ABC: New Year’s Eve
ABC1 & ABC2 has Human Nature with the Sydney Symphony, U2, Seal and Graham Norton to ring in the new year.
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Music fans keep your eyes on the ABC on New Year’s Eve.
At 10:40pm it has Sydney Symphony with Human Nature on ABC1.
Human Nature – one of Australia’s best-loved and most successful musical acts of the last decade – play new versions of their own multi-platinum hits, their history-making Motown songs plus many surprises, backed by the huge sound of Sydney’s full-sized symphony orchestra.
Meanwhile over on ABC2, there is U2 Equals BBC at 9:30pm:
Celebrate New Year’s Eve with this unique program featuring footage of U2’s 2009 visit to London, where they played from the roof of the BBC’s Broadcasting House to a captivated audience in the streets below.
Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen formed U2 back in the mid ‘70s. After winning a talent competition they were signed to Island Records, paving the way to becoming international superstars. They have sold over 145 million albums worldwide and won numerous awards, including 22 Grammys. They were the first rock band to appear on the cover of Time magazine and have collaborated with the likes of Pavarotti and Brian Eno.
In a one-off performance from Broadcasting House, U2 enthralled audiences with a mix of old and new tracks, while the unusual setting provided glorious views of the London skyline at night.
Tracks include Breathe, Get on Your Boots, Magnificent, Vertigo and Beautiful Day.
Followed by Seal Soul Live:
Continue the New Year’s Eve celebration with Seal.
In a remarkable career that spans more than two decades, Seal has garnered countless accolades along with three Grammy Awards and has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide.
Known for his one-of-a-kind soaring, husky baritone voice and classic song writing, Seal has seen success across numerous genres of music.
His sixth studio album, Soul, is considered the tour-de-force of his career. Each song is a stone-cold soul classic, from Sam Cooke’s A Change Is Gonna Come, Ben E. King’s Stand By Me and Ann Pebbles’ I Can’t Stand The Rain to Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes’ If You Don’t Know Me By Now and Otis Redding’s I’ve Been Loving You Too Long.
A live performance shot at the Grainger Studio in Chicago; this is a show not to be missed.
A Graham Norton NYE Special airs at 11:10pm.
6 Responses
I watched the show on the ABC on New Yesrs Eve and loved it, I would like to get a copy of the DVD or CD as I have all the CD & DVD’s released by Human Nature and am a big fan. I miss them here in Australia as I have been to all their concerts in Adelaide for the last 5 years. Is the DVD or CD of the performance on New Years Eve 2010 available?
Pity about the disgusting picture quality of The Graham Norton Show on ABC2.
I can’t wait to see this. I Love Human Nature!
I’m staying home for NYE and really looking forward to watching ABC2. I agree it’s a shame ABC3 didn’t have anything or even an “early” kids countdown?
And then ABC2 are off air at 12.10am.
Surprised that ABC3 is not doing something for the kids who stay up on the night. ABC3 finishes at 9pm as usual.
sounds like a good line up