Thousands of music lovers braved chilly situations at Fremantle Oval for the official opening of WA’s latest rock and roll competition — High Voltage.
Donning AC/DC-themed shirts, Premier Mark McGowan and Tourism Minister Roger Cook launched the competition on Sunday afternoon in entrance of 1000’s of attendees.
The devoted occasion hopes to construct on the success of WA’s Highway to Hell live performance in 2020 and can once more pay homage to the previous AC/DC frontman Bon Scott.
One of West Australia’s best-loved musical performers, a number of Aria winner Diesel, shall be amongst these to guide the convoy.
Dan Sultan, Katy Steele, The Desert Stars, and The Southern River Band are among the many listing of entertainers showing on the free competition.
The Premier rang “Hell’s Bell” at 2pm to ship off the primary of seven vehicles in a convoy anticipated to journey whereas entertaining alongside a five-kilometre loop alongside the Esplanade to South Beach.
Cloudy and cooler situations appeared to cut back the group on the opening, with roughly 2000 on the oval for the ceremony.
“For those people who say it’s a bit too cloudy, I say to them; ‘what would Bon Scott do?,’” Mr McGowan stated.
“He wouldn’t let a few clouds worry him. He’d be down there having a good time.
“This is a great event. We did it three years ago on the highway and we thought we do it again because it was so successful.
“There are two great events going on in the world this weekend. The coronation and High Voltage — I know which one is more exciting.”
The Bureau of Meteorology predicted cloud, mild showers, and winds of as much as 50kph for the metro space on Sunday.
Mr Cook had stated he anticipated a crowd of 100,000 to capitalise on the a number of websites and bands throughout the day, which might be about 45,000 much less guests than the 2020 live performance.
The State Government has invested $5 million into the occasion, with the intention to make it an annual fixture on WA’s tourism and music occasions calendar.
Highway to Hell was estimated to have injected about $6.1 million into native companies.
During their procession, the vehicles will cease on the Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour close to the statue that commemorates Bon Scott, the rock singer from AC/DC.
Bon Scott was born in Scotland, and moved to Australia together with his household within the Nineteen Fifties, ultimately settling in Fremantle the place he grew up.
He carried out with a number of bands, earlier than becoming a member of AC/DC in 1974 — a union which might see the band turn out to be one of many greatest on this planet. He died in 1980 and is buried in Fremantle Cemetery.
Several avenue closures had been in place to make it a pedestrian-friendly competition.
Attendees had been urged to take public transport to the competition with eight further trains per hour operating to Fremantle from Perth, in addition to 100 further bus providers.
It comes as 1000’s flocked to Bunbury on Saturday for Groovin the Moo 2023, headlined by Alt-J, Amy Shark, and The Chats.
Australian indie band Ball Park Music was additionally on the southern competition and was set to play a second present in WA on Sunday, at Freo Social in a sold-out gig supported by indie-punk rockers The Buoys and Perth’s personal soft-rock trio Ghost Care.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
