By BRUCE DENNILL James Blunt: The Who We Used To Be Tour / SunBet Arena, Time Square, Pretoria James Blunt has carved out a very specific pop-rock niche, knowingly built on a career blast-off – the 12 million-selling Back To Bedlam album – that...
By BRUCE DENNILL The Michael Jackson History Show / Directed by Johnny van Grinsven / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg One of a catalogue of Showtime Australia tribute shows – the company also has touring productions...
By BRUCE DENNILL Sting: My Songs / Sun Bet Arena, Time Square, Pretoria The average legacy act concert is, perhaps understandably, not expected to be the most exciting scenario, with artists – again understandably – quite possibly tired of...
By BRUCE DENNILL David Gray: White Ladder – The 20th Anniversary Tour / SunBet Arena, Time Square, Pretoria The mental image of David Gray that most music fans have is of the Englishman sitting at a piano as he sings, and being a relatively...
By BRUCE DENNILL The Lumineers: Brightside World Tour / SunBet Arena, Time Square, Pretoria The Lumineers’ live performance is characterised by a high level of musicality – everyone’s a multi-instrumentalist, and they present the possibly unique...