the ultimate silverchair timeline 1994 - 2000
Thursday June 16th - Innocent Criminals were announced the winners of the "Nomad Pick Me" demo competiton with their 7 minute song "Tomorrow" Friday September 16th - Tomorrow was released in Australia Friday September 23rd - silverchair play the Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle, NSW Monday September 26th - Tomorrow debuts on the ARiA chart at #26, and stayed there until October 2nd, 1995 Thursday September 28th - silverchair play the Bowlow, Sydney, NSW September __ - silverchair play the Civic Park in Newcastle, NSW Saturday October 1st - silverchair play Police Boys Club, Hornsby, NSW Sunday October 2nd - silverchair play Cartoons, Brookvale, NSW Friday October 14th - silverchair play The Empress, Melbourne, VIC Saturday October 15th - silverchair play The Esplanade, Melbourne, VIC Friday Ocotober 21st - silverchair play The Zoo [not the actual Zoo], Brisbane, QLD Saturday October 22nd - silverchair play Van Gogh's Earlobe, Brisbane, QLD Monday October 24th - Tomorrow reaches #1 on the ARiA chart and stays there for 6 weeks! & Ben turns 15. Monday October 31st - Tomorrow is certified gold in Australia Friday November 4th - silverchair play Lennies, Adelaide, South Australia Saturday November 5th - silverchair play The Crown Hotel, Victor Harbour, Adelaide, South Australia Thursday November 10th - Chris celebrates his 15th birthday! Friday November 11th - silverchair support Powderfinger and Pantera at the Entertainment Centre, Newcastle, NSW Saturday November 12th - silverchair play the Metro [Triple J "11" launch] in Sydney, NSW Saturday November 19th - silverchair play The Push, Luna Park, Melbourne, VIC & The Esplanade in Melbourne as well on the same day! Friday November 25th - Tomorrow certified PLATINUM in Australia & they play the Bowlow in Sydney, NSW Friday December 9th - silverchair play "Waves" in Wollongong, NSW Saturday December 10th - silverchair play Manly Youth Centre, Manly, NSW Wednesday December 14th - silverchair play the Avalon Beach RSL Club, Avalon, NSW Friday December 16th - silverchair play Long Jetty Hotel, Long Jetty, NSW Saturday December 17th - silverchair play the Phoenician Club in Sydney, NSW Friday December 23rd - silverchair play the Newcastle Leagues Club, Newcastle, NSW Saturday December 31st - silverchair play two shows, one at the Falls Festival + one at the Dromana Drive In, both in Lorne, VIC
Monday January 9th - Tomorrow is released in New Zealand Wednesday January 11th - Tomorrow is certified DOUBLE PLATINUM in Australia Friday January 13th - Pure Massacre is released in Australia Friday January 20th - silverchair play the small stage at the Big Day Out, Auckland, New Zealand Sunday January 22nd - silverchair play the Big Day Out in Melbourne, VIC Monday January 23rd - Pure Massacre debuts at #2 on the ARiA charts and remains there for 2 weeks Thursday January 26th - silverchair play the Big Day Out in Sydney, NSW Saturday January 28th - silverchair play Van Gogh's Earlobe, Brisbane, QLD Sunday January 29th - silverchair play the Big Day Out, Gold Coast, QLD Thursday February 2nd - Pure Masscare goes gold in Australia Friday February 3rd - silverchair plays the Big Day Out, Adelaide, South Australia Sunday February 5th - silverchair plays the Big Day Out, Fremantle, Western Australia Monday February 6th - Tomorrow reaches #1 in New Zealand and stays there until February 12th, 1995 Friday February 17th - silverchair play the Prince of Wales Hotel, Melbourne, VIC Saturday February 18th - silverchair play the Prince of Wales Hotel again in Melbourne, VIC Friday February 24th - silverchair play the Metro, Sydney, NSW Saturday February 25th - silverchair play the Uni ball, Adelaide, South Australia Thursday March 2nd - silverchair play Newcastle Uni, Newcastle, NSW Monday March 13th - Pure Massacre released in New Zealand Monday March 27th - Australian release of silverchair's debut album frogstomp 89X in Detriot add Tomorrow to their playlist, closely followed by 99X in Atlanta, The End in Seattle