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and went four-times platinum, and landed the band three ARIA Awards: Album of the Year, Breakthrough Artist of the Year — Album, and Breakthrough Artist of the Year — Single ( The band’s 1993 second album,

reached No.2 on the charts and saw them nominated for Best Group at the ARIA Awards.

They lost momentum when DeMarchi needed surgery on her vocal cords and eventually disbanded in early 1996, before re-forming in 2007. They are currently writing a new album.

Screaming Jets emerged from Newcastle in the late 1980s and took their raucous brand of hard pub rock to the world via hits such as

and These days, frontman Dave Gleeson leads a revitalised band featuring longtime member Paul Woseen on bass, Scott Kingman and Jimi “The Human” Hocking on guitar, and Mickl Sayers on drums. Their latest record, was named album of the year by magazine.

“We first shared a shared a stage with the Baby Animals about 25 years ago, and we’ve all done a lot of miles since then,” Gleeson says.

“There’s always been a lot of mutual respect and musical admiration between the two bands. We’re all pumped to be part of what’s going to be a huge event in live music.”

Baby Animals, Screaming Jets and Melbourne rock band Palace Of The King play at Wrest Point from 7.30pm on Saturday. Tickets are $55, go to www.tixtas.com.au or phone 1300 795 257 for bookings.