Maybe I’m getting old, but to me there’s a difference between a concert and a performance – in terms of musicians who are putting on a show. Back in the day I saw plenty of concerts from U2’s Popmart to Hoodoo Gurus to Bob Geldof performing in the Sugarland Tavern in Bundaberg (a story for another time). But I’m more of the vibe where I would like to see an artist give a performance. I think one of the greatest performances ever was Nirvana’s unplugged show in New York. I didn’t see it, but for those lucky few who did it would have been a hell of a memory.
When I saw Angus and Julia Stones were coming to the UK and performing in Bristol, I bought a ticket and timed our short vacay to Bath around the concert. My memories of Angus and Julia’s music were of the lilting lyrical folk songs that they sing. I also spent a lot of time listening to Angus and Julia’s music during my travels through the outback and I always associate them with desert landscapes.
The show in Bristol was a wonderful night. It was a slow, low key performance inside a theatre with lots of personality and style. I had a blast (in a chill, drinking wine and relaxing to great live music kinda way) and realised I need to get out and see more shows like this! Photos below are taken on my iPhone. I didn’t want to be ‘that guy’ with a massive camera or zoom lens! LOL
They wanted their set to feel like a living room, which is where they’d been exposed to so much music by their father who was a band conductor and music teacher.
