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ABC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Since first picking up a guitar as a teenager, James Mangohig has gone on to work with big-name artists including Jessica Mauboy, Emily Wurramara and Daniel Johns.
Since first picking up a guitar as a teenager, James Mangohig has gone on to work with big-name artists including Jessica Mauboy, Emily Wurramara and Daniel Johns.
Daily Mail
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns shares bizarre 'time travelling' post to social media - after troubling message on his 46th birthday
has left his fans confused after sharing an unusual post to Instagram on Monday. The Silverchair frontman posed for a sultry selfie and was looking well - but it was the attached caption that raised eyebrows. 'Just got back from Cannes, the 1994 Pulp Fiction premiere was incredible - I always wanted to see it on the big screen!' Daniel wrote. 'Great job @tarantinouniverse and cast @johntravolta @samuelljackson #brucewilliss @umathurman / heading to a rave next week!' The caption implied he had travelled back to the year 1994, when the Quentin Tarantino premiered at the famous French film festival. 'Time travelling now?' asked one person in the comments underneath the post while another said, 'Yep and he refers to 1994 here which is when Silverchair all started to kick off…' 'Daniel you can't just disappear for two years and time travel back to 2025' someone else wrote. 'His last post said "I have to go back in time to finalise something..."' added someone else, referring to Johns' birthday message in April. Last month, Daniel announced that he is taking a hiatus from social media, as he celebrated his 46th birthday. He posted to Instagram to mark the occasion, but added a cryptic message that implied he was in need of solitude, perhaps to work on a new art project. 'The beautiful thing about time, is that it is always in the eye of the beholder. Art is exactly the same' the Australian rocker wrote. 'As an artist you never know what time it is. It's an ongoing quest to interpret happiness and sadness with a sprinkling of absurdity. It's drama. It's comedy. It's poetry. It's a song. It's cinema' he continued. 'Everything is beautiful if you let it be.' Johns concluded the post: 'I have to go back in time to finalise something and as a result I won't be on socials, my team will keep an eye on things. I will have my phone. All is love'. The rock star has stayed largely out of the spotlight the past few years, after highly publicised legal and substance abuse issues. In 2022, Johns released his second solo album, FutureNever, while in rehab. In a statement published through his record label BMG the troubled rock star described the album as 'manic' and said he's no longer 'running' from his past. Johns checked into rehab in late March, 2022 after he was pulled over on the Pacific Highway at North Arm Cove near Newcastle, NSW on March 23, and recorded a blood-alcohol reading of more than three times the legal limit. He pleaded guilty. Police said Johns had crossed into the opposite lane of traffic and collided with a van on the Pacific Highway near Newcastle on March 23. His lawyer Bryan Wrench entered a guilty plea on Johns' behalf at Raymond Terrace Local Court on April 11, 2022. Johns dodged a jail sentence for high-range drink driving after a magistrate ruled time behind bars would be of little benefit to the 'deeply troubled' rock star. He was given a 10-month intensive corrections order - a court sentence of two years or less which is served in the community under the strict supervision of Community Corrections. The star was also disqualified from driving for seven months and ordered to install an alcohol-reading interlock device to his car for 24 months once he gets his licence back. Johns' lawyer Bryan Wrench said his client was at pains to show the court how serious he had taken the charge since entering rehab and his subsequent discharge by remaining abstinent from alcohol. In a phone call transcribed from rehab and posted to his Instagram account on April 16, 2022, Johns addressed his relationship with alcohol and also offered an apology. 'My drinking had become a bigger problem than I even realised, and how I have used it to help numb a range of deeper psychological issues that I've been living with since childhood,' he said. 'Some of these issues you know, and a lot cut much deeper. Alcohol is not medicine. I should never have treated it like it was. I feel like a complete f**k-up and I'm sorry. 'I take full responsibility for my actions on the evening of March 23rd, I am deeply remorseful and I am working every day to make amends. I am handling these matters professionally and privately.' Shortly after the accident in March, Johns posted that he had been suffering from 'panic attacks' and the accident occurred after becoming 'lost' on the road. 'As you know, my mental health is a work in progress. I have good days and bad days but it's something I always have to manage,' he said. 'Over the last week I began to experience panic attacks. Last night I got lost while driving and I was in an accident. I am OK, everyone is OK. 