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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Andrew Stafford

Why Harry Vanda is coming out of retirement at 79: ‘The world is going to rack and ruin. I couldn’t help myself!’

Legendary Australian musician Harry Vanda poses for a photograph in the studio
‘I don’t get involved in politics … too dangerous!’: Harry Vanda has a new single, Devil Loose. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

What would make Harry Vanda – the last surviving Easybeat, the man who co-wrote Friday on My Mind, the original architect of what we came to know as Oz rock – come out of retirement at the age of 79 to release his first solo single?

To any Australian music enthusiast, the very thought is unlikely enough. But here comes Devil Loose: three minutes of stomping, sneering garage rock that could have been released in 1966.

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