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STILL TOURING THE WORLD ALMOST 35 YEARS SINCE THEIR
BREAKTHROUGH HIT ‘LOST IN LOVE,’ AIR SUPPLY IS SET TO BE INDUCTED
INTO THE AUSTRALIAN RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (ARIA) HALL OF
FAME ON DECEMBER 1 IN SYDNEY

With Album Sales of Over 40 Million, the ’80s Hitmaking Duo, Who Are Currently
Working on a New Dance Single and Album for Release Next Year, Are Looking
Forward to the Premiere of “All Out of Love”—A Musical Based on Their Songs—In
Perth and Singapore in 2014

LOS ANGELES- Over 38 years after meeting in Sydney as performers in a local production of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock—known throughout the world as the hit making duo Air Supply (www.airsupplymusic.com)—return to the city to be inducted into the ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) Hall of Fame at the 27th Annual ARIA Awards, set for Sunday, December 1 at The Star Event Centre.

“It is a great honour for us,” says Hitchcock, and it was something that was totally unexpected. We are certainly excited to come home to Australia and to have fun with everybody and we want to say thank you to all who participated in our ARIA Hall Of Fame induction. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.”

“In the beginning,” he adds, “we said they probably thought we were going to be a one-hit wonder. Then, we were a two-hit wonder, then a seven-hit wonder, and then a 10-hit wonder…Here we are, all these years later, loving what we do just as much as when we began.”

Graham Russell commented, “The Aria Hall of Fame induction has come at the perfect time for Air Supply. We have never sought recognition, we let our music speak for itself, but it is a nice salute to our 38 years as a successful band.”

Denis Handlin AM, ARIA Chairman & CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Australia & New Zealand and President, Asia, said, “On behalf of the ARIA Board we are honoured to induct Air Supply into the ARIA Hall of Fame on Sunday 1 December at the 27th Annual ARIA Awards. With their many timeless songs that have crossed generations and led to ground-breaking success overseas, Air Supply is one of Australia’s most unique and successful musical stories.”

Jim Gosnell, President of APA commented, “Graham and Russell’s melodies have taught me time and again that great love songs are universal and never go out of style.  It is beyond a pleasure and an honour to have worked with such gifted talents over the last two decades, and for that I am truly grateful.”

Signed by Clive Davis to Arista Records in 1980, Air Supply—who launched their career as an acoustic duo playing pizza parlours, night clubs and coffee bars in Sydney several years earlier—scored an immediate hit with “Lost In Love,” which reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song initiated a run of seven consecutive US Top Fives in a little more than two years, including their #1 “The One That You Love” in 1981. Air Supply at that time had equalled The Beatles‘ run of consecutive top five singles.

 Air Supply’s albums Lost in Love, The One That You Love, Now & Forever, and The Greatest Hits have sold in excess of 40 million copies. “Lost in Love” was named Song of the Year in 1980, and, their singles have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. “Lost in Love,” “All Out of Love,” “The One That You Love,” “Sweet Dreams,” and “Making Love Out Of Nothing At All” have each achieved multi-million plays on the radio.

Previous ARIA Hall of Fame inductees include Kylie Minogue, Men At Work, The Seekers, The Bee Gees, INXS, Olivia Newton-John, Little River Band, Divinyls, Helen Reddy, Midnight Oil and Nick Cave.

In 1988, Air Supply was asked to participate in Australia’s bicentennial celebration and to play for HRH Prince Charles and HRH Princess Diana, where they learned both were already ardent fans. This engagement would be one of their most treasured moments in their career.

As popular as their recordings have been, it is Air Supply’s live shows that have held audiences captive around the world for decades. Russell and Hitchcock, who continue to play more than 150 shows a year worldwide, were the first Western group to tour China, Taiwan, and countless other countries that before would not allow pop music across their borders.

After numerous U.S. dates throughout November, Air Supply is performing throughout Australia and New Zealand in conjunction with their visit to the ARIA Awards for their induction. They are doing shows on the Gold Coast (Jupiters 11/27), in Sydney (State Theatre 11/29), Christchurch (CBS Arena 12/3), Wellington (St. James Theatre 12/4), Auckland (Civic Theatre 12/5), Melbourne (Palais Theatre 12/7) and Perth (Concert Hall 12/8). They return to North American for numerous late winter and spring dates in North America.

Hitchcock adds, “I’m doing something right, within the band at least. People ask ‘When did this tour begin?’ and we always say ’1975.’ We haven’t had a year off the road since we began working together. Graham and I have never had a fight in 38 years.”

The duo is currently working on a new dance single and album, set for release in 2014.

Russell and Hitchcock are also looking forward to the world premiere of the highly-anticipated musical “All Out Of Love,” set to be staged in Perth and then Singapore in 2014. “All Out of Love” features the classic songs of Air Supply and an original script skillfully woven into a new love story by award winning Canadian playwright Jim Millan. It is produced by Musical Management Asia Pacific MMAP, headed by Naomi Toohey and Dale Harrison. Harrison says, “Air Supply were the first Western group to tour China, Taiwan, and countless other countries. With the World Premiere in Singapore in 2014, ‘All Out of Love’ will continue the tradition of breaking new ground.”

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