Venue: The Palais Theatre, St Kilda
Date: 26th September 2012
Reviewed By: Espylyn
Sydney born Tim Hart was chuffed to have almost a packed house for his set tonight and he thanked the punters for supporting him. Tim's heart appears to be in his songs as he sang and played guitar which is different for the man who is the drummer in the five times ARIA winning band Boy and Bear. He recieved positive support from the crowd and after his set was found signing albums in the lobby.
Lady Antebellum, dictionary meaning 'belonging to a period before a war, especially the American Civil War' (read into that what you will) explain that the truth is in their music. Formed in 2006 when Hillary and Charles wrote music together after meeting in Nashville to then be joined by Dave Haywood and together they persued their talents before the year 2007 when they were signed. After a ear catching debut album the trio's second album Need You Now (2010) surged forth the bands popularity and over one million copies have been sold in the USA. Take their latest offering Own The Night and they set themselves the challenge of transforming the songs into a live set and tonight I feel they did the album justice. The audience was complete with punters of all ages enjoying the music in front of them. A crazy light show and six talented musicians touched the hearts of all with their fifteen song set that included the magic opening song We Owned The Night and followed with Our Kind of Love, Love This Pain, Wanted You More, American Honey and before the encore Looking For a Good Time.
The band interacted with their fans and got most people standing, although with a few elderly people it was perhaps a tad harder for them to continue to stand and I noticed most people were up and down depending on the songs sung. There were a few fans in the back row who remained standing and dancing almost the entire set, they weren't going to relax, they were clearly here for a good time. Need You Now ended the night as punters walked out into the warm Melbourne night.Singers Hillary and Charles entertained as though they'd been born on stage and filled the set with music that soared through the history of the Palais Theatre and into the shoes of all patrons.
