DELTA Goodrem fans will have to wait a little longer for her fourth album. Goodrem goes to LA next month to finish writing her first album since 2007.

“I can’t force it, it’s like catching a lightning bolt writing that song, that song that represents this time in my life,” Goodrem says.

“I’m aware of all the themes I want to talk about, I’m aware of the colour I want it to be.

“I’ve done a lot of collaboration over the years, but right now I’m enjoying writing by myself and just being me again for a while.”

Goodrem has been fixated on Stevie Nicks for the past few years, which has influenced her latest material.

“What resonates with me now is the acoustic guitar and piano. I’m enjoying writing songs that are more stripped back. I’ve done a 360 back to where I started, but hopefully it’s more evolved. I feel I’ve stepped up my game.

“I’m experimenting with different chord changes and different areas of music. I feel I can do anything on this album, I’m relishing that. I feel like the sky’s the limit but at the same time it’s very raw.”

As with all her albums, Goodrem will write and record material in America.

“I need to keep travelling, being a gypsy, having experiences and writing about them. I’m not moving anywhere permanently. I’ll be in LA for a few months but Australia’s always going to be my home.”

Before she leaves, Goodrem will perform with Guy Sebastian at the Sydney launch of Michael Jackson’s This Is It DVD on March 2.

The pair were hand-picked by the Jackson estate to perform Earth Song at the invitation-only event, backed by a children’s choir.

“It was an honour to hear from the Jackson Estate and have them ask us,” Goodrem says.

“Obviously Michael Jackson was the ultimate performer and it’s going to be a special event.

“I’m looking forward to singing with Guy, he’s such a talent. He holds his own ground and I love that. He’s gone through so much.”

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I have added a scan from today’s Daily Telegraph with the article. Also check out the edited photoshoot.

Daily Telegraph February 18

Daily Telegraph February 18 – Photoshoot

DELTA Goodrem is packing her bags and preparing to move to the US.
The singer confided to friends a long-held plan of relocating long-term to the West Coast of America to work with some of that country’s top songwriters as part of a reinvigorated push to crack the US market.

Record industry sources report Goodrem has responded to criticism that she has become idle waiting for success to come to her by going on the front foot and showing she is ready to commit to the chase.

The singer was last month said to have begun cleaning out the mansion she rents with fiancee Brian McFadden in Hunters Hill.

Sources report that as part of the clean-out she labelled up a huge mountain of clothing for a garage sale. Neither her record label Sony nor management would comment when asked about her relocation plans yesterday.

McFadden has been in Los Angeles working on his own new album release and apparently searching for a base for the couple.

“This year will definitely be a year where she spends a lot of time songwriting in the US,” her rep Jen Fontaine said.

“She is prepared to spend a lot of time over there but I wouldn’t say it was permanent.

“She has been back and forth a lot in recent times and she is prepared to spend as much time there as necessary to make this album but she retains interests here.”

Goodrem is also said to have cut her hair in anticipation of the workload ahead.

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UP TO 2000 people have filled the streets of Redfern to welcome Prince William today.

Locals and royal fans brought their flags and autograph books hoping to meet the future King.

In his first public appearance while in Sydney, William was cheered loudly by the 1500-plus crowd as he visited the Redfern Community Centre.

He was welcomed by a traditional Aboriginal smoking ceremony before being taken inside to meet children.

“I’d like to thank Prince William for coming here to the Block today,” Charles Madden, director of the Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern, said.

“It’s good to have him here because The Block has produced a lot of positive things for Redfern.

“Redfern isn’t the bad place people make it out to be.”

Prince William arrived at the 10 minute ceremony about 15 minutes late, but the crowd was not disappointed.

“I was told we were running on palace time but we are running on Koori time,” one woman in the crowd said.

The mostly Aboriginal crowd clapped and cheered as the 27-year-old heir to the throne arrived.
One woman, Barbara Selby, brought a large photo of the late Princess Diana meeting her daughter and grandson when she was in Sydney in 1997 to open the Victor Chang building at St Vincent’s Hospital in 1997.

“I’d like William to see it,” she said.

Lewis Kelly, from Kempsey on the NSW mid-north coast, was among the crowds with his nephew, Dennis Wright, of Moree.

“We’re over the moon that he’s come to this part of the city to spend time with us,” he said.

“I was surprised when I heard it on the grapevine that he was coming here to see the indigenous people, the real Australians.”

Prince William gave the crowd a brief wave when the ceremony was over, and was ushered inside the community centre, where he was to meet with elders and children.

Earlier in the day Australian sporting legends gathered at Admiralty House for a star studded lunch with Prince William.

Guests mingled on the lawn before enjoying a meal which included salmon with salad, a main of Angus beef, followed by petit fours, mini pavlovas and finger lamingtons.

