2010
JAPAN tour and release of CINEMA in Japan, Nov 2010
European Tour, including the bands 800th show in Bournemouth, and sold out Brixton Academy London, October 2010
Australian Tour, Aug/Sept 2010
North American Tour, July 2010
USA release of ‘CINEMA’ – July 6 2010
Canadian release of ‘CINEMA’ – June 29 2010
Australian release of ‘CINEMA’(stayed in the TOP 20 for 5 weeks), June 25 2010
Thailand tour, April 2010
Pre-production & Recording new album, Jan-April 2010
ARIA Award Nomination for CINEMA, October 2010
2009
North American Tour, November 2009
European Summer Tour, July 2009 – including show number 700 in Amsterdam.
European release of LIVE ON EARTH (double cd) and LIVE AT THE BOWL (double dvd), June 2009
National Tour of Australia, March 2009
Australian release of LIVE ON EARTH (double cd) and LIVE AT THE BOWL (double dvd), Feb 2009
Opening Night of Sydney Festival with Grace Jones, to over 300 000 people, Jan 2009
2008
Headline Falls Festival Australia New Year Festivals 2008/2009
International release of the album ‘So Many Nights’, April 2008
So Many Nights hits PLATINUM sales in Australia, Feb 2008
Outdoor Australian tour, Feb 2008
Triple J Hottest 100 results; The cat Empire cruises in at Number 50 with SO MANY NIGHTS, and Number 62 with No Longer There, Jan 2008
2007
European Tour, November 2007
‘No Longer There’ and ‘So Many Nights’ both on high rotation on Australian Radio
Australian album release tour, Sept/Oct 2007
Album So Many Nights debuts at # 2 on the Australian charts, Sept 2007
Australian Release of album ‘So Many Nights’, Sept 22, 2007
North America tour; including Summer Stage New York Central park, Quebec City festival etc , July 2007
European tour; including Glastonbury Festival, Rock am Ring and Rock im Park, Wireless festival etc, June 2007
Two Shoes released Europe, Asia & other on Universal Music Group International, June 2007
Jay Leno Performance, USA TV, May 7 2007
Late Late Show performance with Craig Ferguson, USA TV, March 1, 2007
Letterman performance USA TV, Feb 13, 2007
SLY hits # 8 on USA AAA radio stations, staying on chart for total 4 months from Feb 2007
Release Two Shoes International Edition on VELOUR, USA Feb 6, 2007
Front cover POLLSTAR USA, Feb 5 2007
Tour USA, UK, Germany, Feb 2007
2006
Australian Tour, Nov/Dec 2006
Performed 500th show as a band, Aspen, Oct 2006
Winner WORLD MUSIC ARIA AWARD, (Australian Record Industry Award) for CITIES – The Cat Empire Project, Oct 2006
Tour USA/Canada, Sept/Oct 2006
Release Two Shoes Special Edition on INDICA, Canda June 2006
International Tour – Singapore, USA, Canada, Europe, UK, Japan – including festivals such as Bonnaroo (USA), Toronto & Montreal Jazz Festivals (Canada) Nuke, Quart, Edinburgh Festivals (Europe), Summersonic (Japan), plus headline shows – June‐Oct 2006
Australian Release of recording project entitled ‘Cities – The Cat Empire Project’, April 2006
The Cat Empire perform at the Opening Ceremony of The Commonwealth Games, rated as the 3rd most watched television event so far in the 21st century. Audience 80 000 people in stadium, plus televised to over 1 billion people worldwide, March 2006
Four songs announced in Triple J radio’s Hottest 100 songs of 2005 – The Car Song (25), Sly (38), two Shoes (54), Party Started (100), announced Jan 06
Two Shoes rated number 19 in the ‘Triple J Radios Top 50 Albums for 2005’, announced Jan 06
2005
Woodford and The Falls Festivals, Dec 05
Channel 10 TV – John Foreman Big Night In, Dec 2005
Sold out tour ‐ The Night That Never End Tour, Australia – 12 shows, 30 000+ people, Nov 2005
3 week tour Canada and the USA, Sept 05, marking the bands first foray into Canada – all shows selling out 2 weeks in advance and people turned away
UK Europe Tour August 2005
USA Tour, June 2005
Album TWO SHOES hit PLATINUM 3 weeks after release in Australia, May 2005
Album TWO SHOES debuts in Australia at NUMBER ONE on the charts, April 2005
Album TWO SHOES released in Australia, April 17 2005
First Single from TWO SHOES “Sly” hits number 2 on Australia’s ‘Net 50’, Triple J Radio, March 2005
The Cat Empire recognised in Business Review Weekly (BRW) in Australia’s Top 50 Entertainers for 2004, coming in at # 24, March 2005
The Cat Empire Sly Tour around Australia – 35 dates to over 120 000 people, March/April 2005 The Cat Empire Debut album goes DOUBLE PLATINUM, March 2005
