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Eluveitie at the Assembly
Fri 23 October 2015 Swiss folk metal legends Eluveitie performed their Cape Town show at the Assembly last week. The 8 band members looked exactly how you’d imagine an Alpine folk metal band would: all long hair, viking accessories and celtic … Continue reading
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Rocking the Daisies 2015: Saturday
Sat 3 October 2015 Day 2 of Rocking the Daisies 2015 featured the biggest crowd I’ve ever been stuck in (for German headliners Milky Chance – it honestly took me the majority of their set to get from the far end of … Continue reading
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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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Rocking the Daisies 2014
Saturday 05 October 2014 Rocking the Daisies managed to expand from its colossal 17,000-odd crowd last year to around 20,000 this past weekend. The weather was great and, as usual, there was plenty to see and do. I may have gone … Continue reading
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Sublime Tribute show 2013 at Mercury
Friday 11 January 2013 Déjà-Vu; the first gig I attended last year was the Sublime Tribute show, so it’s amusing, and fitting I guess, that the event (back by insanely popular demand) be my inaugural gig of 2013.
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