EVENT:::
Colin Hay
Petracovich
DETAILS:::
Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2005
Doors: 8:00pm
21 and up only
2 drink minimum
no audio/video equipment admitted
TICKET
INFO:::
advance tickets: $18.00
door: $20.00
purchase tickets here
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The
voice has blared from millions of radios since the early eighties.
The visage – curious, quizzical, wondering – is a
staple of music television to this day. And the songs refuse to
fade away…miniature epics, rhythmically pointed bursts of
soulful hooks interlaid with pointedly wry observations. Subversive
in their catchiness. Sinister and insidious in a good way.
Despite all that Colin Hay has achieved as a solo artist and frontman
of the enormously popular Australian export Men at Work, there
is still a lot that people don’t know about him. If you’ve
been fortunate enough to see him in concert – whether it’s
in front of two hundred people or twenty thousand – certain
surprises arise. For one, Colin Hay is hilarious. Profoundly hilarious.
After all, very few who have experienced the sort of media-saturated
mega-stardom that Hay has are still alive or alert enough to reflect
upon the absurdity of it all.
That tension between the man and the media manifestations (via
such classic songs as “Down Under,” “Who Can
It Be Now,” “Be Good Johnny,” and “Overkill”)
has made for many a surreal experience. People have told Hay that
he can’t be “the guy from Men at Work” because
“that guy died years ago.” People have mistaken (accused?)
him of being in Flock of Seagulls – and are willing to argue
with him about it. But most people just smile when they meet him,
a little baffled that he exists as more than a voice and a video.
Hay, of course, does much more than exist these days. He’s
continued to develop his uncanny knack for observational songcraft,
applying his tools with increasing complexity to an ever-expanding
array of life’s challenges. Since Men at Work’s dissolution
in 1985, he has released a series of acclaimed solo albums. He
was featured as vocalist and lead guitarist with the 2003 edition
of the Ringo Starr and the All-Starr Band. Most importantly, he
has reinvented himself as a solo acoustic performer of disarming
candor and intelligence and has played theatres, festivals, and
clubs across the world.
Hay’s most recent album, May @ Work, is the perfect primer
for those unfamiliar with his recent catalog. Bringing together
striking new versions of his classic hits with the best songs
from his recent self-released solo albums and some previously
unreleased compositions, it is the perfect document of the Hay
of today.
Colin Hay: Man @ Work is also the title of Hay’s forthcoming
off-Broadway one-man show, which debuts in New York City in May
of 2005. Dissecting his unique experience with lacerating wit
and coal-dark humor via story, song, and comedy, the show developed
out of a series of sold-out VH-1 sponsored solo concerts in winter
of 2004. Drawing equally from the many facets of Hay’s unique
on-stage persona, Colin Hay: Man @ Work is a brave step forward
for this enduring, evolving artist.
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All Music Guide
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