Saturday night saw me down the road at Nerang Bowls Club to see The Dynamics​ featuring Izzy (Isobel Hall​) and Wazza (Warren Thomas​). This was the second time this year I have seen them and most certainly was not disappointed.

Thoroughly enjoyable night of music, great vocals, fine guitarmanship (is there such a word? well there is now!). Covering Aus Rock, Classic Rock, Country and Modern Rock, was really fun, bopping along to tunes I had grown up with and even singing along - sorry for mucking up some of the lyrics.

BUT, the extra special bonus last night was when Jonathan Everett-Jones took to the stage and joined in on some tunes with his legendary harp playing - the same Jonathan Everett-Jones who in years gone by played with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Joe Cocker, Alexis Korner and Supertramp amongst others.

Photos taken with a Sony a6000 and Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Rebecca O'Connor​ as Tina Turner is SIMPLY THE BEST. There are not enough superlatives to describe this show. If Tina Turner had a twin sister her name would be Rebecca O'Connor.

This was a show that had everything - great music, lots of energy, full-on audience participation - BUT, if you didn't know better you would have thought you were watching Tina Turner on stage.

Endorsed by both Tina Turner and Mick Fleetwood, you very quickly understand why this is so the moment Rebecca takes the stage.

Check out Rebecca's Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/rebeccaoconnorastinaturner/

Photos taken with:

Sony SLT a77ii with a Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens and a

Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm f4 G lens

7,000 revellers turned up for the closing ceremony night of entertainment at the Pan Pacific Masters Games​ here on the Gold Coast. Getting the party going were Madison Kat, one of the Gold Coast's premier party bands and they had the house rocking and rolling into the early hours of the morning.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 and 18-105mm f4 G lens.

Photos: © 2018 Dani Katz

"Three of the world’s biggest country rock tribute acts came together for one night only, performing their HALL OF FAME ICONS show at RSL Club Southport on Saturday 16th March 2019.

The Internationally Acclaimed Australian Eagles Show teamed up with the Linda Ronstadt Show and The Ultimate Creedence & John Fogerty Revival and played all the hits from 3 of the world’s biggest selling artists in contemporary music history!

From Hotel California to Blue Bayou and Bad Moon Rising the HALL OF FAME ICONS will send you on a musical journey that only this era of music could deliver."

At RSL Club Southport.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 + Sony 18-105mm f4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

What an electric show at Options Tavern in Helensvale last night, full of energy and bounce - literally - both on stage and on the dance floor with those present jumping to the sounds of PINK and Lady Gaga.

Terrific representations of arguably two of this generation's leading female artists portrayed by Kim Boath (PINK) and Emily Johnson (Gaga) - highly recommend this show!

Look forward to one day 'shooting' this show on a big stage.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 and Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens and a Sony a77ii with a Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens.

Playing once again to a full house of over 500 people, the Rumours Fleetwood Mac Experience Show had everyone bopping along to the tunes made famous by Fleetwood Mac over the years including Rhiannon, Sara, Tusk to name a few.

People were dancing in front of the stage, in the aisles and at the back of the auditorium - it is no wonder this show keeps getting rave reviews and is back each year - they are very popular.

A great show full of energy and again a show that brought back memories of our younger days through music we grew up with.

If they come your way well worth the effort of seeing them.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii camera with a Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6000 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens

Here are a bunch of pics my wife Evelyn took Saturday night at Greg Andrew's "The Elton John Experience" show.

It's great having Evelyn shooting in the larger auditoriums, she is able to shoot from the back of the hall and get angles I am unable to cover when I am up front and close to the stage so this way we can cover most aspects on the night.

Photos taken with a Sony SLT a77ii and Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz & © 2019 Evelyn Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At South Tweed Sports Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At South Tweed Sports Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At Tweed Heads Bowls Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a7iii with a Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens.

Photos: © 2020 Dani Katz

Another SOLD OUT/STANDING ROOM ONLY show last Saturday night at RSL Club Southport. The Eagels Band once again showed why they continue to be one of the most popular groups in the country - it was great watching these guys on stage interact not just with the audience but with each other and boy, did they have fun on stage as can be seen in many of the photos.

Their harmonies and musicianship on stage had the full house on their feet singing and dancing along to songs of yesteryear, songs that have stood the test of time.

