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top gigs of 2008

2008 was a very good year for music in Melbourne, and I was able to see some of my favourite performers including the Jesus and Mary Chain for the first time. In descending order these were my favourite shows of the year.

1 Patti Smith at Hamer Hall

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2 Peaches at the Palace

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3 Pinky Beecroft and the White Russians at the East Brunswick Club hotel

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4 Jesus and Mary Chain at the Palace

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5 Adrian Belew at the Corner hotel

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 at 12:11 am and is filed under music. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “top gigs of 2008”

  1. Andrew Dun Says:
    December 31st, 2008 at 9:36 pm

    Thoroughly concur on Peaches and JAMC.

    Do wish I’d caught Patti. Let’s hope she makes it back..

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  2. brian Says:
    January 1st, 2009 at 12:10 am

    Me too! Once a decade though is not promising. I saw her open for Dylan in 1998, and she returned in 2008…

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