Fri 9 Jan – The Black Keys, Gomez, Dr. Dog, Ash Grunwald
In what has to be one of the best value-for-money tickets Sydney has seen in quite a long time (this side of “free”), Dr. Dog, Ash Grunwald, Gomez and The Black Keys lit up the Luna Park Big Top in a night not quite unlike the end of a day at Byron's Blues Festival. Indeed, all but Dr. Dog have been performers at the seminal event, so to those of us who had shared such evenings with the bands, there was definitely a similar resonance.
First up, Dr. Dog, all the way from Philadelphia, but coming on before I had finished my dinner, I unfortunately missed them. There did seem to be quite a hype about them when I entered the venue, however, so their performance must have gone down exceptionally better than it did at the Beach Road Hotel a couple of days prior (read my review here), as I suspected it might. This is an atmosphere far better suited to their style of music.
When I did arrive, however, Ash Grunwald had just taken to the stage. …
In what has to be one of the best value-for-money tickets Sydney has seen in quite a long time (this side of “free”), Dr. Dog, Ash Grunwald, Gomez and The Black Keys lit up the Luna Park Big Top in a night not quite unlike the end of a day at Byron's Blues Festival. Indeed, all but Dr. Dog have been performers at the seminal event, so to those of us who had shared such evenings with the bands, there was definitely a similar resonance.
First up, Dr. Dog, all the way from Philadelphia, but coming on before I had finished my dinner, I unfortunately missed them. There did seem to be quite a hype about them when I entered the venue, however, so their performance must have gone down exceptionally better than it did at the Beach Road Hotel a couple of days prior (read my review here), as I suspected it might. This is an atmosphere far better suited to their style of music.
When I did arrive, however, Ash Grunwald had just taken to the stage. …
