Posts Tagged ‘Australia Day’

Australia Day Shepherds Bush Walkabout The Bondis

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012


As Anzac Day approaches (wednesday April 25 is a public holiday in Australia and widely celebrated by Ex pat Aussies living in the UK) we felt it was time to look back to Australia Day 2012 and a new video which captures the excitement of Australia Day in a Walkabout venue.

The Bondis are one of Live Music Managements favourite acts. They have worked for us for ten years and have held residencies and performed one night stands in Walkabout venues throughout that time. Besides this they are in great demand for events and weddings.

One of the regular band bookings over the past ten years has been the Shepherds Bush Walkabout Australia Day concert. This all day event attracts thousands of ex pat Aussies and has a fantastic and exciting atmosphere. The video at the head of this page says far more than I can put into words.

If you are interested in booking a great Australian cover band then call the LMM office on 0845 900515

The Blobfish-Post Australia Day Blues

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Blobfish-It looks how I feel

Blobfish-It looks how I feel

The Blobfish is a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coast of Australia.Threatened by deep sea trawling it is rarely seen by humans but is on threat of extinction due to excessive deep water fishing.

It also looks,my friends,how I feel on this post Australia Day morning.

Lets backtrack though to yesterday when at 8pm we arrived bright eyed and bushy tailed at Shepherds Bush Walkabout where we were met by a 300 strong queue.

The Hi Fidels were on stage and rocking the place with what they introduced as a beautiful Xmas song….it was,of course,Rage Against The Machines Killing In The Name Of.A thousand Aussies went wild.

The Hi Fidels On Stage At Shepherds bush last night

The Hi Fidels On Stage At Shepherds bush last night

Australia Day gives our Australasian bands chance to play songs they   don’t ordinarily play at weddings and parties in front of a crowd who want to hear the songs from back home (as featured in our top 100 Aussie Anthems posted yesterday.)

If you want details of the Hi Fidels who are available for weddings and parties please check them out here. http://www.lmmuk.com/band/The+Hi-Fidels  They wont play Killing In The Name Of (or the Australian National Anthem) at your wedding unless you really want them to!

The Hifidels were followed on Stage by DJ Deano who was brilliant as ever and read the crowd like a book.He had the whole place rocking and singing their heads off with a set which went from The Home And Away theme through to Fatboy Slim and other dance classics like Born Slippy right back to little heard Aussie Anthems and big tunes such as Sex On Fire By The Kings Of Leon.

Deano had a ball as did the crowd and the LMM team.

Deano last night In Shepherds Bush Walkabout

Deano last night In Shepherds Bush Walkabout

We missed sets by The Bondis http://www.lmmuk.com/band/The+Bondis and The Sparks http://www.lmmuk.com/band/The+Sparks who were both awesome by all accounts as we went from Shepherds Bush to Temple  where we were met with a queue which almost stretched from Temple Walkabout down to Somerset House!

Inside Electric Mayhem were amazingly good and held the crowd in the palm of their hand as they played a fantastic and eclectic set of covers.See http://www.lmmuk.com/band/Electric+Mayhem  for more details on Electric Mayhem.

Sam from Electric Mayhem rocks the crowd at Temple Walkabout

Sam from Electric Mayhem rocks the crowd at Temple Walkabout

DJ Yax http://www.lmmuk.com/band/DJ+Yax+Man did a brilliant job of entertaining over 1000 people and there cant have been many folks in the Walkabout last night who didn’t have one of the best nights of their lives.

Covent Garden Walkabout was the next stop where Tim Barton had the crowd both singing and in hysterics as he commanded the stage recently vacated by X Factor finalist Jamie Afro (Jamie Archer.)

All in all it was a wonderful evening to be in London and out in some of the most exciting venues in town with a great crowd of party goers who just wanted to have a good time.What could be better than that?

All the acts mentioned above are available for weddings,events,parties,military balls,university events and nightclub venues.

The Top 100 Australian Anthems Of All Time-An Australia Day Special

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Happy Australia Day

Happy Australia Day

Australia Day is a massive day for LMM as we supply bands and DJs to the Walkabout chain of bars throughout the UK all of which have some great entertainment booked for tonight.

Australia Day is celebrated throughout the Walkabout chain and with a generation of young backpackers both Aussie and Pom buying into the Down Under spirit most of the venues will the rammed tonight with Aussies and honorary Aussies.

