About
80's Rock Arena is an 80s cover band for hire in Sydney, NSW.
Bon Jovi, Van Halen, Def Leppard, Toto, Heart. This is a full throttle three hour trip through the big hair era, fronted by male and female vocalists and backed by seasoned players. Expect the anthems everyone knows: The Final Countdown, Eye of the Tiger, Living on a Prayer, Sweet Child O' Mine, Jump. The show leans into the theatre of it all with costume changes, and the band can bring stage and production if your venue doesn't have its own. It's built for crowds who want to sing every chorus and play air guitar without apology. And they do.
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The show
This is the 80s hard rock era done as a proper show. Six musicians, local and international, who clearly still love this music, and it shows in how hard they play it. You'll sing along to the songs you know by heart and air guitar the riffs without feeling silly about it, because everyone else in the room is doing the same. What lifts it beyond a good covers set is the staging: costume changes throughout, and a fair bit of theatre between the songs. Clubs, private functions, corporate shows and weddings all suit it.
On the day
Stage and production can be supplied if your venue hasn't got its own. So a bare room isn't a dealbreaker. Let them know early what is already installed and what isn't, and they will fill in whatever the room is missing.
Performance options
What arrives on the night hinges on what your venue already owns. Where there is staging, sound and lighting in place, the band comes in to work with that gear and the arrangement is the simpler of the two. Where the room is bare, they haul in the production themselves and build the arena look from nothing. Tell them which situation applies when you enquire, because it changes what rolls through the door on the day.
Song list
32 songs
1. The final countdown-europe
2. Here I go again - whitesnake
3. Cold as ice - foreigner
4. Don’t stop believing- journey [ ben & ava]
5. I don’t want to miss a thing- aerosmith
6. You give love a bad name- bon jovi
7. Eye of the tiger -survivour
8. You really got me- van halen
9. Walk this way-aerosmith
10. Wanted dead or alive – bon jovi
11. Just like paradise- david lee roth
12. Working for the weekend- loverboy
13. Pour some sugar on me- def lepard and taylor swift [ ben & ava]
14. Nothing but a goodtime- poison
15. Jump – van halen
16. Unskinny bop- poison
17. Hold the line - toto
18. Living on a prayer- bon jovi
19. Sweet child oh mine- guns n roses
20. Cherry pie- warrant
21. I love rock n roll- joan jett
22. Hit me with your best shot-pat benatar
23. Alone- heart
24. Turn back time- cher