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Rotting Christ (Greece) at the Assembly

Posted on: July 9, 2016

Sat 2 July 2016 Greek black metal band Rotting Christ faced a fair amount of resistance to their South African tour, but for all that the Cape Town show at the Assembly went down (rather disappointingly, I must say) without any interference … Continue reading →

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Tagged assembly, cape town, chains, fallen prophets, favourites, gigs & festivals, greek, headbanging, international, international act, long hair, metal, music, photography, rotting christ, south africa, south african, spikes, the assembly, witchdoctor productions

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Mumford & Sons at the Grand Parade

Posted on: February 2, 2016

Fri 29 January 2016 The first month of 2016 ended on a bang with Mumford & Sons’ massive show last Friday. The first of the band’s three packed Cape Town shows saw thousands at the Grand Parade to watch the headlining ‘gentlemen of … Continue reading →

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Tagged acoustic, baaba maal, banjo, beatenberg, brass, british, cape town, double bass, gentlemen of the road, gigs & festivals, grand parade, guitars, hilltop live, international, international act, john wizards, long hair, malawian, mumford and sons, music, outdoors, photography, rock, south africa, south african, summer, swedish, texx and the city, the very best, violin, weekends

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Dutch tall ships at the Waterfront

Posted on: May 27, 2013

12 & 14 May 2013 Following pretty closely after last month’s Russian Sedov, two weeks ago the V&A Waterfront docks were graced by 3 more tall ships, this time Dutch – the Tecla, Europa and Oosterschelde. We checked them out on Mother’s Day … Continue reading →