Not to mention that OppiKoppi has now happened as well as Cape Town festival Ampli5 where international acts Violent Femmes and Jimmy Eat World entertained CT audiences as well as OppiKoppi'ers up north in Northam!
Back on the London front, Mann Friday have been busy offline as promised (making the most of this rainy indoor patch), and have put together this cool MF photo montage!
This week sees the arrival of Rory Eliot & The Reason who land on Friday and will be playing an impressive London circuit of cool cosy venues, from north to south, east to west - ending at the Halfmoon in Putney on 28 Aug! See this week's South African paper for the full (and sad) story of The Evolution of Plush tour for Rory Eliot & The Reason, a band born from tragedy and inspired by the dream to go on!
Talking of new beginnings, another SA band has just made the jump stateside to LA. Wickhead announced their move on the 4 July, and are already in sunny state of California. I am currently reviewing their EP Sexy Chiquita for next week's paper, so look out for that and news of what the Wickhead boys will do next. They are uber sexy, and uber hot right now! Just in time for summer!
And on the hope of summer, it is with irony that we all wait with baited breath for a bit of sunshine, and who better to isolate that irony and magnify the situation of South Africans living in the UK, than ultimate SA funny man, Barry Hilton! I know this gig blog is about SA Music in London, but who can resist a little bit of Barry! The Cousin will be creating ripples of laughter across London next week - Walkabout Wimbledon and Zulus Fulham!
That's it for now. Check out the gig blog, book a few tickets and get out there and see some of SA's fine talent!
Rock On SA Music,
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