Entertainment
25 March, 2025
Music titans rock the town
A CLASH of music titans is set to arrive at The Reef Hotel Casino this weekend with ‘Rocketman vs Piano Man’ where cover artists Greg Andrew and Anthony Mara will showcase the best of Elton John and Billy Joel.
A three-show epic is in the making at BAR36 when two pianos and two massive voices – Greg Andrew as Elton John and Anthony Mara as Billy Joel – get on stage to bring hit after hit with Rocketman vs Piano Man as part of the casino’s space-themed shows this month on March 28, 29 and 30.
The show is free to attend.
Reliving one of the most successful partnerships in music, Rocketman vs Piano Man relives the 1994 joint touring of the pair with the two powerful voices of tribute artist Mr Andrew and cover artist Mr Mara in a two-hour spectacular with massive hits like ‘Piano Man’, ‘Just the way you are’, ‘Uptown girl’, ‘My life’ and ‘Bennie and the Jets’, ‘I’m still standing’, ‘Rocketman’, ‘Tiny Dancer’ and many more.
“We’re bringing together Elton John and Billy Joel, probably two of the biggest singer-songwriters in history and we’re replicating a lot of what Elton and Billy actually did in the 90s with their ‘face-to-face’ tour and performing all of their greatest hits,” Mr Mara said.
“The beauty of this show is that because it’s the best of Elton and the best of Billy, it’s just hit after hit, so the two being known for the piano – I’d say two of the greatest piano artists of recent memory – we can showcase the amazing piano in these songs,” Mr Andrew said.
“We started this show together back in 2020 by chance, when Greg was visiting Adelaide for a show and needed a piano. We made a big Australian tour in 2023 and it’s very exciting to bring it to Cairns.”
The pair said this was going to be an epic show that all ages and tastes in music could enjoy with hits that everyone would know.
“It’s quite unique to have two pianos on stage and you’re getting the best of two great artists in one show. It’s going to be very energetic and some of the best songs of all time, so it’s a fairly spectacular show – if we do say so ourselves,” Mr Mara said.
“We’ll have quite a big band playing for the both of us. We find people dance and sing along and know all the songs and it’s very unique to have two piano mans up there,” Mr Andrew said.
“Coming to Cairns it’s a really rare opportunity that we get to do a show like this three nights in a row so it’s something you won’t want to miss,” he said.
