Merry Christmas!   25th December 2010
Firstly, a very merry Christmas and a happy new year from Planet Delta!
In the past few months, Delta has been involved in a few appearances and performances, including performing at Virgin Blue’s 10th anniversary in September and at the Starhill Gallery in Malaysia in December. Delta has also recorded two new songs: Little Drummer Boy for the 2010 edition of the Salvation Army’s Spirit of Christmas album, and a duet of the song Breathe, Dream, Pray, Love with Canadian singer Mark Masri for American pianist Jim Brickman’s new album, Home.
It has also been revealed that Delta is providing the voice for Little Beatrice in the upcoming Christmas film, Santa’s Apprentice, due for release next year. As well as Delta’s fourth studio album, which is expected in 2011, a collection of Delta’s previous three albums and three DVDs will be released in January. These are entitled The Albums Collection and The Visual Collection, and more information about these releases can be found on Delta’s revamped official website.
Updates: Discography (Mistakes, The Albums Collection, The Visual Collection); Lyrics (Little Drummer Boy, Breathe, Dream, Pray, Love)

Stand Up To Cancer   9th September 2010
It has been announced that Delta will be joining several stars to take part in this year’s Stand Up To Cancer event, which will take place on 10th September in the US. As a survivor of cancer, Delta has shared a personal account of her own story on the SU2C website here.
This month also sees the release of Delta’s duet with Brian McFadden, Mistakes, on 17th September. The song debuted on the ARIA charts at #83 last week and the music video, featuring an updated single mix, has just been released.
For the past few months, Delta has been writing and recording for her fourth studio album, which she describes as earthy and going back to her roots. Delta has also taken the time to record two segments for TV show Getaway, following the Twilight trail and Seattle’s music scene. In addition, she performed Leona Lewis’s I See You (Theme from Avatar) at the ASCAP Film and Television Awards in June. At the end of May, Delta’s Commonwealth Games theme, Together We Are One, was performed on American Idol by their previous winners and contestants at Simon Cowell’s final show.
Updates: Discography (Mistakes); Lyrics (Mistakes); Videos (Mistakes)

Canto Del’t’a   13th May 2010
This month Delta rejoined Italian singer Andrea Bocelli as a special guest on his Asian tour, performing in Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Taipei and Singapore. The two duetted on The Prayer again, as well as the operatic Canto della Terra and Elvis Presley’s hit Can’t Help Falling In Love.
Three albums featuring Delta related songs have also recently been released. Firstly, Brian McFadden’s third solo album Wall Of Soundz, featuring a duet with Delta on the song Mistakes, was released in April and debuted at #27 on the ARIA charts. Delta’s song Woman from the album Delta has also been recorded by American singer Toni Braxton and appears on her sixth album Pulse, which was released this month and debuted at #9 on the US Billboard charts. Finally, Celine Dion has recently released a DVD and live album of her Taking Chances World Tour, which features Eyes On Me, the song co-written by Delta, as well as the original version of The Prayer with Andrea Bocelli.
Updates: Games (Hangman); Lyrics (Mistakes)

Mistakes   11th March 2010
It has been revealed that Delta has collaborated with Brian McFadden again on a new song called Mistakes, which will appear on Brian’s upcoming album, Wall Of Soundz. Another collaboration which happened this month was when Delta duetted with Guy Sebastian on Michael Jackson’s Earth Song at the Australian launch of Michael’s This Is It DVD launch.
If you don’t already know, Planet Delta has changed its address. You can still reach us at www.planetdelta.co.uk until 20th March. The new address, which is up and running right now, is www.planet-delta.com.
Updates: Contact (Email)