On a personal note, there was no better way for me to spend the 11th anniversary of a massive heart attack than listening to some of the greatest music of my youth being performed by some of the best musicians we have in Australia - discovering live music here on the Gold Coast and rediscovering photography during my recovery process were two things that helped me after that life changing event.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2018 Dani Katz

Got to check out this group, Celtic Sons, on St Patrick's Day down at Seagulls. On this night they played a range of Irish and UK songs covering groups like U2, the Beatles, Van Morrison, Oasis, The Proclaimers just to name a few.

Better known as a U2 tribute group, these guys turned it on playing and really had my attention.

Another great night of Australian music by some of the best talent in Australia brought to you from the people at Made in Australia.

The evening featured three hours of iconic sounds made famous by Peter Garrett, Chrissy Amphlett and "Doc" Neeson.

If you closed your eyes and drifted into the clouds, the sounds you were listening to you would have sworn were those of Midnight Oil, The Divinyls and The Angels playing LIVE right there in front of you.

At RSL Club Southport.

Photos taken with a Sony SLT a77ii and Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens and a Sony a6300 and 18-105mm f4 G lens.

Photos: © 2018 Dani Katz

Options Tavern at Helensvale was the venue of last night's Masters of Rock Show featuring the music of Michael Hutchence, Jimmy Barnes and Bon Scott in their Australia's Favourite Sons show. It had to be seen to believed. If you closed your eyes and drifted into the clouds, the sounds you were listening to you would have sworn were those of INXS, Cold Chisel and ACDC playing LIVE right there in front of you.

At Options Tavern Helensvale.

Photos taken with a Sony SLT a77ii and Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lenses.

On this night, Nathaniel in his "Let's Get It On" show revisited the great tunes made famous by Marvin Gaye.

Nathaniel totally mesmerised the audience with his vocals and interpretations of a variety of Gaye's songs. A great night for those lucky enough to be at this show.

Terrific evening listening to hits made famous by the legendary Stevie Nicks being performed by Lisa West and her band. Cabarita Beach Sports Club might be a small club but Lisa and the guys had the audience up and out of their seats dancing and singing along so some of the greatest tunes of our time. Look forward to catching this show again soon.

Check out their Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/Nicksthesoundsofstevie/

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Here are a bunch of pics my wife Evelyn took Saturday night at Greg Andrew's "The Elton John Experience" show.

It's great having Evelyn shooting in the larger auditoriums, she is able to shoot from the back of the hall and get angles I am unable to cover when I am up front and close to the stage so this way we can cover most aspects on the night.

Photos taken with a Sony SLT a77ii and Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz & © 2019 Evelyn Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At Tweed Heads Bowls Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a7iii with a Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens.

Photos: © 2020 Dani Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At South Tweed Sports Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

What a special night was that at RSL Club Southport last Saturday night where a FULL HOUSE of over 700 enjoyed The Ultimate Experience listening to the music of David Bowie, Elton John and Freddie Mercury as expertly presented by Wayne Vitale, Greg Andrew and John Blunt. It might only be the first month of the year but I have little doubt that show will prove to be THE SHOW of 2019. Was an honour and privilege being able to take photos last night.

In this album I have posted photos of Greg Andrew from the Elton John part of the show, I trust you will enjoy them

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 + Sony 18-105mm.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

"Three of the world’s biggest country rock tribute acts came together for one night only, performing their HALL OF FAME ICONS show at RSL Club Southport on Saturday 16th March 2019.

The Internationally Acclaimed Australian Eagles Show teamed up with the Linda Ronstadt Show and The Ultimate Creedence & John Fogerty Revival and played all the hits from 3 of the world’s biggest selling artists in contemporary music history!

From Hotel California to Blue Bayou and Bad Moon Rising the HALL OF FAME ICONS will send you on a musical journey that only this era of music could deliver."

At RSL Club Southport.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 + Sony 18-105mm f4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Was great catching up with Nick Waters in a solo show on Sunday afternoon at Advancetown Hotel. Great session of songs I grew up with from the late 60's and 70's.

Nick is a terrific musician and showed everyone just how good he is playing both acoustic and electric guitar.

Put Nick down in your diary for when he comes your way either in a solo act or with his well known band, Captain WOW band.

Check out Captain WOW's Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/captainwowband

Photos taken with:

Sony a6000 with 18-105mm f4 G lens

Was great catching up with Nick Waters in a solo show on Sunday afternoon at Advancetown Hotel. Great session of songs I grew up with from the late 60's and 70's.

Nick is a terrific musician and showed everyone just how good he is playing both acoustic and electric guitar.

Put Nick down in your diary for when he comes your way either in a solo act or with his well known band, Captain WOW band.

