Choirboys: Run To Paradise
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Saturday 17 August 8:00pm
As
young twenty-something-year-olds, Choirboys formed in 1978, growing
up on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. The wild, hedonistic lifestyle the band
witnessed of the youth in the '70s is ultimately what gave birth to their
seminal rock anthem, Run To Paradise. It’s all about the stories
that sound all too familiar within the culture widely assumed of the music
industry - “sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll” and they tell it all.
Who
would have thought that Run To Paradise, thirty-five years on,
would ultimately have started the first chapter of a myriad of untold
stories as recalled by a band that’s seen it all, heard it all, and helped
in the craziness?
Run To Paradise is a “spilling of the
beans” of sorts. It's part story, part song that chronicles some of the
wildest, most risqué, outrageous, and downright hilarious stories of
Australian Rock. All, as these Oz pub-rock icons recall it.
“They
didn’t call it Pub Rock in those days, but we were there in the beginning
and we’re still here now,” says front-man, Mark Gable. “Put
it down to hearsay – it’s our opinion, it’s what we saw, it’s what people
told us and most of it is extremely funny and incredibly interesting. Some
of the stories are so funny and just plain stupid because back then, we
could do things that nobody else could do because it wasn’t a normal job.
There were no rules.""
Which movie star did the
Divinyls bass player meet under a table at a nightclub, what were Chuck
Berry’s weird work tactics, if Deep Purple was really responsible for Mark
walking with a limp, and what happened to a pair of Iggy Pop’s pants?
And
behind the narrative are the classic songs that define the musical
landscape of rock music in the ’70s and ’80s, including Deep Purple’s Smoke
On The Water, Chuck Berry’s Never Can Tell, TMG’s Jump
In My Car, Dragon’s Are You Old Enough, AC/DC’s Long
Way To The Top and of course the Choirboys hits Boys Will Be Boys,
Never Gonna Die, Struggletown and the pub-rock anthem, Run
to Paradise, to name a few.
** 18+ Performance contains very
coarse language and Adult Themes.
Duration: 2 hours
including a 20 minute intermission
*The VIP Choirboys
Experience!
Take your night out to the next level by getting up close
and personal with the legendary Choirboys! Arrive at 7pm sharp to meet the
band and let the magic unfold! Hurry, there are only a limited number of
VIP tickets so get in quick!
VIP: $120*
Members: $64
Full: $69
Concession:
$64
Groups 10+: $64
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This performance contains very coarse language and adult themes. Not recommended for anyone under the age of 18.