Yungblud Ended His Brisbane Visit by Getting Behind the Bar at Crowbar
Yungblud catered to a crowd of thirsty fans after selling out two shows in Brisbane this past weekend.
What's the best thing for a rock star to do when celebrating sold-out shows on tour? For Yungblud, that depends. In Sydney, he visited a photography gallery and drew crowds big enough to attract police dispersal — but this weekend in Brisbane, he capped off two sold-out shows at Riverstage by pouring drinks at Crowbar.
Getting to work pouring drinks, the Doncaster-born rocker was interacting with fans with every serve, with photos captured by his regular photography collaborator Tom Pallant (the same behind that aforementioned gallery). See them below.
Tom Pallant
Yungblud will round out his Australian tour this Tuesday in Perth. While down under, he took time to appear on the latest episode of the Rolling Stone Uncut podcast. "When people say 'to fit in rock,' that is the most un-rock and roll thing ever," Yungblud said in the chat.
"Rock music isn't supposed to be a gate-kept boys club. And it became that. That's why it was being suffocated and boring and so adherent to the past. We have to allow young people to pioneer something, or at least try to give this thing a heartbeat. The worst thing that happened to rock was that you were getting ridiculed for the reference point. From 2005 onwards, Oasis sounded like the Beatles, and they fucking loved that. They wore that as a badge of honour. Kurt Cobain loved John Lennon. It's a beautiful fucking thing, and people ridicule it for it, and it just sucks…
"My biggest fear is that they get deterred from pursuing a career in it by some old, bitter cunt on the internet."
Tom Pallant
Rolling Stone AU/NZ attended Yungblud's Sydney show and gave it a four-star rating, calling it "a lesson in audience stewardship".
"Yungblud moved fluidly between scale and closeness, repeatedly entering the crowd, locking eyes and urging fans to take care of one another (not to mention letting one Wollongong fan play guitar left-handed on stage!)," the review reads.
Tom Pallant
"Yungblud's newfound level of artistic maturity crystallised on stage as he embodied a rockstar conscious of the space he occupies, aware that leadership, vulnerability and playfulness can coexist without cancelling each other out."
This article first appeared on 'Rolling Stone AU/NZ'.
Lead image: Tom Pallant
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