People are crowd surfing at the Beach Hotel.
Need I say any more to describe how much this Lyrics Born gig rocks?

I’m trying to remember the last time I saw people crowd surf here and I’ve got nothing. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it. Tonight, two people appear on their backs above the audience before security calm them down. It’s like a festival. Short girls are sitting on shoulders, one guy is swinging underwear over his head, another guy rushes the stage… and everyone is dripping in sweat. Lyrics Born has worked us into a frenzy.

“If I don’t lose my voice and my hearing, I’m not doing my job,” LB tells us. Before the show he had sat quietly in the fenced off green room tweeting about DJ Goodie spinning Chali 2na. Onstage, LB barely pauses for breath.  His backing vocalist, Joyo Velarde, belts out her tunes while busting non-stop funky-ass dance moves. Lyrics Born and his live band don’t just perform, they engage the crowd. Both the keys and bass player make eye contact with me and grin. They pose for photos. LB tries to show us pics of his newborn baby on his mobile. He tells us we’re the best audience he’s seen on tour yet. He tells us we can download his music for free on his website. He pushes Velarde’s debut album. He freestyles; rapid-fire name checking O’Sushi, buying weed in Nimbin and getting the plane out of Ballina. But mostly, Lyrics Born delivers the beats and rhymes we are all here for.

Click here to see photos from the gig.

From the set list:
Turn it up
Hello
Pack Up
Knock Knock
Phreak
I Like It
Differences
Hot 2 Deff (Michael Jackson tribute)
Stop Complaining
Aim (Daft Punk)
It’s Like That
PDT
Oh Baby
Callin Out
Coulda Woulda
(encore)
I Changed My Mind
Lies
Take you Home
Shake it off
Bad Dreams
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