Category Archives: Gigs

Elvis Costello and the Imposters | Palais Theatre

Posted on April 5, 2024 by the press music reviews

Elvis Costello and two thirds of the Attractions performed the final concert of their Australian tour at the Palais Theatre in St.Kilda, Melbourne on 4 April 2024. Featuring remarkable pianist Steve Nieve and one of the best drummers ever in … Continue reading →

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Ziggy Stardust Retires 50 Years Ago

Posted on July 3, 2023 by the press music reviews

David Bowie’s long-running Ziggy Stardust tour drew to a close 50 years ago to the day with a dramatic final concert at London’s legendary Hammersmith Odeon.  Yet this wasn’t just the end of the tour, it was the retirement of … Continue reading →

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Pavement | Sydney & Melbourne 2023

Posted on March 22, 2023 by the press music reviews

American indie-rockers Pavement performed in Sydney and Melbourne for the first time in 12 years as part of the Australian leg of their heroic sold-out 2022/23 world straddling tour. One of the most original, sincere and distinctive bands of the … Continue reading →

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David Bowie – The 1980 Floor Show

Posted on March 10, 2023 by the press music reviews

It’s been 50 years since the first season of The Midnight Special and now they are back via their official YouTube channel with a series of extraordinary and officially unreleased David Bowie performances from 1973. The Midnight Special was an … Continue reading →

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Steve Hackett | Genesis Revisited

Posted on June 24, 2022 by the press music reviews

Innovative guitarist Steve Hackett and his band of supremely accomplished musicians brings to life the majestic music of mid-70s Genesis at Melbourne’s Palais Theatre. Genesis only ever made it to Australia once, in 1986 – years after guitarist Steve Hackett … Continue reading →

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The Lemon Twigs | Bowery Ballroom, NYC, December 2021

Posted on December 20, 2021 by the press music reviews

With a new album on the way, we appease our excitement with twelve of the greatest moments on record from New York’s incredible The Lemon Twigs. Brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario of The Lemon Twigs recently played two shows in … Continue reading →

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The Rolling Stones – Still Life

Posted on August 27, 2021 by the press music reviews

The aural equivalent of a Stones t-shirt? Maybe, but this short single-disc live outing, recorded during the band’s 1981 American tour, was released in time for the European leg when the Stones were enjoying a second life in popularity, touring … Continue reading →

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#14: Lou Reed | Rock n Roll Animal (1974) / Live (1975)

Posted on June 17, 2021 by the press music reviews

Here at The Press we look at expansive double albums and trim it back to a single, filler-free listening experience. In the case of Lou Reed’s scary ’73 glam-phetamine performance, brashly released as two single live LPs in the mid-70s, … Continue reading →

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Pink Floyd | Madison Square Garden, 1977

Posted on May 12, 2021 by the press music reviews

In July 1977 Pink Floyd put in four sensational performances at the world famous Madison Square Garden in New York. The band were nearing the end of the long and gruelling Animals tour and inter-band relations were on the slide. … Continue reading →

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David Bowie: Rotterdam 1976

Posted on May 10, 2021 by the press music reviews

Our Bowie bootleg bonanza continues with this remastered soundboard recording of Bowie live on stage at the Sports Palais Ahoy, Rotterdam, Holland on 13 May 1976, during the Station to Station White Light tour. This is one hell of a … Continue reading →

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