Daniel Leo Sultan was born on 1983 and is an Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, actor and author.
24 Facts About Dan Sultan
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Dan Sultan spent much of his early life in Fitzroy.
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Dan Sultan's father is of Irish descent, a lawyer who once worked for the Aboriginal Legal Service.
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Dan Sultan's mother, Roslyn Sultan, is an Indigenous Australian of the Arrernte and Gurindji people.
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When Dan Sultan was three, the family visited his mother's ancestral lands in Yuendumu in the Tanami Desert; soon after they returned to Melbourne.
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Dan Sultan started playing guitar at four and wrote his first song at ten.
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Dan Sultan released his debut solo album, Homemade Biscuits on 13 March 2006, with most tracks written by Wilson or co-written by Dan Sultan and Wilson.
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Dan Sultan received the financial assistance of John Butler's Seed program.
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At the 2007 Deadly Awards, Dan Sultan won the Single Release of the Year for "Your Love Is Like a Song", which was co-written with Wilson.
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Dan Sultan performed his self-written track, "Roslyn", at the National Sorry Day concert in May 2007, which describes his mother, a member of the stolen generation, removed from her family when she was six or seven.
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In January 2008 Dan Sultan's backing band consisted of Eugene Ball on trumpet, Ben Gillespie on trombone, Joshua Jones on bass guitar, Peter Marin on drums, Ash Naylor on guitar and Gina Woods on keyboards.
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In February 2014 Dan Sultan supported Bruce Springsteen's Melbourne and Hunter Valley gigs on his Australian tour.
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On 13 November 2015, Dan Sultan released Open Live, a live album recorded at his sold-out National Theatre show of his Blackbird tour.
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On 28 July 2017, Dan Sultan's released his fourth studio album Killer, which was produced by Jan Skubiszewski.
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On 19 May 2018, Dan Sultan released his collaborative EP titled Killer Under a Blood Moon which saw Dan Sultan re-record songs from this Killer album with other Australian artists.
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In June 2018, Dan Sultan postponed the balance of a national tour after criticism of a live performance and issues with alcohol abuse.
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Dan Sultan published his first children's book, Nali, in December 2019.
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On 16 February 2023, it was confirmed that Dan Sultan had signed with UNIFIED management, ahead of new single "Story", set for released on 23 February 2023.
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In May 2023, Dan Sultan announced the forthcoming release of his self-titled album, scheduled for released on 18 August 2023.
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Dan Sultan made his screen debut in the 2009 feature film Bran Nue Dae, alongside Geoffrey Rush, Missy Higgins and Jessica Mauboy.
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Dan Sultan is a sometime member of Black Arm Band, a loose collection of various indigenous musicians.
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Dan Sultan was involved in Paul Kelly's The Merri Soul Sessions project.
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On 28 February 2020, Dan Sultan was charged with indecent assault by Victoria Police over a September 2008 incident in Melbourne.
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The charges led Dan Sultan to withdraw from performing at the Perth Festival, the Port Fairy Folk Festival, and the Parrtjima Festival in Alice Springs in April 2020.