I will not be attending the upcoming Rolling Stones concert here because I caught them when they last performed here in 2003.
But when they play at Marina Bay Sands on March 15, I will be at the outdoor Event Plaza because the gig organisers have also lined up a local rock fiesta before the main event that will also be simulcast live.
The free pre-show is what will give me satisfaction.
The line-up provides ample proof that Singapore has veteran musicians that can rock like Mick Jagger and company, with Heritage, Tania, John Molina, Douglas Oliveiro and Jive Talkin’ on the programme.
Some of the acts have a history almost as long as the Stones who got rolling in 1962.
Heritage and Tania, formed in 1972 and 1976 respectively, have a hall-of-fame spot in the hearts of many babyboomers who partied the night away with them at nightspots like Ion Bar in the old Apollo Hotel and Anywhere at Tanglin Shopping Centre. Tania pulled in the crowds at the Pebbles Bar at the Forum hotel in the late 1970s before moving to Anywhere.
The other acts were also thriving in a very dynamic music scene here in the 1980s and early 1990s when local bands had a good run in nightspots.
All of them continue to ply the local circuit.
A chance to get blown away by local rockers
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