Wallabies captain Rocky Elsom, Test cricketer Michael Clarke, and Olympic gold medallists Libby Trickett and Matthew Mitcham, actor Lucy Durack, University of Tasmania research fellow Sharon Andrews and NSW Young Australian of the Year 2010 Jack Manning Bancroft and pop star Delta Goodrem were among the young Australians who dined with the prince.

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“I love the fact they’ve invited a lot of young people. There’s a real mix from all walks of life,” Goodrem said.

She said the British royal family lead exceptional lives.

“You always have the respect that their lives must be an amazing experience. You just want to pay your respect to that and to him,” she added.

She recommended the prince visit Taronga Zoo if he has any spare time during his two-day Sydney visit.

The prince was overheard talking about his admiration for Australian sport to Michael Clarke, the vice-caption of Australia’s Test cricket team.

He also described the view from Admiralty House across the harbour as “thrilling” and waved to passing ferry passengers.

Trickett, who drove holding the invitation, beaming from ear to ear as she flashed it to police security.

“I am just excited to be a part of such an amazing group of people,” she said.

“I am really honoured to have been invited.”

Clarke just flashed his face to waiting police as he drove through in a hire car.

Among them was Deakin University student Browyn O’Gorman, 22, who lost her home in Kinglake in the Black Saturday bushfires.

“It is very exciting, I don’t know what to expect, I know everyone will be really nice,” she said.

Commonwealth Govenor-General Quentin Bryce, who was the host of the royal lunch, saw Gorman featured on a TV documentary about the fires and personally chose her to attend.

A military helicopter and hercules pilot were also invited to the event.

A crowd of 60 gathered to see Prince William outside Admiralty House before Governor-General Quentin Bryce led him into sign the visitor’s book, which he did with his left hand.

“All the best are left handed,” the prince told Ms Bryce.

Prince William also waved comfortably to Sydney ferry passengers as he arrived.

Jean Fittler, 86, came from Cowra in the state’s Cenral-West and waited two hours for a glimpse of the Prince who waved and flashed a smile at the crowd as his car streaked in.

“We were just so excited, my heart was just pounding, he was so close it was lovely.”

Ellie Money, 11, is from England but lives in Pymble and she thought the Prince was handsome.

“I think they should have put down the window and let us have a bit of a chat. it’s not going to harm him if we just say hello.”

The Prince stepped off his Royal New Zealand Air Force flight after a 20 minute delay today at 12.15pm.

Before he left the plane he thanked the pilot and cabin crew, and appeared happy as he emerged smiling in a dark blue suit.

Last time William was here, he was just eight-months-old and cradled in the arms of his mother, the late Princess Diana.

Now the second-in-line to the throne is travelling unaccompanied and visits Sydney as part of an unofficial tour Down Under.

Tight security surrounds the Prince who has been whisked away in a motorcade to Admiralty House, Kirribilli, where he will lunch with Ms Bryce.

Later this afternoon, the inner-west community of Redfern will throw open its doors to welcome William who will meet with Aboriginal elders and children.

But for the best chance to see the popular royal, the public has been invited to Mrs Macquarie’s chair tomorrow where the Prince’s motorcade will enter before he walks to a barbecue held in the Royal Botanic Gardens, just before 1pm.

“While this is an unofficial visit, the best opportunity for members of the public to see Prince William will be tomorrow afternoon,” Premier Keneally said.

“The public are invited to see the Prince’s motorcade at Mrs Macquarie’s chair tomorrow and I recommend that people are in position before 1pm.

“He will leave the motorcade to enter the Royal Botanic Gardens by foot to join guests at a barbeque in his honour.”

His visit comes as an exclusive poll conducted by Newspoll found that 58 per cent wanted William, and not his father, Charles, to take the place of Queen Elizabeth.

Meanwhile, NSW Premier Kristina Keneally admitted finding Prince William charming during their brief meeting, but says it hasn’t dented her republican views.

Ms Keneally greeted the second in line to the throne shortly after he touched down at Sydney Airport.

She shook hands with the prince rather than curtseying and chatted briefly to the future king before his motorcade whisked him across the city for his lunch with Governor-General Quentin Bryce at Admiralty House.

“Prince William was in fact very charming. He was very delighted to be in Sydney,” Ms Keneally told reporters.

“I had a brief chat with him about his visit to Redfern this afternoon (and) clearly he was quite keen to have that opportunity to meet with Aboriginal elders and Aboriginal young people.”

Asked whether Australia should become a republic, the American-born premier proudly declared herself a republican.

“I am a republican, but I do believe that Prince William is a young man of great character,” Ms Keneally said.

“He is a passionate campaigner for many causes, and particularly has used his position to highlight the need of disadvantaged young people.

“It’s very lovely to have him in our city.”

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Delta is in February’s edition of Good Health magazine. Delta shares her secrets on how to stay energetic. Thanks to Nicola for the scans!

Good Health Magazine – February 2010

DELTA Goodrem and Guy Sebastian have triumphed over hundreds of international and local artists to claim Australia’s biggest selling album and single of the Noughties.

