Here is part two of the group interviews from the Green Day’s American Idiot media call with Phil Jamieson from Grinspoon, Adalita from Magic Dirt and Sarah McLeod from The Superjesus.
What:Green Day’s American Idiot – the Musical Where: Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
Performances run until 11 March, 2018
For more information, please visit americanidiotlive.com.au
Tara Favell released new EP Wild Heart in January, following the success of her last record and feature single ‘Heart-Break’, which garnered over 15,000 views online and received airplay across country radio. Originally from Canberra, the country music singer songwriter performs every week around the Sydney NSW region Tara now lives.
Earlier this year, you performed at the annual ten-day Tamworth Country Music Festival. How was Tamworth experience this year?
Tamworth was good. It was really busy. This is my fourth Tamworth. I was there for 7 days and had gigs on every day. I did my first band show I’d done up at the festival, so that was really cool. At the Longyard Hotel, I got to play full band for a three hour gig, so that was a highlight up there. People were really nice. Because I just released the EP as well, people who hadn’t heard of me were coming up, buying the EP and liking on Facebook. It’s a week of craziness! I needed a week to get over it. It was non stop!
Tribute acts have always had a bit of a stigma attached to them by some members of the public. While tribute artists make up a huge sub-section of the music industry, there are still some audiences who refuse to see a tribute show, as if attending a concert by such a performer is to somehow besmirch the reputation of the real artist they’re honouring.