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The Darkest Hour at Assembly
Sun 20 December 2015 Many an international metal act has graced our shores this year courtesy of Witchdoctor Productions, and the last of them for 2015 was Washington’s The Darkest Hour. Originally scheduled to play Cape Town first, an incident … Continue reading
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Tagged american, bulletscript, cape town, crowd, darkest hour, evenings, events, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, long hair, metal, mosh pit, moshpit, music, photography, rant, review, rock, south african, summer, tattoos, texx and the city, the assembly, weekends, witchdoctor productions, zombies ate my girlfriend
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Tagged american, bulletscript, cape town, crowd, darkest hour, evenings, events, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, long hair, metal, mosh pit, moshpit, music, photography, rant, review, rock, south african, summer, tattoos, texx and the city, the assembly, weekends, witchdoctor productions, zombies ate my girlfriend
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Ed Kowalczyk at the Grand Arena
Fri 25 September 2015 Live frontman Ed Kowalczyk is marking the 20th anniversary of Throwing Copper by touring and performing the album in its entirety in a stripped down and intimate fashion along with guitarist Zak Loy. Here are some shots … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, american, ed kowalczyk, evenings, grand arena, grand west casino, guitars, international act, lights, live, photography, rock, seated, south africa, south african, texx and the city, weekends, zak loy
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Tagged acoustic, american, ed kowalczyk, evenings, grand arena, grand west casino, guitars, international act, lights, live, photography, rock, seated, south africa, south african, texx and the city, weekends, zak loy
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Oppikoppi 21: Fantastic Mr Vos Vos Day 3
Sunday 9 August 2015 With Women’s Day being observed on Monday, Oppikoppi 2015 ended on a Sunday, which I must confess felt a little weird as festival Sundays are usually used to recover from the weekend’s biggest acts the night before. Friday … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, afrikaans, american, anton goosen, bagpipes, birds, black math, brand new, camping, cape town, costumes, crowd, dirty hippies, doring, dressing up, durban, dust, emo, evenings, events, favourites, float parade, gigs & festivals, go barefoot, gogol bordello, guitars, heat, hilltop live, interior, international act, johnny clegg, jumping musicians, kameeldoring, kings down south, landscape, limpopo, marching band, meth breath, moonchild, mountains, music, nature, oppikoppi, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portrait, portraits, rock, russia, russian, satanic dagga orgy, scottish, ska, sky, south africa, south african, spring, summer, sun, sunset, tents, texx and the city, the vanilla, trees, twin atlantic, umlilo, weekends
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Tagged acoustic, afrikaans, american, anton goosen, bagpipes, birds, black math, brand new, camping, cape town, costumes, crowd, dirty hippies, doring, dressing up, durban, dust, emo, evenings, events, favourites, float parade, gigs & festivals, go barefoot, gogol bordello, guitars, heat, hilltop live, interior, international act, johnny clegg, jumping musicians, kameeldoring, kings down south, landscape, limpopo, marching band, meth breath, moonchild, mountains, music, nature, oppikoppi, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portrait, portraits, rock, russia, russian, satanic dagga orgy, scottish, ska, sky, south africa, south african, spring, summer, sun, sunset, tents, texx and the city, the vanilla, trees, twin atlantic, umlilo, weekends
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Oppikoppi 21: Fantastic Mr Vos Vos Day 2
Saturday 8 August 2015 As mildly traumatic as it is waking up in 5 layers of clothes in a state of humid confusion surrounded by a tent and the nonsensical conversations of your neighbours outside, there’s something reassuring about the situation: you know … Continue reading
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Tagged afrikaans, aka, al bairre, american, bagpipes, black cat bones, brass, british, camping, circle view, costumes, crowd, dance, dancers, dancing, desmond & the tutus, desmond and the tutus, dirty hippies, doring, double bass, dressing up, drummers, drums, dust, favourites, felix laband, full swing, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, international act, jumping musicians, kameeldoring, kid x, kilts, konrad kuechenmeister, light, livingston, long hair, marching band, memories, mordor, music, nature, nomadic orchestra, nonku phiri, okmalumkoolkat, oppikoppi, original swimming party, outdoors, ph fat, photography, portraits, red bull, reunion, rock, sannie fox, saxophone, sibot, south africa, south african, southern wild, spring, stage, summer, sunset, tatran, tattoos, taxi violence, tents, trumpet, tuin, tweak, weekends, werner von waltsleben
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Tagged afrikaans, aka, al bairre, american, bagpipes, black cat bones, brass, british, camping, circle view, costumes, crowd, dance, dancers, dancing, desmond & the tutus, desmond and the tutus, dirty hippies, doring, double bass, dressing up, drummers, drums, dust, favourites, felix laband, full swing, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, international act, jumping musicians, kameeldoring, kid x, kilts, konrad kuechenmeister, light, livingston, long hair, marching band, memories, mordor, music, nature, nomadic orchestra, nonku phiri, okmalumkoolkat, oppikoppi, original swimming party, outdoors, ph fat, photography, portraits, red bull, reunion, rock, sannie fox, saxophone, sibot, south africa, south african, southern wild, spring, stage, summer, sunset, tatran, tattoos, taxi violence, tents, trumpet, tuin, tweak, weekends, werner von waltsleben
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Stelth Ulvang in Cape Town: City & Secret Soiree shows
20 & 22 June 2015 Stelth Ulvang of American folk stars The Lumineers recently completed a tour of Southern Africa that included festivals in Mozambique and Swaziland as well as a bunch of shows around SA. I caught two of his last … Continue reading
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Tagged accordion, acoustic, albert frost, american, bonj mpanza, brass, candles, cape town, cbd, cello, city soiree, crowdfunding, favourites, folk, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, jon shaban, julian redpath, lee thomson, long street, photography, piano, ryan mcarthur, secret soiree, stelth ulvang, texx and the city, the lumineers, the shabeen, thecity, tour, trumpet, weekends, werner von waltsleben, winter, woodstock
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Tagged accordion, acoustic, albert frost, american, bonj mpanza, brass, candles, cape town, cbd, cello, city soiree, crowdfunding, favourites, folk, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, jon shaban, julian redpath, lee thomson, long street, photography, piano, ryan mcarthur, secret soiree, stelth ulvang, texx and the city, the lumineers, the shabeen, thecity, tour, trumpet, weekends, werner von waltsleben, winter, woodstock
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