The LMM team will be out and about drinking a few VBs and watching our bands and DJs and in order to get us in the party spirit I have listed the top 100 Aussie Anthems of all time below. This was lifted from a poll by Max TV http://www.maxtv.com.au:80/max/Article.aspx?ID=2757  but it corresponds with what many of our DJs will be playing in the “Aussicentric” pubs particularly in London.

100 Amiel - Love Song
99 Spiderbait - Buy me a pony
98 Kate Ceberano - Bedroom eyes
97 Paul Mac and Peta Morris - Just The Thing
96 Ratcat - Dont go now
95 Radio Birdman - Aloha Steve and Danno
94 Christine Anu - My island home
93 Nick Cave - Mercy Seat
92 Bernard Fanning - Watch over me
91 Beasts of Bourbon - Chase the dragon
90 Wendy Matthews - The day you went away
89 Rose Tattoo - Bad boy for love
88 Austen Tayshes - Australiana
87 Hoodoo Gurus - Whats my scene
86 Dave Graney - You’re just too hip baby
85 Leonardos Bride - Even when Im sleeping
84 The Angels - We gotta get outta this place
83 Augie March - One crowded hour
82 Divinyls - Pleasure and pain
81 The Vines - Get Free
80 Killing Heidi - Weir
79 Triffids - Wide open road
78 Regurgitator - Black bugs
77 Frente - Bizarre Love Triangle
76 Living End - Prisoner of society
75 John Butler Trio/Keith Urban - Funky Tonight (live ARIAs)
74 Pete Murray - So beautiful
73 Daryl Braithwaite - Horses
72 Wolfmother - Woman
71 The Living End - White Noise
70 Nick Cave - Into my arms
69 INXS - Original sin
68 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
67 Russell Morris - The real thing
66 Eskimo Joe - Black fingernails red wine
65 Grinspoon - Chemical heart
64 Cold Chisel - Choir girl
63 Alex Lloyd - Amazing
62 Ben Lee - Catch my disease
61 Choirboys - Run to paradise
60 Midnight Oil - Power and the passion
59 The Divinyls - I touch myself
58 Cruel Sea - The honeymoon is over
57 You Am I - Heavy heart
56 Australian Crawl - The boys light up
55 Nick Cave/Kylie Minogue - Where the wild roses grow
54 The Waifs - Lighthouse
53 John Butler Trio - Zebra
52 Archie Roach - Children away
51 Delta Goodrem - Born to try
50 Hunters and Collectors - Holy grail
49 The Saints - Im stranded
48 The Church - Unguarded moment
47 Bernard Fanning - Wish you well
46 Ian Moss - Tuckers daughter
45 Steve Wright - Evie Pt1 2 3
44 Crowded House - Dont dream its over
43 INXS/Jimmy Barnes - Good times
42 You Am I - Berlin Chair
41 AC/DC - It’s a long way to the top
40 Missy Higgins - Scar
39 Daddy Cool - Eagle rock
38 The Sunnyboys - Alone with you
37 Jet - Are you gonna be my girl
36 Midnight Oil - Blue sky mine
35 Silverchair - Tomorrow
34 John Paul Young - Love is in the air
33 Mondo Rock - Come said the boy
32 Redgum - I was only 19
31 Kasey Chambers - Not pretty enough
30 The Whitlams - No aphrodisiac
29 Kylie Minogue - Can’t get you outta my head
28 Savage Garden – Truly Madly Deeply
27 [b]The Church
- Under the milky way
26 Sherbet - Howzat
25 Billy Thorpe - Most people I know (think that Im crazy)
24 The Go-Betweens - Streets of your town
23 The Angels - Am I ever gonna see your face again
22 Powderfinger - My happiness
21 Skyhooks - Horror movie
20 Yothu Yindi - Treaty
19 Paul Kelly - Before too long
18 Australian Crawl - Reckless
17 INXS - Need you tonight
16 AC/DC - Back in black
15 Silverchair - Straight lines
14 Cold Chisel - Flame trees
13 Bee Gees - Night fever
12 Easybeats - Friday on my mind
11 Hunters and Collectors - Throw your arms around me
10 Jimmy Barnes - Working class man
9 Goanna - Solid rock
8 Icehouse - Great southern land
7 Gangajang - sounds of then
6 John Farnham - Youre the voice
5 Midnight Oil - Beds are burning
4 Crowded House - Better be home soon
3 Men At Work - Down under
2 AC/DC - Highway to hell
1 Cold Chisel - Khe Sahn