Donny Benét show this friday at Pohoda Day_FM 2022
There are only few names that visitors to Pohoda have grown fond of as much as of Donny Benét. This Australian bon vivant and music time machine is returning to Slovakia after three years and will perform with the band at Pohoda deň_FM on Friday, the 6th of May. Australia has exported a number of music stars, yet, at least on Facebook, the largest Slovak fanclub cheers for the Australian post-disco phenomenon Donny Benét.
02. May 2022
Fun fact is that at his premiere in Slovakia (at Pohoda 2018), he appeared as an artist familiar only to experts in the lo-fi scene. But Donny’s songs and charisma worked immediately. Even security service, photographers, stage managers, and bartenders danced at his concerts. At the subsequent sold-out autumn tour, he was accompanied on sax by his brother Dan; he performed at Pohoda 2019 with the whole band as part of the European premiere of The Donny Benét Show Band. By that time folks had already pulled glittering pieces out of their parents’ closets, just so that many of them would eventually end up under Donny Benet’s feet. In 2020, he joined Slovak fans with a set from his Australian studio specially created for the Pohoda in the Air festival. He intended to return to Europe with the band last year, but the plan will come true only these days and one of his first stops to play for fans will be in Slovakia again. In addition to favourite hits, he will perform new songs from the album Mr. Experience and the latest instrumental EP Le Piano. NME highlighted his ability to restore the music of 1980s to a modern yet classic form. The magazine said that his “post-disco party guilty pleasure of the last decade” is music made for late-night dancing under the influence, hoping that no one else is watching.