Monday, June 5 2017
KIIS PRESENTS
IHEARTRADIO LIVE
WITH JENNIFER HUDSON
POWERED BY OPTUS
iHeartRadio Australia today announces the next event in the 2017 iHeartRadio LIVE
series will be a special Sydney performance by Oscar and Grammy Award-winning superstar
Jennifer Hudson, on Monday,
June 19.
KIIS Presents iHeartRadio LIVE
with Jennifer Hudson, powered
by Optus, will be an intimate
show so fans will be able to get
upclose to the multi-Platinum
artist as she performs her new
single ‘Remember Me’ and
other hits.
Fans can win their way into
this money-can’t-buy
experience by heading to iHeartRadio.com.au for tickets and listening to KIIS 1065’s
Kyle & Jackie O show and KIIS 1065 across the day for more chances to secure tickets.
Jennifer’s iHeartRadio LIVE show will follow her performance on Channel Nine’s The Voice on
Sunday June 18.
Brett “Nozz” Nossiter, Content Director of iHeartRadio Australia said. “iHeartRadio is
excited to host an exclusive and intimate performance with the incredible Grammy and Oscar
award winning Jennifer Hudson performing her latest single ‘Remember Me’. Once again
iHeartRadio is proud to bring passionate fans even closer to the artists they love.”
Geraint Davies COO of iHeartRadio Australia said: “We are ecstatic to be working with our
great partner Sony to add Jennifer’s amazing talent to the iHeartRadio LIVE series in Australia.
Those KIIS winners lucky enough to get to see her perform will be blown away and will be the
first to hear some of her new material.”
After appearing as a contestant on American Idol in 2004, Jennifer's career was launched in
2006, with her film debut portrayal of Effie White in Dreamgirls, the adaptation of the Broadway
musical. The Academy Award-winning breakout performance garnered her nearly 30 awards
including the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA, and NAACP Image awards.
Jennifer went on to chart three Top 10 albums in Billboard, starting with her RIAA platinum selftitled #2 Soundscan debut of 2008, which won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album, followed
by the RIAA Gold #2 debut I REMEMBER ME, and JHUD featuring the Grammy-nominated
‘It's Your World.’ In addition to Dreamgirls, Jennifer has also appeared on screen in films
including Sex and the City, Secret Life of Bees, Winnie Mandela, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister
and Pete, Black Nativity, ChiRaq, and Monster as well as television appearances on Smash
and Empire.
You can stream Jennifer Hudson and all of your favourite artists data-free on iHeartRadio
Australia on selected Optus mobile plans. Find out how here.
To listen: www.iHeart.com
iHeartRadio - 20 million songs, 850,000 artists.
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ABOUT ARN
ARN is one of the leading broadcasters in the country with ownership or investments in 12 radio stations
nationwide. Its network brands KIIS and Pure Gold, along with iHeartRadio and The Edge, entertain and
influence over four million listeners across Australia.
Its KIIS network consists of Sydney’s KIIS 1065 with #1 FM Breakfast Kyle & Jackie O, KIIS 101.1 in
Melbourne with Matt & Meshel , Adelaide’s Mix102.3 with Jodie & Soda , Brisbane’s 97.3FM with Bianca,
Terry & Bob and Perth’s 96FM with Carmen & Fitzi. All shows nationally have Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes &
Kate Langbroek in Drive.
Its Pure Gold network consists of Sydney’s WS FM101.7 with Jonesy & Amanda, Melbourne’s GOLD104.3
with Jo & Lehmo, Brisbane’s 4KQ with Laurel, Gary & Mark and Adelaide’s Cruise 1323 with John Dean.
The Edge is available on FM as The Edge 96.ONE in Sydney and nationally via iHeartRadio and DAB+. The
Edge Breakfast hosts are Mike E & Emma.
ARN also launched iHeartRadio, the world’s fastest growing digital service, to the Australian market in
2013 and the platform has had over 835,000 downloads. iHeartRadio is a free, all-in-one radio, music
streaming, entertainment and live events platform. In addition to being able to access their favourite
music from around the globe, audiences can access their favourite stations in Australia from ARN, the
ABC, SBS and Fairfax, as well as stations from New Zealand and the USA.
ARN is an APN News & Media company.
ABOUT OPTUS
Optus offers data-free mobile music streaming service to select prepaid, consumer and SMB postpaid
mobile and mobile broadband plans. Optus also offers customers access to amazing events, video content,
and the hottest musical acts through partnerships with Universal Music, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Google Play
and Pandora.