Michael Gudinski is looking pretty good for someone about to celebrate his 500th.
Gudinski is heading into the 30th year of the Frontier Touring Company and will celebrate a double whammy with the 500th tour in the first half of this year.“In this business loyalty isn’t always a given but we’ve worked hard to set ourselves above the rest as far as the service we provide," he said in a statement. "We don’t just take a tour out on the road when an artist and their touring party come to Australia and New Zealand; we like to think we’re taking good friends out on tour.
“I’m very proud of the position that the company is in now. We’ve stayed true to our values over the past three decades and I think that our position today as the leading concert promoter in Australia and New Zealand proves we’re doing something right. In the end passion wins through and we’re definitely passionate about our music here at Frontier!”
The first tour for the Frontier Touring Company was UK Squeeze in 1980.
Here is the complete list of acts who have toured Australia with the Frontier Touring Company.
30 Seconds To Mars
50 Cent
Aerosmith
AFI
Alicia Keys
Alkaline Trio
Alternative Nation
Amanda Palmer
Amy Grant
Andy Summers Trio
Anne Murray
Apollo Four Forty
Aqualung
Arctic Monkeys
Arrested Development
Art Garfunkel
Ash
Atmosphere
Backstreet Boys
Bardot
Barenaked Ladies
Ben Folds
Ben Lee
Billy Idol
Billy Joel
Billy Joel & Elton John
Billy Talent
Birtles, Shorrock & Goble
Black Francis
Blood Brothers
Blur
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Bobby Brown
Bon Jovi
Boz Scaggs & Joan Armatrading
Brian May
Bros
Bryan Adams
Buckcherry
Bush
Cake
Capercaillie
Cheap Trick
Chris Isaak
Christina Aguilera
Clash Of The Titans
Colbie Callait
Coldplay
Complete Madness
Concrete Blonde
Cradle of Filth
Craig David
Crowded House
Culture Beat
Cut N Move
Cypress Hill
D:Ream
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Dashboard Confessional
David Gray
De La Soul
Death From Above 1979
Debbie Gibson
Depeche Mode
Devo
Diana Krall
Dionne Farris
Disturbed
Dixie Chicks
Dizzee Rascal
Dogs Die In Hot Cars
Dogstar
Dresden Dolls
Duran Duran
Eagles
East 17
Echo and The Bunnymen
Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves
Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Eminem
Enrique Iglesias
Enzso with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Erasure
Evan Dando
Everlast
Evermore
Extreme
Faith No More
Fall Out Boy
Fantomas
Fantomas
Fastball
Fiction Plane
Foo Fighters
Frank Sinatra, Liza Minelli & Sammy Davis Jr
Franz Ferdinand
Fuel
Garbage
Gavin DeGraw
George Thorogood and The Destroyers
Get Up Kids & Saves the Day
Gipsy Kings
Gob
Go-Go’s
Gomez
Green Day
Guns N' Roses
Hard-Fi
Hellogoodbye
Herbie Hancock
Hoggboy
Hoodoo Gurus
Hootie & The Blowfish
Hot Hot Heat
Human Nature
Ice Cube
Iggy Pop
Insane Clown Posse
Jackson Browne
Jackson United
James Blunt
James Hunter
James Morrison
James Reyne
Jamie Cullum
Janes Addiction
Jeff Buckley
Jeff Martin
Jesse Cook
Jewel
Jim Rose Circus Sideshow
Jimmy Barnes
Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band
Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
Joan Armatrading
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Joe Cocker
Joe Jackson Band
John Fogerty
John Legend
John Mayall
John McLaughlin
John Mellencamp
Johnny Diesel & The Injectors
Jon Bon Jovi
Jordin Sparks
Jurassic 5
Justin Timberlake
Kaiser Chiefs
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
Kim Wilde
Kings Of Leon
Kiss
Kylie
La Roux
Lady GaGa
Lamb
Lenny Kravitz
Leonard Cohen
Lisa Gerrard
Living Colour
Los Lonely Boys
M One
Macy Gray
Madeleine Peyroux
Madonna
Mark Lanegan Band
Maroon 5
Matchbox 20
Matisyahu
McFly
Melissa Etheridge
Melody Gardot
Mercury Rev
Metro Station
MGMT
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Michael Winslow
Mika
Ministry Of Sound
Missy Higgins
Moby
Modest Mouse
Montell Jordan
Morrissey
Motley Crue
Motorhead
Muse
My Chemical Romance
Nada Surf
Natacha Atlas
Neil Finn
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Neil Young & The Lost Dogs
Nelly Furtado
Nickelback
Nine Inch Nails
No Doubt
Noiseworks
Norah Jones
OneRepublic
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
P.O.D.
Panic At The Disco
Paolo Nutini
Pearl Jam
Peeping Tom
Pennywise
Peter Gabriel
Pink
PJ Harvey
Poison
Pop Will Eat Itself
Portishead
Powderfinger
Primus
Pulp
R.E.M.
Radiohead
Ray Lamontagne
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Regina Spektor
Richard Marx
Richie Sambora
Rise Against
Roachford
Rockstar™ Taste Of Chaos 2006
Rod Stewart
Rooster
RUMBA 2001
RUMBA 2002
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Sam Brown
Sammy Hagar
Sarah Harmer
Semisonic
Sex Pistols
Shaggy
Shawn Mullins
Simple Plan
Skank Anansie
Skid Row
Slash
Snoop Dogg
Snow Patrol
Sonic Youth
Soul II Soul
Sound Relief
Split Enz
Steve Earle
Steve Miller Band
Stevie Nicks
Sting
Stray Cats
Suicidal Tendancies
Supreme Beings Of Leisure
Suzanne Vega
Switchfoot
Taking Back Sunday
Taste Of Chaos 05
Teenage Fanclub
Tenacious D
The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects
The Angels
The B52s
The Black Crowes
The Black Eyed Peas
The Bravery
The Click Five
The Countdown Spectacular 06
The Countdown Spectacular 07
The Cure
The Darkness
The Dears
The Dirtbombs
The Donnas
The Dresden Dolls
The Feeling
The Fray
The Futureheads
The Hellacopters
The Icarus Line
The Killers
The Kills
The Mars Volta
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Police
The Roots
The Script
The Specials
The Strokes
The Tea Party
The Used
The Veronicas
The Zutons
Tim Finn
Tina Arena
Tom Jones
Tone Loc
Tooheys 1000
Tool
Tracy Bonham
Tracy Chapman
Travis
Ugly Kid Joe
UK Squeeze
Urge Overkill
Vampire Weekend
Van Halen
Vans Warped Tour
Warrant
Weezer
Wendy Matthews
Wheatus
Whitesnake
Widespread Panic
Xzibit
Yngwie Malmsteen
Yothu Yindi
ZZ Top