Check out Captain WOW's Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/captainwowband

Photos taken with:

Sony a6000 with 18-105mm f4 G lens

Great afternoon of music at Advancetown Hotel with Colt Seavers, Matt Breen and Jamie MacDonald on bagpipes and harmonica.

What an incredible afternoon of live music at Nerang RSL with the incomparable Mental As Anything rocking the house of over 500+ punters. First saw this group back in 1976 in Sydney when I was completing my BA Dip Ed - and boy, did I get an education from these guys back then! And today, 43 years later, I was up there with the best of them moving to hypnotic sounds of Greedy Smith and his great band.

Opening for the Mentals was Gold Coast local Nick Waters who most certainly got the huge crowd into the mood for when Mental As Anything took to the stage.

"A popular urban myth concerns a group of art students who passed themselves off as a band in order to con the local publican into giving them a gig in exchange for free beer. The deception worked better than intended, and the group came to be known as Mental as Anything. Nearly two decades later, they are still irritating the public with their highly listenable, idiosyncratic brand of garage pop. A self-explanatory single to reflect their success, The Nips Are Getting Bigger, rose through the charts as did their fundamental understanding of the old adage that 'for every action there is a reaction'. Ahead lay a very lengthy pub crawl which only the accomplished could survive."

A big shout out to Nerang RSL for a truly memorable afternoon of live music on the Gold Coast.

At Nerang RSL.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 + Sony 18-105mm.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Here are a bunch of pics my wife Evelyn took Saturday night at Greg Andrew's "The Elton John Experience" show.

It's great having Evelyn shooting in the larger auditoriums, she is able to shoot from the back of the hall and get angles I am unable to cover when I am up front and close to the stage so this way we can cover most aspects on the night.

Photos taken with a Sony SLT a77ii and Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz & © 2019 Evelyn Katz

An outstanding show Saturday night with RIA performing A Tribute to the Music of Celine Dion - a must see show structured on the same song selection as Celine Dion’s Las Vegas show, which has left audiences breathless after every performance and has made Celine the highest paid artist in Las Vegas.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 and 18-105mm f4 G lens and Sony a77ii and Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens.

Photos: © 2018 Dani Katz

Went down to see Paul Hayman present his '50 Years of Legends' show and boy, what a show this is - great songs from yesteryear performed by a great singer who is more than ably supported by Kylie Wall with some astounding dance moves. The audience of 600+ were well and truly entertained listening to Paul's great voice recreate the music of Bill Hayley, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Dean Martin, Johnny Cash and Sammy Davis Jnr to name but a few.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii camera with a Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6000 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

No better way to play your first gig at Twin Towns than to a standing room only audience in the lounge - I know because Evelyn and I struggled to find seats. And then with the strum of the first note to see those present jump out of their seats and hit the dance floor to jive and boogie and do the jitterbug to the great sounds of The Wanderers Band with Glen Farrugia in the engine room on drums.

Loved the sound, loved the song choice, loved the atmosphere - took me back a few years (well quite a few years if truth be told). Great fun band that will certainly go places so make sure you catch them when they come to your neck of the woods. This is Rock and Roll as it should be played, listened and danced to.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 and 18-105mm f4 G lens. (A few photos taken with a Sony a77ii and a Sony a6000 - played around with options due to the ordinary lighting on the night).

Photos: © 2018 Dani Katz

Saturday night saw my wife and I hop on down to Surfers Paradise RSL to catch "The Dynamics​" featuring Izzy (Isobel Hall​) and Wazza (Warren Thomas​). Was great being able to catch them performing in a club that actually had lighting which really made a difference when it came to taking photos - I counted ten spots.

Thoroughly enjoyable night of music, great vocals, fine guitarmanship (is there such a word? well there is now!). Covering Aus Rock, Classic Rock, Country and Modern Rock, was really fun, bopping along to tunes we had grown up with.

A bonus on the night was when Jonathan Everett-Jones took to the stage and joined in on some tunes with his legendary harp playing - the same Jonathan Everett-Jones who in years gone by played with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Alexis Korner and Supertramp amongst others including Joe Cocker and his Grease Band back in the 60's.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 and Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Another great TH!NK PINK show featuring Kylie L Clarke at RSL Club Southport. Kylie's likeness to Pink and her vocal presentation of Pink songs has to be seen and heard to be believed - uncanny is a word that comes to mind, and boy is she full of energy!

Kylie had the 500+ audience up out of their seats dancing in front of the stage, up the back and down the sides of the auditorium. This is one show that should not be missed when it comes to a town near you.

