{"id":3922,"date":"2026-02-08T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3922"},"modified":"2026-02-20T23:37:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:37:42","slug":"kavos-torabi-bug-at-sydney-and-matilda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/kavos-torabi-bug-at-sydney-and-matilda\/","title":{"rendered":"Kavos Torabi &amp; Bug at Sydney and Matilda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My friends&#8217; band, BUG, played Sydney and Matilda in Sheffield supporting the Gong frontman Kavos Torabi who was midway through his solo tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They came on at 7:30pm on the downstairs stage performing to a small audience of 30 or so. The weather was miserable so there were no on the door tickets sold and The total tickets sales were around 40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4778-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4778-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4778-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4778-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4778-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4778-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was the first gig that Kate sang on&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul had a cold but managed to keep lead vocals&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miggsy as usual couldn\u2019t be heard vocally but the bass playing was to usual high standard.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kavos joined the audience fir the first three tracks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two women chatted annoyingly through the whole set !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kavos played some very early material and a few from his latest album. His opener was mesmerising &#8211; featuring a harpsichord drone loop and beautiful haunting treated vocals .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4798-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4798-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4798-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4798-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4798-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4798-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4809-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3930\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Afterwards both artists met guests at the merch table .&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friends&#8217; band, BUG, played Sydney and Matilda in Sheffield supporting the Gong frontman Kavos Torabi who was midway through his solo tour. They came on at 7:30pm on the downstairs stage performing to a small audience of 30 or so. 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