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Category Archives: Gigs/Live Music
Secrets (USA) at Mercury
Sat 21 April 2018 American post-hardcore band SECRETS were the first of Jampacked Productions’ (Rocking4rhinos) scheduled 2018 imports, and they kicked things off with style at Mercury with support from local acts Facing the Gallows, Set for the Sky and Go … Continue reading
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Tagged american, cape town, cbd, crowd, emo, evenings, facing the gallows, gigs & festivals, go the rodeo, guitars, hardcore, headbanging, international act, jumping musicians, long hair, mercury, metal, mosh pit, moshing, music, photography, post hardcore, rock, rocking 4 rhinos, secrets, set for the sky, south africa, south african, stage diving, texx and the city, weekends
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Morcheeba at Kirstenbosch
Fri 6 April 2018 British downtempo legends Morcheeba performed a once-off South African show in the always beautiful Kirstenbosch gardens in Cape Town, supported by local act Valve State. It was an unexpectedly cold night (a fact even noted and mentioned … Continue reading
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Tagged brass, british, cape town, crowd, disco ball, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, jumping musicians, kirstenbosch, lee thomson, light, lighting, long hair, memories, morcheeba, music, nature, outdoors, photography, silhouette, skye edwards, south africa, south african, summer, texx and the city, trumpet, valve state, we are live, weekends
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Tagged brass, british, cape town, crowd, disco ball, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, jumping musicians, kirstenbosch, lee thomson, light, lighting, long hair, memories, morcheeba, music, nature, outdoors, photography, silhouette, skye edwards, south africa, south african, summer, texx and the city, trumpet, valve state, we are live, weekends
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An evening with Myles Kennedy at the Grand Arena
Tues 6 March 2018 Myles Kennedy chose Cape Town to kick off his solo album tour Year of the Tiger, and what a special show it was. The stripped down 2-hour set featured solo material from the new album as well as acoustic … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album launch, alter bridge, american, amp events, cape town, dobro, evenings, favourites, frontman, gigs & festivals, grand arena, grand west, guitars, international act, lights, long hair, music, myles kennedy, photography, rock, solo, texx and the city, year of the tiger
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Tagged acoustic, album launch, alter bridge, american, amp events, cape town, dobro, evenings, favourites, frontman, gigs & festivals, grand arena, grand west, guitars, international act, lights, long hair, music, myles kennedy, photography, rock, solo, texx and the city, year of the tiger
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Incubus at the Green Point A Track
Wed 28 February 218 Incubus were a solid musical presence throughout my teens and it was super special to be able to watch them live this week. Their near 2 hour set included a great mix of all their hits … Continue reading
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Tagged american, brynn, cape town, crowd, evenings, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, hezron chetty, incubus, international act, jumping musicians, long hair, memories, music, outdoors, photography, retro dizzy, rock, south africa, south african, southern wild, summer, surf rock, texx and the city, violin, we are live
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Tagged american, brynn, cape town, crowd, evenings, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, hezron chetty, incubus, international act, jumping musicians, long hair, memories, music, outdoors, photography, retro dizzy, rock, south africa, south african, southern wild, summer, surf rock, texx and the city, violin, we are live
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Ohgod album launch at Bob’s District Six
Sat 9 December 2017 December was pretty quiet for me gig-wise, so it was nice to inject some energy (and lots of hair) in the form of Ohgod‘s launch for their album The Great Silence. It was a cool show in … Continue reading
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Tagged album launch, bobs, cape town, dangerfields, evenings, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, instrumental, launch, long hair, metal, music, ohgod, photography, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, weekends, yndian mynah
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