A.B. Original welcomed a special guest to the stage during their Melbourne show on Saturday night (10th September), with Grinspoon‘s Phil Jamieson joining them for their landmark single, ‘January 26’. The performance took place during the Indigenous hip hop duo’s support slot for Hilltop Hoods at Rod Laver Arena.
Jamieson shared footage of the event on Twitter, which shows him singing the song’s hook, which was handled by Dan Sultan on the recording. “I got to sing January 26 last night with A.B. Original ~ was the best time of [my] life,” Jamieson wrote. Briggs shared Jamieson’s tweet and labelled him “the greatest frontman”.
Watch Phil Jamieson join A.B. Original for ‘January 26’:
The greatest Frontman: @philjamieson. https://t.co/jBGeTgnKvH
— Senator Briggs (@Briggs) September 11, 2022
A.B. Original are currently in the midst of the Hilltop Hoods’ ongoing ‘Show Business’ tour, serving as support alongside Elsy Wameyo and DJ Eclipse. The duo released the single ‘King Billy Cokebottle’ last month, their first new single since 2018.
“‘King Billy Cokebottle’ drags an ugly side of Australian larrikinism to the table; where the jokes on us,” A.B. Original said in a statement upon its release. “We get told to get over it and to fit in with ‘Australian Values’.
“That’s assimilation, and that is essentially asking blackfullas to not exist; don’t ask us to be ‘one of the good ones’. If we have to feel the anxiety and discomfort of living in a country that wishes we weren’t here, so do you.”
Further Reading
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