Review – Yo Gabba Gabba Live!
Posted by Amber Robinson at 2:23 PM on May 18, 2009
Yo Gabba Gabba, (also known as crack for toddlers) has brought its world premiere live concert tour to the East Coast of Australia.
Last Friday I was lucky enough to attend the first leg of the tour, at the State Sports Centre in Homebush. Think thousands of toddlers and parents hyped up on chocolate cupcakes and caffeine respectively, grooving along to punk-electro tunes, led by a man in a strange furry orange hat.
I was up in the stands with an unfortunately out-of-sorts toddler, so I’ve left it to one of our Gabba competition winners, Nerida, to review the concert.
Listening and dancing to music with our friends iiiiiiiiiis AWESOME!!!
DJ Lance Rock and his friends Foofa, Brobie, Muno, Toodie and Plex were joined by house band the Pookynoos for a high-energy musical sprint through Gabbaland.
The show featured two 40 minute sets, both opened by the Pookynoos playing friendly happy music and warming up the crowd and followed by the Gabbas themselves.
My two year old was initially overwhelmed by the live event — Yo Gabba Gabba is meant to be on TV! — but she soon got over the shock and was jiving away to such classics as Dancey Dance, Shake the Sillies Out and Party in My Tummy. Not to mention trying to hug every child in the general vicinity, which, along with the flashing light merchandise that was everywhere around us, made the ambiance resemble an early 90s dance party… Plus, DJ Lance Rock (AKA Lance Robertson) high-fived her so she was in heaven.
The sequenced music of the main event was supplemented by the Pookynoos, local musicians playing guitar, bass and drums and supplying extra crowd participation. The show was slickly choreographed with plenty of audience involvement, including a Cool Tricks segment dance featuring a little boy called Kaylan who danced to rapturous applause.My only quibble would be that the 20 minute intermission (which was probably needed by the performers more than the crowd) lost a bit of the show’s momentum. The show was definitely long enough with toddler (and parent) energy flagging by 11.30. Yo Gabba Gabba was AWESOME! Thanks to Babble for the free tickets!
I’d just add that parents yet to see the show should pack plenty of snacks and a little extra cash for the highly popular merchandise stand.
I agree! Saw the show on Friday and it was unreal. Highly recommended to anyone with little folk in the house. Really enjoyable show for the parents too.
Yep – we went on friday and back again on the Saturday my 3 year old loved it so much! So much energy, the music (great to see a live band up there) and performance rocked – really easy for the grownups and the kids to get into the fun of it all.
We’re seeing it in Melbourne on Saturday afternoon. I think my husband is more excited than our two year old! I downloaded the fabric transfers from nickjr website, and made T-shirts for everyone. Can’t wait!!
I took my 7 year old ad he loved it – though he preferred the pookynoos to the gabbas.