(Marcia Hines at Norwood Town Hall, Adelaide, 4 October 2024)
She came from Boston to Australia on a six month gig in Hair, and 50 years later…she’s still here. And Australia is the better for it. Three times crowned as Australia’s Queen of Pop, Marcia’s lovely voice soars through all registers and her choice of material is broad but apt. At Norwood on Friday night, a packed Hall saw an enthusiastic (up in years) cohort get up and boogie, to songs such as Fire and Rain, I Want You Back, Shining, You, Disco Inferno, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, I Don’t Know How To Love Him, From the Inside, How Deep is Your Love, I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself, Hard to Breathe, and I’ve Got the Music in Me, accompanied by two excellent male singers and an amazing drummer/percussionist/guitarist, Stef Furnari.
Marcia worked the crowd with a short Q & A, during which she spontaneously belted out portions of Amazing Grace and The Age of Aquarius, also explaining her good looks at age 71 by saying “Black Don’t Crack.”
Hines is doing a national tour that, importantly, includes many regional towns. She’s touring for another couple of months, so see her if you can.
Thank you, Marcia. Your love still brings us to our knees.
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