Category Archives: Gigs/Live Music

Punk goes pop at Mercury

Posted on: November 20, 2016

Sat 5 November 2016 Featuring 50% original material and 50% covers (of super commercial pop songs, for the most part), Punk goes pop was highly entertaining for a night containing a such a high concentration of Justin Bieber, Beyonce and Taylor … Continue reading →

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Tagged black and white, cape town, covers, crash car burn, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, held on till may, long hair, mercury, metal, monochrome, music, photography, pop, punk, rock, south africa, texx and the city, veladraco, weekends

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Red Huxley’s final gig at Beerhouse

Posted on: November 10, 2016

Sat 29 October 2016 News of Red Huxley‘s final show came as a surprise to me; I’ve always liked the band and will definitely miss their energy and shows. They said goodbye in style though with a packed show at … Continue reading →

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Tagged beerhouse, cape town, costumes, crowd, dressing up, events, farewell, farewell show, favourites, final show, gigs & festivals, guitars, long hair, long street, music, photography, red huxley, rock, south africa, south african, trio, weekends, zombies

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Shadowfax Halloween 2016 at Mercury

Posted on: November 9, 2016

Fri 28 October 2016 I’ve attended several well-decorated nights at Mercury in the last few months and the Shadowfax halloween party was probably the coolest so far – the organisers went all out with the psychadelic/trance party decor and fake … Continue reading →

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Tagged caelo, cape town, costumes, crowd, deity's muse, dressing up, evenings, facepaint, gigs & festivals, guitars, halloween, headbanging, instrumental, long hair, masks, mercury, metal, morning pages, moshing, music, ohgod, photography, rock, shadowfax, south africa, weekends, wigs, zombies

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Dance, you’re on fire, Veladcraco & Young Hands at Mercury

Posted on: November 7, 2016

Fri 21 October 2016 It’s been years since I’ve seen Dance, you’re on fire, and like many I was keen for their return show in Cape Town at Mercury. They shared the stage with The Plastics, Veladraco and Young Hands, as … Continue reading →

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Beach Party, Runaway Nuns & Heroine at Mercury

Posted on: November 6, 2016

Thurs 20 October 2016 Beach Party played a once-off reunion show at Mercury at the end of October, featuring most of the original members, and support from the Runaway Nuns and Heroine.