and Chicago's Q101. Pure Massacre also peaks at #2 in New Zealand and stays there until April 2nd, 95 Wednesday March 29th - silverchair play their first overseas show at The Underworld, London, UK Friday March 31st - frogstomp certified gold in Australia Sunday April 2nd - silverchair play The Milky Way, Amsterdam Monday April 3rd - silverchair play Nachtleben, Frankfurt frogstomp sets a record while debuting at #1 on the ARiA charts, it was the first ever Australian album to debut at #1. It stayed there for 3 weeks. Monday April 10th - frogstomp certified PLATINUM in Australia Wednesday April 12th - Israel's Son is released in Australia Friday April 14th - silverchair kicks off the israel's song tour in Bells Beach, VIC Sunday April 16th - silverchair play Bunnyfest, football oval, Busselton, Western Australia Saturday April 22nd - silverchair play the University Stomp, Adelaide Uni, South Australia Daniel turns 16 Monday April 24th - Hobart City town hall, Tasmania [with YOU AM I] Israel's Son debuts at #11 on the ARiA charts and stays there for a week Friday May 5th - silverchair play The Roxy, Brisbane, QLD Saturday May 6th - UTS Stomp, Sydney, NSW Sunday May 7th - UTS Stomp, Sydney, NSW Friday May 26th - Aussie release of frogstomp's 4th single, shade Monday May 29th - Copies of Tomorrow are shipped to rock radio stations after high demand Friday June 5th - Shade debuts at #32 on the ARiA chart Israel's Son peaks at #12 in New Zealand Tuesday June 6th - Tomorrow offically added to North American rock radio Wednesday June 7th - silverchair record their show at the Cambridge Hotel in Newcastle, NSW for RAGE [tv program] Friday June 9th - silverchair play Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland, NZ Saturday June 10th - silverchair play Town Hall, Wellington, NZ Tuesday June 13th - frogstomp released in Canada Saturday June 17th - silverchair record live at the wireless for Triple J Monday June 19th - frosgtomp released in the United States Wednesday June 21st - silverchair play The Roxy Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia [1st US show] Friday June 23rd - silverchair play The Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL Saturday June 24th - silverchair play the 89X birthday bash @ the Phoenix Plaza, Detriot, MI Friday June 30th - silverchair are back overseas playing the Roskilde Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark Tuesday July 4th - silverchair play L'arapaho, Paris, France Friday July 7th - silverchair play Eurokenees festival, Belfort, France Saturday July 8th - silverchair play the Out in the Green festival, Fraunfeld, Switzerland Monday July 10th - frogstomp makes it's first appearance on the US billboards top 200 @ #106 Tuesday July 11th - silverchair play Rock City, Birmingham, UK Wednesday July 12th - silverchair play LA2, London, UK Monday July 19th - Pure Massacre released in the UK Friday August 4th - silverchair play their first of two shows at the Metro, Sydney, NSW Saturday August 5th - silverchair play the second of the two shows at the Metro, Sydney, NSW Monday August 7th - frogstomp is certified gold in the United States Saturday August 12th - silverchair play the Llama Ball @ the Newcastle Workers Club, Newcastle, NSW Saturday August 19th - silverchair play the Popkomn festival, Cologne, Germany Tuesday August 22nd - silverchair play King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland Friday August 25th - silverchair play the Lowlands Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Saturday August 26th - silverchair play the Pukkelpop Festival in Hasselt, Belgium Sunday August 27th - silverchair play the Reading Festival, Reading, UK Thursday August 30th - silverchair play Cafe Campus, Montreal, PQ, Canada Friday August 31st - silverchair play The Opera House, Toronto, Canada Saturday September 2nd - silverchair the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL Sunday September 3rd - silverchair play The Paradise in Boston, MA Wednesday September 6th - silverchair play The Black Cat Club, Washington, DC