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| 05/18/98 | Single Release | UK single release of Wishing I Was There |
| 06/02/98 | Single Release | US single release of Wishing I Was There |
| 06/04/98 | TV Performance | Performance on 1998 MTV Movie Awards (9:00 pm EST). |
| 06/05/98 | TV Guest | Guest on Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
| 06/12/98 | Concert | T IN THE PARK FESTIVAL (UK) in the NME Tent |
| 07/05/98 | Concert | PRINCE'S TRUST CHARITY CONCERT (UK) at London's Hyde Park. |
| 07/16-19/98 | Concert | PHOENIX FESTIVAL (UK), Stratford Upon Avon ... CANCELLED |
| 07/24/98 | TV Guest | Guest on David Letterman ... performed "Wishing I Was There". |
| 09/09/98 | TV Guest | Scheduled guest on Jay Leno |
| 09/10/98 | Nominee | Nominated for two awards at the MTV Video Music Awards. She's in the BEST FEMALE VIDEO and BEST NEW ARTIST IN A VIDEO categories. Won "Best New Artist" Award. |
| 09/28/98 | Single Release | UK single release of Smoke (double CD single set) |
| 10/20/98 | Nominee | Nominated for nine awards at the ARIA Music Awards. The ARIAs are Australia's equivalent to the Grammies. This event is in Sydney, Australia and Natalie is scheduled to perform. Won 6 out of a possible 9 awards. |
| 11/12/98 | Nominee | Nominated for three awards at the MTV Europe Music Awards. She's in the BEST FEMALE, BEST SONG and BREAKTHROUGH categories. Competition is stiff here in all categories ... should win BEST SONG, at least. Did win BEST SINGLE (Torn). |
| 12/07/98 | Performance | Billboard Music Awards, FOX-TV, 8pm EST, live, Natalie is scheduled to perform. |
| 12/08/98 | TV Guest | Rosie O'Donnell show. She sang "Smoke" and was interviewed by Rosie. |
| Early 1999 | Recording | Natalie will begin recording her second CD. Dave Stewart (ex-Eurythmic) will be involved. |
| 2/15/99 | Nominee | Brit Awards at London Docklands Arena; up for "Best International Newcomer" and "Best International Female Solo Artist" awards. |
| 2/24/99 | Nominee | Grammy Awards at Shrine Auditorium, LA. |
| 08/24/99 | Song Release | The Stigmata soundtrack will be released today ... Natalie contributes a moody and dreamy song called, "Identify" to the soundtrack. |
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NATALIE IMBRUGLIA SINGS "IDENTIFY" ON THE STIGMATA SOUNDTRACK| Name | Description | Price | |
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| CD | Stigmata Soundtrack |  Natalie Imbruglia sings, "Identify" (Track #7), on the soundtrack to "Stigmata"; release date: 08/24/99; click on the image if you wish to buy it. | $14.99 |
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA TO BEGIN WORK ON NEW CD IN JANUARYAfter spending Christmas with her family in Australia, Natalie Imbruglia will start writing her follow-up to Left of the Middle in Los Angeles in January. Imbruglia, who performed on the Billboard Music Awards show on Monday (Dec. 7) in Las Vegas and won the Adult Top 40 Track of the Year for "Torn," told reporters backstage at the awards that she's working with a variety of writers, including Mark Goldenberg, who worked on her last album, and former Eurythmic Dave Stewart, with whom she's worked before and has been trying to hook up with for the past several months. Stewart will be in L.A. at the same time, so the two will finally have a chance to give it a go.
"There's a whole bunch of people I'm gonna work with, a whole bunch of collaborations," she said. "We'll condense it down, then I'll start looking for producers." She plans to only use one producer this time, instead of the several on Left of the Middle. When asked why, she answered, "It's just what I want to do. The first time, I let myself be really experimental."
She called off her planned February tour in order to work on the album. "I want to come to America with two albums, not one... It will be worth the wait."
As far as re-entering the acting world, Imbruglia gives that idea a big thumbs down. "I have no intentions of doing that," she said. "I feel like I just started something... Never say never, but I can't see it happening in the near future." (--- All Star News, 12/08/98)
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ARTICLE: LENNY CUTS HIS HAIR OFF FOR NATALIEARTICLE: "BIG IN THE STATES" (from BBC web site)Natalie Imbruglia is set to release her third single: ‘Wishing I Was There’, in the UK, this week. But in the USA, she’s just made it big with ‘Torn’, the single that broke her in the rest of the world. While most artists have to tour America before achieving success in the States, the former Aussie soap star had a huge hit with her debut single - and her album ‘Left Of The Middle’ went top ten in its first week. When she was in the States, Natalie did the promotional rounds - including a performance on David Letterman, which she described to The Net.
"Letterman was very freezing cold. He has his studio at a really low temperature. I don’t know why that is. I guess cos the show’s filmed in the night-time, so probably to keep people from falling asleep. But I had a really good time. He tried chatting with me, but I had my ear monitors in, couldn’t hear a word he said, so I was just nodding politely, going ‘yes, yes’, you know, sounding interested."
Despite success elsewhere in the world, making it big in America has come as a ‘Big Surprise’ for Natalie:
"It wasn’t in my mind at this stage of the game to crack America, so I was completely taken aback when they told me ‘Torn’ was getting lots of radio play and it went on… my album debuted at 10… I’m still recovering from that one." (--05/27/98, author unknown)
JOIN THE NATALIE IMBRUGLIA CLUBHOUSE MAILING LIST!!!NEW NATALIE IMBRUGLIA IMAGES FROM TONIGHT SHOWDid you catch Natalie Imbruglia on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday night (06/05)? Natalie says the most outrageous things --- natural, but unintentional.
