Icehouse TV Doco Airing Tonight: ‘It All Went Horribly Wrong’

Aussie music legend Icehouse will feature on tonight’s episode of Days Like These… With Diesel.

Airing at 8:30pm on ABC TV Plus and ABC iView, the episode will detail the band’s iconic show at Melbourne Showgrounds on February 20, 1988.

As the episode’s synopsis reads, “The band had just come off a marathon 14-month tour. Through the fog of exhaustion, they pulled off a blinder.”

In a trailer for the series, vocalist Iva Davies teased: “It all went kind of horribly wrong, but in the best possible way.”

To celebrate 40 years since the release of their landmark, iconic masterpiece Great Southern Land and Aussie tour in support, Davies recently spoke with The Music about his Psychedelic Furs cover that became part of a contemporary dance score, being amongst Fairlight’s elite “power users”, that time Bowie materialised side stage at an Icehouse gig and sang along to Great Southern Land and more.

Days Like These... With Diesel revisits “some of the most brilliant and unforgettable moments in Australian music history”.

Premiering earlier this year, Jet’s 2004 performance at The Forum kicked things off before Baby Animals, Hunters & Collectors, The Angels, Diesel, Rose Tattoo, Jimmy Barnes, Eurogliders and Archie Roach were featured.

The remaining episodes this year will revisit shows from Troy Cassar-Daley and Cold Chisel.

When the series was first announced, Lizotte said: “Days Like These…with Diesel has been an absolute delight and honour to host. The series brings together some of the most quintessential Australian bands from the past few decades, that help define our nation’s recent music past, and celebrates important, moments in their concert history."

The 12 episodes feature a mix of archival footage and interviews to revisit Australia's most iconic concerts and tell the stories behind them.

Lizotte chats to the people who were at these seminal shows, from band members, tour managers as well as musicians from other groups in attendance. He explores the reasons that these concerts were such memorable events, showcasing the unique circumstances that led to each of the shows.