Chisel, Minchin, Ceberano, Cave, Kelly, among 130 named for Adelaide’s new Walk of Fame

Jimmy Barnes and Cold Chisel, Tim Minchin, Kate Ceberano, Paul Kelly, Ruby Hunter, Slava Grigoryan, Kasey Chambers, Beccy Cole, Guy Sebastian, Nick Cave and The Angels are among those representing contemporary rock in the 130 names announced for the just re-opened Adelaide Festival Centre’s new Walk of Fame.

The list includes jazz singers and musicians, cabaret performers, classical music identities comedians, dance ensembles, s, designers, composers, playwrights, and directors involved in shows at the Festival Centre from its start in 1973 – many of them hailing from South Australia.

They were chosen by public vote, art critics and Centre management.

Their names light the way along the freshly-minted Riverbank precinct.

Other contemporary rock names are John Farnham, Troy Cassar-Daley, Daddy Cool, Chrissy Amphlett, Jimmy Little, Robyn Archer, Olivia Newton-John, Dami Im, Peter Allen, The Seekers, James Morrison, David Campbell and Glenn Shorrock.

Overseas names given the honour include Eric Clapton. Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Roy Orbison, Ella Fitzgerald, Eartha Kitt, Gene Pitney, Joe Cocker, Billy Crystal and John Denver.

The Walk of Fame was launched last Friday with two gala performances at which some of the 130 from all styles made their presence felt during the afternoon and evening shows.

They followed the official opening ceremony overseen by SA Premier and Arts Minister Jay Weatherill and Festival Centre CEO and Artistic Director Douglas Gautier.

Weatherill told guests, “Jobs are the number one priority for the State Labor Government, and upgrades to the Festival Centre are delivering 2,500 jobs during construction, and 400 ongoing jobs, following a total $1 billion investment by both the State Government and private developers.

“We will continue to lift the vibrancy and livability of Adelaide through investing in infrastructure, supporting thousands of new jobs in the years to come.”

Gautier added, “Seeing so many well-known names together really brings home the number of personalities who have made Adelaide Festival Centre the great creative hub that it is.

“This is our ongoing opportunity to honour them publicly, and to celebrate and preserve our history with support from the South Australian public.”

Beccy Cole sculled beer while singing lines as “it’s a wild and crazy chick frontier,” during ‘You Don’t Mess With The Girls Out Here’ while Matilda the Musical composer Minchin announcing he had two days before returned permanently to live in Sydney after a decade overseas,.

James Morrison paid tribute to Duke Ellington, and Slava Grigoryan and Niki Vasilakis dueted on a guitar/violin reading of ‘Astor Piazzolla’s Cafe 1930’.

Rhonda Burchmore mashed Miley Cyrus’ ‘Wrecking Ball’ and Prince/ Sinead O’Connor’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’.

The full list of Walk of Fame winners can be seen at adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au