier Mail, Brisbane 24/7/2008 by Jane Chudleigh.


"Big Wide World"

Tyrone Noonan, brother of George singer Katie, is farewelling his home town with a gig this Sunday.


With the success of george one would have assumed that Tyrone Noonan had a ticket anywhere afterwards - but he decided to make his way as an independent artist.
"I guess that's where george started and that seemed like a natural progressIon. so It's kind of like a new beginning. Obviously It's with a bit more experience."
The first EP was partly a learning experience for this singer/songwriter. "'Heavy Soul Part 1 was me kind of searching for my sound In a way, because when you're in a band for so long It kind of ends up influencing your songs and writing process Without you even realising It. SO the record was an attempt at breaking away from that and just rediscovering my own song writing roots in terms of what I really wanted to do and sound like. I think this record (I Believe) is a consolidation of that."
While his first solo outing was an exercise In lost love. Noonan wants to celebrate the notion that not all relationships are doomed to fail.

"I guess the songs I wrote about my family are all about love, and all that kind of stuff and I guess were lucky to have a family where both of my parents are still together and very much in love, that's kind of a rarity this day in age
"Basically I'm two years out of a seven year long relationship - a long time - so that's kind of come through here and there I guess"
Last year Noonan performed at Musexpo With Pete Murray and Dead Day Sun in LA, he eventually ended up staYing for three months With Paul Peterson famed protege of Prince - to finish recording his new album.

"My manger showed me hiS CV and I went: You got to be kidding me this guys a freak I
"He also works with Kenny Loggins by the way and I've come to accept that he's not actually a bad artist. I didn't t realise he co-wrote the song 'What a Fool Believes' by the Doobie Brothers which IS one of my favourite songs so I can forgive him for Footloose' now."
Noonan has decided to make the move to London. "It s just time to get out there to the big wide world. I've baSically self funded thiS record and I've been holding off my options to find the right kind of people to work With and I think I'm going to find it over there."

Tyrone Noonan plays at the Troubadour on July 24 and the Powerhouse on Sunday July 27.
- Ninjawookie - Scene Magazine, Brisbane 23/7/2008 by Ninjawookie


"Tyrone Noonan, Pete Murray and Lior To Showcase At Musexpo"

2007

Tyrone Noonan, Pete Murray and Lior have gigs scheduled on the Sunset Strip as part of Musexpo.

Tyrone and Lior will play the Viper Room on Sunday April 29, Pete Murray will perform at the Viper Room on Monday April 30.

The Skybombers are down for a showcase at The Roxy on Tuesday May 1 while New Zealand's The Mint Chicks will hit the Key Club stage on Sunday April 29.

Speakers for the convention include CNN's Larry King, digital music industry innovator Ted Cohen and industry commentator Bob Lefsetz as well as Capitol CEO Jason Flom and former Sex Pistols member and now broadcaster Steve Jones.

Publicity guru Larry Solters, founder of Scoop Marketing, will host the Meet The Press panel on Monday April 29, which will include yours truly. Their 'Global A&R Forum” will feature Will.I.Am from Black Eyed Peas and Pete Wentz from Fall Out Boy.

Musexpo, dubbed the United Nations of Music and Media, will take place at the Bel Age Hotel on the Sunset Strip between April 29 and May 2nd.
- Christie Eleizer's Music Business News


"London calling for george boy Noonan"

HOW do you follow up being in a band whose 2002 debut album Polyserena went to No.1 and double platinum and won an ARIA?
"You've got to be true to yourself," is the advice of Tyrone Noonan, who shot to the giddy heights of fame with Brisbane outfit george and has immersed himself in local projects since the band took an extended hiatus three years ago.
They are words he has followed very closely with his debut solo album I Believe, now waiting in the wings for international release.
"This (solo album) is the best reflection of just me. I guess as a person and a songwriter and the kind of music that I really like."
His individual flavour as a solo artist blends rock with swirls of pop, soul, funk and reggae.
Noonan mixes it all with dexterity, going from crooning a love ballad to belting out a rock tune and sounding just as strong in both.
"That's what I mean, this record is like a true reflection of a lot of the things that I really love musically," he says. "So I guess there is a bit of genre hopping there but hopefUlly there's enough of a thread to make it all work."
The album has a fair amount of radio appeal, especially the catchy song Tight Black Dress that Noonan says is "probably one of the most whimsical songs I've ever recorded".

