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Friday, July 18, 2014

PARLOTONES UNPLUGGED AT BARNYARD



The Parlotones are undertaking an unplugged winter national tour of The Barnyard Theatres, and will perform one show only at the Gateway venue tonight (July 18).

The Parlotones are a multi-platinum selling quartet from Johannesburg. During their career they have released six full length studio albums, headlined the 20000-seater Coca-Cola Dome in their hometown, performed to an audience of a billion at the 2010 World Cup kick-off concert, and were handpicked by Coldplay to open the British band's stadium shows in Johannesburg and Cape Town. In 2011, The Parlotones staged an original rock theatre production, Dragonflies and Astronauts, which was broadcast live around the world in 3D via DIRECTV and in 2D on Facebook. They have toured extensively across Southern Africa, Europe, UK, America and have had a few visits to Japan, South America and Australia.

The Parlotones consists of Kahn Morbee on lead vocals and guitar; Glenn Hodgson on bass, keyboard and vocals; Paul Hodgson on guitars and and keyboard; and Neil Pauw on drums. They have been called Indie, Rock, Pop and Alternative.

Barnyard patrons can expect to hear unplugged versions of this award-winning band’s hit songs including Beautiful, Push Me To The Floor, Astronauts & Dragonflies, Funny Face, Giant Mistake, Here Comes A Man, I’ll Be There, I’m Only Human, Life Design, Sleepwalker, Should We Fight Back and Disappear Without A Trace in their show at the venue.

Tickets R200 pp and seating will be as for normal shows, with no standing room. Phone The Barnyard Theatre on 031 566 3045 for bookings or e-mail gateway@barnayrdtheatre.co.za for enquiries and further details.