What an incredible afternoon of live music at Nerang RSL with the incomparable Mental As Anything rocking the house of over 500+ punters. First saw this group back in 1976 in Sydney when I was completing my BA Dip Ed - and boy, did I get an education from these guys back then! And today, 43 years later, I was up there with the best of them moving to hypnotic sounds of Greedy Smith and his great band.

Opening for the Mentals was Gold Coast local Nick Waters who most certainly got the huge crowd into the mood for when Mental As Anything took to the stage.

"A popular urban myth concerns a group of art students who passed themselves off as a band in order to con the local publican into giving them a gig in exchange for free beer. The deception worked better than intended, and the group came to be known as Mental as Anything. Nearly two decades later, they are still irritating the public with their highly listenable, idiosyncratic brand of garage pop. A self-explanatory single to reflect their success, The Nips Are Getting Bigger, rose through the charts as did their fundamental understanding of the old adage that 'for every action there is a reaction'. Ahead lay a very lengthy pub crawl which only the accomplished could survive."

A big shout out to Nerang RSL for a truly memorable afternoon of live music on the Gold Coast.

At Nerang RSL.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 + Sony 18-105mm.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Here are a bunch of pics my wife Evelyn took Saturday night at Greg Andrew's "The Elton John Experience" show.

It's great having Evelyn shooting in the larger auditoriums, she is able to shoot from the back of the hall and get angles I am unable to cover when I am up front and close to the stage so this way we can cover most aspects on the night.

Photos taken with a Sony SLT a77ii and Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz & © 2019 Evelyn Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At South Tweed Sports Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Once again The Eagels Band showed why they are so popular playing to a SOLD OUT show at RSL Club Southport. Their harmonies and musicianship on stage had the full house on their feet singing and dancing along to songs of yesteryear, songs that have stood the test of time.

It was great watching these guys on stage interact not just with the audience but with each other and boy, did they have fun on stage as can be seen in many of the photos.

On a personal note, there was no better way for me to spend the 10th anniversary of a massive heart attack - discovering live music here on the Gold Coast and rediscovering photography during my recovery process are two things that helped me after that life changing event.

Photos taken with a Sony a6000 + Sony 18-105mm f4 G lens and a Sony SLT a77ii + Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens.

Well that was a show with Sir Mick strutting and pouting on stage while Keefy was doing the splits and all sorts of acrobatics - great show, great music and great memories of tunes I grew up with in the 60's and 70's. So many great songs from all those years ago with my particular favourite being "Sympathy for the Devil". Catch these guys when they come your way, you won't be sorry.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 and 18-105mm f4 G lens and a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens. Great lighting provided by John Martin.

Photos: © 2018 Dani Katz

Around 1800 people at Friday night's fun time party at the Pan Pacific Masters Games​ here on the Gold Coast were entertained by the incomparable sounds of Lisa Hunt. From the first song, Lisa had the audience captivated by her voice and she certainly got them involved both on the dance floor and on stage with her. Great night had by all.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 and 18-105mm f4 G lens.

Photos: © 2018 Dani Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At South Tweed Sports Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At South Tweed Sports Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At South Tweed Sports Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Rebecca O'Connor​ as Tina Turner is SIMPLY THE BEST. There are not enough superlatives to describe this show. If Tina Turner had a twin sister her name would be Rebecca O'Connor.

This was a show that had everything - great music, lots of energy, full-on audience participation - BUT, if you didn't know better you would have thought you were watching Tina Turner on stage.

Endorsed by both Tina Turner and Mick Fleetwood, you very quickly understand why this is so the moment Rebecca takes the stage.

Check out Rebecca's Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/rebeccaoconnorastinaturner/

Photos taken with:

Sony SLT a77ii with a Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens and a

Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm f4 G lens

Baastenduerf Out of Control Goes Magic // 20.9.2014

It was Waitangi Day today here on the Gold Coast and we got down there in time to catch the end of the opening ceremony and to see a group called Instant Kiwi perform a few tunes. Was good catching up with some friends as well, will get an album up in the next day or two.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 + Sony 18-105mm f4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

What an incredible afternoon of live music at Nerang RSL with the incomparable Mental As Anything rocking the house of over 500+ punters. First saw this group back in 1976 in Sydney when I was completing my BA Dip Ed - and boy, did I get an education from these guys back then! And today, 43 years later, I was up there with the best of them moving to hypnotic sounds of Greedy Smith and his great band.

Opening for the Mentals was Gold Coast local Nick Waters who most certainly got the huge crowd into the mood for when Mental As Anything took to the stage.

