After debuting its first live-stream concert earlier this month (Kate Ceberano), Melbourne music venue Memo Music Hall continues its digital revolution with The Black Sorrows and Australia's First Lady of Soul Renée Geyer to perform live shows respectively.
Memo has teamed up with Renegade Films (the team behind RocKwiz) to live-stream music events.The dimensions of the iconic St Kilda venue (750 metres square) allows musicians to perform on the grand Art Deco Proscenium Arch stage the required two metres apart, meeting current government indoor workplace social distancing guidelines.
The Black Sorrows will perform 26 April with Renée Geyer's concert (click here to read our 2019 interview with Renée) taking place 2 May. Both shows will commence at 7.30pm local time.
Tickets to digitally-streamed shows have been deliberately kept at a low $12, with fees split between Memo, Renegade Films and the artists.
"Remember music is a healer," Black Sorrows' Joe Camilleri says. "The band and I have been invited to play Memo Music Hall. . . It's a wonderful place to play.
"Every musician on the planet stopped working in March. So I hope you're able to sit back, forget about the craziness that's upon us and tune into something else.
"Spend an hour with us while we all wait for the world to change again. Stay healthy, Pal Joey."
Memo's Digital Producer Rod Gilbert says the debut concert received overwhelmingly positive feedback, attracting a large online audience both nationally and internationally.
"Any technical issues with ticket purchases and logging in to the online stream have been rectified and we are thrilled to bring two more revered Australian acts to the Memo stage, and to be able to share with their fans anywhere in the world," Rod says.
A special Mother's Day event is also in the works.
The history of Memo Music Hall traces back to its beginnings as a dance hall in 1924, to a cinema, and the home of Telefil Recording studios where Normie Rowe recorded his 1965 hit 'It Ain't Necessarily So'.
