Silverchair: RIP?

At the weekend a Sydney newspaper reported 'rumours' that Silverchair are about to split up. But the band have announced on their official website (chairpage.com) that they are just "taking a break".

According to their management "the band currently has no recording or touring plans but that certainly doesn't mean that they won't ever record or tour again. It just means that after a really intense few years, they're each spending some time on non-Silverchair activities for a change. This is extremely common for bands who have been together for a decade...They all remain very good friends and there is absolutely nothing standing in the way of them making music together again in the future."

At the moment Daniel Johns is making an album with Paulmac. Chris is producing and recording "stuff". And Ben has just finished travelling and is possibly going to feature in an indie film over the coming year.

There is however news of live CD / DVD package is about to be released.

The Track Listing for 'Live From Faraway Stables' is:

Disc 1
1. Overture - Act 1
2. After All These Years
3. World Upon Your Shoulders
4. Tuna In The Brine
5. Luv Your Life
6. Paint Pastel Princess
7. Petrol & Chlorine
8. Across The Night
9. Ana's Song
10. Miss You Love
11. Steam Will Rise

Disc 2
1. Overture - Act 2
2. Emotion Sickness
3. Without You
4. Israel's Son
5. Black Tangled Heart
6. Do You Feel The Same
7. The Greatest View
8. The Door
9. Freak
10. Anthem For The Year 2000
11. One Way Mule
12. Asylum
13. The Lever

The package will be a 4 disc (2 CD / 2 DVD) set featuring a complete performance from their Australian tour earlier this year. 'Live At Faraway Stables' will be released on November 10.

DiScuss: Would you be happy if they split? Was the last record a bit too Coldplay? Anyone heard the rumoured rumour that Imbruglia and Johns have become sex addicts and can't leave the house? Who'd blame him?