The moment Neil Finn walks into the dressing room at London’s O2 Arena and sits in his padded armchair, something isn’t right. He shuffles slightly, looks around the room, and then looks up. A lightbulb moment – or rather just a lightbulb.
“I’m just going to move around a little bit,” he announces as he stands up and drags his chair away from the room’s harsh overhead lighting. “Actually, I’m not sure that’s any better, but it doesn’t matter,” he laughs. For a man who’s about to go on stage and perform to 20,000 people, with countless spotlights in his face, the act is rather humorous, but it speaks volumes about the type of person Finn is.
Despite being offered to swap seats, the Crowded House frontman, 66, proves he may be one of Australasia’s most successful musicians, but the secret to his five-decade-plus career is less about loving the spotlight and more about staying true to himself..