Neon Dreams
Sun Dec 18, 18:00 - Mon Dec 19, 00:00
Bungalow On The Beach
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South Africa is 12,075 kilometers away from Neon Dreams’ hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia, so when Frank Kadillac and Adrian Morris saw streaming numbers for their single “Life Without Fantasies” spike a year after its initial release, they were shocked to see that its life had been rejuvenated in a place they had never even visited before.
The song ended up getting so big that it went Platinum in South Africa, and the duo knew they needed to go visit their new fanbase. Neon Dreams spent the month of May playing 16 shows around the country, all of which sold out—some in as quickly as five minutes.
With the world being in lockdown for more than a year, Kadillac wasn’t sure if the shows would be awkward or even more energetic than usual. Fortunately, it was the latter. “It was like taking a shot of adrenaline to the heart. Every show was so loud from people yelling our lyrics back to us that it was hard for our sound guy to mix the show,” he recalls. “They showed us that our music really helped them through a hard time.”
The singer knows all about overcoming hardships—he endured abuse growing up, never stayed in one place long enough to make friends, and went to 10 different schools—but Kadillac persevered, and now uses music to help others find their way, too.