BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Air Supply BEGIN:VEVENT UID:245062024-08-06 DTSTART:20240806T230000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240806T040000Z LOCATION:31806 Lake View Drive\nSelbyville DE 19975 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=31806 Lake View Drive\nSelb yville DE 19975;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=31806 Lake View Drive:geo:38.466 017,-75.112054 GEO:38.466017;-75.112054 SUMMARY:Air Supply CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Tickets start at $49+fees Graham Russell & Russell Hitchcock me t on\nMay 12\, 1975\, the first day of rehearsals for \"Jesus Christ Super star\"\nin Sydney\, Australia\; they became instant friends with their com mon\nlove for The Beatles and\, of course\, singing. After the shows'\nper formances at 10:30\, they would play pizza parlors\, coffee bars and\nnigh tclubs with just one guitar and two voices. They quickly gained a\nreputat ion for great harmonies and for original songs that Graham was\nconstantly writing. They made a demo on a cassette of two songs\, \"Love\nand Other Bruises\" and \"If You Knew Me\" and took it to every record\ncompany in S ydney. Everyone turned it down but one — CBS Records —\nwho admired th eir unique style. They made a single in one afternoon\nand it shot to numb er one on the national charts. Air Supply was born!\nThat same year\, they opened for Rod Stewart across Australia and then\nthroughout the U.S. and Canada playing all of the famous huge venues\nbefore Rod would take the s tage. They found new fans but did not break\nthe U.S. market. Back in Aust ralia they had to start again and made a\nrecord called \"Life Support.\" On this record were some treasures of\nsongs\, including \"Lost in Love\" which went Top 10 in Australia and\nsomehow found its way to music industr y executive Clive Davis in New\nYork. Clive immediately signed Air Supply to Arista Records and in\n1980\, \"Lost in Love\" became the fastest-selli ng single in the world\,\nleaping to the top of all of the charts. Now Air Supply was on its\nway. The second single was \"All Out of Love\,\" and t hat went up the\ncharts even quicker. Seven Top-5 singles later\, Air Supp ly at that\ntime had equaled The Beatles' run of consecutive top five sing les. The\nalbums Lost in Love\, The One That You Love\, Now & Forever\, an d The\nGreatest Hits sold in excess of 20 million copies. \"Lost in Love\" was\nnamed Song of the Year in 1980\, and\, with the other singles\, sold more\nthan 10 million copies. The trademark sound of Russell Hitchcock's\ nsoaring tenor voice and Graham Russell's simple yet majestic songs\ncreat ed a unique sound that would forever be known as Air Supply.\nHowever\, it is the live shows that always hold audiences captive\naround the world. T hey were the first Western group to tour China\,\nTaiwan\, and countless o ther countries that before would not allow pop\nmusic across their borders . In 1983 they recorded \"Making Love Out Of\nNothing At All\" by Jim Stei nman which solidified the group as a\npermanent force in modern music. Thi s song was released on The\nGreatest Hits album which soared past 7 millio n copies. \"Lost in\nLove\,\" \"All Out of Love\,\" \"The One That You Lov e\,\" \"Sweet Dreams\,\" and\n\"Making Love Out Of Nothing At All\" have e ach achieved multi-million\nplays on the radio. In 1986 the group's music was still playing\nendlessly on radio. That same year\, Graham was married to actress Jodi\nVarble from Rochelle\, Illinois\, who also was his leadi ng lady in the\nvideo for \"Making Love Out Of Nothing At All.\" Air Suppl y began to\ntour with lavish productions in places that no one had been be fore. In\nSouth America and Asia they became a part of everyone's life. In 1988\,\nAir Supply was asked to participate in Australia's bicentennial\n celebration and to play for HRH Prince Charles and HRH Princess Diana\,\nw here they learned both were already ardent fans. This engagement\nwould be one of the most treasured moments in their career. In 1989\,\nthey record ed \"The Earth Is\" album\, selling over a million copies\noutside of the U.S. This album was followed by \"The Vanishing Race\" CD\nand\, with the singles \"Goodbye\" and \"It's Never Too Late\,\" again saw\nmulti-platinu m success. The following albums\, \"News from Nowhere\,\"\n\"Yours Truly\, \" and \"Across the Concrete Sky\" all gave their second\ngreatest hits al bum multi-platinum status as they traveled the world\neach year. In 2000\, a new production company was founded to be devoted\nto Air Supply's entir e future product\, called A Nice Pear\, which gave\nthem complete creative control. In July 2005\, their live DVD\, \"It Was\n30 Years Ago Today\" c elebrated 30 years of success around the world\nand in that same month\, A ir Supply smashed attendance records when\, in\nCuba\, at one show they pl ayed to 175\,000 people. Also\, 2005 saw the\nrelease of \"The Singer and the Song\,\" an acoustic album of many of\ntheir big hits which received c ritical acclaim. In May 2010\, the\nlong-awaited album\, \"Mumbo Jumbo\" — also the duo's first studio\nrecording in eight years — was released . Recorded at Graham\nRussell's home studio near Park City\, Utah and at O dds On's\nstate-of-the-art facilities in Las Vegas with top session musici ans\nand an orchestra\, \"Mumbo Jumbo\" was produced by Russell and engine ered\nby Odds On's Sean O'Dwyer\, whose credits include Pink Floyd\, Randy \nNewman and Blink-182. Among the 14 tracks\, released by Odds On's\nlabel \, was the first single \"Dance With Me\,\" which earned Air Supply a\npro minent feature article in Billboard Magazine titled \"Still\nSupplying The Hits After 35 Years.\" Just weeks after composer and\nvocalist Graham Rus sell was honored with a BMI Million-Air Certificate\nrecognizing 3 million performances of the duo's hit \"All Out Of Love\,\"\nAir Supply's new son g was the No. 1 most added track on the FMQB AC40\nChart\, and also one of the most added on the R&R (Radio and Records)\nAC Chart and the Mediabase AC chart. In 2013\, the duo was inducted\ninto the Australian Recording I ndustry Association’s Hall of Fame.