Entertainment
20 December, 2024
He’s still standing
TAKE an interstellar trip this New Year’s Eve with the Rocketman himself at The Reef Hotel Casino for free.
Tribute band The Elton John Experience and its frontman Greg Andrews – who bears an uncanny resemblance to the Rocketman – are returning to the stage of BAR36 for an epic star trek into 2025 with all the glitz and glamour of an Elton John concert fused with the Casino complex wide NYE ‘retro space jam’ theme.
The event is non-ticketed and free to attend starting at 10pm and going until 2am on Tuesday, December 31.
From 10pm Mr Andrews and will take you on a journey through all the timeless Elton hits, then pump up the crowd with ‘I’m Still Standing’, ‘Saturday Night’s Alright for Fightin’, ‘Crocodile Rock’ and many more hits to lead the audience into the countdown to 2025.
The whole complex will be transformed into an interstellar wonderland with cosmic cocktails and characters, a midnight balloon drop, live super band Gravity with DJ Sonja rockin’ inside the casino through to the wee hours.
“This is our first time doing New Year’s Eve in Cairns and we’re expecting it to be a great party,” Mr Andrews said.
“For the people who came to our show back in September, this is a different show,” he said.
“It’s based around Rocketman, so we have new outfits and the band is also in space-themed costumes and we also encourage people to come in their best space-themed outfits.
“The arrangement of the songs is different and we’re focusing on the greatest hits and do all the big party songs in the lead up to the new year. Then after that my band comes back and does an hour of covers and I’ll have a cameo there as well.”
Mr Andrews said he was excited to lead the Cairns audience into 2025.
“I’ve always loved New Year’s Eve and it’s just great timing,” he said.
“We love coming to Cairns and performing at the casino, so for us to be the ones to lead into 2025 it’s going to be a great time,” he said.
“This is our first time doing it so we hope to have a great party and great environment.
“Come for a great night out, you’ll know all the songs, people will be singing along in full voice, and it’ll be a great party and, after the Elton John part of the show, my band we’ll be playing well-known covers to get people dancing until 2am.”
Entry to BAR36 is free.
