Inside story on music great’s decision
The veteran completed the last of three stunts aboard a cruise ship in the Arctic last week. Australian singer Daryl Braithwaite “This is it,” he decided.
After a 58-year career HE achieved great success Lost years with the band Şerbet in the mid-1980s and a successful comeback in middle age yielded a catalog of great songs, including: One Summer, All I Did As The Days Passed By And horsesHe concluded that it was time to retire.
His decision to stop touring was partly due to a persistent problem with his larynx that had plagued him in recent years. He said on social media Monday that “singing comfortably has become increasingly physically challenging for me” and that his enjoyment of performing has diminished.
“I’ve been thinking about this for maybe a year now and asking different people, ‘How do you retire?'” Braithwaite, 77, told CBD. I ask.
“For about a year or more, I’ve had a respiratory problem where the larynx closes when it should open. It hasn’t gotten any better. Now the preparation I have to do for a concert takes more than two or three days.”
“It’s all probably in your head, but you do all this prep work, you get honey and you do this and that and you gargle, and then you go on and when you’re on stage you’re still struggling: ‘How am I going to get this note?’
“It works, but it’s like we’re constantly switching gears, and it’s never been like that. After the last gig, I got off and thought, ‘Yeah, this is it’.”
Accordingly, the last two songs he performed were: horses and Sherbet classic howzat.
He was stunned by the reaction his announcement sparked. His phone is still going crazy.
“As I sit here I think I’ll miss it [touring] “Every part of it is extreme, but if you can’t give it 100 percent, then… you’re deceiving yourself and deceiving people,” he said. “It seems right to me to do what I’m doing and give up.”
Although he will no longer be on stage, Melbourne-based Braithwaite will not be sitting idle.
Plans are already being made for a documentary about the band, as well as a book of images from the Sherbet era compiled from his personal archive.
Sayers opposes AFL privilege
Andrew DillonAFL is publicly prioritizing this week Sachi DadeHe claims the club violated his privacy over his Federal Court case against the Demons and his relationship with the former player Steven May.
But behind the scenes, Luke Sayers The explicit photo scandal is also draining significant legal resources at head office due to his estranged wife’s high-stakes libel case Cate emerges.
The couple’s respective legal teams were due to appear in court again on Monday, but the hearing was canceled at the last minute. A legal source, who could not speak publicly, said it came after Luke’s side withdrew four subpoena applications issued by Cate (the AFL to Carlton, Luke’s long-time assistant) last month. Julie Instructor and AFL manager Sharon McCrohan) will be set aside to produce documents outlining their role in the harrowing saga.
The source said the legal teams involved are currently negotiating how the subpoenas could be replaced by agreement. But the upshot is that documents will now need to be produced, including details of how the investigation into the entire incident was conducted by the AFL and Carlton. Cate had already questioned the club and league’s processes in court filings in January last year.
Tony KeaneThe AFL integrity unit’s investigation into the social media scandal cleared Sayers of wrongdoing, with a legal declaration from Luke in the matter at the center of the league’s review.
The January 2025 affidavit declared that Cate’s lies about the release of the explicit photo could not be trusted, that she suffered from mental illness and at times refused to take her medication; These are the allegations that are the subject of Cate’s defamation lawsuit. He also requested that neither the police nor the AFL interview Cate.
It was recently revealed that a draft of the declaration had been sent to the AFL before the final version was submitted.
Now that subpoenas to produce documents are valid, the parties will need to send their files to court shortly, although Luke and the AFL are now said to be able to claim legal privilege over some of the material. A new hearing is planned for August.
Agassi will ‘reset’ in Australia
We are more used to seeing André Agassi in Australia in January She will compete at the Australian Open but the tennis great will be enjoying the winter in Sydney when she attends the Reset: Growth Through Disruption conference.
Agassi will be one of the keynote speakers at the event hosted by the Australian Association of National Advertisers on August 6.
Agassi, who won eight grand slam titles and is now a pickleball enthusiast, was a champion on the court, but his story, which spans mental health, celebrity life and philanthropy, is much more interesting than serving and cutting.
“Andre Agassi is one of the greatest examples of reinvention, resilience and sustained high performance we have seen in any field,” said the association’s CEO. Josh Faulksin question. “Not only has he won at the highest level, he has adapted, improved and found new ways to succeed.”
If you can’t attend the conference, CBD highly recommends Agassi’s wonderful memoir. Open.
Fiona Byrne is the CBD columnist for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.Connect via email.
