There was huge anticipation in the crowd for tonight's show with country crooner Orville Peck on his first Australian tour. The show sold out so fast it was upgraded from Howler to the larger Corner Hotel. Melbourne singer-songwriter Gena Rose Bruce opened the show playing her dreamy and melancholy songs as a duo on two electric guitars.
Orville Peck came out in a gold fringe mask and powder blue embroidered suit with pink button down shirt and started the evening with "Big Sky." He and his fantastic band played nearly every song off his debut album Pony, ranging from the ballads "Dead Of The Night," "Queen Of The Rodeo," "Roses Are Falling," and "Kansas (Remembers Me Now)" to the upbeat "Winds Of Change," "Turn To Hate," "Buffalo Run" and the barnstormer "Take You Back (The Iron Hoof Cattle Call)."
Orville was such a great showman on stage as he intro'd each song, joked around, and even stated he wanted to move to Australia and work in a koala sanctuary. We were lucky enough to be treated to a new, unreleased song called "No Glory In The West." He also played covers of songs from some of his country idols with "Something To Brag About" by Tammy Wynette and George Jones (which he sang with band member Brea Salvede), "Ooh Las Vegas" by Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris, and for the encore "Fancy" by Bobby Gentry. It was such an entertaining show and Orville's voice and talents brought together people from different backgrounds to watch him perform live.
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