Southern Mel
Daily Mercury, September 29
“WILL you be getting married soon after tonight?” I could have sworn he was looking at me (or possibly my friend standing next to me) and it made me almost spit my beer out onto the floor.
Something for Kate front man Paul Dempsey was searching the crowd after he announced that some corny, ok and sweet guy, had vowed to propose on stage if the band played their track ‘You only hide’.
And no I wasn’t proposed to, but after the concert at Melbourne’s Forum Theatre I had well and truly fallen for Dempsey and the band.
We have had a couple of encounters since then but it has been a while so I am pretty excited that Dempsey, currently solo, has chosen Mackay as one of the few places he will open for Powderfinger’s farewell tour.
Melbourne band Jet will also play at the Mackay Showgrounds on Sunday which makes for a pretty sweet line-up. It’s not very often you get three class acts in Mackay on one weekend.
When you live in a metropolitan city each weekend presents a plethora of musical talent that you can go along and see, whether it be a home-grown or international act.
It’s something you don’t really take much notice of until you move to a regional city, like Mackay. Let’s be honest, there is pretty much no chance you’ll see Muse or Foo Fighters in Mackay. You’ll have to fly to Brisbane or another capital city for that.
But while the chance of an international super-band gracing us with their presence is scarce, there have been quite a few good Aussie acts that have played here during the year: John Butler, Ash Grunwald and Bluejuice just to name a few.
And there’s a few more on their way: British India, Sarah Blasko and Grinspoon are among them.
But it all starts on Sunday with Brisbane rockers Powderfinger, Jet and Paul Dempsey. If you haven’t already for Sunday’s concert at the showgrounds, I suggest you do.
Who knows, if we fill out the showgrounds Dempsey and Jet may fall for Mackay and include us on their next tours.
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