by Michael Coghlan | Feb 21, 2024 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2024, Dance, Live Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Rock – South Australia] Come Together – The Beatles Rock Show The Virago at Gluttony – Rymill Park, Tue 20 Feb Come Together needs to be commended for many reasons but especially because they have dared to do something different with cultural icons, and they’re...
by Adrian Miller | Feb 19, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Reviews
The GC – Showroom One: The German Club, Thu 18 Feb Following an excerpt from A Day In The Life, the show begins with Ritchie Yorke, music journalist and confidante of John & Yoko, relating some of his experiences with them. It turns out tonight is Yoko’s 83rd...
by Dave Bradley | Dec 4, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Steve Turner (Hachette Australia) 2015, 352pp, RRP $49.99 This updated version of Turner’s Fab-Four-focussed collection (originally published in 1994) might have had a little of its thunder stolen by All The Songs: The Story Behind Every Beatles Release and yet...
by Lynette Washington | Jul 11, 2015 | Music, Reviews, Theatre
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Fri Jul 10 John Waters and Stewart D’Arrietta have been performing Lennon: Through A Glass Onion in one form or another since 1992, including over 120 performances off-Broadway in its recent American run. This is an astonishing record for any...
by David Robinson | May 17, 2015 | Live Music, Reviews
Thebarton Theatre, Sat 16 May It is probably a pretty tough gig, emulating the world’s most popular and, arguably for some, best-ever pop group. Despite that, in most cities of the world you are likely to find a Beatles cover band. Such is the enduring appeal of the...