2004
Woodford & Falls Festivals & Federation Square Melbourne New Years Eve 04/05
Recorded new album, Havana, Cuba with Producer Jerry Boys, Dec 04
Nominated for 6 ARIA awards, Oct 2004 ‐ Best Group, Best Breakthrough single, Best Breakthrough Album, The Urban Award, Producer of the Year, Engineer of the Year
Band Manager, Correne Wilkie wins Australian Music Manager of 2004 award, Oct 2004
5 week SOLD OUT tour of Australia, Sept/Oct 2004
Australian release of DVD ‘On The Attack’‐ goes GOLD upon release, Sept 2004
10 week, 35 date tour of Europe & the UK, July/August 2004
Beat Bon Jovis record for the biggest audience EVER at Darling Harbour, Sydney ‐ over 40 000 people, June 2004
First Australian Band to close the main stage of the East Coast Blues & Roots Festival, April 2004
James Brown support Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, April 2004
Sold Out 42 date Australian National Tour, playing to 100 000 people, March & April 2004
Album goes PLATINUM in Australia (70 000 units), Feb 2004
JJJ HOT 100; HELLO # 6, Days Like These # 37, The Chariot # 100
Double bill Melb and Syd shows with USA band Ozomatli, Jan 2004
Headline act, Federation Square, New Years Eve 2003/04
2003
Homebake (Syd), Falls festival (Lorne & Tasmania), Woodford (Qld) festivals, Dec 2003
One week USA tour, Dec 2003
Album goes GOLD in Australia – 35 000 copies, Dec 12, 2003
Release of second single DAYS LIKE THESE in Australia, Jan 2003
Radio & Commercial release of HELLO single in New Zealand, Dec 2003
Channel 10 TV ‐ The Panel Live to air Christmas special, December 25 2003
Channel 10 TV ‐ Rove Live Tuesday 25th Nov 2003
JJJ Feature Album of the week, Nov 2003
Number 17 on National album charts Nov 2003
Radio Release of first single HELLO in Australia, Oct 2003
Sell out shows for Launch National tour, Oct 2003
Release of major album in Australia, October 27 2003
The Cat Empire in the UK, Singapore & Malaysia, July & August 2003
Track ‘Two Shoes’ placed on high rotation on UK BBC Radio 1, for week ending 3/8/03
Featured in UK ‐ BBC4 Television documentary for WOMAD 2003
The band has performed over 150 shows since July 2001, in Australia, the UK and the USA.
Granted funding from The Australian Arts Council International Pathways grant, June 2003
Nominated in 2 categories for the Australian Jazz Awards, June 2003
The Cat Empire Show @ The Metro, Melbourne, at capacity, May 2003
Monthly shows in Sydney, 2003
Byron Bay Blues & Roots Festival, 2 shows, April 2003
East Coast tour of Australia including 15 shows, April 2003
Production of ‘Tapes, Breaks and Out‐takes’–touring cd with a selection of tracks recorded since 2001 WOMAD festival ‐ Adelaide, March 2003
Played St Kilda Festival stage (with Kate Ceberano) to an audience of approx 5 000, Feb 2003
East Coast tour of Australia including 18 shows, Jan 2003
2002
Recorded 1 hour program for SBS radio Alchemy show, selected as the best live show for 2002
Performed The Cat Empire final show for 2002 with special guest Kate Ceberano – Dec 8 2002
Doco with a Cat Empire soundtrack wins Big Issue doco Comp in Vic and Australia – Nov 2002
Headlined Australian Hip Hop night @ Revolver – November 2002
Performed season/s of gigs at The Prince of Wales, The Loft, Bennetts Lane, The Night Cat – 2002
Performed 4 sell‐out shows with Famous Spiegeltent as part of Melbourne Festival – Oct/Nov 2002
Performed @ Edinburgh festival August 2002 headlining LateNLive show for 16 nights, August 2002
Recorded THE SUN live album @ Adelphia, June 2002
Received Music for The Future Grant for recording THE SUN, May 2002
Performed to a capacity crowd at The Matrix, San Francisco, USA, June 2002
Performed at the worlds largest charity auction –The Napa Valley Wine Auction‐ USA June 2002
Headline Act for the St Kilda Film Festival opening night gala event, March 2002
Winner SBS & Film Victoria ‘Whatever Music Competition’
Headline act for the opening night party for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, March 2002
Performed 7 shows at Adelaide Festival – by invitation from The Famous Spiegeltent, February 2002
2001
Recorded "Feline" , Oct 2001
Produced a video clip to “Feline”, Nov 2001
Recorded "Adelphia" Dec 2001
Featured in Speigeltent @ the Melb Festival with Belgium Dance Group Hush, Hush, Hush, 2001
Band starts as a 6‐piece, July 2001