Set List’s Melbourne Fringe season kicked off with the return to Melbourne of the folk trio Tulip, Tuberculosis & Spite. Irish-Australian Johnny Spite, tall and taciturn Michael Tuberculosis and the lovely and forward April Tulip, accompanied by the inimitable Set List band, entertained the “we don’t like football” crowd with a selection of their greatest hits including “Greenlass”, “4×4 Over the Horizon”, “My Life In Cats” and “The Ballad of Rory and Fiona”.
Of course, you and I know that Tulip, Tuberculosis & Spite never existed before the show – and never will again, seeing as they were born of the unique combination of Set List performers Ben McKenzie, Dan Walmsley and Karin Muiznieks, and the suggestions which popped out of the brains of the audience.
If you like the idea of a band who’ll write songs on the spot to suit your slightest whim, then be sure to book your tickets now for the final two nights of Set List at Fringe – jazz on October 4 and rock on October 11. See you there!