Santana concert at Unknown venue in Perth, Australia
Tue, 10 Feb 1976

Yes the venue was Subiaco Oval and the support was Split Enz (though I didn't think highly of them at that time). My main memory was that Santana was judged a bit loud by surrounding residents especially as it got later into the evening. Apparently, complaints were made, but all we knew was that suddenly the power was turned off! The crowd were not amused, but all the guys in Santana simply picked up acoustic instruments and continued playing, just staying in the groove. I cannot be sure for how long, from memory 10-20 minutes, but as they showed no signs of stopping, suddenly the power came back on. Seamlessly they segued into Black Magic Woman to rapturous applause from the crowd. (Now I'd have understood it if the noise of the applause was the cause for complaint - could any footy final crowd have been noisier?). It was simply AWESOME!

The venue was Subiaco Oval. Support act was Split Enz who were amazing.