3rd April - Sydney - Hopetoun |
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It's was good to arrive in Sydney after a reasonable drive through beautiful countryside. I spent Sunday sightseeing with Sarah, an old friend from the UK who is living over here now. We took the ferry to Manly, had a walk along the seafront and dined at a great Thai restaurant. A very pleasurable day it was too. Monday, we had booked ourselves another little rehearsal, so that we could learn a couple of Ramones songs for the convention in Brisbane. We managed to learn Beat On The Brat and KKK Took My Baby Away. We also did some more work on the new song. Hopefully we will be debuting it before the end of the tour, it's nearly there now. We arrived at the Hopetoun in good time to load in our gear and settle down to listen to the first and second bands on. First on were Twelve24. They played gentle and rather whimsical songs, kind of in the style of Belle and Sebastian. I really liked a couple of the songs and it was quite obvious that they really enjoyed themselves on-stage despite having a little difficulty with the sound. I found it quite hard to hear the lyrics, which was a bit of a shame. Next on were Bidston Moss. They came onstage brimming with confidence and proceeded to jump and skip through a set of pleasingly poppy songs. I'm afraid I didn't watch all of their set as a bunch of friends arrived and I had a lot of catching up to do. I returned to watch the end of their set and they were sounding very hot and the crowd was very appreciative. Big cheers for them! Next on was us ;-) We played a very chaotic but energetic gig. The crowd seemed to really enjoy it and we had the best reception of the tour so far, I'd say. It was very good to see some familiar smiling faces too. We even managed to rattle of the two Ramones songs, just to practice for the Brisbane show and they went down incredibly well. After the gig, we carried on getting drunker and drunker. I ended up in a pokies bar, which seemed to be the only place open which didn't involve entering a sleazy strip joint. I had a great night catching up with friends old and new. Once again, Sydney did us proud! |
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