The Parlotones performing in Cape Town and Jozi

The Parlotones will be per­form­ing in Cape Town on Friday 13^th and Johannesburg on Saturday 14^th November — Who are Kahn Morbee, Glenn Hodgson, Paul Hodgson and Neil Pauw, some of you might recog­nise the names, some of you may even know that these guys make up one of South Africa’s biggest selling rock bands and oth­ers might know them bet­ter as the Parlotones ...

Kicking off their pro­fes­sional career in 2003 the Parlotones grew from strength to strength and in 2006 signed a European licence deal all thanks to their debut single “Beautiful”. I have only seen the Parlotones per­form live once, way back in 2006 when they were the open­ing act at the Bellville Velodrome for the band Live. When I heard their haunt­ing lyr­ics and watched the band per­form, Kahn (lead singer) was par­tic­u­larly impress­ive on stage, I knew that this would be a band to watch out for as their music appealed to more than just a com­mer­cial audi­ence. I was hooked.

They have since per­formed over 200 times all across the globe (South Africa, UK, USA and Europe) and some of their most mem­or­able per­form­ances include Live Earth and Coke Fest. They have won numer­ous awards, includ­ing a SAMA (South African Music Award) for Best Music Video of the Year 2009 and their albums have reached plat­inum status in South Africa.

To cel­eb­rate the release of their latest album, Stardust Galaxies, the Parlotones have kicked off with an inter­na­tional tour with con­certs per­formed to audi­ences in the UK, all across Europe as well as a debut per­form­ance in Australia at the One Movement for Music Perth fest­ival. If you are feel­ing a bit jeal­ous at the moment because you would really like to see them per­form live on home ground, then you should perk up to hear that this epic tour cul­min­ates in 2 per­form­ances in South Africa.

Cape Town is lucky enough to see them per­form first on Friday 13 November at Grand West Casino’s amphi­theatre and the tour winds down with an estim­ated 19,000 fans at the Coca Cola Dome in Johannesburg on Saturday 14 November.

If you haven’t already pur­chased your tick­ets (mine are in hand, ready to be rocked in the golden circle in Cape Town) you can get them from Computicket at a cost of R166 for gen­eral admis­sion and R218 for golden circle.

I am def­in­itely look­ing for­ward to being a part of this awe­some cel­eb­ra­tion of one of South Africa’s best known and well loved rocked bands.

Website:
The Parlotones — The Official Website

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