The Cat Empire - Bulls (LIVE at the Forum Theatre, Melbourne 2016)

2016-2018 & Rising With The Sun - In Review

It's that day of the week where we deliver you a show from the archives to watch or dance to over the weekend. This weekend we are taking you back to 2016 at The Forum Melbourne as part of the Rising With The Sun Tour. This was a big, bright, bold stage with a show to match. Settle in folks and enjoy.

Can anyone spot themselves in the audience?

Don't forget to book your tickets now to our December virtual concert https://thecatempire.com/tour/.

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Produced by: 1440 Productions Melbourne
Directed by: Ash Koek
Audio recorded and mixed by: Lachlan Carrick

LYRICS [F.RIEBL]

No way, no way
The bull’s inside my head
And I say, I say
The flag I wave is red

Don’t know myself
Don’t know myself
I’m better off hiding
In somebody else
I won’t stop the hurricane
I won’t stop the flood
And in the evening my
Shadow just flies away

But if I woke up
If I woke up
The other side of dark
The other side of me
I’d be the avalanche
And I’d be what’s wrong
And I’d be everything
I wasn’t made of
So tell me, who’s real?

No way, no way
The bull’s inside my head
And I say, I say
The flag I wave is red

I’ve been dreaming
I’ve been dreaming
A Bedouin told me
“The bomb is a rhythm”
Played like a hurricane
Played like it comes
And in the morning I
Wake up in wonder
And my dream is real

But tell me Lorca
Tell me Lorca
Is it on both sides?
Or is it just our here?
Tell me Lorca
Tell me how it is

No way, no way
The bull’s inside my head
And I say, I say
The flag I wave is red
No way, no way
The bull’s inside my head
And I say, I say
The flag I wave is red


About:
Formed in Melbourne, Australia and adored the world over, The Cat Empire is a musical success story that continues to be written. Throughout their 20 year career, the band's stratospheric trajectory has continued unabated, becoming one of Australia's most successful musical exports, growing an army of ardent fans at home and abroad.

Since their teens, the six bound together by a love of music, and bolstered by the career-long guidance of Manager Correne Wilkie, have gone about the business of crafting infectious, genre-embracing anthems and releasing chart-topping, multi-platinum albums to take to the live stage. It was not unusual to find the band performing on main stage bills at iconic international festivals, selling out the world's most famous arenas, mobbed by supporters and media at airports in Spain, and appearing on top rating T.V. shows like Letterman and Leno.

In September 2021, The Cat Empire announced that after 20 years, the band's original line-up would play their final shows together, culminating in a massive show and virtual concert from their hometown of Melbourne in December.

The next chapter of The Cat Empire begins with founding members Felix Riebl and Ollie McGill stepping forward with "a re-imagined, vibrant, cross-cultural, and joyful collective of musicians and artists", with new music planned for 2022.