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January 2010 News Update

Gurrumul appears in a feature that went out on Italian TV News (TG2) 16th January 2010 "Storie - Racconti della settimana"

For those of you who can receive the French/German TV channel arte.tv, Gurrumul will be performing 2 songs on the show 'One Shot Not' which is broadcast on February 25th (recorded in November) with Florence and the Machine.

Gurrumul is Number 6 on the BBC World Music list for 2009

It is now official that Gurrumul is the NUMBER 1 best selling World Music album in the UK for 2009. Source: Official UK Charts Company

The Altsounds.com Top 50 Albums of 2009 chosen by the Altsounds.com staff members. Gurrumul #14!!!

Gurrumul is the NUMBER 1 best selling World Music album in Switzerland for 2009

Gurrumul is the best selling World Music album in Germany for 2009

22 December 2009

Gurrumul and Sting

On Wednesday 16 December 2009, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu appeared with Sting on the French television show Taratata, to perform a duet of "Every Breath You Take" (one of the Police's biggest hits). The performance featured Gurrumul singing some of the song in his native Gumjatj language. Both singers harmonised and played guitar as they sang to a large studio audience in Paris. With this broadcast, Gurrumul's winning debut solo album continues to dominate the charts across Europe. Watch the performance on Gurrumul's video page.

Another television performance (One Shot Not) will go to air in early February 2010.

On behalf of Gurrumul and Skinnyfish Music we want to thank everyone who came to a performance for your support and we are looking forward to returning to Europe in late March 2010.

Gurrumul is taking a well-deserved break at the moment.

9 November 2009

Gurrumul is currently in Europe on his first serious European tour.  Everything is going exceptionally well with Gurrumul’s album reaching #6 on the overall charts in Switzerland. Gurrumul has been busy with concerts and the press across Europe.  You can watch Gurrumul’s live performance on Belgian TV here .  Skinnyfish Music has also just released a 40 minute inflight video program to QANTAS called Gurrumul - Live and Behind the Scenes. This program will play on all QANTAS international flights between 1st Dec and 30th May 2010.

25 August 2009

European Tour …Oct – Dec 2009

Gurrumul's trip to Europe was a great success with outstanding shows at Latitude Festival and Queen Elizabeth Hall (QEH) Southbank in the UK. The Latitude Festival show had an unexpected result in that is rained heavily just prior to Gurrumul's performance and, as a result, instead of an audience of 1500 to 2000 in the performance tent approximately 4000 squeezed in out of the rain. A return tour to Europe is now being planned. It will take place from the week of October 19th through to early December with shows in Germany, UK, Switzerland, Belgium, and Ireland.

Gurrumul Hits German Charts

The great news is in the week of August 9th, Gurrumul the album entered the German mainstream charts at number 9.