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Sydney Morning Herald
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Far away from home, I fell in love with Australian music again
What in the World, a free weekly newsletter from our foreign correspondents, is sent every Thursday. Below is an excerpt. Sign up to get the whole newsletter delivered to your inbox. Washington: On a recent Wednesday night, I found myself in New York revisiting the new Australian bar that's opened up in Lower Manhattan. I first wrote about Old Mates pub in April, finding it was a surprise hit with discerning New Yorkers as well as the expat crowd. I came back to see The Wiggles. Not in their usual coloured skivvies, but in casual pub attire for a free gig at the end of their month-long US tour. The crowd might have been adults-only, but the set list wasn't, with plenty of Wiggles favourites mixed with karaoke renditions of You're So Vain and a rocking version of The Cockroaches' She's the One. The boisterous New York audience wouldn't let them leave without performing Hot Potato, while Dominic Field – sans Wiggles' tree costume – brought the house down with the hoedown-style Rattlin' Bog, an Irish folk song. For the uninitiated, Field – or the Tree of Wisdom, as he's known on stage – dances up a storm while the band works its way through the epic song, which is cumulative (the verse grows each time around, like The Twelve Days of Christmas) and gets progressively faster. 'It was incredible,' blue wiggle Anthony Field, Dominic's uncle, told me after the show. 'It was packed full of Aussies and a lot of Americans who grew up with The Wiggles. This is our last night in America, so we just wanted to let some steam off. We didn't do it for money; we didn't get paid.' We got talking about the lure of a slice of home during long stints abroad. It might be the sound of an Australian accent while walking the streets (not uncommon in the United States, I can assure you). It might be the appearance of a flat white on a menu (rarer), or just any coffee that's strong and well-made (rarer still). For me, it's Aussie music. I've been cleaning the apartment to the best of Savage Garden, roaming Washington with Missy Higgins coursing through my headphones, playing Ball Park Music while driving to the beach. And I tuned into Triple J's recent Hottest 100 of Australian Songs (Cold Chisel and Powderfinger both should have been higher, but clearly their vote was split across two top-20 tracks).
The Age
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
Far away from home, I fell in love with Australian music again
What in the World, a free weekly newsletter from our foreign correspondents, is sent every Thursday. Below is an excerpt. Sign up to get the whole newsletter delivered to your inbox. Washington: On a recent Wednesday night, I found myself in New York revisiting the new Australian bar that's opened up in Lower Manhattan. I first wrote about Old Mates pub in April, finding it was a surprise hit with discerning New Yorkers as well as the expat crowd. I came back to see The Wiggles. Not in their usual coloured skivvies, but in casual pub attire for a free gig at the end of their month-long US tour. The crowd might have been adults-only, but the set list wasn't, with plenty of Wiggles favourites mixed with karaoke renditions of You're So Vain and a rocking version of The Cockroaches' She's the One. The boisterous New York audience wouldn't let them leave without performing Hot Potato, while Dominic Field – sans Wiggles' tree costume – brought the house down with the hoedown-style Rattlin' Bog, an Irish folk song. For the uninitiated, Field – or the Tree of Wisdom, as he's known on stage – dances up a storm while the band works its way through the epic song, which is cumulative (the verse grows each time around, like The Twelve Days of Christmas) and gets progressively faster. 'It was incredible,' blue wiggle Anthony Field, Dominic's uncle, told me after the show. 'It was packed full of Aussies and a lot of Americans who grew up with The Wiggles. This is our last night in America, so we just wanted to let some steam off. We didn't do it for money; we didn't get paid.' We got talking about the lure of a slice of home during long stints abroad. It might be the sound of an Australian accent while walking the streets (not uncommon in the United States, I can assure you). It might be the appearance of a flat white on a menu (rarer), or just any coffee that's strong and well-made (rarer still). For me, it's Aussie music. I've been cleaning the apartment to the best of Savage Garden, roaming Washington with Missy Higgins coursing through my headphones, playing Ball Park Music while driving to the beach. And I tuned into Triple J's recent Hottest 100 of Australian Songs (Cold Chisel and Powderfinger both should have been higher, but clearly their vote was split across two top-20 tracks).
STV News
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- STV News
'She's the One': Superfan says kiss from Robbie Williams was 'surreal'
A Robbie Williams superfan was kissed by the singer during his recent show at Murrayfield in Edinburgh. Debbie Allan, from Dundee, spoke to STV News about the surreal moment she was serenaded by Williams at his Scottish show on Saturday night. 'I did know that part of the show was him singing 'She's the One' to someone, he came down the stairs and picked someone next to us, but he wanted to sing to someone from Scotland, and he looked directly at me, and I said I'm from Dundee and he picked me,' the 41-year-old said. 'It was such a surreal moment, I can't believe he picked me for that part of the show. It was amazing.' Lindsay Ann Malone Debbie and Robbie at the Edinburgh Murrayfield show. Lindsay Ann Malone Debbie and her friends had been waiting outside Murrayfield since 6am before the doors opened at 4pm. 'It was quite a long day, but it went by quickly. We do it all the time, so it was just another queuing stint to us,' she said. Recalling the moment, Debbie said she 'couldn't stop staring' at the Angels singer. STV News Born and raised in Dundee, Debbie has been a fan of Take That and Robbie Williams since she was a teenager. STV News 'I just keep replaying the videos. I couldn't stop staring at him and just burst into tears. People might've been jealous, but everyone around me was so happy for me,' she added. Debbie's love for the singer goes back to her teenage years when she was a fan of Take That. Since then, she has been to around 35 of Williams' shows, travelling across Scotland, England, and even further afield. 'The furthest we've gone to see a show was Germany, but we do all the Scottish shows,' she said. She recalled paying £11 for a ticket in 1997 to see him perform at the Barrowlands in Glasgow. This time, she paid £170 for a ticket to the Murrayfield show, but she said the experience was 'priceless'. Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
Yahoo
09-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Robbie Williams spends $24,800 to buy Eric Morecambe's glasses at auction
Robbie Williams has achieved a childhood dream by buying beloved British comedian Eric Morecambe's glasses and pipe at auction. The She's the One singer made his winning online bid of $24,800 (£20,000) during an auction held last month at Burton Albion Football Club. Hansons Auctioneers auctioned the Morecambe and Wise star's belongings in 700 lots on 10 and 11 January, in a sale held almost 10 months after the death of his widow, Joan, aged 97. Morecambe died of a heart attack, aged 58, in 1984. After revealing on Instagram that he had bought the glasses and pipe via internet bids, Williams wrote that he was in "tears" having obtained the items. "You see, I guess we all need friends-we-never-meet from off the telly," he explained. "Eric has always been mine. An Uncle of sorts. To the very core of me, Eric Morecambe's spirit has been salve for my soul. How Eric made me feel is how I want to make people feel. What a gift to be able to create such joy and have that joy be present just by thinking of them." Referencing Morecambe and Wise's theme, Bring Me Sunshine, he added: "I will commune with Eric's Glasses, ask questions and maybe get some answers. "What Would Eric Do?" Now I can ask him. Eric, you were and are the very best of the very best. That sunshine you asked for. You gave to me." Along with his comic partner Ernie Wise, Morecambe was a popular figure on U.K. TV throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, with younger generations of Brits also tuning into repeats of their much-loved Christmas specials each year.
