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irected by Shane Meadows (‘Dead Man’s Shoes’, ‘A Room For Romeo Brass’), this dramatic tour de force is a stark and uncompromising look at life in Thatcherite Britain. The story centers on the isolated and disconnected 12-year-old Shaun, who has recently lost his father in the Falklands war. Wandering the streets aimlessly, he is taken under the wing of a group of likable skinheads. Shaun finds the camaraderie he is looking for amid a swirl of parties, Doc Martens, and Fred Perry shirts and life is pretty good. That is until the bitterly racist Combo is released from prison, inflicting his militant and increasingly psychotic views onto the group. With a screenplay that deftly moves from high drama to subtle, intelligent comedy without flinching and some really well-developed and believable characters, ‘This Is England’ is engrossing viewing.
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ot being au fait with the Broadway smash hit that this film is based on, nor the biggest fan of musicals in the world, I wasn’t really sure what to expect with this latest all-singing offering from the director of ‘Hairspray’. While not the strongest of plots (I defy you to find a musical that has one), there is plenty to enjoy in this fun, albeit predicable film. In a nutshell, ‘Rock of Ages’ tells the story of the naive Sherry who is seeking out her dreams of rock and roll stardom in Hollywood. Before too long she meets fellow rocker Drew who aside from falling head-over-heels for her, gets Sherry a job at the infamous rock and roll venue, The Bourbon Room. Add to that some comedically indulgent performances from Alec Baldwin as the club’s manager, Russell Brand as the manager’s offsider and Catherine Zeta Jones as the conservative wife of the mayor and you have a pretty decent dose of musical escapism. However, it is Tom Cruise who steals the show as swaggering rocker Stacee Jaxx who literally owned every second of screen time he was given. All in all, ‘Rock of Ages’ is a couple of hours of throwaway fun and if you’re a fan of eighties hair metal from the likes of Quiet Riot, Bon Jovi and Poison given a slick Glee-esque treatment, then you’re going to love this.
f tracks like ‘Going The Distance’, ‘Satan is my Motor’ and a brilliant cover of ‘Jolene’ mean anything to you, then you’ll be pleased to know that the band behind such 90s indie classics, Cake, are heading back to Australia for the Harvest festival and some special sideshows. Formed in the early nineties as a somewhat antagonistic answer to grunge, which they saw as just another form of big, dumb American rock, Cake’s democratic processes, defiant selfreliance, and lucid yet everinventive music has made them a nation-state unto themselves, with no obvious peers. Having succeeded beyond their twentieth anniversary, Cake’s adherence to their original guiding principles has only grown stronger. Last year, the personalityladen, culturally-aware and academicallyendowed outfit released their sixth album, ‘Showroom of Compassion’ – brimming with the deadpan brilliance that has seen them step over the exhausted bodies of many of their peers and continue into the twentieth century, not just surviving but thriving.
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Starring Anne Maree Adams (‘Boston Marriage’), Linden Mullard (‘The Pillow Book’) and Rachel Jackett (‘The Return’), the two-hour production, directed by one of Newcastle’s most renowned theatricals, Nola Wallace, truly makes the most of these three actresses experience, talent, humour heart and honesty. Nola Wallace has been involved in theatre for “many, many moons” as an actor, teacher and director. Her theatre experience covers all genres including musical theatre. Wallace has shared her knowledge with budding performers of Newcastle, teaching speech and drama for more than 20 years. She has also been involved with many local theatre companies including the Hunter Valley Theatre Company and is the recipient of six CONDA awards – two for directing and four for acting. The Popular Theatre Company’s production of ‘The Vagina Monologues’ will be on at Pan Newcastle from Wednesday, October 31 to Saturday, November 3.
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uitar, bass and drums – the classic elements of any rock band. But, when you combine that with three-part harmonies, bucket loads of experience and an unquenchable passion for the craft, you have one hell of a winning formula. Ninemile. Featuring Hayden Johns on guitar and vocals, Peter Kibble on bass and vocals and Stu Humphris on drums and vocals, Ninemile will be playing to their 100th audience next month and will be playing a couple of shows in the leadup to this auspicious occasion.
