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Yesterday Afternoon(Sunday November 1st) I went to the Princess Theatre which it was the first time that I went there to see the tribute show The Burt Bacharach Songbook as it was my first time seeing the show. The show started at 3pm with the back up band playing instrumentals of the Burt Bacharach songs and then MarQue Murday came on stage which she performed an few of the Burt Bacharach songs including Promises Promises which then EC Adams came out to do more of the songs including What's New Pussycat MarQue came back on to sing a few songs as well as he and EC songs a few together as well as doing that 1st set EC walk through the audience shaking hands including mine. There was an interval which I bought an Pepsi Max and then the show started with MarQue came back on stage singing a few of the songs and then EC came on singing a few as well as MarQue walking through audience shaking hands as well as EC and her sang the last few songs in the audience getting the crowds to si...

This is the autobiography of legendary American actor Michael Douglas and in the book he talks about his upbringing in Los Angeles and New York, his parents' divorce, studied acting, doing the American TV show Streets Of San Francisco in the 70's, producing the movie One Flew Over the Cockoo's Nest which won an Oscar, the movies including The China Syndrome, Romancing The Stone, Fatal Attraction, Wall Street which he won the Best Actor for his role as Gordon Gekko, Basic Instinct, The American President and many others, his 2 marriages including Catherine Zeta Jones which they are still together after 26 years, his relationship with his father Kirk Douglas, working with people including Karl Malden, Jack Nicholson, Danny Devito, Sharon Stone, Glenn Close, Rob Reiner, Robert Duvall, Oliver Stone and many others. It's AMAZING, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with AWESOME and BRILLIANT stories which it is well worth a read and Michael is currently promoting the book which he has be...

This is the book written by actress Rachael Stirling which it's about her mother iconic British actress Diana Rigg and in the book she talks abour her mother's upbringing in India during her childhood, moving back to England, studied at RADA, doing Theatre work, doing the TV show the Avengers playing Emma Peel from 1965-68, doing movies including On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Theatre of Blood, The Great Muppet Caper and Evil Under the Sun, doing other TV shows including Dr Who and Game of Thornes, her 2 marriages, the mother and daughter relationship, her mother's passing in 2020 and many others. It's FANTASTIC, AMAZING and SUPERB as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth an read. It's been 6 years since Diana Rigg passed away but her work on TV and movies live on forever and Rachael has just done an FANTASTIC job doing the book which she has done it Brilliantly. This is an must for Diana Rigg fans and I give it 5 stars as it...

This is the autobiography of legendary Australian tennis player Evonne Goolagong Cawley and in the book she talks about her upbringing in Barellan, starting playing Tennis at an young age, moved to Sydney at age 12 with coach Vic Edwards who played an big part in her career, winning 7 Grand Slam single titles including Wimbeldon twice in 1971 and 1980 as a mother which had not been done since 1914, her marriage to Roger Cawley in 1975 which they are still together, living in America until the early 90's when they returned to Australia to live, her encounters with people including Margaret Court, Chris Evert, Glen Campbell and Billie Jean King, learning about her culture and many others. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth a read and there has been interest recently about Evonne as there was an mini series shown on the ABC in January this tear called Goolagong. This is a must for Australian sport fans and I give ...

Yesterday afternoon I went to the Leftys Music Hall on Caxton Street to see legendary Australian singer-songwriter Ross Wilson known for the 2 legendary Australian bands Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock and it was my first time going to Leftys which I had heard so much about but never been there until yesterday as well as being my 9th time seeing Ross live as the last time I saw him was at Koala Tavern Saturday June 24th 2023. The show started at 3.30pm with the support act Turns doing an short set and there was an interval which I had Pepsi Max. Ross Wilson came out at about 4.20pm and for the next hour and an half did an set of the Daddy Cool songs as well as the Mondo Rock songs as well as some of solo work including Touch of Paradise which was the hit for John Farnham as well as performing 2 Skyhooks songs as he produced the 1st three albums for Skyhooks as well as mentioning his first visit to Brisbane in 1969 with the Party Machine as he mentioned that the band were ripped off and talk...

Yesterday afternoon I went to Redland Performing Arts Centre to see the Elvis Presley tribute show Elvis Can't Help Falling in Love with Elvis tribute performer Tristan James which it was my 3rd time seeing him. The show started at 2pm with clips of Elvis Presley were shown on the screen Tristan came out wearing the blue gear which Elvis wore during the 70's came on stage an medley of Elvis' 50's hits as well as doing the Elvis classics including Love Me Tender which Tristan with the help of his wife was handling scarfs to the ladies coming up the stage, Wonder Of You and It's Now Or Never which then did the Elvis Aloha From Hawaii as they showed clips of Elvis in the 70's Tristan changed clothes to the gear Elvis wore at the show performing the songs Elvis did including Steamroller Blues, See See Rider, My Way and many others. The show finished at 3.40pm, Tristan came out to have photos taken with the fans including myself, stop @ Coles, caught back to Carinda...