A few months back when it was announced that Bloc Party were going to be playing in Cape Town, I was pretty bleak as it was their only performance announced. After some thought, I figured (hoped) that surely if the 'Powers that Be' were flying an act like Bloc Party to South Africa, they would do so for more than just one gig.
Weeks past. Nothing was mentioned about additional Bloc Party gigs. The smug people in Cape Town with concert tickets got smugger. I seriously started considering making the journey back home just to see Bloc Party. I'd missed them a few years back in Edinburgh, as I only found out about the gig months after tickets had sold out. I didn't want to miss them again.
Mid July, it suddenly happened. A Johannesburg friend posted a picture of tickets with the Bloc Party logo on them. At first I thought they were just bragging about getting RTD tickets, but upon further inspection I noticed that the venue was here in Jozi.
Much excitement!
I followed this up, discovering that a new mini festival, In the City, was organised around the gig, and that tickets were affordable. Instead of waiting to hear who the opening act(s) were, I immediately procured two tickets, and began waiting A) for 5 October 2012, and B) to find out who the mystery opening act(s) were. It was later announced that there would be three local opening acts.
Great news! (Despite not actually knowing who they may be)
Today however, the first of these three acts was revealed to be the Johannesburg based group, Shadowclub.
I haven't seen them perform live just yet, but I have seen two of the members performing in other bands. If the sum truly is greater than its parts, then I doubt these guys will disappoint.
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