The crowd was definitely on fire that night. The half-hour set by Australian support act The Prize was well received and the band had a great time on stage. Lucas Harwood watched them from the side and seemed to enjoy their performance.
After a 45 minute break and much cheering and clapping, the boys from King Gizzard took to the stage. Their set began with three of their microtonal songs, and by Pleura the crowd was so fired up that a large, raging mosh pit and circle pit formed. The band heated up with Converge and Witchcraft from the PDA album and Self-Immolate and Hell from the ITRN album, the crowd gave their all and kept the pit going. At the beginning of Self-Immolate an improvised drum solo was played by Cavs, as Joey’s amp had a malfunction or something, a roadie came on stage with an amp and wired Joey’s equipment to the new amp.
After the first energetic half of the set, the more improvisational part of the evening began. As well as more expansive versions of Ice V and Iron Lung, the band played an incredible and breathtaking version of Work This Time.
On the setlist there was also Ambergris between Ice V and Iron Lung, but this was not played - probably because of the advanced time.
After the last song the audience demanded an encore for minutes, unfortunately in vain.
Setlist:
K.G.L.W.
Pleura
Billabong Valley
Converge
Witchcraft
Self-Immolation
Hell
This Thing
Work This time
The Garden Goblin
Ice V