Live Review: Mark Ronson, POND, Tkay Maidza

Jones Jnr from Katoomba showed off their amazing musical talent and lead singer Evan Jones' vast vocal range. The fake American accents were a 'little' inauthentic, but we had to forgive because they were good. Double DJs Yolanda Be Cool then got the funky vibes happening in their sets between support acts.

The energy in the room was peaking as the young 'energiser bunny', Tkay Maidza bounced onto and around on stage. She rapped well, with speed and precision; however she appeared to be lip-syncing over the minor singing parts of her songs.

Nick Allbrook, frontman of POND, looked out of it as he swayed around on stage. Luckily it didn't hinder their sound or performance; they delivered that beautiful, trippy, elongated guitar, wah-wah sound that is so enjoyable.

Then, finally, Mark Ronson and his enormous band graced the podiums. Each guest came on and played their tunes with Ronson, both original collaborators and stand-ins for those not on tour. Theophilus London took us away with the first couple of songs, while Ella Thompson performed Bang Bang Bang. Daniel Merriweather's Stop Me was a major climax, as was I Can't Lose with Keyone Starr. The crowd went wild as Kevin Parker performed three tracks with Ronson, delivering his signature dreamy tones while joined on stage by Kirin J Callinan. Miike Snow's Andrew Wyatt stood out on his three songs, which included Somebody To Love Me. Ronson honoured Amy Winehouse before playing the original recording of their Valerie. The performance ended with Uptown Funk, with Thompson and Theophilus London taking the vocals and the other guests coming back on stage to dance it out. Jaws dropped and the crowd left on a complete high from the stratospheric performance they'd just partied to. Ronson just delivers every time!