UK Radio Interview   1st March 2010
Yesterday, Delta gave a short interview with Ronan Keating on UK radio station Magic FM, talking about her new album. The interview can be listened to in the Downloads section. This interview followed several tweets from Delta about her plans to definitely release and tour in the UK for the next album. Delta will be moving temporarily to the US to write and record for this album. Delta has also been handpicked by the Jackson estate to perform at the Australian launch of Michael Jackson’s This Is It DVD. She will join Guy Sebastian, Kenny Ortega and Jackie Jackson at the event this Tuesday. Earlier in the year, Delta met with royalty when she attended a royal lunch with Prince William during his tour of Australia.
Recently, I have been making several mashups of Delta songs with artists including Alexandra Burke, Beyoncé and Girls Aloud. If you haven’t already done so, check them out at Planet Delta’s YouTube channel.
Finally, congratulations to Delta for having Australia’s highest selling album of the past decade, Innocent Eyes, and also for passing her driving test!
Updates: Downloads (Magic FM)

Andrea Bocelli   28th December 2009
Earlier this month, Delta joined Italian singer Andrea Bocelli as a special guest on four shows of his Christmas concert tour around North America. The two performed duets on Blue Christmas, The Christmas Song and The Prayer. During this tour, Delta fell ill and was forced to postpone her own Christmas concert at the Sydney Opera House to 24th December. Fortunately, Delta recovered and performed an impressive show on Christmas Eve.
In November, Delta also hosted the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards with Joel and Benji Madden from American band Good Charlotte, with whom she also performed a medley of In This Life and Good Charlotte’s single Dance Floor Anthem.
Planet Delta hopes you all enjoyed your Christmas and wishes you all a happy new year.
Updates: Games (Hangman); Lyrics (That’s Freedom, Queen Of The Night, Sweet Dreams)

Christmas Carols & Hits Show   10th October 2009
Delta has announced that she will be performing a special one-off concert at the Sydney Opera House on 6th December. During this show, Delta will be singing both Christmas carols and her own songs. Fans will be given the chance to vote for their favourite Christmas carol, which may then form part of the setlist.
The long-awaited DVD release of Delta’s second national tour, the Believe Again Tour, took place a few weeks ago, and became her third #1 DVD. The DVD features the full concert as well as behind the scenes footage and stage visuals, and comes with a live CD of the show.
As well as writing for the new album, with talents such as Lucie Silvas, Delta featured as a guest judge during the Sydney auditions of Australian Idol this year. Her appearance can be found on Planet Delta’s YouTube channel here or in the Downloads section.
Finally, as you may have noticed, Planet Delta has changed its host. Since the beginning in 2004, Planet Delta has been hosted by GeoCities, however, later this month GeoCities is due to shut down, so our new host is Sitesled. You can reach the main site at http://planetdelta.sitesled.com and the archived 2004 and 2005 sites can be found at http://planetdelta.sitesled.com/2004 and http://planetdelta.sitesled.com/2005 respectively. If that’s too much to remember, you can still find us at www.planetdelta.co.uk.
Updates: Discography (Believe Again Live Tour [DVD]); Downloads (Australian Idol)

Planet Delta Is 5!   24th April 2009
In April 2004, Planet Delta was launched and now we are 5 years old! Thank you to everybody who has visited the site. I’m so sorry about the lack of updates, but this news entry will give a brief account of the Delta events from the past few months.
In December, Delta performed three songs at the annual Carols In The Domain in her hometown of Sydney. These were O Holy Night, Oh Happy Day (with Brian McFadden) and Silent Night. In January and February, Delta embarked on her second concert tour, the Believe Again Tour, around theatres in Australia. The tour featured most of the hits from Delta’s three albums, as well as various covers including That’s Freedom, Queen Of The Night and Sweet Dreams. A DVD of the tour is expected to be released later in the year. In March, Delta presented an award with Brian at the MTV Australia Music Awards and was scheduled to perform the national anthem at the Australian Grand Prix but pulled out at the last minute after complaining of a sore throat. Delta has also been recently appearing in several advertisements in Australia, including So Good, Sunsilk and Nintendo Wii.
To bridge the gap between Delta’s third and fourth album, which is not expected until next year, a 2-disc package featuring the Innocent Eyes and Mistaken Identity albums is to be released on 25th April.
And finally, to celebrate Planet Delta reaching 5 years, I have set up a Twitter account at www.twitter.com/planetdelta. Please follow us for the latest updates on Delta and the website.
Updates: Discography (Innocent Eyes/Mistaken Identity [album]); Links (Planet Delta Links)

