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Songs of Freedom
Wednesday 3 February 2027
Co-op Live, Manchester, UK
A benefit concert for the women and children of Ukraine, presented by Harvey Goldsmith. Springbok Nude Girls join a bill with Bob Geldof, Madness, Chrissie Hynde, Midge Ure, The Doobie Brothers, Peter Hook & The Light and many more, with Sir Paul McCartney and Barbra Streisand appearing by video.
TicketsTHE SNG STORY
The Springbok Nude Girls were born in the leafy university town of Stellenbosch, South Africa, just as the country was finding a new voice, and they brought something no one had heard before. Punk’s edge and pop’s melody collided with jazz and orchestral grandeur, fuelled by the charisma of frontman Arno Carstens, the electrifying guitar of Theo Crous and the explosive chemistry between the two.
From their debut album, Neanderthal 1, in 1995, they’ve won multiple SAMA awards, right up to their most recent, Partypocalypse, which won Best Rock Album in 2022. Blue Eyes, Genie and Bubblegum On My Boots are part of the country’s musical legacy, songs that defined generations. They’ve shared stages with U2, INXS and the Pixies, headlined every major festival at home, and played to audiences from the Isle of Wight in England to Pukkelpop in Belgium.
Thirty years on, the story is still being written.
The documentary
Springbok Nude Girls, the film
Springbok Nude Girls is a feature documentary by Michelle Pretorius who directed and produced it for Thinking Owl Films, in association with Sony Music Entertainment Africa.
It follows the band from their chance beginnings in Stellenbosch in the early nineties, through the new freedom that came with 1994, and on through two decades of records, festivals and stages.
Rare archive footage sits alongside interviews with the band, fellow musicians, journalists and fans, and the film tells the whole story, the wild highs and the hard times.
Rent or buy on Apple TV“This band kicks ass!”
Michael Hutchence, INXS, 1997
