Rock on the Lawns: The Cure at Kennilworth Racecourse

Thurs 21
March
2019

It was quite surreal to watch and shoot this show, and very, very special – The Cure were incredible and the local lineup did themselves and SA proud.

Here are some photos from the amazing Rock on the Lawns last month, featuring* Fokofpolisiekar, a once(well, technically ‘twice’ as they performed in Joburg too)-off re-union show from Zebra & Giraffe, Ard Matthews, Karen Zoid, Opposite the Other, Southern Wild, Hellcats and of course the legendary Cure.

*Also on the line-up were Diamond Thug but unfortunately I missed their performance.

The Cure

The Cure  The Cure

Hellcats

Hellcats  Hellcats

Hellcats

Hellcats  Hellcats

Rock on the lawnsRock on the lawns  

The Robfather

Opposite the Other  Opposite the Other

Opposite the Other

Opposite the Other  Opposite the Other

Southern Wild  Southern Wild

Southern Wild

Southern Wild  Southern Wild

Southern Wild

Southern Wild  Southern Wild

Southern Wild  Southern Wild

Karen Zoid

Karen Zoid  Karen Zoid

Karen Zoid

Rock on the lawns  Rock on the lawns

Rock on the lawns

Rock on the lawns  Rock on the lawns

Rock on the lawns  Rock on the lawns

Rock on the lawns

Ard Matthews  Ard Matthews

Ard Matthews

Ard Matthews  Ard Matthews

Ard Matthews

Zebra & Giraffe  Zebra & Giraffe

Zebra & Giraffe

Zebra & Giraffe  Zebra & Giraffe

Zebra & Giraffe

Zebra & Giraffe  Zebra & Giraffe

Zebra & Giraffe

Rock on the lawns  Zebra & Giraffe

The Robfather

Fokofpolisiekar  Fokofpolisiekar

Fokofpolisiekar

Fokofpolisiekar  Fokofpolisiekar

Fokofpolisiekar  Fokofpolisiekar  Fokofpolisiekar

Fokofpolisiekar

Fokofpolisiekar  Fokofpolisiekar

Fokofpolisiekar

Fokofpolisiekar  Fokofpolisiekar

Fokofpolisiekar

Fokofpolisiekar  Fokofpolisiekar

Fokofpolisiekar

Fokofpolisiekar  Fokofpolisiekar

Fokofpolisiekar

The Robfather  Andy Mac

The Cure

The Cure  The Cure

The Cure

The Cure  The Cure  The Cure

The Cure

The Cure  The Cure  The Cure

The Cure

The Cure  The Cure

The Cure

The Cure

The Cure  The Cure

The Cure

The Cure  The Cure

The Cure

The Cure  The Cure

The Cure

The Cure

The Cure  The Cure

I had the great privilege to be given clearance to take a ‘final shot’ near the end of the concert. When I was given the go ahead and escorted on to the stage, it was into an almost solid wall of white fog courtesy of the smoke machines and it was hard to see anything at all. I had maybe 8 seconds to climb the small steps behind Jason Cooper and his kit, get the shot and get off the stage.

It was a stressful moment, but strangely the fog had relaxed me – it was so typical that it’d happened just then and standing there, struggling to see, it all became quite funny and helped me not fall to pieces under the pressure. Thankfully it had cleared sufficiently by the time I was up there and looking at the full-sized image I can see the faces of many of my friends in the front rows, delighted and enraptured by the wonderful concert.

Truly an experience and a day I’ll always remember.

The Cure

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Shot for Texx and the Cityphotos on Facebook here

AMP Events   |  The Cure  |  Fokofpolisiekar  |  Zebra & Giraffe  |  Ard Matthews
Karen Zoid  |  Southern Wild  |  Opposite the Other  |  Hellcats  |  The Robfather

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