Thanks to Shadow (and scans are on the official forum, from Sweetpea and Leebella - articles in both NZ and OZ New Idea)

and Adelaide reminded us of this which is direct from Steve Cropper (last year)

You might remember that Guy did a gig in OZ last year, at which one of the very top Sony US execs just happened to sit in, and who was so iimpressed he wanted him to come to the US. Steve was only too happy to accompany Guy to the showcase :wub: :P

It's shaping up to be a mega year for Guy :D
I'm sure the US is going to fall in love :wub:

The states will never know what hit them. He is just so different from anything they have.

he is different, isn't he :wub:

this is the latest thats happening in no-fro land :rolleyes:

www.twitter.com/guysebastian


new from Guy, we can pick up all the stuff he's doing, pretty well as he does it - so to speak :boldred:


He's got a new tattoo, a Phoenix ( I wouldnt think so much of rising from the ashes, rather - new, refreshed, reborn, onward and upward and on the rise - great choice).

fr instance, his latest

but there are quite a few interesting ones preceding that :talker:

we got onto this via this post from Guy

Guy has tweeted :P :wub:


He will be recording in Burbank CA Monday :banana

Its all excitement. I wonder if he'll drop in on Burbank High School "In Sync" choir, who won their section with a fantastic acapella of Taller Stronger Better in New York last year :D

all these tweets that are happening. Just awesome :wub: :wub: :wub:

I've added John Mayer on tweeter, just in case - perhaps David Ryan Harris is on there too?

I'll go have a look

Just as well we got our tix for Twin Towns

just amazing, really. SO much happening and look who is band is THIS time :banana

we're loving his facebook and tweets on twitter

thanks to Iman


and from Jon, from allmemphismusic.com (net radio, where they play him every day, several or more times per day) has said

I'll update when we know more.

Guy is currently working with John Mayer's band, he went to John and his friends superbowl party and things are really hotting up! Getting quite exciting and it seems there is a lot in store for Guy

:banana

Still pinching myself here Prins , this is so exciting I can only imagine how Guy's feeling :wub:

Good luck Guy

Guy's latest Twitter ...

He's been a busy bee in the last few days with pre-Grammy interviews, including a new song (Just Bring Yourself ) sung for New York radio station WPLJ ) :) Also the news that Guy will be singing at a special VIP only pre-Oscar do for one of the female Actor Nominee's ( at the moment the guess is it's Anne Hathaway )
Guy must be in a spin at he moment :wub:
Go get em Guy , it's your time to shine :bkiss:

defl .Jillz and his voice is getting stronger, wider in range, more incredible with the vocal quality with almost every performance!

ANOTHER EDIT IN,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7BtR0j87_Q

INTERVIEW WITH RANDY JACKSON AT THE PRE-GRAMMYS, very interesting :P

thought I'd better drop that in

but I just came from youtube, where Debz has put up a channel and they are just amazing :wub:

Great article in the new WHO magazine, the Oscar special which really is just that. Well done, Who.

With thanks to Brenda for these awesome scans

You can see a smidge of both his tatts (first one done a couple of years ago, not as large although its still a major tattoo but tends to be almost hidden by T shirt sleeves. Guy has almost always rolled the ends of his sleeves up, a fashion statement of his) EDIT.. in the scan you cant see the tatts, I'd forgotten that. But in the article, one can.



for the other part of the article.



Of course since he twittered re the latest tatt, with photos, media has tended to grab the photo and story and last count we had 7 articles up. The photo is available through Guy's twitter its certainly impressive. A couple of the tattoo blogs have caught it too, as the photo (taken by the tattoo parlour perhaps ?) is beautifully clear. Hope thats it for his tatts on the arms though, I'm not a fan of John Mayer's full sleeve

Great article wasnt it.

It was a lovely article , totally love those pics :wub:

me too Jillz. Might just have to drop a copy off at my osteopaths :wub: - next week :banana

catch up by seeing edits in the post above - like to let the others have their go, I figure Guys fans will drop by anyhow.

Now = big treat

Chris Mann, the guy whose also moved to NYC and who performed with Guy at the Haven Oscars Young Hollywood party - hasput up a video on youtube!

Chris Mann's Haven Oscars

can even get Guy midway through it. Awesome place!

And a twitter comment from someone else, outof the blue!

