IMPORTANT INFORMATION 
EVENT ACCESS/TRANSPORT

Kelly Clarkson Concert -
Acer Arena  - Saturday 17 April 2010

 

GENERAL EVENT INFORMATION

The External Doors to the venue will open at 6.00pm.  The first Support Act will commence at 7.30pm with Kelly Clarkson onstage at approximately 9.15pm.  We anticipate the concert will conclude at 10.30pm approximately.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Please note, City Rail are undertaking track work upgrades on the weekend of the 17 and 18 April.  Buses will replace trains between Strathfield and Granville and also between Lidcombe and Olympic Park. Additional services are operating to take you direct to Olympic Park Station.

These direct services are departing from:

- Parramatta Station
- Bankstown Station
- Merrylands Station
- North Strathfield Station

These services are operating between 5pm until 8pm to get you to the concert. Return services will operate after the concert.  Return buses will depart from Murray Rose Avenue, next to the station.

Buses are also replacing trains on the following lines: 

Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line: buses replace trains between Cronulla and Sutherland.

Bankstown Line: buses replace trains between Bankstown and Strathfield via Regents Park.

Inner West Line: buses replace trains between Bankstown and Strathfield via Regents Park and also between Merrylands and Strathfield via Granville.

South Line: buses replace trains between Merrylands and Strathfield via Granville.

Western Line: buses replace trains between Parramatta and Strathfield.

Carlingford Line: buses replace trains between Carlingford and Clyde.

For more track work information, please visit City Rail. All other City Rail services are operating to a normal weekend timetable. For more detailed timetables and up to date travel information for both bus and rail services, please visit Transport Info.


 

KELLY CLARKSON
RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND


"Kelly Clarkson is that rarest of television celebrity contestants: an artist blessed with a startlingly huge voice and more than a modicum of musical talent."
The Boston Globe

"That girl-next-door charm, combined with her booming voice, translates nicely into feisty pop songs about boy troubles."
The Washington Post

KELLY CLARKSON, the world's first 'American Idol,' now a certified pop sensation, is bringing her All I Ever Wanted TOUR to Australia. Clarkson latest studio album, All I Ever Wanted has been dominating Australian airwaves since it's March 2009 release, and in April 2010 she will be hitting Australian shores with her infectious, high-energy live show.

The tour will begin in Auckland on Sunday 11 April at Vector Arena, then makes the jump to the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Tuesday 13th April before the heading to the Newcastle Entertainment Centre on the following Thursday 15 April. That weekend, she'll pick up at Acer Arena in Sydney on Saturday 17 April, then rock out in Melbourne at the Rod Laver Arena on Monday 19 April. Her last stop on the tour and in Australia will be Thursday 22 April at Challenge Stadium in Perth.

Currently opening for Kelly Clarkson in the USA, her compatriot Eric Hutchinson will also join the Australian and New Zealand legs of the "All I Ever Wanted" World tour. Eric Hutchinson, probably best known for his catchy song "Rock and Roll", featured on the hit TV show Packed To The Rafters, won over countless fans when he toured Australia in April this year with Jason Mraz. Also supporting at the Australian shows will be local newcomer Cassie Davis. Since first emerging on the Australian scene, the country has embraced Cassie's hard-hitting rock-pop tunes with 'Like It Loud' and 'Differently' garnering over 1 million hits on YouTube combined.

All I Ever Wanted is Clarkson's fourth album, about which, compared to her previous releases, she says is, "definitely more in your face and kind of a dance-rock-soulful kind of thing, which is different for me." The tour's title taken from the hit album is a great personal fit for Clarkson. She admits, "All I ever wanted is just to do music; I love playing, singing live, recording and writing and this song just encompasses that."

 

Fans can look forward to hearing all of her hits, from Since You've Been Gone, Because of You and My Life Would Suck Without You, to a few surprises such as covers from the likes of Kings of Leon and Patsy Cline to the White Stripes. She adds, "I cannot wait to get on the road and tour... When I'm putting an album together, I'm thinking about what am I going to want to perform on tour because I love touring. I'm always thinking, what songs will be fun to sing? It's going to be a fun record to tour."

Kelly Clarkson became the first winner of American Idol in 2002 and since then her records have been widely successful and she has truly broken away from the Idol mould.  Her second album Breakaway spent 52 weeks in the top 10, and was certified 6 x Platinum. It was Breakaway that earned Clarkson her two Grammy Awards; one for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" and "Best Pop Vocal Album."

As of February this year, Clarkson has sold more than twenty million records worldwide, with 950,000 of those in Australia alone. These sales make her the highest-selling Idol winner in history.  Eight of her singles have made it to the Top Ten and she has won two Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, two MTV Awards and 11 Billboard Awards; and even been nominated for a CMA Award.

Tickets are on sale Thursday 12 November. Don't miss your chance to see US pop sensation Kelly Clarkson live in April 2010.  Your life would suck without this show!

TICKETS FOR ALL SHOWS ON SALE 9AM, THURSDAY 12 NOVEMBER