Their repertoire is built around a vast array of artist and genres, showcasing the band’s individual and combined talents. When you throw track from artists like INXS, Birds of Tokyo, Foo Fighters, Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Midnight Oil and Kings of Leon, you know you’re going to be in for one crowd-pleasing set. Catch the boys at the Stag and Hunter on Saturday, October 20, The Bay Hotel on Saturday, October 27 and the 100th at Warners At The Bay on Friday, November 2.
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he whirlwind tour that is The Vagina Monologues, introducing a wildly divergent gathering of female voices and stories, has become known for breaking taboos by talking about this ‘forbidden zone’. This moving collection of tales gives voice to a chorus of lusty, outrageous, poignant, brave and thoroughly human stories and, in doing so, strips away any fear and shame. Funny, outrageous, emotionally affecting and occasionally angry, The Vagina Monologues is a riotous tour de force and possibly the ultimate girl’s night out. Written by Eve Ensler, The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play that began life in 1996 at the offBroadway Westside Theatre before stretching its legs to take on the world. The production came about after Ensler interviewed more than 200 women about their thoughs on sex, relationships and violence against women.
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f you thought that the world of the prima ballerina was strictly the dominion of the likes of Anna Pavlova, Margot Fonteyn or Darcy Bussell, you obviously have never seen Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Known affectionately as The Trocks, this all-male ballet en travesti (disguised) skewers almost every ballet convention, as punters are sure to find out when they return to Newcastle after a successful 2009 Australian tour. Artistic director Tory Dobrin told The Post the troupe couldn’t wait to get back to our shores. “Absolutely – we are all just so in love with Australia – it’s definitely one of our favourite places in the world – in the past ten years we’ve been down there, like, ten times.” Dobrin, who joined the company in 1980 as a dancer, said The Trocks started life in New York in 1974 performing “late-late shows on offoff Broadway” and, little did anyone know that they would still be wowing audiences more than 30 years later. “In 1974, the guys who started the company, well, they never thought they were starting a company – they just thought they were putting on a little midnight show – no-one had any idea that it would last for this long.” While the members may’ve changed in the ensuing years, Dobrin said The
Trocks modus operandi was still the same – a company of all-male dancers performing the full range of the ballet and modern dance repertoire, with the comedy achieved by incorporating and exaggerating the foibles, accidents and incongruities of the typically haute culture art-form. While you may be forgiven that Dobrin and The Trocks might derive a sense of subversive pleasure by skewering such a stereotypically ‘stuffy’ art form, he said that he felt comedy deserved to sit squarely alongside drama and tragedy in the world of ballet. “I think comedy is just as valid as drama – in a way, I think it’s actually harder to achieve a successful comedy, than it is a successful drama,” he said. “What I find pleasing is that, for example, we were performing in Paris
and, at the end of the show, everyone was really enthusiastic and just generally happy with what we do, and those Parisians do take their ballet quite
seriously.” Catch Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo when they play at the Civic Theatre on Thursday, November 1.
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he term Bento - a single portion ‘lunch box’ popular in Japanese cuisine - literally translates as “convenient”. Just don’t expect its musical counterpart, the latest incarnation of Silverchair drummer, Ben Gillies, to fit into any one box. ‘Diamond Days’, the first fruits of Gillies’ new project is a refreshing slab of indie-pop with enough twists and turns to demand repeat listens - and
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its creator can’t wait to unleash it on the world. “It’s been about two years in the making so, yeah, I’m really excited, but also a little bit nervous, I suppose, but you’ve gotta put yourself out there,” Gillies told TE. While Gillies formally began work on his second side-project (he formed short-lived Tambalane with Wes Carr in 2003) when Silverchair announced their indefinite part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Prizes also include $1000 for themselves, $1000 for their school as well as the obvious bragging rights of being the funniest kid in Australia. If you’re between 9 and 12 or 14 and 18 years old (in 2013) you can enter as a solo act or in a group of up to three members. All you need to do is come up with five minutes of stand-up, sketch, musical parody or anything wild in between, participate in a workshop and present your act at a real, live, no foolin’ public performance. The Newcastle leg will be on at The Loft youth Venue on Friday, March 15. For more information, visit classclowns.com.au.
