Rod Stewart Dunedin

2023 - 4 - 5

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Rod wows smaller crowd at stadium (Otago Daily Times)

There were no long queues to get into Forsyth Barr Stadium tonight for what is likely Sir Rod Stewart's Dunedin swan song. There was no official attendance ...

"If it’s not good, there’s going to be trouble." When asked if the venue was busy, he said: "It’s going to be a great show." About 7pm there was a steady stream of fans entering the stadium, but there was no queuing to get in.

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'This is not a Tony Bennett concert' Rod Stewart with Cyndi Lauper ... (Stuff.co.nz)

Dunedin was shown its true colours, from the technicolour of Cyndi Lauper to the sequins of Sir Rod Stewart.

* Luckily this concert was held under a full moon, and things were about to get reflective with Stewart paying homage to the late Stewart seemed genuinely appreciative of the reaction to that cover, ‘’normally that dies a slow death’’. Once she clarified that ‘’this is not a Tony Bennett concert’’, she gave the instruction for the dancing to continue, as long as people cleared the aisles and stayed away from barriers. Soon everyone was on their feet and dancing in the aisles, but that proved a problem a few minutes into I Drove All Night, when she stopped the music to direct a question to ‘’Mr Green Security Man’’. And she gave the crowd extra during a foot-stomping 11-song set, urging the seated crowd to ‘’get the f*** up’’.

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Lauper shows true colours, visits superfan (Otago Daily Times)

American singer Cyndi Lauper (right) with bar co-director Josh Thomas at Woof! Bar in Dunedin on Tuesday. Photo: Dudley Benson/supplied.

On Tuesday, Lauper and her management team had been driving in Moray Pl when they saw the sign. The bar had a gravestone embossed with "Trump" on it and Ms Lauper had demanded to be shown it — "and she loved it". Mr Thomas got to show Lauper some of his fan artwork, and she had been bemused and polite, Mr Benson said.

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Dunedin bar welcomes Cyndi Lauper (Otago Daily Times)

The singer is in the city to perform at Sir Rod Stewart's concert at Forsyth Barr Stadium tonight. Woof! co-director Dudley Benson said co-director Josh Thomas ...

So we're so grateful to have her here." The visit had been over in about 15 minutes and while Lauper was not a drinker, her team would be going to the bar after the show, Mr Benson said. The bar had a gravestone embossed with ‘‘Trump’’ on it and Ms Lauper wanted to see it ‘‘and she loved it’’, Mr Benson said. Mr Benson said he wound up doing much of the talking, as Mr Thomas went into a semi-paralysis and could not say much. Mr Thomas had made journals, posters and even looked like her around the time she was famous for hit Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Mr Benson said. ‘‘An hour later we got a call from the manager saying Cyndi is going to come in now to meet you,’’ Mr Benson said.

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