AUSTRALIAN rock acts Richard Clapton and 1927 will headline an impressive line-up of entertainment at the Lake Mac Festival at Speers Point Park on Australia Day.
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Lake Macquarie City Council’s acting community planning manager, Greg Weir, said the annual festival continued to be one of the biggest days on the Lake Macquarie events calendar.
“The Lake Mac Festival is always a popular day out for families and this year’s event promises to be just as entertaining,” Mr Weir said.
“The event will kick off at noon with a screening of the family movie Paper Planes on the big screen, a video games van, face painting, and CALMs Splash Down Stress Free zone until 4pm.
“The annual scouts canoe race will be held at 4pm, and there will be live music from local artists from 1.30pm to 5.30pm.
The band 1927 will hit the stage at 6.30pm, with Richard Clapton to follow from 8pm.
The problem, if there is one, for an enduring and prolific performer such as Richard Clapton, is deciding what songs to put on his set list.
Clapton is approaching 30 years in the music industry, and has a back catalogue of more than 170 songs.
So how does he determine what to leave out?
“We tried out songs by request for our annual show at the State Theatre [in Sydney] and about 1700 people emailed in requesting 71 songs,” Clapton said.
“I posted a notice saying if I played every one of my songs it would take 2½ days. It's a never-ending struggle. But I have nine classic hits - the songs that are still played on radio - and I just have to play them every night otherwise people get upset.”
Those enduring classics include Capricorn Dancer, I Am An Island, Girls On The Avenue, Deep Water and (Down In The) Lucky Country.
1927, meanwhile, is back with a new album, Generation i.
The band burst onto Australian airwaves in 1988 with the debut album ...ish which gave us the songs That's When I Think of You, Compulsory Hero, To Love Me, Scars, Don't Forget Me, and the monster hit If I Could.
They followed it up with a multi-platinum second album The Otherside, then a self-titled third album.
The new album features plenty of 1927’s trademark pop-rock guitar and keyboard hooks, and Eric Weideman’s emotive vocals.
The Lake Mac Festival will be capped off with a spectacular fireworks display at 9pm. Vist lakemac.com.au for festival details.
