The Whitlams classic “Eternal Nightcap” turns 25 this September, and the band marked the anniversary by playing the album in its entirety just down the road from where they first road-tested the songs in King St, Newtown.
The album single-handedly brought the piano back onto the youth airwaves in 1997 and propelled them to Best Group at the 1998 ARIA Awards, where they dropped to their knees before Gough Whitlam who had just announced, “It’s my family”.
The Whitlams followed the album in track order with a greatest hits set featuring favourites like “Gough” (1993), “I Make Hamburgers” (1995) , “Blow Up the Pokies” (1999), and a selection of songs from 2022s critically acclaimed album, “Sancho”.