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Enlisting a diverse range of muso mates (Papa vs Pretty front man/guitarist Thomas Rawle, ‘The Voice’ musical director Scott Aplin and Missy Higgins’ musical director, Dave Symes) for the sessions, Gillies said there was much more of a DIY aesthetic in all aspects of Bento, which makes for a refreshing change to the Silverchair music machine. “It is quite refreshing,” he said. “I mean, I love Silverchair and I’ve always loved playing with Dan and Chris [Joannou] and always will, but it’s a totally different beast with all of the record company infrastructure and all of the people you have at your fingertips. “With Bento, I’ve really gone back to my roots and it’s really exciting.” ‘Diamond Days’ is out this Friday on MGM Distribution.
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f there’s one thing that Mikey Robins loves, it’s Schadenfreude. “Right now I’m sitting on my balcony and I’m watching a couple of guys abseiling down the building opposite doing a bit of window cleaning,” Robins told TE. “I’m not offering any words of encouragement, though. I’m really hoping one of them falls off.” While he may’ve been making us laugh for more than 20 years via radio, television or the written word, it has only been in the past two that Robins has tried his hand at stand-up comedy and the native Novocastrian will be strutting his stand-up stylings at Newcastle’s Finest Comedy Gala, alongside the likes of Rhys Muldoon and Peter Berner next month. “My wife says that me getting into stand-up comedy is my mid-life crisis – it was either stand-up or grow a ponytail,” he said. “It’s funny though because, with radio and television, you’re doing your thing in front of hundreds of thousands of people yet stand up is just such a completely different beast – it’s just so nervewracking. “I did a gig a couple of weeks ago where there was something like 80 people in the crowd and there was this one woman, I don’t want to say she was a heckler, but she had the social skills of
a rugby league player on Twitter. You just don’t get that doing radio or TV.” Robins, who first let his comedic light shine as a member of the iconic Newcastle troupe The Castanet Club (also featuring the likes of Steve ‘Sandman’ Abbott and Maynard F# Crabbes) came to national attention as host of the Triple J breakfast show for seven years alongside Helen Razer and Paul McDermott, before venturing into the world of television with the likes of ‘Live And Sweaty’, ‘McFeast’, before hitting the Aussie cultural stratosphere on the hit show ‘Good News Week’. “The things was, especially on Good News Week, every show we had these stand-up comedians on and I always thought, ‘Now, there’s one box I haven’t ticked yet’,” he said. “But a couple of years ago I decided to have a crack, and I’m really glad I did.” Robins, a frequent returner to his birthplace, said he couldn’t wait to strut his stuff on the Civic Theatre stage. “I’m absolutely pumped – I went to the Civic so many times as a kid and I’ve only performed there something like three times so it’s going to be a blast. Also, it’s a bloody fantastic bill of comics – I think Peter Berner is the funniest comedian in Australia, so I’m really looking forward to it. Although, people should be warned that I’m not as nice as I am on the tele and I’m also prone to get quite silly as well.” So as an ex-pat Novocastrian, has the city changed much for Mikey Robins in the ensuing years?
“Actually, last time I was there I went to see the house I grew up in and it had been torn down to make way for one of those bloody McMansions, which was a bit sad. Although, I recently arranged to have lunch with family in Newcastle and
I texted them to ask where and they said Carrington. My reply was ‘Oh dear’, but they assured me it had changed and, by God, they were right.” Catch Newcastle’s Finest Comedy Gala at Civic Theatre on November 3.
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he sunny, indie-pop sounds of Sydney outfit Yae! Tiger will be, once again, winging their way to Newcastle. For the uninitiated, Yae!Tiger is an ongoing collaboration between Bengal Hay, Brooke Cotton, Cat St Claire, Dwayne Barry, Jack Hanner, Jill Reeves, Johnny Sunshine and Vincent Scagnetti that began in 2008 in a sweaty Camperdown apartment over pizza,
Stone’s Green Ginger Wine and NBA Jam. The band released their debut long player ‘Casualty Of The Avalanche’ last year and, with tracks like ‘The Gordon Schumway Experiment’ and ‘I’ve Got The Perfect Plan To Infiltrate Your Band’, you know you’re going to get a rollickingly fun set at a Yae! Tiger Show. Catch Yae! Tiger at the Lass O’Gowrie on Friday, October 26.
