Timeless, ageless, fun and joyful (throw some rainbows and unicorns in there too.. ) This is what I think of when I think about this band and their music. Not many of us wouldn’t have childhood memories of the legendary Village People. Mine would be at about 8 years old and seeing my Mother’s vinyl with those outrageous outfits and striking poses. …

How I love a virgin gig! You know the band and the music, you have heard the reputation but you are yet to watch them live and in full flight.  Such was my anticipation leading up to this Darkness gig at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney. I knew the stories, read all about the many years worth of shenanigans and had …

Finally it’s time to indulge again, with my longest and most dearest live music love affair, the Canadian masters ‘ The Tea Party’. Unbelievably, it’s now 23 years since I first encountered this phenomenal band at our old-school live music venue ‘Selinas’ here in Sydney, and what an introduction it was, an all encompassing musical, religious experience. So much so that I have lost …

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 …