The Wellingtons are an Australian

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. The band has released four

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s, including ''Keeping Up With The Wellingtons'' (2005), ''For Friends in Far Away Places'' (2006), ''Heading North For the Winter'' (2008) and ''In Transit'' (2011).

Line up

The current band line-up is: * Zac Anthony -

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* Kate Goldby -

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and vocals * Koji Asano/Luke Godeassi - guitar and vocals * Anna Dobbyn - keyboards * David Kleynjans -

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Past members include Steph Hughes, Matt Kulesza, Steve Thomas, Lee Daniel, Amy Walters, and Tosh Sanada.

Early releases

Following the release of ''Keeping Up With The Wellingtons'' in 2005, the band

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ed the

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. This provided strong sales of the debut album in

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(through imported sales from

) and consequently, Japanese

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This Time Records signed the band for the release of the album. This led to the band's first Japanese tour in 2006. Songs from the first album were used in US channel

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'' and in a variety of Japanese

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Further releases

The band's second album, ''For Friends in Far Away Places'' followed in 2006, again being released first in Japan and in Australia a few months later. 2008's ''Heading North for the Winter'' was again released in Japan first on ( ThisTime Records) and was subsequently released in Spain (

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), the UK (

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), the US ( Zip Records) and Australia (

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). Their fourth album ''In Transit'' was released in Japan ( ThisTime Records) in July 2011 and was scheduled to be released in Spain (

) and the US ( Zip Records) in September/October 2011, with an Australian release to be confirmed. In support of this album, the band will commence a five-week tour of Japan, Spain, Italy, the UK and the US in September 2011. The band's biggest songwriting influences include

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Discography

Studio albums

* 2005: ''Keeping Up With The Wellingtons'' * 2006: ''For Friends In Far Away Places'' * 2008: ''Heading North For The Winter'' * 2011: ''In Transit'' * 2012: ''Hey Hey'' (EP) * 2017: ''End Of The Summer''

References

External links

The Wellingtons official siteThe Wellingtons official UK site
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