You may call it the Big Day Out, but most bands refer to the event as the Big Day Off. Touring on the Aussie festival means a few days at world on the stage and a lot of days getting around to see the sites. My Morning Jacket have been checking out the Aussie natives.
On one of their days off last week, the band from Louisville, Kentucky meet a few locals at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane.Bass player Two-Tone Tommy had this to say of his adventures. "The Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is self-funded, gorgeous and staffed with friendly folk. How many other places can you walk around free to pet and feed kangaroos (who I might add are quite lazy, but when people are offering you food all day just for being cute, who can blame them)? We also witnessed a territorial dispute between two male koalas, signaled by a string of guttural moaning from one, that ended with a staff member breaking it up like a high school lunchroom tussle”.
My Morning Jacket will perform with Neil Young in Sydney tonight (Saturday) and then play the Big Day Out in Melbourne on Monday.
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