Daddy Cool will perform at a free show in Melbourne next month.
The one-off show will be a free, special event as part of the taping of the SBS TV show RockWiz.With the exception of one pub gig, a DVD launch and the Tsunami Benefit in 2004, Daddy Cool has been off the map since the mid 70s.
The show ties up some loose ends for the band. "It's part of the Moomba Festival" Ross told Undercover News. "I felt that since we did the reformation, except for a secret gig we did as a warm-up at the Ferntree Gully Hotel, we haven't done a big gig in our home town. RockWiz are doing a big night at the Alexandra Gardens down by the river on March 9th and they have invited Daddy Cool to be the special guests and play after their mock-up episode of RockWiz where they will have a big quiz and get people from the public and ... it's free".
Their new album 'The New Cool' is only their third and their first album in 34 years.
Wilson formed Daddy Cool in 1970 with Ross Hannaford, Wayne Duncan and Gary Young.
Their hit song 'Eagle Rock' is now an Australian rock classic and inspired Elton John to write 'Crocodile Rock'.
After just two albums, and in less than two years, Daddy Cool called it quits.
In 2004, they reformed for the Tsunami benefit concert in Melbourne, Australia. That performance is now available on DVD.
Last year, they released 'The New Cool', an album originally intended to be a 1994 reunion record which was shelved before it was released. After the success of the Tsunami concert, DC went back into the studio to finish off the album.
It is available now through Liberation Records.
