Goodwill Games 2001 - Moshers Pack Promenade

Matthew Hart and Jennifer Dudley ROCK bands Killing Heidi and Primary last night added headbanging to the list of Goodwill Games sports, with their Brisbane River show turning South Bank's promenade into a giant mosh pit. A crowd of about 15,000 took part in the festivities in front of South Bank's floating river stage. Primary set the energetic tone for the concert, performing tracks from their debut album This is the Sound. Killing Heidi continued the pace with their hits Weir, Mascara and Live Without It. Band members Ella and Jess Hooper, Adam Pedretti and Warren Jenkins have been in the studio recording a new album and said the Goodwill Games gave them a welcome opportunity to get out in front of a live audience again. Their new album, which is due for release early next year, will be a follow-up to their first release Reflector. Despite their national and international success, drummer/guitarist Pedretti admitted band members still got nervous before heading onstage. "I had the shakes at the Boondall entertainment centre before going on (for the Opening Gala)," he said. While Killing Heidi and Primary played at South Bank, thousands of Brisbane regulars and tourists gathered to hear Latin band Candela at Eagle St Pier as part of Riverjazz. The 11-piece Salsa band were a break from the festival's traditional jazz line-up, but Riverfestival director John Aitken said this year's program had been remixed for the Games.