With special guests Paris Wells and Diesel Hanging Rock, Macedon Saturday, February 18, 2012 Written by Jacqui James ON FRIDAY A WHOLE group of us travelled to Lancefield to see “Rockin’ Rod” and the weekend was a fun experience. (In other words the weekend was a good excuse to let our hair down!) Saturday was [...]
Written by Jacqui James IT’S VERY HARD TO BELIEVE that Ronan Keating is entering his eighteenth year in the music industry and he’sabout to turn only 35. Boyzone had an incredible sixteen top five hits, but it was when Ronan released When You Say Nothing At All which appeared on the Notting Hill soundtrack, Ronan’s [...]
Ronan Keating Australia and New Zealand Tour 2012 With special guest Sharon Corr Regent Theatre, Melbourne Monday, February 6, 2012 Written By Jacqui James ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME, knew how excited I was about this gig, so it’s the perfect first “gig” review to appear on Gigs ‘n Interviews for 2012. Two Irish [...]
Written by Jacqui James I’M SO PLEASED TO be kicking off in 2012 with a talented artist who has been featured on Gigs ‘n Interviews last year. How many people are lucky enough to drive pass one of their idols inner-city Melbourne? The native South Australian Jacob Butler found himself in that position. Noel [...]
Written by Jacqui James THE 2011 AUSTRALIAN X Factor winner Reece Mastin quickly became a worldwide headline for all the right reasons. His first performance on the show set the standard and then he was only 16! Here’s his first performance to refresh your memory: On December 9th his first single Good Night [...]
THIS MORNING I WAS horrified to read that an amateur blogger had reported that Jon Bon Jovi had died. I was more disgusted to hear that it had turned into a rumor which quickly spread around the world. I would like to reassure readers of Gigs ‘n Interviews real journalists who are qualified (like myself) always strive to report on facts and rely on reliable sources.
On a much happier note…
Written by Jacqui James The members of Juke Kartel: Tommy Kende, AJ Oliveira, Dale Winters, Jay Pinfold and Toby Rand Last year on Gigs ‘n Interviews I was very lucky (and very nervous) to be able to catch up with Toby Rand at the stage where an American record company had just signed [...]
Light the Nitro Tour 2011 Cold Chisel Rod Laver Arena Thursday, December 8, 2011 Written by Jacqui James LAST NIGHT CHISEL DID what they do best – ROCKED! Once a pub band Cold Chisel performed to thousands last night at Rod Laver Arena. The introduction was a radio changing stations to different decades. As [...]
Written by Jacqui James DAVID CAMPBELL WAS BORN to be a singer and entertainer. Not only he’s Jimmy Barnes’ Son, but he has covered music from the 1930′s to his recent era of choice, the 80′s! David’s recently released Let’s Go which is this week’s number 25th album on the Aria Chart. The album contains [...]
Written by Jacqui James THE RED PAINTINGS AREN’T your usual rock band. In fact I’m sure you wouldn’t have heard the concept that The Red Paintings use at their gigs. Each gig sees a different artist painting on a human canvas onstage. Often songs are created from the paintings the artists paint on human [...]