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Dolan said while the band has only been around for a short time, releasing a five track demo in January, there had been a fair amount of interest building up around the band with more substantial releases planned in the near future. “We released a five-track demo in January which we sold at shows before putting it up for free on Bandcamp. “Also, in the next couple of weeks we’re going to be recording a 7” [EP] for a vinyl-only label in Melbourne called Midnight Funeral and we’ve had a bit of interest from a guy in Sydney who runs a blog called ‘Rest Assured’ who wants to put out a 12” album on a vinyl-only label he wants to start.” Catch Hazards at the Cambridge Hotel on Friday, November 2.
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f it’s the sound of the bigbands that gets your feet tapping, then you can rejoice as the Ultra Swing Lounge will be swinging by the Civic Theatre for three shows this month. Newcastle’s own Daniel Stoddart and Steve Hudson and Tamworth-born Rob McDougal are all accomplished performers and will add their own charismatic touch to the classic big-band swing numbers. The three boys will be accompanied by the Ultra Swing Big Band under the direction of musical director Greg Paterson. They will also be joined on stage by dancers Aric Yegudkin, Masha Belash, Csaba Szirmai and Newcastle’s Jessica Prince. Executive producer and director, Phil Collins, said audiences can expect to see a highly-regarded professional show which will be worthy of performing on any international stage. The three stars have developed a special chemistry and will revive memories for those who grew up listening to the timeless 30s and 40s melodies and also introduce this fabulous music to a new generation of music lovers. Ultra Swing Lounge will be on at the Civic Theatre on Thursday, October 26, Friday, October 27 and two performances at 2pm and 8pm on Saturday, October 28.
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Saturday, Graeme Mills; Sunday, Kym Camspbell. MAITLAND LEAGUES CLUB: Friday, Robbie Urquhart Duo. MAITLAND CITY BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Gen R 8. MARK HOTEL: Friday, Iguana; Saturday, Dan Beazley; Sunday, Blues Bombers. MARY ELLEN: Wednesday, Holly Who; Thursday, Howard Sherman; Friday, Sundays Record Duo; Saturday, Dream Catchers. MATTARA HOTEL: Friday, Jamie; Saturday, Karaoke. MAVERICKS ON THE BAY: Friday, Damien; Saturday, Arley Black; Sunday, Kylie Jane. METROPOLITAN HOTEL, Maitland: Sunday, Lee Rolfe. MJ FINNEGANS: Friday, Moonlight Drive, DJs; Saturday, DJs. NAG’S HEAD HOTEL: Friday, Howard Sherman; Saturday, Sundays Record. NEATH HOTEL: Saturday, Michael Mills. NELSON BAY BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Cover 2 Cover. NELSON BAY DIGGERS THE LOUNGE: Friday, Dr Zoom Duo; Saturday, The Kings Of Country, Trio Royale; Sunday, Pete Gelzinnis. NEWCASTLE PANTHERS: Friday, Chopper and Hammer. NEWCASTLE UNITED SPORTS CLUB: Friday, Karaoke. NORTHERN STAR HOTEL: Thursday, Grayson; Friday, Pana Duo; Saturday, Raoul Graf; Monday, Monday Music Club. NORTHLAKES TAVERN: Friday, The Piranha Brothers. NORTHUMBERLAND HOTEL: Friday, Mick Boogaard. OCEAN BEACH HOTEL: Friday, Frank Wakewood; Saturday, Red Alert Trio; Sunday, Gary Davidson, Rafael. ORANA HOTEL: Friday, Space Ace: Ace Frhely Tribute, Whysper, The Burlesque Show; Saturday, The Party; Saturday Hot Shots Male Revue. OLD PUB, Woy Woy: Saturday, Angel Gear. OURIMBAH RSL: Saturdaya, Loose Change. PAXTON HOTEL: Saturday, Secret Society. PEDENS, Cessnock: Friday, Twitcho; Saturday, Back 2 Rock. PIPPI’S AT THE POINT: Friday, Troy Kemp, White Room; Saturday, Radioactive; Sunday, James Chatburn. PLOUGH INN: Friday, Garth Prentice. POTTERS BREWERY: Friday, Arley Black. PRINCE OF WALES: Friday, Twinsanity; Saturday, Damien; Sunday, Jerome. QUEENS WHARF BREWERY, Front Bar: Wednesday, Lucky Knife; Friday, DJ Patsan; Saturday, DJ Jay Chase; Sunday, DJ Ules. QUEENS WHARF BREWERY, Wharf: Saturday, Damien, The Remedy; Sunday, Costa Rae, DJ Drum.
