Not many bands celebrate a 40th anniversary, but tonight Icehouse proved they still have the chops to play live. Their first show was at the Warriewood Surf Life Saving Club way back in 1977. Were you there? They have a shedload of hits in their swag, more than most people could name — Great Southern Land, We Can Get Together, Hey, Little Girl, Crazy — I could go on and on. The long-ago sold out crowd were treated to an (almost) two-hour set of greatest hits spanning their glory days.

Hitting the stage bang on 9pm, the band, led by singer and only original member Iva Davies — gone is the trademark mullet he wore so well, BTW — walked out on stage for an Adelaide theatre show for the first time in 27 years. Starting off with the track Icehouse — where it all began when they were called Flowers — Davies proved he still has it, hitting all the high notes. Not bad for a man who is 61 years old — crazy! (Pun intended.) Although he was looking like someone 20 years his junior, quite stylish tonight in his buttoned-up white shirt and jeans. The hits kept coming with Mr Big, Hey Little Girl and the big one Crazy getting an airing early. One thing I noticed was their songs didn't sound dated, as a lot of the '80s songs do these days. Crazy, especially, sounded great even 30 years on.

One beef I had with tonight was that it was a seated show, which thus reduced the crowd size, but the band insisted we stand up and dance along!

While I was too young to have seen them at their prime in the early- to mid-'80s, Icehouse were arguably Australia's answer to Roxy Music and laid down the soundtrack for generations to come. They are constantly played on Australian radio to this day. But I'm glad to have witnessed them live tonight and can tick that box.

I liked the way the band used old footage on a big screen behind them to help celebrate this anniversary; I'm a sucker for early-days photo montages. During Cross The Border — my favourite song of the set — they showed footage of the Berlin Wall, which still resonates to this day.

Guitarist Paul Gildea was relegated to keyboard due to breaking his wrist last week and the band had to postpone a Perth show. Gildea jokingly said he got a BMX bike for Christmas. His ring-in Michael Paynter did an amazing job and had the privilege of singing Man Of Colours, receiving a nod of approval from Davies. The final track of the night, Nothing Too Serious, was dedicated to Gildea's little mishap, which saw everyone jumping around like people half their age. It was a hot Adelaide night, and Icehouse were hot tonight!