HE first took to the Newcastle stage decades ago with Cold Chisel and Ian Moss was back on the city streets yesterday ahead of the Long Way to the Top tour next month.
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"This has been said before but it really was Newcastle which gave Australian bands the confidence and support back in those days in the '70s when you were still battling the . . . old [attitude] that if you come from overseas you should be better," Moss said. "It was Newcastle which really got behind us in droves and really supported us and pushed us."
Moss was guitarist and occasional singer for Cold Chisel before having a chart-topping solo career. But next month he'll be playing the songs of late friend Billy Thorpe as part of the tour which brings more than 17 greats of Aussie rock to Newcastle Entertainment Centre.
"It'll hit me on the first night I think, particularly because one of the songs in the tribute to Billy Thorpe is one of his last songs, a song called Since You've Been Gone, which I believe he wrote about the passing of his mum," Moss said. The October 9 show will also feature Brian Cadd, Dragon, Marcia Hines, Jim Keays, Mi-Sex, Russell Morris, Noiseworks, John Paul Young and many more.