As found by Janice from Guys forum

coming from her WOW

found thanks to Boots

photo of lineup thanks to Barbie

Oh to be there :wub:
Looks so cosy and intimate , Guy is going to slay them :)

Another bit of info Fingersfly found ...

They're going to need quite a large hat after Guy finishes ;)

LOL Jillz

hey I couldnt get into Guys forum !! its down - again

hope it comes back up again soon

It's all getting so exciting :yipee
That's a fantastic promo pic :D

So love it all Jillz :wub: :P



At last things are showing what is happening (has been very frustrating over time )

Wonderful news, also

from Angela Barkans twitter (she is with Sony / Victor)

with this

Guy Sebastian Show in NYC - March 11th at 8pm - Rockwood Music Hall - 196 Allen Street NY NY

Since winning the first season of "Australian Idol" singer songwriter Guy Sebastian has released 4 top selling albums and has become a household name in Australia and New Zealand.

His fans include John Mayer and Steve Cropper and David Ryan Harris all of whom play on his forthcoming US debut, "Like It Like That" which includes a combination of new recordings and soul covers from the Memphis Stax era. His soulful voice has been compared to that of Stevie Wonder and Al Green.

Guy will also be playing a number of shows at SXSW including the "Sounds Australia House" on 3/19 and the BMI Brunch and Direct TV Live Stage on 3/20.

Thanks to Jean, and Bianca - who typed all this up while she listened to Jean's phone in Rockwood Music Hall, March 11, New York

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Ok guys, im outta here in 5 mins but just got off the phone from Jean.....lets just say shes still soaking it all up right now but....

STEPHEN IS NOW A FAN!!!! LOVES GUY!!!! ohno02.gif whistle.gif ( Stephen went along as he knew it was important for his mama wub_anim.gif lets just say he was quite taken with the aussie girls too wink.gif

I asked Stephen to use a word to describe Guy and he really thought about it and said a real fresh change, a voice so unique and a falsetto he hasnt heard in years...he was really blown away by Guys depth and the way he did not stray off of a note at all! wub_anim.gif
I found this a huge compliment , Jean is so chuffed. biggrin.gif

Jean got autographs, video as did Victor whoshe said was real sweet guy and he was shouting out heaps biggrin.gif
Victor will be putting pics on forum as soon as he can.
Jean said there were many aussies, but everyone really oved him and cheered for him.
the connetticut US street team person was there too and Guy just had so much support, he was so wonderful, Jean said....
ps. JEAN GOT HER HUG TOO!!! now shes very content, ewverything she wanted to do she did and some biggrin.gif
Gosh I love her wub_anim.gif wub_anim.gif

Thankyou guys for joining me on our first ever Guy concert in USA....oh what we have to look forward too wub_anim.gif wub_anim.gif

When I hear more Ill let you know smile.gif

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http://blip.fm/profile/rebelcontent/blip/4881233

Jeans been and left her thoughts on the show

-------------I'm so glad Bianca was listening and giving you all updates on my wonderful experience. I could not have done it without her. I am so glad you enjoyed it with me. May I share a few personal notes with you. It was a day I will always remember. Arrived in NY at 5:30 p.m. instead of 12:30 p.m., but arrived at Rockwood at 6:30, in time to place the flyers on the tables. Steven and I were the first to arrive.

The place was surprisingly smaller than I expected. I'm glad I couldn't sit where I initially wanted to, because the seat I chose was perfect - less than 10 feet from Guy and facing him. I met Victor - was glad that he and Steven clicked immediately - they spent the evening watching Guy AND THE LADIES. They thought Angela was a stunner.

Then Victor said, is that Guy outside and it was. I met Guy coming in the door, stopped him (ballsy) and told him who I was and that I'd come all the way from North Carolina and wanted to meet him. He was so gracious and I was immediately at ease with him. He said he would talk to me. Then he went on stage and began to set up.

He is "pretty" to say the least, but I think that Guy's persona is what sets him apart and draws us to him. He was so gracious to everyone there, so down to earth, so sweet, and just so good! He has such a sweet spirit about him and it permeates the entire room. I was mesmerized by him and didn't mind holding the camera for 43 minutes and 39 seconds (Steven was watching the ladies).

