I have such fond memories of singing along to Peter Combe film clips on the ABC, so I was thrilled to see he’s touring the country.
It’s not kids going to his shows either. Once The Wiggles came along the younger set sort of forgot about Peter. No, Peter Combe’s current gigs are filled with twenty-somethings eager to recapture their childhood. They don paper hats and reminisce as they sing along to “Newspaper Mama.”
Peter promises this old favourite and more in his new show, Newspaper Mama Revisited.
Peter discovered his adult fanbase when he played a German beer festival in Adelaide seven years ago.
“[The crowd] sort of went mad,” he says. “They danced, they sang, they crowd-surfed to ‘Toffee Apple’ and ‘Spaghetti Bolognaise’,” he told The Sydney Morning Herald. “It was almost like what I imagine the Rolling Stones and the Beatles might have been like 40 years ago … I couldn’t help but feel like a bit of a rock star.”
So what can fans expect from a Peter Combe show today?
“I sex the music up a bit because they’re adults now,” he said. “I do more singing and less talking because they want to hear the songs. It’s deeper than just nostalgia; they sing the songs with such incredible joy.”
If you’d like to relive your childhood memories, and sing along to “Wash Your Face in Orange Juice” with the man himself, check out Peter Combe on his Australian tour. He’s playing Canberra’s ANU Bar tonight before visiting the rest of the country. Check out his website for all the dates.
And until then, why not check out this awesome clip for “Newspaper Mama”?