First off, apologies for the downtime! We were having issues with the domain name for a while back there, but it’s back online now. In case something similar happens in the future, feel free to follow the site @mjohnsonline on Twitter for updates!
While that happened, Michael made an appearance at one of the Grammy pre-parties, so feel free to check out the pictures in the gallery.
Michael performed 9 songs last night – Never Tear Us Apart, Hour In America (unreleased The Rising song), Heart On My Sleeve, God Of Wine (Third Eye Blind cover), Redemption (from The Rising), Fool’s Gold, Turn To You, Fake Plastic Trees (Radiohead cover) and a new song, Where Are You Now.
Thanks to taltogirl for the videos! Various others are on their way home, so I’ll post their videos tomorrow.
Where Are You Now
ETA: For one with better video (but slightly more muffled audio), click here. Thanks Jane!
In light of the cancelled Australia Day LA event, as mentioned previously, Michael’s been re-booked instead for a performance at Molly Malones that same night, 24th January. He will be singing first at 7pm, with another 3 singers after him (Travis Howard, Matthew Kennedy and Nathan Lee). There’s a cover charge of $10 cash, and it looks set to be a pretty intimate performance, so he hopes to see you there!
Hey Yall so I’m playing a show on the 24th at Molly Malones in LA. Tickets are $10 and should be a good turn out. Hope to see you there. (Michael’s Twitter)
When: Sunday, January 24 Address: 575 South Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90036-3128 Time: 7pm Cover Charge: $10 Cash
Due to unforeseeable and inexplicable reasons, our food and beverage partner for the day of the event has pulled out at the last minute leaving the Australia Day LA event organizers no other choice but to cancel the event.
This decision hasn’t been made lightly but seeing that we are unable to replace the food and beverage partner on such short notice, the authenticity of the event has been compromised.
The notice received, less than 11 days from the event, left no time to organize another vendor partner and to make sure that 1/3rd of the event, being the food and beverage, was truly Australian.
Having an Australia Day celebration event without Australian food and beverage would be like our American friends having a 4th of July event without fireworks.
All efforts have been exhausted in trying to rectify this situation but the time period proved unbeatable. To this end, the Australia Day LA 2010 event has to be cancelled and rescheduled for 2011.
We sincerely apologize to all who wanted to attend the event and to those that have made arrangements to attend.
Each January 26th, Australia Day commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet, led by British Captain Arthur Phillip, at Sydney Cove in 1788. The Australia Day LA event celebrates this with, among other events, a celebrity concert featuring various Aussie entertainers, at the Fairplex in Pomona.
This event has been posted about this previously, but this is just a reminder to those in the LA area it is on the 24th of January, 2010, so get your tickets now! General admission tickets to Australia Day LA are $29.95 and VIP tickets $59.95, but use the code “mjrocks” when purchasing them to receive a 25% discount off ticket prices! Ticket sales close January 19th, with no GA or VIP tickets available on the day of, so make sure you get them soon. Alternatively, a contest is being held to win tickets to the event. If you’re so inclined, feel free to take part in the raffle for a chance to win a trip to Sydney!
Although the event is set to run from 11am to 7pm, Michael’s set to perform around 4pm, so come on out, have some good food, a good time, and support Michael!
February 7, 2010 
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