Simply Red @ The Royal Theatre

Mick Hucknall of Simply Red.

(It May not be the sharpest of photos, but this one is the quintessential "Simply Red" pose.)

Tonight I had the opportunity to shoot one of the earliest bands I can remember listening to; "Simply Red". The concert was on at the Royal Theatre.

It was the usual 2 song, no flash rule, however this time I was shooting from "on stage" off to one side. This was a first and provided a great spot to take some great photos. Amazingly I was the only photographer there for some strange reason. I would have at least expected maybe somebody from The Canberra Times to be there.

"Australia Day LIVE -2009"

Natalie Bassingthwaighte

Lovers Electric

Yesterday I shot for FasterLouder with Paddy at the "Australia Day Live" Concert in between the Old & New Parliament House's. The concert wasn't as good in my opinion as previous years but the lineup was definately varied;

Trial Kennedy, Lovers Electric, Jessica Mauboy, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Dan Kelly & The Ukeladies, Wendy Matthews, Gurrumul, Brian Cadd and John Schumann & The Vagabond Crew.

The highlight for me was actually getting to take photos of Wendy Matthews, as daggy as that sounds. She was great and definately somebody I never thought I would get to shoot.

Foreshore 2008

The Foreshore crowd enjoys The Presets as the rain begins.

Now in it's second year, The Foreshore music festival was even bigger with three stages and acts such as PNAU, The Dukes of Windsor and The Presets.

PNAU

Trackside 2008

Bluejuice

Today was the second Trackside Music Festival and what a lineup it was;

The Living End, Cut Copy, The Panics, Bliss N Eso, British India, Something With Numbers, Sparkadia, Muph n Plutonic, Carpathian, Bluejuice, Grafton Primary, Little Red, Hell City Glamours, Los Capitanes and many others.

It's fantastic that Canberra is finally getting some great music festivals and Trackside is quickly becoming a favourite of mine. Last year it was stinking hot temperature wise. This year was the opposite, cold, rainy at times and even hail.

I particularly enjoyed the set from Sydney band; "Bluejuice". I had heard of this infamously crazy band but never really heard any of their stuff.

While standing side of stage, taking a photo of the lead singer and Allan Sko of BMA. I noticed the other singer attacking a full tequila bottle. From that moment, I knew it was going to be a good show and I was right. It was mindblowingly good.

Despite the weather, it was a fantastic day with some awesome bands playing.

Gyroscope

Daniel Sanders from Gyroscope