Cold Chisel and then a cup of tea in bed - it's a Gen-X dream

The combined age of Cold Chisel who rocked out Stage 88 on Thursday night is 338 years. Black Friday Sale Subscribe Now! Login or signup to continue reading All articles from our website & app The digital version of Today's Paper Breaking news alerts direct to your inbox Interactive Crosswords, Sudoku and Trivia All articles from the other regional websites in your area Continue Jimmy Barnes is 68, Ian Moss is 69, Phil Small is 70, Don Walker is 72 and Charley Drayton is 59. Their performance on Thursday night? Ageless.

Jimmy still did his vein-popping vocals, Ian was a guitar maestro with a silky-smooth voice, Don was on fire on the keyboard, Phil seems to be the band's Benjamin Button, ageing backwards, and Charley Drayton, on the drums for Chisel since 2011, was non-stop energy. Throw in the fantastic musicianship of Andy Bickers (sax) and Dave Blight (harmonica) and the back-up singers EJ Barnes, Juanita Tippins and Bek Jensen and it was a brilliant concert. Even Albo was there.



Cold Chisel's Ian Moss and Jimmy Barnes in Canberra on Thursday. Picture by Keegan Carroll The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese rocked out to Chisel's the 50th Anniversary Tour ..

. The Big Five-0 concert with more than 9000 other fans at Commonwealth Park. Alongside Albo was Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, a bit of a muso himself, playing guitar in a band of parliamentarians.

It was a perfect night for an outdoor concert - warm, still and dry. Even the bats in the park weren't perturbed by Jimmy's powerhouse vocals. A nice change from the last time Cold Chisel played in Canberra, again at Stage 88, in January 2020, as smoke from the Black Summer bushfires choked the city.

Don Walker on the keyboards on Thursday night. Picture by Keegan Carroll Chisel on Thursday night played their big hits including Flame Trees , Khe Sanh , Cheap Wine and You've Got Nothing I Want . Having to choose from a 50-year catalogue, fans could always find a favourite song missing.

(That, for me, was Ita . Still blows me away that a hard-rock band wrote a song about media maven Ita Buttrose.) But, other than that, there were no complaints, Chisel gave their all.

Charley Drayon on drums, Jimmy Barnes and Phil Small on guitar with Chisel in Canberra. Picture by Keegan Carroll READ MORE: A play centre with great food for the entire family? Unheard of ..

. until now We meat again: Monster Restaurant and Bar returns to omnivore dining Sizzling in the capital: where to swim this summer The other lovely thing about the concert was the audience - slightly tipsy Gen- Xers and Boomers who've all lived a little. We've got wrinkles, paunches, bags under our eyes.

And we do love a chair at a concert. So we re-lived the soundtrack to our youth and were still home relatively early for a cup of tea in bed. Rock on! Share Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Email Copy Megan Doherty Journalist I like telling local stories and celebrating Canberra.

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