{"id":754891,"date":"2026-06-23T11:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T11:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/754891\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T11:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T11:09:10","slug":"daryl-braithwaite-steps-back-from-live-performances-saying-the-joy-has-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/754891\/","title":{"rendered":"Daryl Braithwaite steps back from live performances, saying the joy has gone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian vocalist, former Sherbet frontman and ARIA Hall of Fame inductee Daryl Braithwaite says he is stepping back from performing live.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 77-year-old announced the news on his Instagram page and said he made the difficult decision “after much thought and consideration”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“For some time now, it has been increasingly physically challenging for me to sing comfortably and as a result it has taken the joy out of performing, which has always been so important to me,” Mr Braithwaite said.<\/p>\n

“I have loved the 58 years of being a part of the music industry.”\"A<\/p>\n

Daryl Braithwaite played the One From the Heart concert at Lismore in 2022. (ABC North Coast: Emma Rennie)<\/p>\n

Over his musical career, he has produced hits as lead singer of rock band Sherbet and as a solo artist.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His cover of the Rickie Lee Jones song The Horses and of the Italian ballad You’re My World both reached number 1 on the Australian singles charts and he was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I sincerely want to thank all of the dedicated and loyal supporters and all of the people and organisations that I have been associated with who have been such a significant part of my singing life,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“With much love and I thank you.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Daryl Braithwaite had a successful solo career. (Supplied)<\/p>\n

The Melbourne native joined Sherbet in 1970 and stayed with the band until the 80s, later reuniting with members for tours and performances up until 2011.<\/p>\n

Clive Davis dies at 94<\/a><\/p>\n

Music mogul Clive Davis has died. He was 94.<\/p>\n

Fellow ARIA Hall of Fame inductee Kate Ceberano commented on the announcement, supporting Mr Braithwaite’s decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I can imagine it wasn’t made lightly,” Ms Ceberano said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“You will be missed on the scene but we celebrate your amazing music and beautiful voice and simply YOU.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian vocalist, former Sherbet frontman and ARIA Hall of Fame inductee Daryl Braithwaite says he is stepping back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[153024,64,63,21090,134,7509,73536,361611,361610,361609,361612],"class_list":["post-754891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-aria","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daryl-braithwaite","tag-entertainment","tag-hall-of-fame","tag-kate-ceberano","tag-lismore-flood-relief","tag-sherbert","tag-the-horses","tag-youre-my-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=754891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}