I worry about our rock stars, I really do. I’m sure they think they’re keeping it real by appearing on stage when pestilent ill, but all they’re really doing is putting themselves at risk and spreading affection. So even though I feel sorry for him, I also want to accelerator and slap Jet’s Nic Cester for not calling in acrid for work while in London.
The lead singer of Aussie rock band Jet has been taken to hospital after breaking down during a London appearance.
Nic Cester passed out twice during the gig at the Hard Rock Cafe in London on Monday night, joking with the conference that he’d been treated for swine flu, the band’s website says.
Isn’t that just so lovably Australian? Making quips while passing out in front of hundreds/thousands/tens of thousands/just how big is the moderate Hard Rock Cafe anyway? Pure Down Under charm.
The lead singer of Aussie rock band Jet has been taken to hospital after breaking down during a London appearance.
Nic Cester passed out twice during the gig at the Hard Rock Cafe in London on Monday night, joking with the conference that he’d been treated for swine flu, the band’s website says.
Isn’t that just so lovably Australian? Making quips while passing out in front of hundreds/thousands/tens of thousands/just how big is the moderate Hard Rock Cafe anyway? Pure Down Under charm.
Despite efforts to continue the gig, the band had to call an early end to the performance.
Cester was rushed to University College Hospital, where he was delicacy for symptoms of gastroenteritis, acute vomiting and dehydration.
GET WELL SOON, SINGING CESTER!
It should be noted that Clem Bastow, formerly Defamer Australia’s Associate Editor and Melbourne music reviewer, once brilliantly panned the band in their early days and as far as I am aware, she’s not really enjoyed much of their work since. Well, in an upcoming issue of Jmag, she’s giving the new Jet album a rave review. Four stars. FOUR! Can you believe it? I met drummer Chris Cester earlier in the year and he assured me the new album would be awesome, but you’d expect him to say that now, wouldn’t you? But Clem Bastow raving about Jet? I never thought I’d see the day.
It should be noted that Clem Bastow, formerly Defamer Australia’s Associate Editor and Melbourne music reviewer, once brilliantly panned the band in their early days and as far as I am aware, she’s not really enjoyed much of their work since. Well, in an upcoming issue of Jmag, she’s giving the new Jet album a rave review. Four stars. FOUR! Can you believe it? I met drummer Chris Cester earlier in the year and he assured me the new album would be awesome, but you’d expect him to say that now, wouldn’t you? But Clem Bastow raving about Jet? I never thought I’d see the day.
audience on their feet and into the groove with his authentic folk-blues sound, regaling stories of past experiences with added humour. By the time he got around to Started Out With Nothing everyone was smitten.
Flynn (left), brother of Jerome Flynn (remember Robson & Jerome?), showed just how talented he is, switching between ukulele, guitar and violin. Like the traditional English folk of James Yorkston, with added fiddle and brass from his supporting band The Sussex Wit.
and upbeat indie folk. Their hour long set allowed for a near full rendition of their self titled debut album alongside early releases Mykonos and English House. Joking with the crowd, lead singer Robin Pecknold quipped “my dad took me there [Hard Rock Café] for an Aerosmith cheeseburger.”
There was some entertaining banter between songs, once quipping "are there any alcoholics out there", which received a rapturous response the crowd hands aloft before he replied “then this ones for you” launching straight into Spirit Road.