Let me preface it by saying that Natalie appeared after this chef who cooks with insects had an on-stage demo. After seeing worms and bugs being stir-fried in a wok, you get an uneasy feeling in your stomach. I guess having Natalie as a dessert was worth waiting for.
Natalie had a slight cough after performing, "Torn". She asked for a glass of water. She apologized and said that she had a "bug" in her throat. Laughter erupted. Remember the last guest.
Natalie later talked about her family. She said that she had "three sisters ... all girls." Leno milked that one for all it was worth.
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| leno02.avi |  1.3M, AVI | Natalie talking about her sisters on Leno; lousy video quality; good sound quality. |
| leno01.jpg | 46K, 638x476 | Natalie performing "Torn" on Leno, 06/05/98 |
| leno02.jpg | 33K, 640x480 | Natalie performing "Torn" on Leno, 06/05/98 |
| leno06.jpg | 44K, 640x397 | Natalie chatting with Leno, 06/05/98 |
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| rs001.jpg | 62K, 488x600 | Beautiful shot of Natalie from Rolling Stone. |
| spin001.jpg | 102K, 593x767 | Awesome cover shot of Natalie from Spin. |
| spin002.jpg | 30K, 398x469 | Gritty teeth look from Spin, b&w. |
| spin003.jpg | 37K, 401x480 | Pouty, contorted lip look from Spin. |
| spin004.jpg | 16K, 206x479 | Mysterious look from Spin. |
UPCOMING: NATALIE IS SPIN MAGAZINE'S COVER GIRL (Spin Magazine, Jun 98)REVIEW: LEFT OF THE MIDDLE (Watch Magazine, Apr 98)
Fine, Torn has a pleasant, flowing up-tempo feel, and it certainly deserves the international success it has achieved to date. But this album as a whole doesn't distinguish Imbruglia from all the other talented ladies in her genre. Without a doubt, she has a raspy, munchkin, Jewelish voice, and delivers 12 very light, very catchy, very radio-friendly tracks, but it's disappointing that a production team consisting of ex-Cure member Phil Thornalley and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich couldn't sculpt an album that left a more distinct impression on the listener.
On the middling side of the middle, Big Mistake invokes the urgent, caterwauling, shout/sing style of Alanis Morissette, and the three-part harmonies of Intuition are reminiscent of Wilson Phillips. Leave Me Alone sees Imbruglia attempt a kind of part dreamy, part dreary triphop, but she bits too deeply into Beth Gibbon's style and the result is thin and amateurish (though it'll still get airplay).
But on the right side of the middle, it's obvious that the singer worked very hard on this album. Every song has its own personality; there is no annoying sameness to the tracks. Refreshing multimedia manoeuvres grace most of the songs (subtle electronic injections, theremin vibrations, some vocorder singing), creating an air of unpredictable adventure.
Overall, Left of the Middle will make a new name for Imbruglia, though not necessarily a legend. (--- Liane Balaban)
ARTICLE EXCERPT (Rolling Stone, 05/14/98)
"I hope I don't get too happy. People start making shitty albums when they get happy. I can create my own misery; don't worry."
REVIEW: LEFT OF THE MIDDLE (Launch CD Magazine #18, Apr/May 98)
In the music business, it helps to be lucky. But when you have little something
extra --- a little something like, say, talent --- well then, you're on your
way. Petite Australian Natalie Imbruglia is on her way. A former soap star
Down Under, Imbruglia exchanged television studios for recording studios and
the results are stellar. Led by her hit single "Torn," which spent 14 weeks at
No. 1 on its way to becoming a million-seller, Imbruglia's debut Left Of The
Middle has already enjoyed record-setting airplay in Europe. Though her modern
rock/straight pop sound won't set records for originality, Imbruglia is a
powerful singer and songwriter, with charisma somewhere between the earthiness
of Sheryl Crow and the breathy surrealism of Jane Siberry. Songs like "Torn"
and "One More Addiction" feature Imbruglia's vocal dynamism mixed way up,
sense-surrounded by a big rock feel and even bigger hooks. To her credit,
Imbruglia enlisted a fine crack band and some terrific assistance in creating
Left Of The Middle, with former Cure member Phil Thornally as a writing
partner and former Radiohead affiliate Nigel Godrich as producer. With these
elements in place--and a little more luck--Imbruglia will indeed be motoring
down the platinum-paved road to superstardom (--- Bob Gulla)
NEWS: LEFT OF THE MIDDLE REVIEWED BY LAUNCH| Site | Description | |
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| Blimey! Europe | Links to a lot of female artists. |
| Charts All Over the World - HitSearch | See how Natalie is doing on charts from around the world. |
| Indelible Films: Music Videos | The company that did the "Torn" video has a "Torn" video clip in RealVideo format. |
| Neighbours News | News about cast members of Neighbours. |
| Rolling Stone | Slick music artist directory ... look for Natalie there. |
| TU-ONLINE | Article: Natalie Imbruglia could be the next big thing in pop music 03/11/98 |
| Veronica Top100 Countdown | Check out how Natalie is doing on the Veronica Top100; all songs available in AU/WAV/RA format. |
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