Reviews from the Adelaide Fringe!

It’s been a fantastic first two weeks at the Adelaide Fringe. We’re now half way through and our first couple of reviews are in totalling 14.5/15 stars! We had fun shooting this pic for the Adelaide Advertiser as well. It’s a hard life!

“These boys are euphonically pleasing beyond their years and each one of them is a five star performer in their own right. Put them on your Fringe ‘must do’ list.”

“Fall in love with The Magnets all over again and don’t miss these sonically blessed singers.”

 an energetic, charming, & eclectic performance that can be enjoyed by kids & adults alike…my earballs are still tingling!

Last Christmas…thank you George.

A few days before Christmas, whilst on tour in Germany we decided to record our version of “Last Christmas” by George Michael. James Fortune, one our founder members who now is part of the management team had done an excellent arrangement that mashed the song with Joni Mitchell’s “River”. So after a hurried trip into Frankfurt to buy some festival decorations we sat down before our last show of the year to record the song. It took us a few takes to get it done what with some false starts, dodgy tuning and the occasional fit of the giggles, but we finished and were pleased with the result. As a final farewell to 2016 and a thank you to fans we put it up on Christmas Eve.

The very next day George Michael passed away at home in London.

Now we’re pretty sure it wasn’t our video that finally did for George (we can’t be sure though), but regardless we were very sad to see the passing of such a mercurial and special talent. For most of us in the group George Michael was the voice of our youth with his massive Wham! hits and songs from his solo career. Our video doesn’t really come close to being an apt tribute to the man, but it’s what we’ve got and we’re proud to put it out there.

So thank you George for sharing your amazing songwriting and very very special voice with all of us – you touched us all.

 

This year has been one of our best ever and we decide to freshen things up with a new website. Hope you’re going to like it! You will be able to check out our new amazing new showreel ‘The Naked 80s’. More content will be added over the next few weeks and watch this space for details of our plans for 2019-20, including gigs in Germany, Edinburgh Fringe, Adelaide Fringe, and also a brand new recording project. There are also a few surprises to come. You’ll also see a tab for our quartet, M4GNETS, who have already been touring including a sell-out UK arena with Young Voices.