CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

The BBC reports:

Australian musician Judith Durham, best known as the lead singer of folk music group The Seekers, has died aged 79. Anthony Albanese, Australia’s prime minister, paid tribute to Durham, calling her “a national treasure”.

Her band sold more than 50 million records and had hits including I’ll Never Find Another You, I Am Australian, and Georgy Girl. She left the group to go solo in 1968 and went on to release a number of studio albums.

Durham was honoured multiple times during her lengthy career, including being awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to music in 1995 and the Centenary Medal in 2003.

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Judith Durham: Former Seekers lead singer dies aged 79 https://t.co/PF2B7eb20l

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) August 6, 2022

Vale Judith Durham. The Seekers’ music might feel a little daggy in a modern context, but in 1967 a whopping 200,000 people attended their legendary concert at Melbourne’s Myer Music Bowl. It’s still the largest crowd for any Australian gig. https://t.co/3O8G800jHA

— Matt Steadman (@matt_steadman) August 6, 2022

The Seekers still hold the biggest-concert-crowd record in the southern hemisphere: 200,000 in Melbourne, 1967. Re-live it @GeorgyGirlStage

— Melbourne, Australia (@Melbourne) January 25, 2016