For Good   15th November 2008
Recently, Delta has recorded a duet with American singer, LeAnn Rimes, for the 5th Anniversary edition of the Wicked soundtrack, which was released on 28th October. The song is called For Good, for which the lyrics have been added to the site. Last month, Delta rang the opening bell for the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday 14th October, the day after the largest one day Dow point gain ever. Delta has also been in Australia, promoting Sanitarium So Good products (www.deltasogoodrem.com.au), as well as taking up the role of Patron of a new cancer centre at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney. This week, the music video for In This Life is the free music video of the week on the US version of iTunes, so get it while you can.
Congratulations go to Delta for winning the award for Highest Selling Album at this year’s ARIA awards, and also the World Music Award for Highest Selling Australian Artist.
Updates: Lyrics (For Good)

I Can’t Break It To My Heart Debut   28th August 2008
This week, the fourth single from the Delta album debuted at #13 on the ARIA charts, reaching #1 on the physical singles chart, but not appearing in the top 50 digital singles chart. This followed three instore appearances, in which Delta performed In This Life, Believe Again and I Can’t Break It To My Heart, as well as spending hours signing autographs for fans. Delta also appeared on Rove Live and Sunrise, promoting the single and the Believe Again Tour, for which tickets were released last week.
Earlier this month, Delta also gave an interview for Britain’s The Richard Arnold Show on GMTV, talking about releasing in the US, although gave no confirmation for a European release as of yet.
Updates: Discography (I Can’t Break It To My Heart [single]); Downloads (Kyle & Jackie O, The Richard Arnold Show); Games (Hangman); Lyrics (Burn For You, Edge Of Seventeen); Videos (In This Life [Acoustic], I Can’t Break It To My Heart [Sunrise])

Believe Again Tour   24th July 2008
Delta has announced that she will be touring the Believe Again Tour around Australia in January and February 2009. Tickets will be available from 21st August. This week, Delta’s first US album, Delta, debuted on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart at #116, selling 6,048 copies. But that’s not all: the album also reached #1 on the Billboard Top New Artist/Heatseekers Chart.
Updates: Discography (Delta [album]); Lyrics (Live! Together)

I Can’t Break It To My Heart   17th July 2008
The music video for Delta’s next Australian single, I Can’t Break It To My Heart, premiered today, and is available to watch in the Videos section. Also today, Delta performed In This Life for the first time on American TV, on the ABC show, The View.
Updates: Discography (I Can’t Break It To My Heart); Videos (I Can’t Break It To My Heart)

US Release   15th July 2008
Today, Delta’s debut US album, Delta, hits the stores and is also available to download on iTunes. It has also been announced that the fourth single from the album in Australia will be I Can’t Break It To My Heart, scheduled for release on 16th August. While Delta was guest-hosting the Take 40 countdown last week, she revealed that the music video for the song would be behind the scenes footage from her A Night With Delta concert.
Recently, some demos that Delta recorded have been found and can be heard at the following links: Days Go By, Without Words, In My Dream, I’ll Be Yours.
Updates: Discography (I Can’t Break It To My Heart); Gallery (US photoshoot); Games (Hangman); Lyrics (Black Velvet, Days Go By, In My Dream, Without Words, I’ll Be Yours); Links (Delta Tube)

In This Life In The US   18th May 2008
In This Life was officially released to Hot AC radio earlier this month, and the song has been received very well. Delta’s new US website is now up and running, and includes a US blog from Delta as well as stunning new pictures from her US photoshoot. This week also saw the debut of the US video for In This Life on Universal Music Group’s YouTube channel. Although the US release date for the album has been pushed back to 15th July, Delta looks to be a growing success in America.
Updates: Discography (Delta [album]); Videos (Right Here With You, In This Life [Updated Mix])