EVENT: 'That's Not A Knife Tour 2014' by Marianas Trench

 

So if you don't follow me on Twitter - you would not have seen that last weekend I went and saw Marianas Trench (which I just noticed their website info on Google describes them as punk/emo -Do emos even exist anymore- - Josh said pop/rock, but whatever) live in concert. Now, I should explain that I have no memory of how I found out about them - I remember seeing their video for Fallout and liking it - which started off this whole crazy thing for me - but I don't remember where or how I saw it. I am also aware too that most Australians have never heard of them.

However, it is oh so rare for me to fall as fast for a band as I did with them. And when I saw fall for I mean music wise - going into the concert I knew barely anything about them. I may or may not have even knew all the band members names :\ I guess I'm a pretty new trencher.

Fate works in mysterious ways sometimes. I had originally wanted to go to the midday show on Sunday but it was for under 18s only (sad-face) so being super ancient, my only choice was the over 18 show on the Saturday night. I bought tickets and only a few days later the Sunday show was changed to all ages (f.......ck!) so granted I was a little pissed. Any-who, I saw the Saturday show and LOVED it! I went straight home and bought tickets for the Sunday show at around 1am that morning. Thanks to the series of events that allowed me to go to the show twice.

I've included some interesting tidbits under the cut. I hope you enjoy!

Set List:

• Ever After
• All To Myself
• Haven't Had Enough
• Celebrity Status
• Pop 101
• By Now
• Fall Out
• Stutter
• Here's To The Zeros
• Beside You
• Desperate Measures
• Toy Soldiers
• *18+ And So It Goes (acoustic - all) // All Ages: Skin and Bones (acoustic - Josh only)
• Cross My Heart
• No Place Like Home 

As always - I'm going off memory so some details may be slightly off.
ALSO BEWARE TEXT, VIDEO AND PHOTO HEAVY. Some swearing also.
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EVENT: Travis Collins at Revolver Bandroom

I had the pleasure of seeing one of my favourite Australian artists, Travis Collins bring his special mix of country rock last Friday night to an intimate gig at the Revolver Bandroom in Prahran.  We're talking a seedy nightclub/Indian restaurant with unfriendly steep stairs - the stuff of drunken people's nightmares - seemed like such an odd venue for a country rock gig but it was amazing all the same.

I haven't seen him play for five years and to be honest I had forgotten how good he is. His new album is out in February 2015 I believe (with the first single out on CMC in around two weeks) and we were lucky enough to be able to hear some songs from the new album. Listen. Share. Love ... and then buy what Travis calls his "most country album yet" in February.

I can't wait for the tour next year.

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EVENT: Sir Tom Jones at Forum Melbourne

 

Last Tuesday I had the pleasure of going to see Tom Jones' one off 'surprise!' last minute show in Melbourne. Anyone who watched the Grand Final last Saturday would have gotten a taste of how absolutely amazing he is as an entertainer!

Some tidbits and stuff under the cut.

Please note: I'm going off memory so some details may be wrong.

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EVENT: Anthem by Hanson

 

So last Saturday, I went and saw Hanson at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda. It was my fourth time seeing them play. I don't remember much about the night because I was so tired and exhausted. 

But a bits I do remember  ...

Set List:

• Fired Up
• Shout It Out
• Mmmbop
• Where's The Love
• With You In Your Dreams
• If Only
• This Time Around (maybe)
• In The City
• River
• Penny & Me
• Crazy Beautiful
• Strong Enough To Break
• Thinkin' Bout Something
• Give A Little
• Carry You There (maybe)
• Scream and Be Free
• Tragic Symphony
• Something Going Round (maybe - there was something from The Walk)
• Man From Milwaukee - encore

Tidbits:

• They've been together for 17 years.
• Isaac said he sang River just for us.
• Taylor took some photos of the crowd during the show.
• Isaac said he was really grateful to us, the crowd, because we make it able for them to come play for us. Because some years ago they had to start their own album label and 'Strong Enough To Break' was their tribute to us.
• He also said how cool his job is. 
• WE GOT TO SING ALONG! So super fun! River was fun to sing to!
• At the end of the show, Isaac threw his guitar picks into the crowd and Zac gave his drumsticks away.
• One encore - boo! - but the crowd loved 'Man From Milwaukee' it got a lot of screams!
• Once again, Hanson put on a great show! Even if you don't like them, you can't help but get caught up in what a fun and energetic show it is.

^ my one complaint at every Hanson concert is that I can't understand barely a word they say. So it makes it kind of hard to write much in this section ...

Photos under the cut!

* So wish I had had known that we could take photos, I would have bought my camera!

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EVENT: Direct from Broadway by Anthony Warlow & Faith Prince

 

On Saturday 21st, I had the pleasure of seeing Anthony Warlow and Faith Prince on their concert tour 'Direct From Broadway'. I will be honest that I wasn't too excited to see them - I was in the beginning but the tickets I originally wanted to get were $450 which included a meet and greet. But I didn't have enough money to buy said tickets so I decided to get cheaper tickets. But then the $450 tickets went down to $189 and then further went down to $89.50. So I was pretty pissed off and that definitely put a downer on my whole spirit for the night.

However, I felt lucky to have at least had enough money to afford a ticket at all so of course, I still wanted to go. My plan was to wait at the stage door before the show and hope to get a photo with Anthony. But I decided to go drinking with my friends before the show instead. Do I regret it? No, not really. I would still like to meet him one day but it is odd how relaxed I am about the whole thing. It's not like me at all.

More details under the cut ...

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I'm going off memory so some details may be incorrect.