Britpop groovers Cool Britannia are set to take to the stage in The Bunker at The Imperial Hotel Eumundi on Saturday 25 February.
Cool Britannia is a rockin’ five piece band, smashing out all the Britpop hits from Oasis, Blur, The Verve, Stereophonics, Pulp, Travis, Happy Mondays and much more.
Late 2019, after watching a late night concert in Brisbane, a drunken conversation took place among some friends and fellow musicians.
Strong opinions aired about the ’90s Britpop scene vs American ’90s Grunge scene, the great quality of that music and the last era of real rock n rollers. The idea was born… Cool Britannia!
After a very brief shout out on a local musician’s social media page, the band was formed, and the energy from the very first rehearsal was electric.
Cool Britannia is not a tribute band exactly… they’re not trying to look like or sound exactly like any one of these amazing ’90s bands.
They’re a group of musicians who love to perform the songs from this specific era, the best they can… and they rock!
Cool Britannia capture the fun and epitomise the optimism by bringing you a wide repertoire of Britpop classics. The band is built on mutual respect, friendship and love of the music.
The term Cool Britannia was a name for the period of increased pride in the culture of the United Kingdom throughout the 1990s, inspired by Swinging London from 1960s’ pop culture.
The success of Britpop and musical acts such as Blur, and Oasis led to a renewed feeling of optimism in the United Kingdom following the tumultuous years of the 1970s and 1980s.
The name is a pun on the title of the British patriotic song Rule, Britannia!.
This is an 18+ show.
Doors open at 7.30pm.
TICKETS: $30 (+ booking fee) through Oztix.