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the studio with very little overdubbing. We also recorded the whole thing with Mahalia and I facing each other while singing, which I think helped to develop that connection.” To celebrate the release of the album, the pair are heading out on a national tour that will see them play Newcastle next month and Stevens said she was excited at the prospect of giving the album a live airing. “It’s going to be such a good show,” she said. “I’m loving to be able to share the stage with friends and explore the soulful side of my voice.” Catch Prinnie and Mahalia when they play at West’s Lambton on Wednesday, November 7.
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fter coming to national attention for being behind some of the most nail-biting battles in the first season of TV show ‘The Voice’ songstresses Mahalia Barnes and Prinnie Stevens have joined forces for a new album, ‘Come Together’ and, while their individual styles may differ markedly, they have created something quite special. “It’s a really exciting time for both of us right now, with the album just released,” Prinnie Stevens told TE. “I’m used to doing it all on my own so it’s nice to be able to share all of that excitement with Mahalia. “We are both very different artists – I’m very pop and hip-hop oriented, while Mahalia is more about the whole soul and rock and roll thing. “That said, we both started in the same place with the likes of Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner and the Supremes and I think that’s why this album works so well, because it’s based on where we started, not where we’ve ended up.” While Come Together definitely has its roots in classic soul and R ‘n’ B with the pair belting out the likes of the Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell duo ‘You’re All I Need To Get By’ and the Martha and the Vendellas smash ‘Nowhere to Run’, the duo branch out into surprising territory with beautiful renditions of the Cat Stevens classic ‘The First Cut Is The Deepest’, the Simon and Garfunkel torch song ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’, and ‘All Come Together’ – penned by Diesel. Stevens said the album seemed like the next logical progression after the pair’s turn on ‘The Voice’. “Basically, as soon as the show ended, the head of Universal approached us with the idea and it really did seem like a natural progression for us,” she said. “The whole process was really amazing – the record company allowed us to pick our own band and producer which was pretty cool. “Also, we wanted the album to represent a really live feel so everything was tracked live in
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taking this show to as many areas as possible. “We love touring because it means we get to share the fun and excitement of our show with hundreds of ladies all over Australia, from small towns to big cities,” performer Andy said. “I think the best thing about the show, and the reason I’m so proud to be a part of it, is that whether you’re 18 or 80, there’s something for everyone.” After all, it’s not every night that a woman gets romanced by a secret agent, arrested by a police officer and carried away into the sunset by a cowboy – all before midnight. Catch Sydney Hotshots when they heat up the Orana Hotel on Saturday, October 27.
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A big day of rock for Redhead then Luna Sea will have you covered along with a smattering of stylish originals and, closing out the night will be the instrumental brilliance of Hoogy. So, how many more reasons do you need? Get along to Redhead Surf Club on Sunday, October 28.
