No.1 on Australian Country Radio! 

We were delighted to receive the news last week that we have our first radio No.1 for our current single 'Million Miles' - but it will also stay there at No.1 for a second week!

Thank you so much to everyone who have requested to song on radio. We can't thank you enough. We’re so rapt that both radio and fans have loved the song.  Funnily enough, during our trip to Canada last year, we also achieved our first #1 on CMC too, so Canada must be our good luck charm!

After an awesome riverside show on the Wednesday night in France, we drive through the night to catch our plane to Canada.  Luckily we left ourselves plenty of time because we got a flat tyre on the busiest roads in Paris, the notorious ‘Peripherique‘. 

Bass player Rusty came to the rescue (mechanic by trade) and we were on our way within 15 minutes!

We caught our plane and headed on to our next adventure in British Columbia, Canada.

On the Friday we travel to Merritt Mountain Fest, BC - Canada’s home of country music (just like Tamworth to Australia).  Our first performance is for the Australian hour showcase with fellow Aussies Tori Darke and Candice Long.   It was a great success with many loving the Australian accents!  Amongst our media commitments, an appearance on CMT - Canada’s version of CMC (see photo below) and our main stage performance, we had one of our biggest career highlights so far; being inducted into the Merritt Walk of Stars. 

We were very honoured to be invited to take part. Some of country music's biggest stars have been honoured with a position on the Merritt Walk of Stars, including Alan Jackson, Brooks and Dunn, Brad Paisley, the Dixie Chicks, Carrie Underwood, Toby Keith and only one other Australian country music artist - Keith Urban.   Imprints of our hands were taken, which will be cast in bronze and mounted along the ‘Walk of Stars’ throughout the town of Merritt.  A huge Jetty Road mural will also be painted to accompany our handprints - we still can’t believe it!

After Mountain Fest, we then drive 8 hours to Calgary, with the next two weeks filled with radio and tv commitments and a little sightseeing through The Rockies, Banff and Lake Louise - such a beautiful part of the world. 

During this time we had some amazing news; our newest single ‘Million Miles’ hit #1 on the Australian Country Singles Chart! 

The next festival on our schedule is the Big Valley Jamboree, the biggest country music festival in Canada.  Headline performers are Tim McGraw, Gary Allen, Kevin Costner, Glen Campbell, and Josh Turner.  On the Thursday night we perform on the B stage to rave reviews; so much so, that we get a call the next morning to play the main stage!

We are the first Australian artists ever to do this.  We play our show that afternoon to a huge crowd, ending with a standing ovation, glowing press reviews, even roses on the stage!  It was truly memorable. 

(Josh Turner on main stage at Big Valley Jamboree)

What was to happen the following day was something we will never forget.  The next day, we were relaxing at the festival, watching other artists and looking forward to watching Gary Allan in concert.

Lee, Paula and Paula’s husband Damian were on the poser deck (a mezzanine level overlooking from side of stage) enjoying US star Billy Currington’s set, when they realised dark clouds were coming in.  The closer the clouds got, the worse it looked, so we decided to leave quickly.

We were metres away from the stage when the dust storm hit; the force of the wind so powerful, and the main stage collapsed.  The poser deck where we had just been sitting just moments before was crushed under rubble.  Julian was out front of stage watching the concert and left only minutes before it happened, so unfortunately he thought we had been buried.  He was sorting through the wreckage trying to help people out, all the time thinking that we were in amongst it all!   One of the women that Julian tried to free unfortunately died; 4 more were critically injured and 4 seriously injured.  The lady who died was sitting in the same row and 3 people up from where we’d been sitting. 

The rest of the band were all ok after taking shelter, however it took us a while to find everyone.  That night we were all shaken up by our narrow escape but very thankful that we all made it out unscathed.

Billy Currington and some of his band members were injured; Kevin Costner, who was due to take the stage next, was also trapped under the stage along with some of his crew.

We would just like to say that our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the woman who died, and to all the families of the injured.

The following day we headed back to Calgary and will now set off to the U.S to play a main stage at our next festival, WE Fest.  WE Fest has a line up of stars that would make your jaw drop; Brooks and Dunn, Taylor Swift, Trace Atkins, Tim McGraw, Big and Rich, Toby Keith, Kelly Pickler and amongst them, Jetty Road!!!!

We can't wait to come home trip home for the Gympie Muster in a few weeks before we head back to Europe!!!

Until next time......

Cheers :)