I was once again lucky enough to see Marcel Marceau in the wonderful Regent Theatre in Sydney before it was destroyed leaving behind some crappy new architecture. The interior was probably comparable if not better then the State Theater in Sydney.
I know mime has been sent up over the years but i cannot believe anyone who experienced this man performing live would walk away unmoved.
English: Crowded House in San Francisco, California. L to R: Paul Hester, Neil Finn, Nick Seymour (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
What the end of the world? No just the end of what was one of the best Australian/New Zealand bands ever Crowded House.
It was 1996 and the band had decided to call it quits so what better excuse to have a fantastic farewell on the Sydney Opera House Steps. This turned out to be one of the very memorable live concerts I had the pleasure of being at and as is so often the case it was mainly due to good luck rather then planning that a group of us made it and as the Wickipedia entry has recorded: "The concert was the first ever to be performed on the footsteps of the Opera House and attracted a crowd of greater than 100,000 people,[6] with some estimates of 250,000 people in attendance." This is is not an exageration as they closed access to the area just after we had made it to what was an ideal location both for sound and viewing the concert. "The concert included many of Crowded House's most famous hits and many fan favourites also. The supporting bands were "You Am I" followed by Powderfinger. Powderfinger released their performance also with selected versions of their album Internationalist."
The icing on the cake so to speak was a huge full moon rising over the Opera House sails on that November balmy Sydney evening of the concert.
It is sad to think that Paul Hester the drummer for Crowded House went on to committ suicide.
Three weeks ago Peter Jones also passed away with Cancer.
