Daryl Braithwaite

Baby Animals

Diesel

Thirsty Merc

Wendy Matthews

Jason Ayres

**End of Summer Concert 2026 Flame Trees lawn area @ Ascot Racecourse Perth  
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**Daryl Braithwaite** is an iconic Australian singer/songwriter and ARIA Hall Of Fame Inductee. As the front man and vocalist for 1970’s band Sherbet, Braithwaite rode a wave of local and international success with songs such as **Howzat** and **Summer Love** propelling the band to superstar status. Braithwaite went on to embark on a highly successful solo career which included a #1 ARIA Album Chart for his album Edge (1988) featuring the hit singles **As The Days** **Go By** and **One Summer**. Braithwaite’s 1990 follow up album Rise included the single The Horses which reached #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart and to this day remains an anthem for generations of Australians. In 2020, when almost no one expected it, Braithwaite returned with a stunning new single ‘**Love Songs’**.  
In 2020, Braithwaite joined a host of local and international artists to perform at Fire Fight Australia, Concert For National Bushfire Relief in front of an audience in excess of 70,000 at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium. In 2023 Daryl was invited by Harry Styles to sing **HORSES** with him at Accor Stadium Stadium Sydney in front of 60,000 people.  
  
**Baby Animals** came blazing out of the radio with the aptly titled ‘**Early Warning’**. It heralded the arrival of one of Australia’s most-loved bands. Their self-titled debut – which also featured ‘**Rush You’, ‘Painless’, ‘One Word’ and ‘Ain’t Gonna Get’** – is one of the biggest debuts and greatest rock records in Australian music history. It spent six weeks at #1, went eight times platinum and won three ARIA Awards, including Best Album. More than three decades on, this is a story that’s still being written. It was no accident that the band’s most-recent studio album was called This Is Not The End.  
  
**Mark Lizotte aka DIESEL** grew up in Australia and in the U.S. He formed the band ‘Johnny Diesel & The Injectors’ in 1986 from remnants of a previous band before embarking on a solo career in 1991.In 2017 Diesel celebrated 30 years “off the bus” landing in Sydney in 1987 after a 3-day bus journey across Australia, launching into 9 shows per week - the rest is history. With over thirty five singles, sixteen albums, 6 ARIA awards and record sales edging 1 million, DIESEL is a journeyman of music. Hits include **Love Junk, Come To Me, Tip Of My Tongue, Man Alive and One More Time.**  
  
**Thirsty Merc** After over a decade of making music, they’re still as thirsty as ever. They’ve released an indie EP, which garnered triple J airplay back in 2003, three critically acclaimed studio albums, an acoustic fan favourites record entitled ‘AAA: Acoustic Anniversary Album’ and a swag of classic tracks such as “**20 Good Reasons”,** “**Emancipate Myself”, “Someday** **Someday”,  “Mousetrap Heart”** and **“In The Summertime**.” Australian rock stalwarts Thirsty Merc are still excited to be making music, and hungrier than ever before to extend their legacy.  
  
**Wendy Matthews**, an Australian Music Icon with an expressive voice that never fails to move those who hear it. Her music is an unhurried journey of clean melodies, infectious energy and simple grace with hits such as **The Day You Went Away, Token Angels, Let’s Kiss,** **I Don’t Want to** **Be With Nobody But You, Friday’s Child** plus a selection of new works.  
  
**Jason Ayres** bringing anthemic melodies and heartfelt storytelling to electrifying live shows. Blending alternative country, Americana, and rock influences, Ayres brings a gentle magnetism to the stage and a sound that sticks with you long after the final guitar riff rings out. With his music taking cues from the storytelling mastery of John Mayer, emotional depth of Ryan Adams  
and textural tones of Keith Urban, Ayres transforms raw life experiences into anthems that resonate.

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