Entertainment
12 April, 2024
Ed ‘explodes’ at the Tanks
PUNK and indie fans will get their fill with the return of Ed Kuepper to Cairns with The Exploding Universe of Ed Kuepper coming to the Tanks Arts Centre tomorrow.
In celebration of the re-issue of the 1992 ARIA winning album Black Ticket Day and the 1984 Law of Nature with the Laughing Clowns, influential post-punk and indie rock musician Ed Kuepper is coming back to Cairns with his latest show The Exploding Universe of Ed Kuepper from 7.30pm tomorrow (April 13) at the Tank 5.
For this performance, Mr Kuepper is bringing back drummer Mark Dawson, bassist Peter Oxley, pianist Alister Spence and brass arranger Eamon Dilworth for an eclectic performance going through some of his greatest hits.
“It’s been a few years and it’s always good to escape to the tropics, so I’m excited to return to Cairns,” Mr Kuepper said.
“This show will be something magnificent, we’re playing a fairly broad range of material focusing on albums that have been re issued recently, covering Black Ticket Day and Laughing Clowns’ Law of Nature, Electrical Storm, Frontierland, and all these albums of mine from the 1990s.
“I’ve also got a very top-notch group of musicians backing me up, so you won’t regret it,” he said.
Mr Kuepper said it would be an interesting experience to revisit some of his most iconic classics.
“It’s always interesting because you carry on with things after a record comes out and I don’t always look back when I’m done with a record and even if I play these songs live they tend to change as time goes on,” he said.
“So, it’ll be an interesting experience to go back to what they were when they were first recorded and to be reminded of what was going on in your head at that stage. It’ll be a learning experience.”
Mr Kuepper encouraged the Cairns community to relieve the post punk nostalgia and his classics with him in a edgy show for the ages.
“You’ll have to come and discover what will be happening at the show but one fan favourite that I’d like to perform from Black Ticket Day is Real Wild Life,” he said.
For more information and to buy tickets, visit www.ticketlink.com.au
