Noise complaints have long been the scourge of the live music scene in Australia. This is certainly saying something, as it’s seen more than its fair share of problems in the past, including everything from scuffles with the liquor licensing board, to seemingly unending council troubles.
Now, renowned Australian hip-hop supergroup One Day have announced that they are the latest victims of Australia’s near-epidemic of residential noise complaints, which have seen many respected venues shut down or forced to move, and affected festivals, as well as individual bands and artists.
To get everyone up to speed, One Day is a West Sydney hip-hop collective comprised of Aussie rap mainstays Horrorshow, Spit Syndicate, Joyride, and Jackie Onassis. In February 2013, they launched One Day Sundays, an events series held once a month at Sydney’s Vic on the Park featuring the One Day DJs.
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“We basically felt that after years of releasing music and playing shows around Sydney and beyond that we had built up a loyal bunch of supporters who always brought a great energy to our events and who represented different areas, backgrounds and walks of life,” the group wrote in a press release.
“We imagined how cool it would be to bring them all together to party and have a good time, with the focus being less on watching us perform and more on using One Day as something for people to rally around in a social setting where people could mingle and enjoy themselves.”
In the years since it first launched at the Vic on the Park, One Day Sundays has grown to become a staple of the Sydney music scene and the collective hold events in Melbourne, Perth, and Brisbane on a semi-regular basis, launching their album Mainline with a One Day Sundays tour back in September.
However, according to a recent statement from the group, “The party has outgrown its current home and The Vic on the Park Hotel have recently informed us they no longer wish to host our events”. But according to Jackie Onassis beatmaker Raph Dixon the issue is less a matter of “outgrowing” the venue.
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Despite the event growing to the point where “last month we had lines out the front and some people got turned away”, Dixon claims, “We were very recently informed by Riversdale (Vic on the Park’s parent company) that they were cancelling our event at their venue due to complaints.”
The Vic on the Park’s parent company informed the One Dayers of the cancellation less than three weeks out from their already announced January event, leaving the group scrambling to find a new venue. The event will now be held two minutes down the road at The Factory Theatre in Marrickville.
One Day promise the “same party, same bangers, more bars, more toilets, more staff” and claim they’ll be “stepping things up a notch with multiple stages for the first time and a stellar cast of DJ’s who’ve been rocking your body since ODS began”. The event will also feature appearances from Halfway Crooks and Nina Las Vegas and is slated to go down Sunday, 25th January.