Goodrem can now finally celebrate the phenomenal success of her debut record Innocent Eyes, which sold more than one million copies since it was released in 2003 and easily topped ARIA’s Top 100 Albums of the decade.

Only weeks after her debut hit No. 1 in March that year, Goodrem was in a fight for life against cancer.

“I got to enjoy the success of that album for about three months in between Born To Try and Lost Without You and then, all of a sudden, I was in hospital,” she said yesterday.

“I wouldn’t change anything – but the saddest part for me then was that I couldn’t do the live shows and that was the part I had been dreaming about since I was a kid.”

Her success was revealed in the ARIA charts of the top 100 singles and albums of the decade, revealed exclusively to The Daily Telegraph.

Delta said: “I think it was the innocence of the record and the honesty of the songs that people related to. No one knew anything about me, I was free to write about whatever I wanted to and Born To Try was who I was at that moment.”

Instead of throwing a party to celebrate her achievement yesterday, Goodrem and Vince Pizzinga, who helped write and produce songs for Innocent Eyes, were back in the studio working on tunes for her next record.

“So now there’s some pressure on me for the next decade, right?” she said. “When I heard about being No. 1, I rang Vince and got him over straight away – it has inspired me to try to write better songs.”

Albums
#1 – Innocent Eyes
#64 – Mistaken Identity

Singles
#19 – Born To Try
#43 – Predictable
#69 – Lost Without You

Read the rest of the article here (source).

POP singer Delta Goodrem has apologised to her fans for postponing a Sydney concert, blaming a herbal remedy for her bout of ill health.

”It was unfortunate – I didn’t just cancel lightly. I wasn’t able to do it. My body wasn’t able to do it,” said Goodrem, who has returned to Australia from the US for her rescheduled concert at the Opera House on Christmas Eve.

An unknown number of ticket-holders have sought refunds because the concert is so close to Christmas.

”I know in my heart that my first priority is always the fans,” the 25-year-old said. ”I wanted to make sure that I would be there for them but I couldn’t do it after what happened.”

The singer revealed how a herbal remedy for colds made her unwell in the US. She had symptoms of an allergic reaction during a tour with opera singers including Andrea Bocelli. ”I asked some opera singers I was touring with and they recommended something for a cold, just a herbal thing, so I took it … and then I woke up and I’d had some sort of reaction. There was a rash and my voice had closed over.”

The singer, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2003, said she wasn’t taking any chances with her health: ”I have to watch my immune system very closely. And it does take me a little bit more, when I get something simple, to get rid of it.”

Goodrem is back in Sydney with her fiance and fellow performer Brian McFadden – although he will fly back to his native Ireland over Christmas to visit his two daughters from his marriage to Kerry Katona.

Goodrem said she and McFadden were still planning their wedding.

”We feel that it’s definitely on its way. But we’re like any couple, we want things in place beforehand. Like any couple who wants to save up and do things, we want to make sure everything’s in place in our lives.”

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Delta is on the cover of January’s Summer Girlfriend magazine! You can check out the mini interview in the scans below.

Summer Girlfriend – January

Delta is in Who’s special 10 Years edition! Delta talks about her highlight of the decade. Check out the scans below. You can also see the edited photoshoot (Chris Colls).

Who – January 4 (Scans)

Chris Colls – 2009 Shoot (Edited Shoot)

DELTA Goodrem’s impromptu performance at the private birthday party of an international hitmaker has finally won her the big break she needs to put her career on the map in the US.

Goodrem has been invited to sing with Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli at his American Christmas concerts after wowing producer David Foster with her talent when she gatecrashed his birthday soiree.

Foster discovered and nurtured the careers of Celine Dion, Michael Buble and Josh Groban and has been searching for a suitable project for Goodrem since they met earlier this month.

“I’d been doing a performance at a radio station and was asked to come along to this party next door to say hi to some people,” Goodrem explained.

“I didn’t know it was David Foster or that it was his birthday.

“There was a piano and mic there and he asked me if I wanted to get up and sing.

“David Foster is someone I have looked up to my whole life … and he called me later saying that he would look out for something for us to work on together.

“David has produced Andrea’s album and they were in the studio organising these concerts and called me up. I think it may have been fate singing at his birthday.”

Goodrem has spent countless months in recent years trying to get a foothold in the US, which already has its fair share of powerful pop vocalists.

The opportunity to perform four concerts with Bocelli, including reprising Celine Dion’s duet with him on The Prayer, could be just the break she has been waiting for.

It is expected about 80,000 Americans will see her perform that megawatt number, as well as a variety of carols, including The Christmas Song.

“I’ve had to learn the lyric from Brian [McFadden] because we don’t sing songs about roasting chestnuts in Australia,” she said.

Goodrem will make a whirlwind trip home to perform her own Christmas concert at the Sydney Opera House on December 6.

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