The Savage Gardener #46

Hi everyone!! The World Music Awards have not yet aired here on the west coast
of America, so I can't do a review until next week. However, you east coasters
have told me the performance was great (like I expected it to be anything
less!) and that Darren and Daniel were awarded Best Album by an Australian
Artist right after they performed. Way to go, guys!!!

DELITES COUNTDOWN: 30 days

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                                         SaVaGe NeWs

**Great news for Daz and Dan!! Last week on Brisbane's B105 Truly was named as
the #1 song on B105's Top 500 for 1997/1998!!! Out of 500 songs!!! To the Moon
and Back was #65, and I don't have the rest of the places but ALL of the SG
singles are on the chart. Congrats, Darren and Daniel!!

**There are some great layouts in the June 1998 issue of Rolling Stone
(Aussie)!! So all you Aussies flock out and buy it! Thanks to SpceFerret for
the info!!

**Tickets for the Delites concert at the Max Bell Arena in Calgary, Canada are
on sale now! The tickets are floor, which means no assigned seating which
means get there very very early and you can get front row!! Thanks to
KerryB1000 for the info!

**For those of you who are planning on ordering your Delites tickets through
Ticket Master at Blockbuster Music will have to get them in another way. The
Blockbuster stores are no longer Ticket Master outlets so you'll have to call
your local Ticket Master number (they vary with individual areas).

**More great news for Daz and Dan themselves!! Their debut CD is now QUADRUPLE
platinum as officially certified by the RIAA here in America on May 19th!
That's over 4 MILLION copies sold in the US alone!! Way to go, Darren and
Daniel!

**The new To the Moon and Back video will be premiering shortly!! I'll keep
you posted on the date when it makes its world premiere!!

**This week's Billboard stats! Truly is currently #9 on the Billboard Hot 100
and the album has jumped back to #15, making way for new albums. Just a note,
Darren and Daniel hope to have the new album out in early 1999.

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                                          Savage Trivia

Last week's trivia question was: when asked in an interview about rumors and
things like that, Darren said something which has turned into a very famous
and favorite quote of the fans. What is that quote? Here's part of it to get
you going: "The truth starts and..." what's the rest?? The answer is "The
truth starts and ends with my lips" and congrats to those who got it right!!

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This week's trivia is about Mine, that heartbreakingly beautiful song released
only in Australia. The question is: Why will America never ever hear Mine
(unless you get the Aussie CD, or something like that)? Note: It's such a
stupid reason!! In my opinion, anyway.

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Hi Lauren,

Just wanted to inform you... I have already seen the WMA. They were broadcast
in Germany on a pay TV channel last night (May 21). The awards are awful,
worse than the Oscars! *L* So cheezy. But their performance was nice, and
Darren looks hot with a beard. /And this is from someone who usually hates
beards!) Also, there are several gigs in Europe that Savage Garden are doing.
Next week they will be in London on May 28. I am going! Then there are two
concerts (May 30 and 31) at some huge German open air festivals (I hate
festivals that's why I won't go there); they will be in Stockholm on June 2,
in Oslo on June 3 and also in Denmark (dunno the exact date). And today I hope
to see them in Germany at a pop festival called The Dome for a one or maybe
two song appearance... I just heard on the phone that people are already
waiting in lines since 9 o'clock. OMG! I gotta go! *LOL*

WoodBeez

Thanks for the info and I hope you got to see them!! ~Lauren :o)

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Does anyone know where I can find some (LARGE) posters of Daz and Dan?
(especially Darren!)  I've been looking everywhere and I can't find any!  I'm
about to leave for college and I want to take a HUGE poster with me to paste
up on my wall.

AquaSJG

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**We have a poll for this week!! What is your favorite Savage song? It could
be any of them, on the album, non-album tracks, whatever! Send in your vote
and we'll see which one is the favorite! Thanks to Arkcadia for the idea and
for volunteering to do the statistics, and here is the list of songs:

To the Moon and Back              Promises
I Want You                                Santa Monica
Truly Madly Deeply                   All Around Me
Tears of Pearls                          Mine
Universe                                    I'll Bet He Was Cool
Carry on Dancing                      Love Can Move You
Violet                                        Memories are Designed to Fade
Break Me Shake Me                 This Side of Me
A Thousand Words                   Fire Inside the Man

**We have a special message from a Savage fan:
Me and a friend are trying to get To The Moon and Back to get on MTV's Total
Request.  If you're interested in helping please <A HREF="mailto:
[email protected]">E-Mail me</A> at <A HREF="mailto: [email protected]">
[email protected]</A>. When I have enough people we'll choose one day when
we'll all vote. If this works... well do the same for all their other videos.

So email [email protected] and join the bandwagon to get TTMAB back on the
air!!!! Just remember that the new video will be premiering shortly, so TTMAB
(the new vid) will definitely be on TV soon.

**[email protected] wanted me to let you all know that her webpage has a
special Savage chat and she'd like to set up chat sessions. You don't need any
special requirements to join in so come in and chat with other fans! The
webpage addy (the direct link to the chatroom) is:
http://www.brit.co.uk/chat/messages/2144.htm
The chat room schedule is Sunday nights from 7- 8 pm pacific time. I'll try
and check in every so often so I hope to see you there!

**As we all know, Break Me Shake Me's release was not postponed in Canada as
it was here in America. Could any Canadian fans let us know how BMSM is doing
up there? I'm pretty curious!

**I've been getting emails asking me to confirm the dates when SG are
appearing, or when the tickets go on sale. I swear on my autographed CD that I
will let you all know as soon as I hear when more dates are announced. So
please just try and calm down and remember that there is no way I would ever
keep this info to myself! You're my first priority here, so please don't email
me everytime I send out an update of ticket sales asking for info on a venue.
All info I get I send to you ASAP, I promise!

That's it for this week. Have a great week and stay Savage!

Peace, love, and Savage Garden!
Lauren ( <A HREF="mailto: [email protected]">[email protected]</A> )

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