
Choirboys: Run To Paradise
Australian Rock n' Roll legends Choirboys are heading to Geelong in 2025!
Run To Paradise is a “spilling of the beans” of sorts. It's part story, part song that chronicles some of the wildest, most risqué, outrageous, and downright hilarious stories of Australian Rock. All, as these Oz pub-rock icons recall it.
As young twenty-something-year-olds, Choirboys formed in 1978, growing up on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. The wild, hedonistic lifestyle the band witnessed of the youth in the 70s is ultimately what gave birth to their seminal rock anthem, Run To Paradise. It’s all about the stories that sound all too familiar within the culture widely assumed of the music industry - “sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll” and they tell it all.
Who would have thought that Run To Paradise, thirty-five years on, would ultimately have started the first chapter of a myriad of untold stories as recalled by a band that’s seen it all, heard it all, and helped in the craziness.
“Put it down to hearsay – it’s our opinion, it’s what we saw, it’s what people told us and most of it is extremely funny and incredibly interesting. Some of the stories are so funny and just plain stupid because back then, we could do things that nobody else could do because it wasn’t a normal job. There were no rules.
Which movie star did the Divinyls bass player meet under a table at a nightclub, what were Chuck Berry’s weird work tactics, if Deep Purple was really responsible for Mark walking with a limp, and what happened to a pair of Iggy Pop’s pants?
And behind the narrative are the classic songs that define the musical landscape of rock music in the ’70s and ’80s, including Deep Purple’s “Smoke On The Water”, Chuck Berry’s ‘Never Can Tell’, TMG’s ‘Jump In My Car’, Dragon’s ‘Are You Old Enough’, AC/DC’s ‘Long Way To The Top’ and of course the Choirboys hits ‘Boys will Be Boys’, ‘Never Gonna Die’, ‘Struggletown’ and the pub-rock anthem, ‘Run to Paradise’, to name a few.
Don't miss this incredible show! Tickets are on sale now.
VIP Meet & Greet Experience
Meet and greet with the Choirboys prior to the event (at 7pm) by getting a VIP ticket!
This is strictly limited to 20 people, so be sure to get in quick!
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Performances
- Sat, 03 May 202508:00pm
Ticket prices
- Adult $69
- Concession $65
- Group $65
- VIP Package & Ticket $120
VENUE ADDRESS
DURATION
120 minutes, including 20 minute interval.
Act 1 | 50 mins
Interval | 20 mins
Act 2 | 50 mins
SHOW WARNINGS
Recommended for audiences aged 18+
This performance contains very coarse language and adult themes.
This event contains smoke.
PRE-SHOW DINING
Why not make it dinner and a show at Tutti? All the mouthwatering details at www.tutticafe.com.au
NOTE
All e-tickets will be sent out 72 hours prior to the event.
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Acknowledgement of Country
We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which Geelong Arts Centre stands, the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, to Elders present and to emerging leaders, recognising their continuing connection to land, water, culture and community.