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Gretsch white falcon10/2/2023 With an explosive burst of pounding drums and flashing lights, Fender and his band hit the stage, immersed in an energy and intensity ready to blow the roof off HBF Stadium! Head down, and fully invested, drummer, Drew Michael, rocked the room’s foundations as the band fired into ‘Will We Talk’, a full on, foot to the floor banger that sent the crowd into a frenzy from the first beat. There was a definite buzz, a comradery on full display, whether it was the chant of soccer songs, the waving of Newcastle banners or just the good natured banter and laughter filling the arena, the crowd were definitely ready for Sam Fender! Photo: SoCo Studio In HBF Stadium, the vibe was building beautifully. Announcing her upcoming tour in September, and thanking Sam Fender for the opportunity, Ray whipped up the intensity even further with an energy filled version of ‘Love Me Right’, before exiting stage to rapturous applause, and winning a whole lot of new fans in the process!! Nice job, and well done, Gretta! Singing and waving in motion, they lapped up every minute. The by now enthralled crowd, were truly invested as Gretta pushed down on the throttle to ‘Drive’ thru the song that started it all for her back in 2016, as Triple J Unearthed winner. In full flight on his kit and sampler unit, drummer Fisher pushed thru ‘Heartbreak Baby’ and ‘Over Me’, a song Ray dedicated to her love of creativity. You could just feel in the delivery what this song and experience meant to her. With the flick of a switch, and a seeming awareness of the oncoming Fender storm, Gretta slowly built the intensity of the night and launched into ‘America Forever’, a song she wrote in LA when she met a friend who changed her life. The melancholically beautiful ‘Radio Silence’ followed, sung with an emotional honesty, as Ray drifted slowly across stage before picking up her acoustic guitar to deliver the poignantly reflective ‘Dear Seventeen’, a song she wrote to her 17 year old self when she turned 24. Photo: SoCo Studioįrom here, it was straight into the beautifully upbeat indie pop song, ‘Cherish’, Ray, strutting, catwalk like, around the stage, inviting the audience to join her for the ride. Looking sensational in retro style, yellow mini dress and knee high boots, Gretta walked on stage to warm applause, and from the moment the pounding, four on the floor drum beat kicked in, she had the crowd well and truly in the palm of her hand. The lights dimmed, drummer Leigh Fisher climbed up to his centre stage drumkit and the opening strains of ‘Happenstance’ from Ray’s 2021 album ‘Begin To Look Around’ filled the arena. Inside HBF stadium, a near capacity crowd had already gathered before opening Aussie support act, Gretta Ray was due to appear. The occasion, however, had nothing to do with the round ball, but absolutely everything to do with UK, geordie rock sensation, Sam Fender!Īs the crowds flocked to the stadium on a damp winter’s night in Perth, you could just sense there was a storm brewing, with the eye of the cyclone due to hit centre stage in about 2 hours time. The streets were buzzing with thousands of black and white striped fans, all heading into HBF Stadium. Claremont area, you would be forgiven for thinking that English Premier League soccer club, Newcastle United, had flown over to join their counterparts West Ham and Tottenham in Perth this week. If you were out walking your dog last night around the Mt.
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