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| 1989 | abby and dean do their first show together at brackets & jam, an open mike night at the crossroads theatre in sydney |  |
| 1990 | together they travel around europe and america busking and playing in bars and clubs. 250 shows over 16 months. choice gigs include: sin-e in new york; hen & chickens in london; les voultes de lutece in paris; zorba's bar in santorini, greece | |
| 1992 | leonardo's bride first play at the rose, shamrock & thistle, rozelle, sydney. line-up includes abby (vocals), dean (guitar, bouzouki, vocals), alex hewetson (double bass) and antero ceschin (drums) | |
| 1993 | release debut e.p. 'leonardo's bride' | |
| . | john gauchi (hammond, keyboards), mark 'trooper' howard (double bass) and david sanders (drums) join the group | |
| 1994 | patrick hyndes (double & electric bass) and jon 'howler' howell (drums & percussion) join the group | |
| 1995 | release 'temperamental friend' e.p. | |
| . | tour australia with the badloves | |
| . | tour east coast with big geraniums (ireland) | |
| 1996 | release 'so brand new' single | |
| 1997 | release 'even when i'm sleeping' single | |
| . | john gauci leaves the group | |
| . | tour australia with everything but the girl (uk) | |
| . | release debut album 'angel blood' | |
| . | single 'even when i'm sleeping' reaches #4 in national charts and goes gold | |
| . | album 'angel blood' goes gold. group receives 3 ARIA nominations [australian recording industry association] for best single, debut album & cover art | |
| . | release "buddha baby" single. goes top 40 | |
| . | tour new zealand, singapore and play at livid festival, brisbane | |
| 1998 | "even when i'm sleeping" voted song of year at APRA awards [australian performing rights association]. also collects award for most performed australian work | |
| . | tour u.k. playing in london and at the edinburgh festival. | |
| . | group play a short run with neil finn (n.z) | |
| 1999 | leonardo's record a new album | |
| 2000 | release 'sonic' single. tour australia with tom jones | |
| release 'open sesame' album | ||
| group perform at the reconciliation day
concert at colonial stadium in melbourne nelson mandela and rubin carter give speeches |
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| leonardo's perform at the sydney domain with neil finn and paul kelly to an estimated crowd of 70,000 people | ||
| 2001 | group announce they are indefinately off the road |