Lucy De Ville were an Australian

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band. Their line-up consisted of Shaun Gardener,

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and

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, all of whom had acted in the television soap opera ''

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''. They issued a self-titled album in 2006.

History

Lucy De Ville were formed as an

group in Melbourne by Shaun Gardener on guitar and vocals and

on lead vocals who were neighbours. They had performed together as members of an earlier band Swallow. After that group broke up they began working together and formed Lucy De Ville as a duo. Their first release, ''Looking for a Sign'' appeared in 2004. Soon after

joined on co-lead vocals creating the trio version. Gardener was also a member of the cover band 21-20 since early 1990s. He had fronted the house band for TV sports and variety show, '' Live and Kicking'' (1998–1999) and had been a regular on infotainment programme '' Good Morning Australia'' (early 2000s). Gardener has written music with fellow 21-20 member Tim Rosewarne (ex-

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). Russo performed as

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in ''

'' (2003–2005). She is an

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performer who moved to Melbourne in 1995, working in both states in television, theatre, film and radio and fronting bands. She played the character of Magenta in a one-off benefit production of ''

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'' at the Regent Theatre in November 2004 featuring ''Neighbours'' cast members. It raised money for Variety Club Australia and the Taralye School for Deaf Children. Warrington portrayed

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in ''Neighbours'' (2002, 2003, 2004–2005). She had trained in the UK with the

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and returned to Australia to perform with the

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and the

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. She has many television credits. A classical singer, Warrington also studied at the Victoria Ballet School and appeared as Columbia in the charity performance of ''The Rocky Horror Show'' alongside Russo. Lucy De Ville's debut performance was on 23 June 2005 at a benefit concert by various artists, Neighbours Rock 4 AIDS. They issued their debut, self-titled studio album in January 2006.

Discography

*''Lucy De Ville'' (January 2006) 1. Love Story
2. Running Back to You
3. Diamonds
4. Beautiful
5. Who's Gonna Tell Her?
6. Bury Me In Your Arms
7. Trawling For You
8. Better Than Nothing
9. Daybreak
10. Skylight
11. I'm Nothing *''Looking for a Sign'' (2004) 1. Looking for a Sign
2. Looking for a Sign (LFO Remix)
3. Running Back to You
4. Pillow Talk
5. Looking for a Sign (Acoustic)

References

External links

Official website
(archived, 2005) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ville, Lucy De Musical groups established in the 2000s Musical groups from Melbourne