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Tag Archives: desmond & the tutus
Desmond & The Tutus, Retro Dizzy & Runaway Nuns at Mercury
Fri 19 May 2017 Handsdown the fullest I’ve seen a venue for a local gig in a long time – from 9:30 the street outside Mercury was totally parked up and by the time headliners Desmond & the Tutus took … Continue reading
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Tagged cape town, crowd, crowded, desmond & the tutus, desmond and the tutus, evenings, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, long hair, mercury, music, photography, pop, punk, retro dizzy, rock, runaway nuns, south africa, south african, surf, texx and the city, weekends, winter
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Tagged cape town, crowd, crowded, desmond & the tutus, desmond and the tutus, evenings, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, long hair, mercury, music, photography, pop, punk, retro dizzy, rock, runaway nuns, south africa, south african, surf, texx and the city, weekends, winter
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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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Desmond & The Tutus, Grassy Spark, Early Hours & Make-Overs at the Assembly
Saturday 6 June 2015 I don’t remember the last time I was at the Assembly…but I had a great time there last Saturday watching Grassy Spark, Early Hours and Pretoria favourites of mine Desmond & The Tutus and Make-Overs.
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Tagged brass, cape town, crowd, desmond & the tutus, desmond and the tutus, dj, early hours, favourites, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, long hair, make overs, mudblud, music, photography, rock, ska, south africa, south african, texx and the city, the assembly, trumpet, weekends
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Tagged brass, cape town, crowd, desmond & the tutus, desmond and the tutus, dj, early hours, favourites, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, long hair, make overs, mudblud, music, photography, rock, ska, south africa, south african, texx and the city, the assembly, trumpet, weekends
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Portugal. The Man at Kirstenbosch
Wed 25 March 2015 Plane issues forced American indie rockers Portugal. The Man to postpone their Friday 20th concert to last Wednesday; unfortunately needing to catch another plane immediately after the show meant they couldn’t play a super long encore, … Continue reading
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Rocking the Daisies 2013: Saturday
Saturday 5 October 2013 The combination of the bitter cold and my inability to find a comfortable position meant I hardly slept on Friday night. Still, I woke up feeling surprisingly energised. It was the big day of Rocking the … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, alt-j, boys noize, brass, british, costumes, crowd, crowd surfing, daisies, desmond & the tutus, dressing up, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, hippies, hipsters, hog hoggidy hog, international act, jeremy loops, jumping musicians, khoitrans, left vity, long hair, motheo moleko, music, nature, ninjas, nomadic orchestra, out in the country, outdoors, paige mac, people, photography, portraits, rock, rocking the daisies, saxophone, skin, skunk anansie, south africa, south african, spoek mathambo, stage, summer, swedish, the hives, weekends, wind, woodstock mafia
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