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Nov 2024
51m 44s

Darren Hayes' love songs

DOUBLE J
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There aren’t many Australian bands who have sold 23 million copies of their albums.  Cast your mind back to the late 90’s, and a duo from Brisbane called Savage Garden.  Darren Hayes was the angel-voiced frontman, and after putting out two hugely successful albums he went solo. Now many years later he’s published a memoir titled Unlovable, and the story of ... Show More
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