Articles by Mandy Hall

We’re revisiting our 2016 gallery of the Pointer Sisters at the Palais, St Kilda, to pay tribute to Bonnie Pointer who passed away today at 69. Vale Bonnie.

Do you miss going to gigs? We do. While we’re all in lockdown we’re looking back at some of the gigs we’ve shot over the years. Hope you enjoy the trip down memory lane!

Joe Bonamassa is one of the most celebrated performing musicians of today. As a two-time GRAMMY-nominated artist who recently achieved his 21st #1 album on the Billboard Blues Chart, Redemption, Joe is only in his early 40s and has already become a living legend with an astounding multi-genre catalogue of music. Collectively, Bonamassa has over 30 albums to date with studio and live recordings, collaborative albums with blues sensation Beth Hart, and the adventurous side projects Black Country Communion and Rock Candy Funk Party.

Do you miss going to gigs? We do. While we’re all in lockdown we’re looking back at some of the gigs we’ve shot over the years. Hope you enjoy the trip down memory lane!

This brilliant homage concert featured numerous gems from The Wall, Wish You Were Here and Dark Side Of The Moon showcased by some exceptional guest vocalists including Mick Pealing (Stars / Spaniards), Hugh Wilson (Lenny Kravitz Band / Vertigo), Nikki Nicholls (John Farnham Band) and Tracy Kingman.

Do you miss going to gigs? We do. While we’re all in lockdown we’re looking back at some of the gigs we’ve shot over the years. Hope you enjoy the trip down memory lane!

Over the last 18 years, Kiki and Carmelo have successfully curated and toured their unique acoustic-based show in the UK and Europe. Their first release in 1995 was the live album Almost Naked, which was recorded whilst on tour with violinist Vanessa-Mae.

The Black Halo is the musical love child of Caligula’s Jamie Fonti, Ash Rothschild and Mark Tobin.

American power-pop glamsters Enuff Z’Nuff played The Croxton in Melbourne on Saturday 7 March 2020, as part of MelodicRock Fest. Since forming in Chicago during 1984, the prolific band has released fourteen studio albums, although none have repeated the commercial success of their self-titled debut from 1989 that saw hit singles Fly High Michelle and New Thing enjoy steady rotation on MTV.

After making two albums and touring with Alice Cooper in the mid-80s, Kip left in March 1987 to focus on his own band named Winger (named by Alice Cooper’s suggestion.)

American heavy metal vocalist and guitarist Ron Keel played The Croxton in Melbourne on Saturday 7 March 2020, as part of MelodicRock Fest. He moved from Tennessee to Los Angeles with his band Steeler in the early ’80s.