"A popular urban myth concerns a group of art students who passed themselves off as a band in order to con the local publican into giving them a gig in exchange for free beer. The deception worked better than intended, and the group came to be known as Mental as Anything. Nearly two decades later, they are still irritating the public with their highly listenable, idiosyncratic brand of garage pop. A self-explanatory single to reflect their success, The Nips Are Getting Bigger, rose through the charts as did their fundamental understanding of the old adage that 'for every action there is a reaction'. Ahead lay a very lengthy pub crawl which only the accomplished could survive."

A big shout out to Nerang RSL for a truly memorable afternoon of live music on the Gold Coast.

At Nerang RSL.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 + Sony 18-105mm.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

What an incredible afternoon of live music at Nerang RSL with the incomparable Mental As Anything rocking the house of over 500+ punters. First saw this group back in 1976 in Sydney when I was completing my BA Dip Ed - and boy, did I get an education from these guys back then! And today, 43 years later, I was up there with the best of them moving to hypnotic sounds of Greedy Smith and his great band.

Opening for the Mentals was Gold Coast local Nick Waters who most certainly got the huge crowd into the mood for when Mental As Anything took to the stage.

"A popular urban myth concerns a group of art students who passed themselves off as a band in order to con the local publican into giving them a gig in exchange for free beer. The deception worked better than intended, and the group came to be known as Mental as Anything. Nearly two decades later, they are still irritating the public with their highly listenable, idiosyncratic brand of garage pop. A self-explanatory single to reflect their success, The Nips Are Getting Bigger, rose through the charts as did their fundamental understanding of the old adage that 'for every action there is a reaction'. Ahead lay a very lengthy pub crawl which only the accomplished could survive."

A big shout out to Nerang RSL for a truly memorable afternoon of live music on the Gold Coast.

At Nerang RSL.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 + Sony 18-105mm.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Went down to South Tweed Sports club to see Wayne Vitale in his new "The David Bowie Show". Supported by the musicians from The Killer Queen band, Wayne was smoking hot with his performance, and he had the audience dancing along in front of the stage - would be fair to say the crowd took the hint when Wayne played the song "Let's Dance".

This was a terrific show and Wayne did a superb job as Bowie.

Went down to South Tweed Sports club to see Wayne Vitale in his new "The David Bowie Show". Supported by the musicians from The Killer Queen band, Wayne was smoking hot with his performance, and he had the audience dancing along in front of the stage - would be fair to say the crowd took the hint when Wayne played the song "Let's Dance".

This was a terrific show and Wayne did a superb job as Bowie.

Here are a bunch of pics my wife Evelyn took Saturday night at Greg Andrew's "The Elton John Experience" show.

It's great having Evelyn shooting in the larger auditoriums, she is able to shoot from the back of the hall and get angles I am unable to cover when I am up front and close to the stage so this way we can cover most aspects on the night.

Photos taken with a Sony SLT a77ii and Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz & © 2019 Evelyn Katz

Terrific evening listening to hits made famous by the legendary Stevie Nicks being performed by Lisa West and her band. Cabarita Beach Sports Club might be a small club but Lisa and the guys had the audience up and out of their seats dancing and singing along so some of the greatest tunes of our time. Look forward to catching this show again soon.

Check out their Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/Nicksthesoundsofstevie/

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

What an incredible afternoon of live music at Nerang RSL with the incomparable Mental As Anything rocking the house of over 500+ punters. First saw this group back in 1976 in Sydney when I was completing my BA Dip Ed - and boy, did I get an education from these guys back then! And today, 43 years later, I was up there with the best of them moving to hypnotic sounds of Greedy Smith and his great band.

Opening for the Mentals was Gold Coast local Nick Waters who most certainly got the huge crowd into the mood for when Mental As Anything took to the stage.

"A popular urban myth concerns a group of art students who passed themselves off as a band in order to con the local publican into giving them a gig in exchange for free beer. The deception worked better than intended, and the group came to be known as Mental as Anything. Nearly two decades later, they are still irritating the public with their highly listenable, idiosyncratic brand of garage pop. A self-explanatory single to reflect their success, The Nips Are Getting Bigger, rose through the charts as did their fundamental understanding of the old adage that 'for every action there is a reaction'. Ahead lay a very lengthy pub crawl which only the accomplished could survive."

A big shout out to Nerang RSL for a truly memorable afternoon of live music on the Gold Coast.

At Nerang RSL.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 + Sony 18-105mm.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz