DOORS 6.30PM // DINNER & SHOW FROM 6:30PM // SHOW STARTS 8.30PM

*THIS SHOW HAS BEEN POSTPONED FROM JUNE 19 TO OCTOBER 16 DUE TO THE RECENT LOCKDOWN AND RESTRICTIONS. 

HUGO RACE AND THE TRUE SPIRIT TO PLAY THE DOORS’ "L.A. WOMAN" ON THE 50TH

ANNIVERSARY OF ITS RELEASE WITH AN ENCORE PERFORMANCE.

After a couple of hugely successful shows in April, Leader of St Kilda icons The Wreckery and foundation member of Nick Cave’s Bad Seeds, Hugo Race and his long-time band will play The Doors’ influential and seminal final album in its entirety in an encore performance at the Brunswick Ballroom in June.

The Doors final studio album was a bluesy, self-produced, garage-style recording that contains two of their biggest singles, “Love Her Madly” and the atmospheric "Riders on the Storm". Now considered Classic Rock, it was a conscious return to the garage-rock/bar-band blues roots that had galvanised the Doors’ self-titled debut some five years previous and also hinted at new directions. The morose spirit of “Riders on the Storm” was later infused in artists ranging from Radio Birdman to Joy Division to Nick Cave; it and the incredible title track, with its unrelenting cruise-control beat, anticipated the motorik rhythms of Stunde Null-inspired groups like Can and Neu! The dry, spare sound of the record would also prefigure a lot of post-punk sounds. The album was something of a return to roots release for The Doors; one that saw them come full circle ahead of Jim Morrison’s death. Morrison would be found dead in Paris before the record was even released.

Performing “L.A. Woman” in its entirety is a labour of love for Hugo Race and his psychedelic quintet The True Spirit, and these shows follow the recent release of their critically acclaimed “Star Birth, Star Death” double album. Hugo Race was a key player in Melbourne's early ‘80s post-punk scene, leader of seminal Seaview Ballroom outfit The

Wreckery, and a founding member of Nick Cave's Bad Seeds. He has been a prolific independent producer and recording artist in Europe and Australia for over 30 years with the True Spirit, Hugo Race Fatalists and Dirtmusic.

Hugo Race & The True Spirit present “L.A.Woman 50 th Anniversary”

Saturday 16th October - Brunswick Ballroom

Tix from $30 + b/f via www.brunswickballroom.com.au

 www.hugoracemusic.com

TICKETING INFO

Due to current Covid restrictions shows will be seated and limited per sitting. 

Please note: Tables cannot be joined together on the evening. Please ensure everyone you wish to seat at your table is included in your booking to avoid being seated separately. Ideally if you can arrive together at the same time, that will help with seating you all together.

Please adhere to social distancing at all times and follow direction from venue staff.

Customers are required to check-in via the Service Victoria App as they enter the venue.

The venue will be taking a number of precautionary measures to ensure patron safety, including:
- Hand sanitiser dispensers
- Signage and social distancing markers throughout the venue
- Regular sanitising of the venue and full clean between sittings

Photo ID is essential, acceptable ID is a current and valid Australian Photo Drivers Licence, State Approved ‘Proof of Age’ card or Passport. 

VENUE INFO

DINNER AND SHOW
The kitchen will be serving the Dinner & Show Menu for this show, with dinner served from 6:30pm.
When the Ballroom offers a Dinner & Show experience, meals must be pre-booked with your tickets prior to the event. Only patrons who pre-purchase a Dinner & Show experience are able to dine in the venue on the night. You can view the delicious offerings available by clicking here.

ACCESSIBILITY
The Brunswick Ballroom is Accessible.
The Brunswick Ballroom has made significant improvements to accessibility by installing an Acorn Chairlift. (Model: New Acorn Indoor 180 Curved Stairlift.)

VENUE FAQS
To find out more about the venue, FAQs can be viewed by clicking here.