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The Clarion at Brazosport College
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Robins Theatre
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Riviera Theatre-NY
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Little River Band on Tour
"The Best Singing Band in the World" -- as proclaimed by the Eagles' Glenn Frey -- otherwise known as Australian pop-rock group Little River Band, has returned for a 2022 tour celebrating the release of their much-anticipated greatest hits collection, Black Tie. Known for their polished vocals and harmonizing soft-rock hits like 1978's "Reminiscing" and "Lady," Little River Band is a five-piece group that has sold more than 30 million records, and set the record in 1982 for having Top 10 hits in six consecutive years. Fans praise live performances from the Australian group for their vocal and musical energy, great arrangements and timeless classics. Each Little River Band show is sure to create lasting memories. Their new tour has more than 100 scheduled dates from Florida to Minnesota to Arizona and everywhere in between.?
Little River Band in Concert
LRB formed in Melbourne in 1975 when lead singer Glenn Shorrock and guitarist Beeb Birtles merged their established success in previous ventures to cement their status in an already vibrant Australian rock scene. Current frontman and longest tenured member Wayne Nelson joined the band five years later as a bassist and vocalist. Nelson has contributed to 23 of Little River Band's studio album releases over 42 years, and many of their major hits, including "Take It Easy on Me," "The Night Owls" and "The Other Guy." Shorrock and Birtles left the group and briefly returned, contributing to a turnstile of rotating members coming and going that would plague the group for years. By 1998, no original members of LRB remained, and Nelson and Stephen Housden would claim legal rights to the band's name. In 2004 the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame inducted the 1976 lineup of Little River Band -- Graeham Goble, Glenn Shorrock, Beeb Birtles, Derek Pellicci, David Briggs, and George McArdle -- during a ceremony at the 18th Annual ARIA Music Awards. The band's latest release, Black Tie, is a passionate, energetic collection of live performances of the core group with an injection of spirit from the Craig Turley Rock Symphony. Current members of Little River Band include: Wayne Nelson, Chris Marion (keys), Bruce Wallace (guitar), Ryan Ricks (drums/percussion), and Colin Whinnery (guitar).
The concert was good, but TOO loud. Many of the vocals were drowned out by the band. W,e have Little River Band greatest hits CD. I love this CD: great songs, great vocals, great music....and I could hear all the words of each song.
Let me preface this review by saying this is not the original Little River Band, however they played many of their hits and they were great. The original band is from Australia and apparently lost the naming rights to the band. The American band that performs as Little River Band today owns the trademark, preventing the original band from performing or touring. Unfortunately, I was unaware of this prior to buying tickets. Having said that, this band was great, and had an orchestra backing them up. If you were a fan of the original LRB, this concert is still worth seeing.
The band was great. I had an outside aisle seat. The patrons in front of me were on there phones- speaking very loudly the patrons behind me it was the same drinks were spilled on me with no apologies from any of them. I couldn't hear the show. Surrounding patrons were so loud talkative and DRUNK I was forced to leave. This venue even had a bar inside of it- just a few feet over from the seats. I really wanted to at hear the show but it was impossible.
The Little River Band in concert was amazing! They put on a great show and were so fun! They really loved the audience and encouraged people to stand and dance! We all sang together too! A great time!
Little Riverband had a back up orchestra at their 2024 concert in Scottsdale AZ. This greatly improved the experience! Heard all of their greatest hits, and some new releases, which were very good.
Concert was great.. Brought back a ton of memories.
Enjoyed the bands energy, songs and their fan appreciation. Congratulations on 46 years of making music
Great time and experience!! Time went by too fast… didn’t want the concert to end!! We will see them again when they come back to AZ!!
Lead singers voice was not on that night, comes with age. The crowd was not the most exciting or really into it as far as I'm concerned. I like to stand and cheer on the artist/band, this crowd took too long to really get into it.
I realize bands that have stayed together for this long have to create new songs. They didn't start playing the old hits until the end. We did leave before that last song, perhaps there was an encore presentation, but it seemed other were leaving too. Glad they have remained a band this long, but would have preferred hearing more classics in the beginning, then go to their new songs... then back to an oldie to a new song. Just my humble opinion.
