Perth Music

Tuesday 28th October 2008
Metro City, Perth
The Dandy Warhols

The Dandy Warhols returned to Perth with a new album and a full crowd turned out to meet them at Metro City.  The band have been around for over 15 years, released 7 albums and even though they are past their prime they still have a strong and loyal fan base.  There have been plenty of big mid-week events lately and many of them have had fairly disappointing turn outs but this Tuesday proved that Perth can provide crowds for bands that deserve it.  I had heard a few negative reviews of past live shows that The Dandy Warhols had done in Perth but luckily this turned out to be not one of them. With their new album …Earth To The Dandy Warhols released a few months ago, the band was determined to make this a show to remember.

Front man Courtney Taylor-Taylor controlled the stage when the band came out in front of the cheering crowd with Peter Holmstrom, Zia McCabe and Brent De Boer looking happy and ready to rock the building.  We Used To Be Friends has been huge in Australia since it was used on My Restaurant Rules and it sounded just as good live as it did on TV.  Taylor-Taylor was able to get the crowd on his side by saying their new album was really called’…Perth To The Dandy Warhols’ as well as saying that ‘Perth is the most Australia Australia’.  This was followed by their huge hits Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth, Get Off and Bohemian Like You.

There were also a few songs played from the new album including Love Song, Now You Love Me and The Legend Of The Outlaw Truckers AKA The Ballad Of Sherriff Shorty.  Zia McCabe was great to see looking sultry in front of her keyboard, playing tamborine or harmonica on songs such as The New Country and You Were The Last High.  The real highlight of the night was when the band played Godless, asking the crowd to get involved by humming the trumpet parts.  The band looked like they were having a great time, the lighting and back drop looked great and with the set lasting over 2 hours no one went home disappointed.

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