'Alongside my therapy, I've been self-medicating with alcohol to deal with my anxiety and depression. I know this is not sustainable or healthy. 'I have to step back now as I'm self-admitting to a rehabilitation centre and I don't know how long I'll be there. Appreciate your love and support as always.' The drink-driving crash came just weeks after Daniel slammed his Silverchair 'colleagues' for allegedly not supporting him when he was gravely ill in 2002. The singer and guitarist revealed in a Facebook post that he'd been diagnosed with reactive arthritis, an inflammation of the joints that left him in crippling pain, when the band was launching their fourth album Diorama. Johns, who also was being treated for anxiety and anorexia at the time, claimed he did not receive the help he needed, and felt his band was 'more of a business than family'. Daniel's Silverchair bandmates Ben Gillies and Chris Joannou recently revealed exactly how the iconic rock band ended. Writing about Silverchair's demise in their joint memoir, the pair claimed Daniel put them on an 'emotional rollercoaster' by breaking up the band multiple times - only to then change his mind. However, things finally came to an end when the trio performed at the Groovin' The Moo music festival in 2010. Ben said he received a 'confusing call' from Daniel shortly after the performance, saying the two words: 'It's inevitable.' While Daniel never explicitly said the band was breaking up, Ben and Chris were later informed by their manager it was over and that a press release announcing their 'indefinite hiatus' would be going out to the media. The former bandmates rose to fame as as 15-year-olds and took the world by storm with their debut album Frogstomp in 1995, before splitting in 2011. The musicians have said they had 'drifted apart' from Johns since Silverchair disbanded.
News.com.au
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns shares personal update on 46th birthday
Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns has announced he is taking a break from social media. The Aussie rocker shared the update on Tuesday, which also happened to be his 46th birthday. 'The beautiful thing about time, is that it is always in the eye of the beholder. Art is exactly the same,' he began his Instagram post, which was accompanied with a photo of himself and his dog. 'As an artist you never know what time it is. It's an ongoing quest to interpret happiness and sadness with a sprinkling of absurdity. It's drama. It's comedy. It's poetry. It's a song. It's cinema. 'Everything is beautiful if you let it be.' In his cryptic message, Johns implied that he would use his hiatus to reflect and perhaps to work on an ongoing project. 'I have to go back in time to finalise something and as a result I won't be on socials, my team will keep an eye on things. I will have my phone,' he concluded. 'All is love xx.' Johns rose to fame with his Silverchair bandmates, bassist Chris Joannou and drummer Ben Gillies, in the 90s. They were all just 15 and playing local band competitions in Newcastle when they signed a record deal with the Sony imprint called Murmur. They were the first Australian act to go straight to No.1 with a debut single, Tomorrow, and album Frogstomp. The band celebrated the 30th anniversary of their debut album at a special event at the Metro in Sydney last month, but Johns – who is estranged from his bandmates – was absent from the celebrations. This isn't the first time Johns has taken a hiatus from social media. Back in October 2023, he announced he was shutting off his socials to focus on work projects and 'smelling the roses'. The Newcastle-born singer told fans in a lengthy Instagram post that he's 'notoriously bad at stopping' to appreciate life's moments. With two months left of that year, Johns said he'd be putting his phone 'in a drawer' to finish working on the orchestration for his semi-autobiographical short film, What If The Future Never Happened?, which at the time coincided with his 2022 solo album, FutureNever. 'I'm notoriously bad at stopping and smelling the roses so I'm putting this [post] here to remind myself,' Johns began in his post at the time. 'This will be my final post for 2023 so I can go away to work on finishing orchestration and credit sequence for 'What If The Future Never Happened?'. I'm shutting my socials down, putting my phone in a drawer and getting back to work.' In early 2023, he also revealed that he was never a fan of social media as it at times got 'overwhelming'. 'As someone who never really did technology, I love the chance to chat to people on here about things we are passionate about, music, animals, films, art etc,' he wrote in a candid Instagram post in April 2023. 'At some points though, the socials stuff can be a bit overwhelming as I'm sure it is for many of you.' 'I'm taking a little break, working on some health stuff, some charity work, getting out of the house a little bit... I'll definitely pop back up on here when/if I have something interesting to say or more importantly with any more dog pics. 'Wherever you are in the world, if you're reading this I love you and appreciate you more than you know.'
