The EG Awards of 2006 are the first Annual The Age EG (Entertainment Guide) Awards and took place at the Prince of Wales in October 2006.
The awards were created to celebrate The Age's Entertainment Guide's 21st birthday, and people were asked to vote in a number of categories from acts over the past 21 years. More than 37,000 votes were tallied in the poll.
Hall of Fame inductees / EG Legends TISM
MC Dave Graney accepting the award on behalf of TISM, (who wear masks when in public) saying, "Legend is an over-used word, but the Melbourne music scene is full of them. As merciless watchdogs of affectation, preciousness, hype and general bull---- in popular culture, they are without doubt the hardest working individuals ever to don balaclavas and dance like their pills are on fire."
Performers Bonnie Tyler - "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Renee Geyer - "Under the Milky Way"
Award nominees and winners Winners indicated below in boldface Best Album Best SongCrowded House - WoodfaceThe Church - "Under the Milky Way" Best Male Best FemalePaul KellyKylie Minogue Best Group Best New TalentCrowded HouseGround Components Best Tour Best VenueNick Cave and the Bad Seeds at Sidney Myer Music Bowl, 2003The Espy
Crowded House's Neil Finn said "The songs on Woodface were first written in East St Kilda, rehearsed in South Melbourne, and mostly recorded in South Yarra and Caulfield." Finn added "Melbourne was the birthplace of Crowded House and was always the town we chose to return to. It's forever deeply ingrained in our collective psyche and was the backdrop for many of our best musical moments," he said, before leaving open the possibility of a Hester-less band reunion."
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