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ROAD SKILLS
MAROON 5
Maroon Five filled Sydney’s well loved Entertainment Centre, assisted by
the local Evermore. The girlie crowd jumped up to clap along with ‘Hey
Boys and Girls’, then queued half way round the foyer for the meet, greet,
and buy stuff bit. Good business for a support band.
But it was the ‘second sexiest man in the whole world’ they wanted.
Adam Levine totally dominates Maroon Five, and the setlist kicked
along with great abandon. Shame someone decided to save a lazy
hundred grand on imag though, the LED strip screens along the
cyc did some colour and graphics, but nowhere was a pec, pack
or guns to be seen.
CX’s other woman sighed in frustration, but still swooned
over the distant Levine, who worked the stage in his tight
jeans and tank top. Play some drums? Pick up a guitar?
Move like Jagger and just spread the man stuff.
Technically the JPJ Vertec sounds way better with its new
amps and electronics. 50 boxes more than covered the
12,000 seats, and the mix by Jim Ebdon on a SD7
started low and had somewhere to go.
Up in lightie land CX pondered the ubiquitous nature of
the Sharpy which appears at almost every show these
days. Bill Sheldon (LD) delivered a nice looking show.
When the NSW Government shuts the Ent Cent next
year to demolish it, what is the betting that we don’t
actually get another one. They say we will, albeit
smaller. 8,000 seats -v- 12,000 now. Boo!
But the whole ‘rebuild Darling Harbour’ thing is hazy,
and relies on retail and apartment development. Soon
we will be forced to the wilderness of Olympic Park,
while the lucky burgers of Melbourne can walk to one
of three arenas from the city. - Guest report from Julius
THE LIVING END
Jim Ebdon
No End for The Living End
The Living End have spent the weeks leading up to
Christmas touring The Retrospective Tour where in each
state they play seven shows in a row; one album in full per
night each night.
Lighting designer Anthony Petruzio has been with the
band for eight years sharing his time with his other major
act Grinspoon, an act he also tour manages. This year has
also seen him work with My Chemical Romance, The Tea
Party and Good Charlotte.