Barnsey rocks out for Territorians young and old
BARNSEY’S back in the Top End, and now after two weeks of music festivals, so are the beats.
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BARNSEY’S back in the Top End, and now after two weeks of music festivals, so are the beats.
Generations young and old rocked to the iconic Glaswegian at last night’s concert as he performed his greatest hits at Darwin’s second major music festival since coronavirus began.
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Visiting her daughter from Victoria, Jenny McManus’s lucky stars aligned when she found out one of her favourite rock stars Barnsey would be playing in Darwin while she was here.
“It’s awesome, coming from down south we won’t have anything like this for months or probably years, it’s awesome,” she said.
“And Jimmy’s my fave, I bloody love him.”
While Ms McManus is only up here for a short stay, the concert and the NT’s other freedoms have reinforced in her mind that the Territory is the place to be.
“We were just lucky that we booked and all these concerts came on so it was very lucky, we’re very, very blessed,” she said.
“We’d love to move up here but we’re here until the 12th.”
Amelia Motbey said she would enjoy the first concert she’d been to since the coronavirus pandemic like never before.
“We were online as soon as tickets went for sale,” she said.
“I went to see him four or five years ago and it’s the best concert I’ve seen at the amphitheatre. We’ll be here tonight until it closes, until Jimmy dies and stops singing.”
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The Top End’s third major music festival since reopening, Rebound 2020 takes place at the Ski Club next Saturday afternoon, where Lime Cordiale, Illy, Example and Hermitude will headline the stage.
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