\nAir Supply celebrated its 40th anni versary in 2015 and continues to\ndelight audiences all over the world. Ve nue: Freeman Arts Pavilion. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Tickets start at $49+fees Graham Russell & Rus sell Hitchcock met on May 12\, 1975\, the first day of rehearsals for \"Je sus Christ Superstar\" in Sydney\, Australia\; they became instant friends with their common love for The Beatles and\, of course\, singing. After t he shows' performances at 10:30\, they would play pizza parlors\, coffee b ars and nightclubs with just one guitar and two voices. They quickly gaine d a reputation for great harmonies and for original songs that Graham was constantly writing. They made a demo on a cassette of two songs\, \"Love a nd Other Bruises\" and \"If You Knew Me\" and took it to every record comp any in Sydney. Everyone turned it down but one — CBS Records — who adm ired their unique style. They made a single in one afternoon and it shot t o number one on the national charts. Air Supply was born! That same year\, they opened for Rod Stewart across Australia and then throughout the U.S. and Canada playing all of the famous huge venues before Rod would take th e stage. They found new fans but did not break the U.S. market. Back in Au stralia they had to start again and made a record called \"Life Support.\" On this record were some treasures of songs\, including \"Lost in Love\" which went Top 10 in Australia and somehow found its way to music industry executive Clive Davis in New York. Clive immediately signed Air Supply to Arista Records and in 1980\, \"Lost in Love\" became the fastest-selling single in the world\, leaping to the top of all of the charts. Now Air Sup ply was on its way. The second single was \"All Out of Love\,\" and that w ent up the charts even quicker. Seven Top-5 singles later\, Air Supply at that time had equaled The Beatles' run of consecutive top five singles. Th e albums Lost in Love\, The One That You Love\, Now & Forever\, and The Gr eatest Hits sold in excess of 20 million copies. \"Lost in Love\" was name d Song of the Year in 1980\, and\, with the other singles\, sold more than 10 million copies. The trademark sound of Russell Hitchcock's soaring ten or voice and Graham Russell's simple yet majestic songs created a unique s ound that would forever be known as Air Supply. However\, it is the live s hows that always hold audiences captive around the world. They were the fi rst Western group to tour China\, Taiwan\, and countless other countries t hat before would not allow pop music across their borders. In 1983 they re corded \"Making Love Out Of Nothing At All\" by Jim Steinman which solidif ied the group as a permanent force in modern music. This song was released on The Greatest Hits album which soared past 7 million copies. \"Lost in Love\,\" \"All Out of Love\,\" \"The One That You Love\,\" \"Sweet Dreams\ ,\" and \"Making Love Out Of Nothing At All\" have each achieved multi-mil lion plays on the radio. In 1986 the group's music was still playing endle ssly on radio. That same year\, Graham was married to actress Jodi Varble from Rochelle\, Illinois\, who also was his leading lady in the video for \"Making Love Out Of Nothing At All.\" Air Supply began to tour with lavis h productions in places that no one had been before. In South America and Asia they became a part of everyone's life. In 1988\, Air Supply was asked to participate in Australia's bicentennial celebration and to play for HR H Prince Charles and HRH Princess Diana\, where they learned both were alr eady ardent fans. This engagement would be one of the most treasured momen ts in their career. In 1989\, they recorded \"The Earth Is\" album\, selli ng over a million copies outside of the U.S. This album was followed by \" The Vanishing Race\" CD and\, with the singles \"Goodbye\" and \"It's Neve r Too Late\,\" again saw multi-platinum success. The following albums\, \" News from Nowhere\,\" \"Yours Truly\,\" and \"Across the Concrete Sky\" al l gave their second greatest hits album multi-platinum status as they trav eled the world each year. In 2000\, a new production company was founded t o be devoted to Air Supply's entire future product\, called A Nice Pear\, which gave them complete creative control. In July 2005\, their live DVD\, \"It Was 30 Years Ago Today\" celebrated 30 years of success around the w orld and in that same month\, Air Supply smashed attendance records when\, in Cuba\, at one show they played to 175\,000 people. Also\, 2005 saw the release of \"The Singer and the Song\,\" an acoustic album of many of the ir big hits which received critical acclaim. In May 2010\, the long-awaite d album\, \"Mumbo Jumbo\" — also the duo's first studio recording in eig ht years — was released. Recorded at Graham Russell's home studio near P ark City\, Utah and at Odds On's state-of-the-art facilities in Las Vegas with top session musicians and an orchestra\, \"Mumbo Jumbo\" was produced by Russell and engineered by Odds On's Sean O'Dwyer\, whose credits inclu de Pink Floyd\, Randy Newman and Blink-182. Among the 14 tracks\, released by Odds On's label\, was the first single \"Dance With Me\,\" which earne d Air Supply a prominent feature article in Billboard Magazine titled \"St ill Supplying The Hits After 35 Years.\" Just weeks after composer and voc alist Graham Russell was honored with a BMI Million-Air Certificate recogn izing 3 million performances of the duo's hit \"All Out Of Love\,\" Air Su pply's new song was the No. 1 most added track on the FMQB AC40 Chart\, an d also one of the most added on the R&R (Radio and Records) AC Chart and t he Mediabase AC chart. In 2013\, the duo was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association’s Hall of Fame. Air Supply celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2015 and continues to delight audiences all over the world. Venue: Freeman Arts Pavilion. DTSTAMP:20261028T100416Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR