“How ya doin? This is my first tour” Lewis announced, waving and beaming as he bounded energetically onto stage, to which the audience screamed deafeningly as the first notes of Lose My Mind we’re struck up by his 4-piece band. Lewis is gifted with a voice that translates beautifully to live performances and has the quality of a studio recording. Paired with his iconic upbeat guitar and commanding voice the audience bopped up and down as Lewis strummed on his acoustic guitar. However, it wasn’t a long-lasting dance party as Lewis quickly transitioned into his more emotional tracks and took to his keyboard.
“Hey you guys wanna hear a really sad love song?” he asked his audience as the lighting dimmed to a yellow haze and a smoke machine spat out fog. Quickly moving from a Half a Man through to one of the crowd favourites Let Go, Lewis was true to his word and the sad love songs continued. About mid-way through his performance it was clear the audience’s attention was starting to slip a little as conversations began to rise up in volume. But Lewis was quick to reel everyone back in with his most energetic and cheerful song thus far-
‘This is a new song called Tumble, hope you don’t hate it!’
The veins popped in Lewis’ right arm as he strummed vigorously and sang his most uplifting song yet ‘we don’t fall down, we don’t fall down. We tumble magnificently.’ After the welcome change in pace Lewis was back on the keyboard once again with the most anticipated song of the night. Lewis’ 2018 single and ARIA award winning track Be Alright was certified platinum within four weeks of release and is currently certified quadruple platinum.
‘As you know, I’m an actor now’ Lewis joked as he introduced the chart-topping single. Girls jumped onto their boyfriend’s shoulders and phone torches illuminated the stage as hands began to raise and float from side to side. The audience sang along so passionately that Lewis was drowned out completely. As the last chorus began he stepped away from the mic and let the audience carry the song to completion. ‘WE LOVE YOU DEAN LEWIS’ screamed a shrill female voice audience as the cheering
became deafening.
Lewis has one of the most recognisable voices in Australian music today, which he heavily relied on. Lewis let his voice drive the show while his stage performance took a back seat. Not to say that he didn’t have stage presence, but between jumping from guitar to keyboard there wasn’t a whole lot to look at up on the stage. Lewis finished up his set with his debut single Waves, a certified triple platinum song that again had the audience singing louder than Lewis himself, which says a lot for an artist of such high status within the Australian music industry.
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