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Template:Infobox musical artist 2 Bernard "Doc" Neeson (born in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Australian rock singer. Neeson is known as the lead singer and frontman for Australian hard rock band The Angels.

Career

Since the '70s, Neeson has been known as the lead singer and frontman for The Angels.

He was part of the Tour of Duty - Concert for the Troops held for the InterFET Troops in East Timor during December 1999. He performed a number of Angels songs and duets with John Farnham and The Living End[1]. On New Year's Eve, 1999, Neeson announced his departure from The Angels at the MGM Grand Darwin Millennium Concert, following a major car accident[2].

In February 2001, Neeson performed at the Tour of Duty Encore! concert at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra[3][4]. In the same year the ABC had featured Doc Neeson and The Angels in the music TV series Long Way To The Top which was an insight to 50 years of Australian rock 'n' roll[5]

In December 2003, he formed the band Doc Neeson's Angels[6].

In May 2005, Neeson formed the band Red Phoenix [7] and released a self-title album[8].

In 2006, The Angels and Doc Neeson were featured on a postage stamp for Australia Post as part of their "Australian Rock Posters The Stamps" collection[9].

In August and September 2007[10] Neeson appeared and toured with the Doc Neeson’s Angels for the Countdown Spectacular 2 tour[11].

From Oct 16 - 1 November 2007, Doc Neeson's Angels are on the "Tour de Force" tour of Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait, supporting the Australian Troops (and a few stray Americans).

References

  1. ^ Tour of Duty information and Set list
  2. ^ Angels Biography accessed May 24, 2007
  3. ^ Thousands flock to Open Day Open Night - Australian War Memorial
  4. ^ Australian War Memorial - Open Day 2001
  5. ^ Long Way To The Top Beserk Warriors 1973-1981 (Episode 4)
  6. ^ Doc Neeson's Angels
  7. ^ Triple M Concerts - Red Phoenix
  8. ^ Red Phoenix CD information - Sanity.com.au
  9. ^ - Australian Rock Posters The Stamps (Australia Post)
  10. ^ The Doc's ready to rock - The Herald Sun, 24 June 2007
  11. ^ Frontier Touring Company - Countdown Spectacular 2

-mlr 18:42, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

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