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Mar 15, 2010 Updated Mar 16, 2010

Australian Idol also-ran Lisa Mitchell has become the first female winner of the Australian Music Prize.

Mitchell’s debut album Wonder was the judges pick to win the 30 grand from a field of nine shortlisted artists including Kid Sam, Black Cab, Oh Mercy, Bertie Blackman and one of Mitchell’s main influences, Sarah Blasko.

Lisa will headline her first theatre tour of Australia in April and May.

Tour dates:

Thurs 29th April: Warrnambool Entertainment Centre
Friday 30th April: Bended Elbow, Geelong
Tuesday 4th May: Great Northern, Byron Bay
Weds 5th May: Surfers Paradise Beer Garden
Thurs 6th May: Villa Noosa Hotel
Friday 7th May: Tivoli, Brisbane
Weds 12th May: Wollongong Uni
Thurs 13th May: Evans Theatre, Penrith
Friday 14th May: Enmore Theatre, Sydney
Sunday 16th May: Astor Theatre, Perth
Thurs 20th May: HQ, Adelaide
Friday 21st May: Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre, Mt Gambier
Wed 26th May: Bluestone, Ballarat
Friday 28th May: Forum, Melbourne
Saturday 29th May: Launceston City Club
Sunday 30th May: Wrestpoint, Hobart

Source: FasterLouder external link

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Lisa Helen Mitchell is an Australian singer-songwriter who grew up in Albury, New South Wales. Her debut EP, Said One To The Other topped iTunes in Australia and this success brought her to the attention of boutique London-based publisher, Little Victories http://www. littlevictoriesltd. com, a subsidiary of Sony/ATV, with whom she signed in 2007. In 2008 Mitchell relocated to the UK where she...

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