We don't usually begin to celebrate Rock-tober for another couple of weeks, but the dates on the calendar no longer matter if
Airbourne happens to be in town. There are but a few things that you can be sure of in this life, and one of them is that no matter where they happen to be playing, in this case the famed
Théâtre Corona in Montreal, you can be sure that they will blow the roof off of the building with their high energy rock and roll. This was my fifth time seeing them, but it was made all the more special by the fact that I actually had a pass to photograph the show. During their two previous visits I had walked away with some photographs as well, but they were taken from the crowd and using inferior equipment due to the fact that, well, I wasn't really allowed to be photographing the show. There are a couple of bands that I shot
guerrilla style for The Old Blog, so when they come around and I end up getting permission to shoot them from the photo pit at the front of the stage, it shows me that all of the work I've been doing with this place of the years is actually paying off. As Elton John said, Saturday night may be alright for fighting, but for me there's no better Saturday night activity than being at the front of the stage while
Airbourne melts the faces of a sold out venue. Flying beverages, climbing singers, fans jumping on the stage to dive in to the crowd (please don't do that folks), this show had it all.
Airbourne were touring in support of their most recent album, Boneshaker, which was released back in October of 2019, and this tour is one of many that ended up getting delayed due to 'The Plague'. This first photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 800 at 24mm and the second photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/1250sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm. Here are several more photographs of their performance.
f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 70mm
f/3.2, 1/100sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/80sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 47mm
f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 800 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/2000sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 1600 at 41mm
f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/1600sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/1250sec, ISO 1600 at 28mm
f/3.2, 1/1600sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/800sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/800sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/800sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/800sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 800 at 55mm
f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 800 at 50mm
f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 800 at 33mm
f/3.2, 1/100sec, ISO 800 at 70mm
f/3.2, 1/100sec, ISO 1600 at 70mm
f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 800 at 24mm
If you'd like to find out more about
Airbourne and their music, you can visit their website by following the link. The Native Howl performed earlier in the evening and if you'd like to see the photographs I took of them, you can do so by
following this link. A very big thank you goes out to Mr. Gregg Donovan of
Wonderlick Management for getting me a pass to shoot the show. As always, that is very much appreciated. What a great evening of music it was. Can't wait for them to return so we can hopefully do it all over again.
Sometimes, it feels good to get a chance to redo something the right way. The Sheepdogs were at the MTelus in Montreal this past Thursday and I was very happy to get the chance to photograph them. Way back in the early days of 2019, The Sheepdogs were the second concert that I officially had the chance to photograph. And, it was a bit of a disaster. During the opening set by Montreal's own The Damn Truth, my camera had a technical meltdown to the point where after about every third or fourth photograph, I had to turn off the camera, remove the battery grip and then reinstall it. Three songs go by real fast to begin with, now imagine losing about 20 seconds of shooting time every few minutes. So, I was very happy to hear that they 
would be returning to Montreal, and even more happy when I got my pass to shoot the show as I would finally have a chance to redeem myself. The Sheepdogs have been pretty busy since last I saw them. They were nominated for two Juno Awards for Rock Album of the Year and Group of the year back in 2019 and they also released an EP, No Simple Thing in May of 2021. This past June saw the release of their most recent album, Outta Sight, for which they are currently on tour for. Thankfully the old camera has since been replaced and there were no technical issues this time. I like the photographs much more this time too. The first photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 1600 at 42mm and the second photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm. Here are several more photographs of their performance.
