Review: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND Qudos Bank Arena – 7 February 2017 by Marina Knezevic   Bruuuce!!…..This time it was 6 days prior to show time when the “butterflies in my belly in anticipation of Springsteen” kicked in. This stirring that just sits and sweetly tortures me until the days slowly count down, and then finally my …

It was a hot day in Melbourne’s Yarra Valley at 35 degrees and the music was even hotter. Rochford Wines at Yarra Glen played host to A Day on the Green with a perfect line-up of bands to satisfy even the most hardened music fan. They started pouring in through the gates mid-afternoon, armed with picnic baskets, eskies and blankets …

After a wicked debut last year featuring such legends as Erick Morillo and Fatboy Slim I couldn’t wait to get my groove on again at this year’s Electric Gardens festival in Sydney’s Centennial Parklands. Being a house and high energy dance music lover from way back when, it was so fitting when this year’s line up was announced with more …

  My memories of this band started early and left a deep and enduring mark in my life. It’s the near mid 80’s, Saturday morning, and I’m watching ‘Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp’ on the TV knowing what’s next in anticipation, until I hear the familiar theme song of  ‘Here we come, walking down the street… ‘…..  finally it’s time for …

Just shy of 1 a.m. and I can’t get to sleep after being knocked out of the park by the legendary Sheila E last night at the Metro Theatre in Sydney. And this wasn’t just some gig; this was one of those ‘special nights’ where everyone was on a high and no one wanted to go home. As we say so …

Sunday night was a first for me. It was my first concert at the Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne and it was a true celebration of 80s music headlined by none other than Culture Club who were touring Australia for the second time this year, this time playing a bunch of mostly outdoor shows around the country, largely in regional …

Back in the 80s, Culture Club ruled the airwaves and their posters adorned my bedroom walls in what now seems a lifetime ago.  My cousin and I, like so many others, went to their Sydney concert attempting to dress like our controversial idol, Boy George.   It didn’t matter that we had back row seating, we were just glad to be …

I couldn’t have thought of a better way to spend a Thursday night in Sydney than in the company of such a classy and iconic lady, the phenomenal Ms Dionne Warwick. Being a multi Grammy award winning artist, who just happens to have sold over 100 million albums over a 50 year career, are just the stats but once you …

It has been more than forty years since I first saw TMG perform live and I have lost count of the number of times I have seen them since that first gig. The reformed TMG, with Steve Mulry on vocals and Mark Evans on bass, played their first gig at a packed Bridge Hotel in Sydney in July. The highly …

It’s 1.30am this morning and I still can’t get to sleep after last night’s epic feast of luscious tunes from the legendary UK band, The Cure.  My eyes were stuck in an 80’s View-Master, flickering and reliving the stage – Robert Smith, Simon Gallup and the rest of the sensational band, singing and playing song after song after song and then some.  Absolute …