Toni Collette & the Finish

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Toni Collette & The Finish
OriginAustralia
Years active2006–present
Labels Hoola Hoop Records
Website Toni Collete & The Finish Official Site

Toni Collette & The Finish are a band fronted by Australian actress, singer and songwriter Toni Collette. Other band members include Collette's husband Dave Galafassi, Glenn Richards, David Lane and Pete Farley.

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Tours

Toni Collette & The Finish toured constantly around Australia throughout the end of 2006 to early 2007. Most venues were sell outs. The shows had a positive reception.[ citation needed ]

Toni performed her last 2007 gig at The Vanguard at Newtown as a secret show; this show was sold out within a few days.[ citation needed ]

Toni & The Finish announced that they will do a very special "warm up" show at the Gaelic Club Surry Hills on the 5/7/2007 for the basis to have fun before Live Earth. This also was the mark of Glenn Richards on guitar reuniting with the band to perform live as on the band's Look Up tour Richards was unable to tour with them because of recording commitments with Augie March. This warm-up show sold out the Gaelic club and got a very positive reaction from the crowd.[ citation needed ]

Toni Collette and The Finish played at the Australian leg of the Live Earth concert in Sydney on 7 July 2007. This was their biggest gig to date. Toni Collette & The Finish headlined the concert along with Wolfmother, Crowded House, Jack Johnson, and Missy Higgins.

Personnel

Discography

Albums

TitleAlbum details
Beautiful Awkward Pictures
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Hoola Hoop (hoolahoop0002)
  • Formats: CD, DD

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
AUS
[1]
"Beautiful Awkward Pictures"200699Beautiful Awkward Pictures
"Look Up"

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2007 [2] [3] Toni Collette and The FinishMost Oustsanding New Independent ArtistNominated

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References

  1. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia’s Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 64.
  2. "2007 Jagermeister AIR Awards Nominees Revealed". inthemix. 2 November 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. "History Wins". Australian Independent Record Labels Association . Retrieved 18 August 2020.