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fter spending a bit of time giving the venue a bit of a renovation make-over, the good folks at Redhead Surf Club have decided to celebrate with a line-up that is sure to please even the fussiest Newcastle gig-fanciers. First of all, you have the awesome rock and roll stylings of Viagro (pictured) whose raw angry rock, that has been described as “The Kinks meets Black Sabbath� and, if you’ve caught these guys live, or heard their EP ‘Sucker For A licker’, you’d know this isn’t just PR spin. Next up, you have another formidable performer in multiple ABC Music Awardwinner Ngariki who will be sharing the stage with mate and fellow consummate axeman Darren ‘Jacko’ Jack. If the music of Van Morrison, Eric Clapton and the Stones floats tour boat,
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hile he is perhaps best known to Australian audiences as the ‘angry busker’ who went on a verbal toe to toe with popster Brian McFadden on ‘Australia’s Got Talent’, there’s no denying that Owen Campbell has some serious musical chops. Campbell, who will be hitting Newcastle this weekend as part of an extensive national tour, is currently riding high on the crest of a glorious wave with the release, earlier this year, of his debut album ‘Sunshine Road’. Much to the surprise of the singer, songwriter and slide player extraordinaire, the album peaked at number nine on the ARIA charts, number one on the iTunes charts and has also been in the top ten iTunes blues charts for nearly six months. Not a bad effort for a debut record? “Absolutely,� he said. “Although all of that happened a little while ago now but honestly, you couldn’t ask for a better result,� he said. “Over the last month or so I’d kind of eased up on the touring a bit, but the record was still selling in Europe
and through the UK which is really encouraging – I guess it shows you the power of the internet.� Campbell said Sunshine Road – a heady musical gumbo of gravelly delta blues, soul, country twang and roots, was an album born of the road – something that Campbell is no stranger to with numerous tours to the UK, India, Austria and Papua New Guinea already under his belt. “Pretty much all of the songs on the album have been inspired by my travels,� he said. “Particularly the title track which I wrote while on tour in Ireland where it pretty much rained the whole bloody year. I just wanted to get home and get dry.� While Campbell said that his debut turn on national television may not have gone as well as he might have hoped, he said it had still opened up a lot of doors. “Thankfully the viewers seemed to take a liking to my music,� he said. “It was really quite humbling actually, because I really was a smart arse to the judges and it was kind of a lesson in how to conduct yourself. That said, I get at least one guy come up to me after each show and congratulate me on it.� Catch Owen Campbell at Lizotte’s Lambton on Saturday, October 28.
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MUMFORD TRIUMPH IN DUNGOG STEPHEN BISSET
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n what was possibly the biggest thing to happen to Dungog for quite some time, more than 12,000 revellers turned out to Dungog Showground to witness the Mumford and Sons-curated Gentlemen of the Road festival on Saturday. In keeping with the tradition of Aussie festivals being almost unbearably hot, the Gods of rock put on a blistering 38degree day, complete with high humidity, strong, blustery winds and dust – lots
of dust. This did not deter the throng of festival fanciers who braved this early heat to catch festival openers Husky. Hailing from Melbourne, Husky provided a welcome start to proceedings with their richly-layered sound and subtle, yet intricate instrumentation providing the perfect foil to vocalist Husky Gawenda’s brooding vocals. Next up was US folkie Willy Mason who had the increasingly growing and hot crowd enthralled with a contemplative set that consisted of just Willy and his guitar, save for a few tracks where he was joined by the drummer
and bass player from Melbourne outfit, The Delta Riggs. Given that this reviewer is not the biggest fan of either Matt Corby or Sarah Blasko, I took the opportunity, while they were playing, to explore the surroundings and while not paying much attention to their sets, it must be noted that, while perusing the overpriced merch-tent or the over-priced watermelon stand or the over-priced water dispensary, on more than one occasion I found myself nodding along appreciatively to Corby and Blasko. As the sun set and the temperature dropped, the crowd was really starting to pack in and US folksters Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes truly made the most of their time on stage
with a rollickingly fun set that had more than a few arms flailing in abandon. The obvious standout was a rousing rendition of their hit ‘Home’ which had the crowd singing along with glee. Next it was the main attraction – Mumford and Sons – and the UK quartet certainly didn’t disappoint with a brilliant set that had the crowd smiling from start to finish. Opening with a new track ‘Lovers Eyes’ the band, under some beautiful lighting, showed why they are so hot right now with a passionate and highly engaging set. Their worldwide smash, ‘Little Lion Man’ almost woke the whole town and their set closer, a phenomenal cover of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ with the Magnetic Zeroes crew, was definitely one for the ages.
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lvis. He was big in the ‘50s. He was bigger in the ‘60s. He was bloody huge in the ‘70s. Unfortunately, for fans worldwide, the King shuffled off this mortal coil in 1977, but thankfully for Novocastrian fans, one man is keeping the spirit of the King alive. The Elvis experience started for Norm Bakker some 24 years ago and he hasn’t looked back since. Be it a full production extravaganza or an intimate solo performance, Bakker can bring the spirit of
the King. Make no mistake, Bakker has the finesse and expertise to entertain any audience and the show has taken Bakker to all corners of the globe. Catch Norm Bakker doing his Elvis thing at the Adamstown Club on Saturday, October 27.
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