SYDNEY - Popular children's entertainers, The Wiggles, have spent 15 years touring the world and it's finally catching up.
While the high-profile group aren't ready to hang up their colourful skivvies just yet, Anthony Field, who wears the blue skivvy, said today the globe-trotting lifestyle does take its toll.
"Physically it does (take a toll) and emotionally when you are away for any length of time from your family," he said.
"But on a positive side you're also ... reinvigorated every time you go out on stage and no matter where you are ... it's always good."
This years' 2006 exporters of the year and five time ARIA award winners are celebrating their anniversary by launching the DVD, Racing To The Rainbow.
The Wiggles, comprising Jeff Fatt, Murray Cook, Greg Page and Field, spend a majority of their time touring the US, Asia, Europe, New Zealand and of course, Australia.
Field, who before the birth of the Wiggles phenomenon was a member of 1980s pub-rock band The Cockroaches with Fatt, said he does miss major milestones while away.
One such event was the recent news his wife Miki was pregnant with their third child.
The couple already have two daughters, Lucia, 2, and Maria, 11 months.
"While I was on the road (in the US) recently I found out we were having another baby," Field said.
"That was a hard day because I couldn't give my wife a huge until six weeks later. So that's a milestone moment that she had to find out on her own. It can be hard."
Despite the downsides, Field said there are many rewards and he believes The Wiggles probably have at least five more years left in them.
"I hope we can make 20 years, that would be great," he said.
"We will talk about it then, the 20-year itch," he said.
In December, the band will conduct a tour of Australia with their Race To The Rainbow stage show.
"It has sold well, probably the best ever, with 150,000 tickets already gone," Field said.
"It's really good that people are still giving us the stamp of approval, that they want to bring their kids along to see the show. That's what makes us feel good and we love doing it."
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