Bianca told you the rest and it was so, well it's hard to articulate. Afterwards, I stopped him coming out the door (ballsy again) and he signed my four pictures of him (the one where he's seated on the stool with the red guitar). He was in a hurry to meet the Sony people, but took the time to ask me my name, how to spell it and wrote a personal message on my picture. Then he gave me a big hug and thanked me for coming. I was totally satisfied. I gave him a small photo album of Sweetie Pea (my grandson). I'd been waiting for months to experience it and then it was happening so quickly. I don't think I took it all in immediately.

It was apparent that the majority of the people were there to see Guy and there was an atmosphere of friendliness in the room, especially after he took the stage. His singing was flawless. I have to tell you that I wasn't a bit surprised. I truly expected Guy to be just the way he was - perfect.

Afterwards Victor and I met the Street Team Lead from Connecticut. Thank you all for introducing me to Guy.

I believe his name will become a household word in America too. A funny thing happened to me on the way home today. I was on the plane from New York to Atlanta. And I began to play my mp3 player. As I began to listen to COMH, I started to cry. I wasn't sure why really. I guess it was a culmination of my journey to finally see the person who sang that song on my computer a year ago and inspired me to comment on Youtube, "When is he coming to America." The attendant on the plane asked me if I was alright because I couldn't stop crying. But they were tears of joy and thankfulness to God for allowing me to experience Guy Sebastian.

I want to thank all of you for that too. Hopefully, within the next day or two, I will get the video downloaded. Please forgive the picture, it may not be perfect

Was such an exciting morning :D
Thanks to Bianca and Jean for keeping everyone up to date :bkiss:
The crowd went wild with massive amounts of cheering and whistles , everyone was caught up in the magic that is Guy Live :wub:
Am hanging out for Jeans report and the pics and videos .

was so amazing, wasn't it. :wub: Hope we can get similar from say the DROM shows which are now being advertised.

here's a report for SXSW

Love the snippett

DROM - love the venue - BUT! the weather was atrocious! Like, we had summer and winter in 3 days!

Prinnie changed out of her red hoodie into an empire linish tunish top, and hair down, and Guy was in his gear with the grey jacket with the heavy black finish.

We got (at least, but not in this order)

All to Myself
Like it Like That
Fail to Mention
Perfection
Just Bring Yourself
PRIVATE NUMBER with Prinnie :P - soooo Memphis! sooo much fun

Sweetest Berry'
I've Been Loving You

he finished with an encore of The Midnight Hour and Soul Man

Guy was on the guitar, and the cajun drum, and of course on the baby grand too

The place was pretty full by the time he'd finished and I have to say that THAT was amazing, as the weather was in short ATROCIOUS
absolutely truly atrocious. Dreadful, even.

And they cheered and clapped and whistled, got a great reception, there was another couple from Australia there too! Didnt meet up them because I guess they were keen to get home, but many went up to have photo taken.

We did that too, and hubby is really thrilled that he pointed us out as being there from Australia, the manager and 'mainman' wereboth impressed that we thought so highly of Guy that we had travelled all that way for a show (2 shows tho, just imagine, we get to have it all over again)

The audience really loved him, and there were many there that when he pointed out how bad the weather was, and how he appreciated those coming, who came - they yelled out, 'we wouldn't miss it' - isn't that great?

Jules looked lovely, grey layers, big pashmini scarf in silvery grey and black, black or dark grey coat.

Angela Barkan is SO a sweetie- anyone wishing to go, please twitter her. I hope we have more to do with her next week, it was just that the manager was such a sweetie to us, because we'd mentioned when we booked that we were coming all the way from Australia for him.

I think we may have made another fan here in the hotel, too (we're not far from 42nd street)
say the magic words Steve Cropper and/or Otis Redding and people are SO SO impressed!

The decor was dark, lots of art type posters, 'squished' cloth / paper lamps hanging from the ceiling, chains hanging from t he ceiling ph34r.gif blink.gif





AND courtesy of Mish and DROM

just passing through, still in France but will be home by Mothers day :banana

couple more, but one (at the moment, until I return home from France) is as an upload

Here's the video from Jen_Iris

YouTube - Guy Sebastian - I've been loving you too long

and here's the upload
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B9PIPL9L

for the last, Guy had a bit of hayfever at DROM in New York so he was saving his voice (he also went to Tom Hanks party later, so Im guessing he was REALLY saving his voice for better things, LOL) and so we got mainly the keyboard - because he had a new guitarist, Jack, that night.