"But I'm slowly learning to understand that's OK. Every different song has their place and their time. I think there are other songs on the record that are deeper than that and if a song like this can draw some interest into the album, then they will also get the other songs as well."
Ten of the 12 tracks were recorded at Brisbane studio the Tanuki Lounge, owned by former george bassist Paulie Bromley. Industry contacts then gave Noonan the chance to polish it off with Prince protege Paul Peterson (aka St Paul) and Grammy winning engineer Steve Hodge in Minnesota.

"The Americans are really good at pulling off what's called a big sound. I guess that was part of my idea, to try and mix that big sound of America with a
style that I think is more kind of English influenced. So the idea was to hopefully create a record that was more global sounding," he says.
The English influence is important, since Noonan is taking his solo career to London on an open-ended ticket late next month.
The last time he went there was with george, where they performed sell-out shows across Britain. It will be a different experience as a solo artist, but Noonan is optimistic.
"I'm going to be hitting the ground running doing a bunch of solo shows, and then my Aussie band members are looking at following me over shortly after, so it's really getting out into the international arena and looking for the right partner to release my record to the world."

Tyrone Noonan's last major public gig before going to London is at Brisbane Powerhouse's Livespark on Sunday. - The Courier Mail, Brisbane 24/7/2008 by Jane Chudleigh.


Discography

Heavy Soul Part 1:
6 track mini-album released Sep 16 2006 (Australia) under licence to Jellyfish/MGM; available globally online via itunes stores.

The first single Back (Where I Started From) was the 5th most added adult contemporary track to Australian radio in the week ending September 10 2006.

The itunes exclusive single "You Know" was also featured as "single of the week" at the itunes store.

Palimpsest: (Tyrone's jazz project)
Self-titled album (Indie/Shock)

george:
Unity: Platinum album (Festival Mushroom/Warner's)
Still real EP (Festival Mushroom/Warner's)
Polyserena: Double Platinum album (Festival Mushroom/Warner's)
Breathe In Now EP (Festival Mushroom/Warner's)
Breaking It Slowly EP (Festival Mushroom/Warner's)
Special Ones EP (Festival Mushroom/Warner's)
Run EP (Festival Mushroom/Warner's)
Bastard Son/Holiday EP (Indie/Shock)
You Can Take What's Mine EP (Indie/Shock)
Self-titled EP (Indie)

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Bio

Former george front man Tyrone Noonan is back in the swing of the Australian music scene after being based overseas for several years.

Since 2014 he has been steadily re-engaging with his Aussie fans, including a recent successful East Coast tour with rising star Kristy Coote (February 2016), performing to a packed house for the exclusive QLD Tina Arena performance on the Gold Coast (March 2016), and selling out QPAC's Concert Hall (September 2016) for the Brisbane Festival's george 20 year reunion gig, with shows continuing nationally into 2017.

During his time overseas he witnessed the beginnings a new wave of Australian musical success globally, something which shows no signs of slowing down and further proof that you can now have an international career while living down under. "It's probably fair to say this new wave started with Gotye's success but it shows no signs of losing momentum - look at Courtney Barnett and Tame Impala for example," he said.

In New York, Nashville, LA and London, Tyrone worked regularly with musicians who’ve recorded and toured with John Lennon, David Bowie, Billy Joel, AIR and Bryan Ferry and performed regularly at prestigious pubs, clubs and festivals, and also recorded in studios used by the likes of Mark Ronson and Prince.

Tyrone brings a wealth of international experience back to Australia and is now taking his artistry to the next level. Nowhere is this more evident than in the production of the track “This Way” by new artist Alby Carter which has been recently (October/November 2016) enjoying fantastic radio play around Australia.

His solo album I Believe and remix album I’m A Believer are available online and in stores through MGM.