A must-see show for fans of classic Australian rock is coming to Cessnock Performing Arts Centre next month.
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The Rock Show - Oz Edition will appear at CPAC on Saturday, February 13, after being postponed in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions.
The show's co-producer, Coralea Cameron, is excited the show can finally go ahead in 2021. It was the last in a long line of shows that Cameron produced with her long-term partner, the late Aussie rock icon Jon English.
The Rock Show - Oz Edition was booked to appear at CPAC in 2016 but had to be cancelled when English suddenly passed away.
"Jon never got to actually perform this show," Cameron says sadly.
"We had to cancel the upcoming tour when he passed away, but now after almost five years we're finally seeing it through in his honour.
"We brought all our rock shows to CPAC, including The Rock Show, Rock Revolution and Trilogy of Rock, and they always sold out, sometimes two nights in a row."
Cameron says The Rock Show - Oz Edition celebrates "an outstanding repertoire of classic Aussie Rock from the '60s, '70s, and '80s".
It features Steve Mulry from the Ted Mulry Gang, along with band members from English's last rock show, Trilogy of Rock.
Steve, the brother of Ted Mulry, who now fronts the reformed TMG in his late brother's place, says he was humbled when asked if he'd help carry on the show in Jon English's memory.
"Having lost my own brother, I of course understood how Coralea and the band members felt about wanting to honour Jon," he said.
"I was a big fan of Jon myself, and I remember how he was one of the first to come to the party when Ted became ill. So of course I said yes straight away."
Masters Apprentices, Billy Thorpe, Bee Gees, LRB, Skyhooks, Aussie Crawl, INXS, Angels, JPY, Cold Chisel, Air Supply, Divinyls, Russell Morris, Noiseworks, TMG, Stevie Wright, AC/DC, Peter Allen, Choirboys, Black Sorrows, Oils, and of course, Jon English, are just some of the iconic Aussie acts covered in the two-and-a-half-hour show, which Cameron says has only been slightly edited from the original version she and English had planned to tour.
"Jon was very much a 'the show must go on' type of person," Cameron says.
"He hated to cancel a show, for any reason.
"I like to think he'd be pretty happy we're seeing The Rock Show - Oz Edition through in his memory for his fans."
The show will start at 8pm. Tickets are available online at cessnockperformingartscentre.com.au, or at the box office on 4993 4266.
