In this highlight from 'These Days Ep 3 - 90s Evolution' hear about the day U2's booking agent wanted to sign Silverchair after witnessing the pre-set pandemonium in the crowd at the 1995 Big Day Out. 



“U2’s booking agent was standing front of house watching the pandemonium before the band even walked on stag. He turned to me and said ‘I want to book the band’. I said ‘They haven’t started playing yet!'” - John Watson, Silverchair Manager

In this highlight from 'These Days Ep 3 - 90s Evolution' hear about the day U2's booking agent wanted to sign Silverchair after witnessing the pre-set pandemonium in the crowd at the 1995 Big Day Out. 

“U2’s booking agent was standing front of house watching the pandemonium before the band even walked on stag. He turned to me and said ‘I want to book the band’. I said ‘They haven’t started playing yet!'” - John Watson, Silverchair Manager

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Taking his message into our schools and building the foundation blocks in our kids that will arm them with the tools to manage their own Mental Health struggles later in life.... as well as deal with what they have going on right now.
Imagine that.... our kids being taught what us adults can only wish we had been taught at an earlier age about how to cope. Tom Herschell IS that difference.&nbsp;
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