Its safe to say that Xavier Rudd is one of my favorite artists of all time. I've been to many of his shows in Toronto, in Madrid Spain, in Glasgow Scotland. This was my first in Australia, his home country. The show was in Ballina, a little inland town about 40 mins away from Byron, claiming its fame by being home to the giant prawn. We didn't see the prawn, couldn't find it actually, some giant.
So back to the show. Concerts are expensive in Australia, you are looking at min $45 to see anyone. Its a tough transition coming from Toronto home of the wicked cheap shows.
Xavier was hurting the wallet at $56 dollars, (compared to his $25 ticket price in Toronto) but it was a must to see him. The venue was the Ballina RSL club, it was a small venue with an equally small stage close to the ground. Great I thought! an intimate Xavier show much like the time I saw him in Madrid. His Toronto shows are now exclusively at larger venues sold out for several night runs.
Little did I know this small venue would mean that Xaviers music would be completely drowned out by the drunken chatter coming from most of the crowd. At one point Xavier ssshusshed the crowd but to no avail. He looked pissed. The most mellow peace loving hippy looked pissed. I mean who pays $56 to talk through a concert? Anyways here are some photos from the happier moments.
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