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ABC News
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Country town residents relive AC/DC, Sherbet tours of the 1970s
Brent Ladyman remembers seeing AC/DC perform for just $3.20 like it was yesterday. He not only saw the rock band play live, but went to the local pub with the band members afterwards. But laughing together and clinking glasses in the dimly lit pub in 1975, he could not have predicted their mammoth international success. The now multi-platinum rock band toured Australia in 1975 and visited regional towns such as Katanning, nearly 300 kilometres south-east of Perth, where Mr Ladyman worked at the local radio station. "They were a new band and like all the bands … they needed to be promoted, so the way to do it was to contact the local radio station," he said. Now a retired farmer, Mr Ladyman said there was an obvious "buzz" around town as locals waited in anticipation to see the band perform. "It was huge. It was in the Katanning Town Hall. I think the hall held about 600 people," he said. "We promoted it as part of the radio station, so [the space] was full. "It was pretty rowdy, and I just remember when we arrived and met the band, the instruction for me was to stand by the stairs at the stage and not to let any girls on the stage, which I thought was a bit odd but there you go." Mr Ladyman said after the gig, he and the band, including Bon Scott, headed to the pub together. "Don't remember too much really," he laughed. "It was late in the night, I think there were some card games that were going at the time … I remember being in the bar and drinking beer with these guys." The Sydney-formed rock band were not the only artists to visit the Katanning community. Katanning Travel Centre owner Andrew Pritchard recalled playing cards with Daryl Braithwaite, when he was the lead singer of Sherbet. "In the '70s and '80s there was just live music everywhere … but no-one ever imagined that they were going to be world-stage and as big as they were." Mr Pritchard said the local shire tried to get INXS to perform at the new recreation centre in 1997. "When they did actually approach the management of INXS, they said they'd need $100,000 as a starting point and we sort of thought, 'Gosh what would we have to charge ticket-wise?'" Mr Pritchard said while they were not able to get INXS to play, he had countless fond memories of Australian artists trekking out to his country town. Mr Ladyman said it was a pity that bands and festivals "barely made it to Perth" these days, let alone the regions. "It would be nice to get back to the old days, but I just can't see it happening because it's just a numbers thing," he said. Regional Sounds arts development officer Sarah Hinton said travel logistics were a barrier to getting acts out of the bigger cities. "The cost of travel, the accessibility to flights, and then how are you going to cart all your equipment around?" she said. Despite this, Ms Hinton said the economic and social impacts of a music festival were "just massive". "At a live music event, you get great entertainment, but then there's also food-truck vendors … the small businesses that provide the fencing, toilets … tents, there's the hire cars that help get the artists around, there's hotels," she said. "We will always say that the government can subsidise us, but we will provide a huge return on that investment." Ms Hinton said work was being done to get more concerts to regional WA, and triple j's Hottest 100 countdown was a good way to get people to talk about music. "It's been so nice listening to all these songs on the radio … and then hearing people call in and talk about their memories," she said.
Daily Mail
01-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Nottingham Forest's Matz Sels has been better than Liverpool's Alisson Becker this season, IAN LADYMAN tells CHRIS SUTTON on the latest 'It's All Kicking Off!' podcast
Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels is having a better season than Liverpool 's Alisson Becker, Mail Sport's Ian Ladyman has claimed on the latest 'It's All Kicking Off!' podcast. Debating co-host and pundit Chris Sutton over who should be considered this year's goalkeeper of the season, Football Editor Ladyman argued he would rank Sels above the title-winning Brazilian as the honour must be awarded based on 'who you play for'. In 33 Premier League games, Sels has recorded 13 clean sheets and 108 saves, averaging three saves per match. The Belgian conceded 39 goals during a season in which Nuno's Forest shocked pundits and fans alike by turning from relegation fodder to maintaining a position in the top four. Ladyman told the podcast: 'Sels is leading the race for the Golden Glove. Do I think he is a better goalkeeper than Alisson? No. But this is about the level of performance relative to who you play for. 'I am not saying he's the best goalkeeper in the world, but, this season, he has been the best in the Premier League.' Sutton backed Liverpool's stalwart goalkeeper, looking beyond the stats and instead privileging Alison's 'big saves in big moments'. In comparison to Sels, Alisson has registered half the amount of saves in only nine fewer matches. The Brazilian also recorded a lower save per match, at around two. However, that could be explained by Liverpool's better defence, featuring the likes of Virgil Van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate. Tactically, Arne Slot's Reds look to control games whereas Forest have the lowest possession stats in the league, putting more pressure on Sels to keep them in games. 'I have changed my mind from the start of this season', Sutton revealed. 'I would say Alisson: he has been an outstanding goalkeeper, the best in the Premier League and the best in the world. 'This season, he's been great with his feet and makes those big saves in big moments.' Columnist Ladyman also named the other keepers who should be considered for the award. He said: 'Arsenal's David Raya has to be in that conversation. He's had an excellent season. I would even have Brentford's Mark Flekken in the conversation.' Looking ahead to next week's episode, where the pair will debate their defence of the season, Ladyman mocked Sutton for a perceived bias towards Liverpool. 'I assume your back four will be, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Konate, and Robertson.'
