If you’re suffering from a serious case of the Mondays right now, we’re warning you, what you’re about to read isn’t going to make you feel any better. Basically, the ‘Gig of the Century’ went down yesterday and you (probably) missed it.
Yesterday afternoon, The Smith Street Band, Violent Soho, High Tension, Jess Locke, and Joelistics took to their respective social media accounts to reveal they would play an impromptu gig at Brisbane’s Crowbar that evening.
Joelistics kicked the whole thing off with a spoken word set, before a who’s who of the hottest bands in Australia each took the stage inside of the famously intimate venue, all to benefit community station 4ZZZ Brisbane.
If you haven’t heard, Australia’s community radio sector took quite a hit recently after the Federal Budget cut $1.4 million in funding, which was to be used to help community stations make the switch to digital, securing their future.
The performance, which was being buzzed about on social media with the very accurate hashtag #GigOfTheCentury, was a pay-as-you-feel event, with all the proceeds going to benefit 4ZZZ, further cementing the legend status of everyone that played.
As you can see from a video posted by The Smith Street Band, the queue of people waiting to get in to the gig was inevitably huge, pretty much wrapping around a square block of Brisbane’s iconic Fortitude Valley.
So yeah, the ‘Gig of the Century’ happened yesterday and in all likelihood, you’re one of the 22,999,800 Australians who was not inside the 200-person capacity Crowbar experiencing it live. At least there’s plenty of video. Check it out below.
(Photo: Mosh Pit Son Photography)
