Dappled Cities Fly / Red Riders @ The Metro, Sydney
Last night the boys in Dappled Cities Fly bid adieu to Sydney with a co-headlining show at a very sold out Metro. The show featured the regular Granddance songs they’ve been playing this year as well as Cream and Peach off A Smile, Outposts and even a brand new song. The new one would have fit nicely on Granddance…if that tells you anything about the sound (and it was a Tim song). Their set ended with a fantastic version of Colour Coding, complete with a new extended ending.
Red Riders then took the stage…and they impressed me actually. I’m not sure I’ll be running out to buy the album but their show was tight and they definitely had the crowd in palm of their hand.
The highlight of the night, however, was when both bands took the stage for a joint encore. Ad what did they bust out?
NOVEMBER RAIN by GUNS N FRIGGIN ROSES.
Apparently only it was only rehearsed once, but the gloriously sloppy version was a great way to end the night. Tell you what…after only one rehearsal of a rather ambitious song I was impressed with the way they pulled it off. The crowd ate it up – they sang along and provided backing vocals…despite the fact that many in the crowd were 1 or 2 years old when that song was released. I managed to get video of nearly the entire performance in three parts. The Bride and Groom in the final clip are Yumi and Andrew G….random (but not as random as seeing them running in the rain for a bus after the gig).
Part 1
Some photos here. Good luck in America, Dappled.
