South African Music Magazine
From the archives: Last year the Eagles of Death Metal played ‘one night in Cape Town,’ a showcase event for those who could not make it to Oppikoppi. Johann managed to corner lead vocalist and all round crazy cat, Jesse Hughes, for a little chat… Deny it all you want, the writing is on the Read More »
Muse journo, Johann, wangles his way backstage to hang out with Oppikoppi’s rock stars as they perform in Cape Town for ‘One Night Only…’ Those who doubt the growth of the music industry need not look further than the current live circuit’s injection of international imports. In a darkly lit Cape Town Grand West Casino, Read More »
The road trip to Oppikoppi began as all great adventures do; with a blizzard. We set off into the night, already a day behind schedule thanks to an unheard of snowstorm that chose to ravage South Africa the day before the festival. The eternal optimism of youth on the verge of a weekend spent wasted Read More »
To celebrate the overwhelming response DialMedia received from their recent OppiKoppi initiative, they have secured the last 1000 General Access Standing tickets to the One Night in Cape Town show on 9 August and are giving them away to new DialMedia users for only R300 (normally R420). One Night in Cape Town brings a stellar Read More »
A little Rock ‘n Roll blessing from the Hilltop Live team. For you and yours, in this time of need. Hilltop Live Productions in association with MK present: One Night in Cape Town! at the Grand West Casino’s Grand Arena on 9 August. Rock out with Seether, Enter Shikari, Bullet for My Valentine, Eagles Of Death Metal,KONGOS and more, Read More »
“Our live setup has really blossomed into quite a technical setup…” When Oppikoppi organisers announced that UK genre-phobic superstars Enter Shikari would be performing at this year’s festival, local audiences freaked out (in a good way) that the dusty moshpit would be turning into a sssnakepit come August. Vocalist Rou Reynolds took a few minutes Read More »
