Ella Hooper

Ella Keighery Hooper (born 30 January 1983) is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, radio presenter and TV personality. Hooper is the lead singer of Killing Heidi. The band formed in 1996 (when Ella was 13) and also featured her older brother Jesse Hooper. Killing Heidi broke up in 2006. Ella and Jesse have performed small scale venues as an acoustic band, The Verses.Hooper has worked on 2DayFM and was one of the two captains in the short-lived revival of the ABC television show Spicks and Specks that commenced in February 2014.

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News / Festivals

The Preatures, Tex Perkins & Matt Walker, Ella Hooper, Velvet Trip

The Preatures, Tex Perkins & Matt Walker, Ella Hooper & More Join Queenscliff Music Festival Line-up

Festival Director Claire Stickland described the upcoming QMF as “one of our most exciting yet.”

News / Music

Ella Hooper, Tania Doko & Kate Ceberano Spearhead The Inaugural Roar Fest, Celebrating Women In Music

“The kind of future where female creatives can succeed in all areas of the music industry makes for a thriving community for everyone.”

News / Music

Tim Rogers, Elly-May Barnes, Ella Hooper

ABC To Celebrate Live Music & Inclusion With New Series 'Headliners'

Elly-May Barnes, Tim Rogers, and Ella Hooper will collaborate to create bands consisting of musicians with disabilities, culminating in the bands playing at a massive Aus festival.

News / Music

Elly-May Barnes, Ella Hooper, Tim Rogers

New Music Series 'Rock The Rat' Launches Next Week

The important event, which stars Elly-May Barnes, Tim Rogers, and Ella Hooper, highlights the inclusion of musicians with disabilities.

Industry / News

Ngaiire, Ella Hooper, Hatchie & More Join Mushroom Initiative To Combat Sexual Harassment

Raw Lines is a social media initiative developed by the Mushroom Group and backed by the Victorian Government.

News / Music

James Reyne & Ella Hooper Rework The 1992 Hit, 'Way Out West'

James Reyne and Ella Hooper are going on tour throughout the year to celebrate Way Out West.

News / Music

Popular ‘90s Aussie Singers To Compete In 'Eurovision: Australia Decides'

Huge news.

News / Music

Ring In The New Year With Tex Perkins, Mojo Juju & More At The Taste's NYE Ball

"A 1920s-themed party that’s sure to get everyone roaring and swinging into the New Year."

News / Music

Ella Hooper Signs To Premier Artists

After Killing Heidi inked a deal last month.

Features / Music

Ella Hooper: Re-introducing Herself At BIGSOUND

After learning that it was some "pearls of wisdom" bestowed upon Ella Hooper during a backstage chat with Stevie Nicks that inspired her to go solo, Bryget Chrisfield discovers the former Killing Heidi/The Verses singer-songwriter hopes to make some international connections through her BIGSOUND showcases.

News / Music

Kate Miller-Heidke, Ella Hooper & More To Team Up For Joni Mitchell Tribute Tour

Coming this July.

News / Music

Wingham Akoostik Festival Unveils 2017 Line-up

The three-day-long event has locked down some crowd favourites for this year's shindig