{"id":2411507,"date":"2026-05-11T13:33:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2411507"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:33:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:33:23","slug":"live-deftones-at-brisbane-entertainment-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/live-deftones-at-brisbane-entertainment-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE: Deftones at Brisbane Entertainment Centre –"},"content":{"rendered":"

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6 May 2026 \u2013 Brisbane Entertainment Centre \u2013 words by Lucas Bell \u2013 pictures by Clea-marie Thorne<\/em><\/p>\n

Three and a half years after the last time they graced Australian shores, Sacramento alt metal legends Deftones are back for a run of shows up the Australian East Coast to celebrate their new record, Private Music<\/em>. With two dates in Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne, these were shows that were not to be missed, and we were lucky enough to be invited to Night One in Brisbane.<\/p>\n

Out first was South African singer-songwriter Ecca Vandal. Vandal is an artist I\u2019ve become familiar with lately, after her song \u2018CRUISING TO SELF SOOTHE\u2019 was featured on the latest WWE 2k26 video game, and honestly, the track is a banger. Vandal mentioned during her set these were the first Brisbane show in about seven or eight years, so it\u2019s cool to see her back on such a massive stage such as the Brisbane Entertainment Centre. The set was exclusively songs from her new record, Looking for People to Unfollow<\/em>, which drops on May 22nd, and featured\u00a0 released songs like \u2018BLEED BUT NEVER DIE\u2019, \u2018SORRY! CRASH!\u2019 and the aforementioned \u2018CRUISING TO SELF SOOTHE\u2019, plus some new ones like \u2018EYES SHUT\u2019 and \u2018VERTICAL WORLDS\u2019. Already amped for her return back to Brisbane. Hopefully she doesn\u2019t leave it another eight years.<\/p>\n

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Ecca Vandal \u2013 BEC \u2013 photos by Clea-marie Thorne<\/em><\/p>\n

celebrity.land punk icons Interpol were out second, and while musically, the set was filled with a spattering of songs across the bands long catalogue, the set was light on talking, or really any crowd participation, outside of a \u201cHello, we\u2019re Interpol\u201d three songs on, and small talk about the bands newest song \u2018Wings on Fire\u2019 before thanking Deftones for bringing them on tour. The lack of real interactivity isn\u2019t something I am used to, but the musicianship was next level. We got four tracks off the bands debut record, \u2018Obstacle 1\u2019, \u2018The New\u2019, \u2018Roland\u2019 and \u2018PDA\u2019, plus other notable tracks like \u2018Evil\u2019,\u00a0 and \u2018The Rover\u2019. The final song of the set was \u2018NYC\u2019 which ended the set on a high, as Brisbane was loving every second of the set. Interpol fans aren\u2019t there for a high level of interaction, they are there for the music. <\/p>\n

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Interpol \u2013 BEC \u2013 photos by Clea-marie Thorne<\/em><\/p>\n

Before we knew it, it was time for Deftones. A weird electronica song played over the speakers, but no one realised this track was going to be the introduction to the set. Then, as the song peaked, all the lights cut, as Deftones made their way onto stage and began a monster 21 song set with \u2018Be Quiet and Drive\u2019. The lighting board that had sat unused for most of the show, came alive with insane visuals that would get more impressive throughout the night. With shots of the band layered on mountains, we got \u2018milk of the madonna\u2019, before getting one of my favourite tracks in \u2018Diamond Eyes\u2019. The Brisbane crowd was moving and getting louder for every song, and when the intro riff for \u2018Feitceira\u2019 kicked in, I felt the floor shake.<\/p>\n

Vocalist Chino Moreno ripped an insane scream, and donned a guitar as the tone completely changed for \u2018Digital Bath\u2019, and then he moved to the back riser between drummer Abe Cunningham and keyboardist Frank Delgado for \u2018Tempest\u2019. It wasn\u2019t until this part of the show that I realised there were this strange light poles on the stage that ran from the roof to the stage floor. From a distance, they looked like separations of the backboard, but they were just giant slim lighting fixtures, and they really got a showcast as \u2018Swerve City\u2019 started up. We then got the second song from Private Music<\/em> of the night, with the lead single \u2018my mind is a mountain\u2019 getting a showcase.<\/p>\n

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Deftones \u2013 BEC \u2013 photos by Clea-marie Thorne<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe fuck is happening\u201d Moreno finally said to the crowd, as the realisation set in that we were eight songs deep in, and time was utterly flying. Moreno talked about how gorgeous the crowd was looking, and said he wanted lights up to see more of Brisbane, which Brisbane cheered for. \u201cDamn, y\u2019all are out here on a wednesday?\u201d Moreno joked, as a clip of the infamous \u201cDemocracy Manifest\u201d meme played over the speakers into \u2018Mascara\u2019. That then led into another \u2018Around the Fur\u2019 track, with the title track playing next to a monster ovation.<\/p>\n

The halfway point of the set started with a Diamond Eyes<\/em> triple threat of \u2018Beauty School\u2019, \u2018Sextape\u2019, and my other favorite song, \u2018Rocket Skates\u2019. When Moreno got his guitar back before \u2018Sextape\u2019, the amount of women screaming would have made The Beatles cry. And the crowd, and myself included, got loud for the \u201cGuns\/Razors\/Knives\u201d line in Rocket Skates. As the song finished, there was this dope visual of a car ripping donuts in a parking lot, and as that was playing, Moreno was doing the same thing on the back riser to the beat of the track. Moreno yelled for lights up again, as he wanted to tell Brisbane how much he loved us, before \u2018initial source\u2019 began.<\/p>\n

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Deftones \u2013 BEC \u2013 photos by Clea-marie Thorne<\/em><\/p>\n

Moreno let out a big thank you to the crowd, and checked in to make sure the crowd was good, before he started running around on the stage from left to right and back again as \u2018Hole in the Earth\u2019 started, which doesn\u2019t feel like the song to be blowing that kind of energy on. Then, came the biggest and coolest moment of the night in my opinion. From a singular note, the crowd exploded, as \u2018Change (In the House of Flies)\u2019 started. With nothing but a red background on the lightboard, and a slowly rising sun as the song progressed, the aura and moment of this song felt fucking HUGE, as Brisbane belted out the \u201cI watched you change\u201d line louder and louder every chorus. A chilling and beautiful moment, shared by 13k people inside that room.<\/p>\n

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Deftones \u2013 BEC \u2013 photos by Clea-marie Thorne<\/em><\/p>\n

The main part of the set finished off with \u2018Genesis\u2019 and \u2018departing the body\u2019, before the band left the stage for the encore. Cunningham started the encore off with the familiar drum beat of \u2018Cherry Waves\u2019 as Brisbane ripped the biggest circle pit of the night to probably one of Deftones more depressing songs, which simultaneously was something I should have expected, but totally didn\u2019t. Moreno gave a shout out to Ecca Vandal and Interpol for being on the tour, with a final thank you to Brisbane. Moreno exclaimed \u201cAll of this, this is for you\u201d, as they ripped through their biggest two songs last, in \u2018My Own Summer (Shove It)\u2019 and \u20187 Words\u2019 to close out not just only of the best Deftones shows I\u2019ve ever seen, or one of the best shows I\u2019ve ever seen inside the Entertainment Centre, but one of the best live sets I have ever seen in my 20 years of seeing live music. This will be a core memory show until the day I die.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source thelivewire.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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