The Naysayers announce livestream show in lieu of cancelled Melbourne gig

Garage rockers The Naysayers have announced a “livestream from quarantine” in lieu of the gig they were due to play at Melbourne’s Post Office Hotel.

The Melbourne band’s March 21 gig at the Coburg venue was cancelled yesterday (March 16). The Naysayers are looking to organise another show soon, but in the meantime will replace the gig with a free hour-long livestream on March 21 at 9pm.

The stream, the band say, will comprise “a set of spacey post-punk-krautrock jams fresh from album pre-production”. It will be shot from the living room of a band member, The Naysayers told NME Australia. “We’ve got mics, a mixing desk and will have a few cameras for cycling through angles,” they said.

Find the livestream here. The band will post updates on the stream on this Facebook event.

The stream is free to access, but The Naysayers encourage viewers and fans to donate to Support Act, which provides crisis relief and wellbeing support to Aussie music industry workers. The organisation has also set up a specific COVID19 Emergency Appeal.

The Naysayers are also offering expertise in live sound and video streaming to artists who would like to try livestreaming performances of their own. Those interested should contact the band via social media or email.

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Going out this Saturday night? Neither are we. Instead, we invite you to join us as we LIVE STREAM FROM QUARANTINE. STREAM LINK: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheNaysayersmusic/live The show starts at 9PM AEST and will go for an hour or so as we play through a set of spacey post-punk-krautrock jams fresh from album pre-production. The stream is free for anyone to join, however, we encourage all to donate to Support Act, Australia’s only dedicated music industry charity which is committed to do what it can to provide crisis relief and wellbeing support to artists, crew and music workers affected by the shutdown of the live music industry. Support Act has set up a COVID19 Emergency Appeal to accept donations from all sections of the Australian community. DONATION LINK: https://supportact.org.au/donate-now/ So get comfy, bring out some of your favourite rations, and we’ll see you on the stream. Be well everyone ♥ #livestream #music #melbournemusic #ilostmygigau #livestreamfromquarantine #youtube #melbournemusicians #melbournebands #thenaysayers

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