{"id":20897,"date":"2016-04-18T19:54:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T17:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=20897"},"modified":"2016-04-18T19:54:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T17:54:18","slug":"queens-of-the-stone-age-tribute-show-qotsa-2016-at-manila-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/queens-of-the-stone-age-tribute-show-qotsa-2016-at-manila-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens of the Stone Age Tribute show – QOTSA 2016 at Manila Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sat
\n9 April
\n2016<\/div>\n

I haven’t been to a show as sweaty, intense or downright fun\u00a0as the QOTSA Tribute 2016 in a very long time. Say what you will about tribute shows<\/a> but when they’re as good as this one was I’m all for them – you could tell the music of Queens of the Stone Age was a big inspiration to everyone involved and their passion was palpable, flooding off the stage and into the tightly packed crowd (I have never seen Manila<\/a> that full) who’d\u00a0been eagerly anticipating the night\u00a0for ages.<\/p>\n

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Working out the logistics of the show couldn’t have been easy with 20-odd performers rotating in and out,\u00a0but things flowed pretty much seamlessly from one song and set to the next, and everyone gave truly great performances. Surprise stand-out of the show for me was their rearranged version of UNKLE’s Restless<\/em> but the setlist on the whole was perfect as were the vocal choices in particular.<\/p>\n

Throughout the night the message was stressed that shows like this prove that the rock scene is alive in Cape Town – rock in particular has definitely been in a bit of a slump of late but hopefully the overwhelming success of a night like this will help inject some passion back into the scene.<\/p>\n

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