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Byron Shire
March 20, 2023

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Ben Purnell at Club Lennox on Sunday

Ben Purnell has been performing in the northern rivers and surrounding regions since early 2000. He’s played in CHXSM, LHB, Big Fly, Due Wave Duo and Due Wave. His music features a mixture of styles and genres with influences such as The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Incubus, Rage Against the Machine, Sublime, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Queens of the Stone Age, Ben Harper and Xavier Rudd. These influences help promote a wide variety in original and covered music. Presenting a fun and energetic mixture of music is played to appeal to a wide audience. Styles include rock, reggae, blues, alternative, and punk. Covered artists range from John Butler and Queens Of The Stone Age to Ray Charles. Ben appears at Club Lennox on Sunday from 4pm.


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