RocKwiz National Tour 2010

Rockwiz

RocKwiz undertook its first ever Live National Tour to nineteen cities across the country - and what a trip!
It started with a hand wave to the Rock Brain himself while we were waiting in the foyer enjoying some pre-show drinks. Brian Nankervis spotted us and closed in with camera lady in tow. The bells were dinging and Brian was whipping the crowd up to get in and get seated. After taste testing one of our drinks to the surprise of the drink’s owner and spotting our Tour T-Shirt purchase, Brian was gone as quick as he had arrived to warm up the rest of the crowd.

It had been a while since I had been at the live filming of a few RocKwiz shows at ‘The Espy’ and I’d forgotten how funny and cheeky Brian was with the audience while selecting the audience panel members. But in true style Brian weeded out the “geeks” from “the rock freaks” among them to join him on stage. Brian then introduced the hostess with the mostess; Julia Zemiro who of course was warmly received by all. After interrogating the panel for their first ever concerts and music purchases it was time for “Hands on buzzers!”

Holiday Sidewinder

All the familiar segments were there ; starting with ‘Who Can It Be Now?’; ‘Local &/or General’; as well as the much loved ‘Million Dollar Riff’. The first guest was Bridezilla’s lead singer; Holiday Sidewinder who entertained us with her gorgeous voice. The second guest to grace the stage was none other than lead singer of the Hoodoo Gurus; Dave Faulkner - what a treat ! To top the night off, we were joined by special guests Ella Hooper (of Killing Heidi fame) and “the original bad boy of love” himself Angry Anderson of Rose Tattoo.

However, the highlight and deviation from the usual script was when two audience panel members had to sing a song from Brian’s “rigged” Spinning Wheel karaoke style with only two songs available in Joan Jett’s ‘I Love Rock and Roll’ and Cold Chisel’s ‘Khe Sanh’ - what a hoot. And of course the infamous roadie; Dugald scored all night long …

James Black

Holiday and Dave finished with the obligatory duet sharply followed by the Finale with everyone together on stage for an absolute rockin’ performance of Sweet’s ‘Ballroom Blitz’. But it finished with an encore from the RocKwiz Orkestra with Peter “Lucky” Luscombe, Mark Ferrie and the incomparable James Black all having a go at vocals joined by both Brian and Julia with a stirring rendition of Tom Waites ‘Come up to the House’. Wow ! What a night. There’s nothing quite like a night of raucous Rock Theatre. Thank you to all the RocKwiz Family - we had a ball.
Rock On.

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