Damo the Musical was a celebration of the late Damien Lovelock, at Sydney's Enmore Theatre in September 2019. The concert, along with bonus interview footage, will be available for download on Boxing Day 2022 exclusively from Vimeo.

From guitarist Kent Steedman...

It’s been a long slow process, it was not easy as we wanted it to be the best it could within the limitations. Some of the songs you may have expected to be included were not for any number of reasons. The day was a celebration of Damien’s time here and the Rifles as well. It was however the hardest gig we ever played in review. Perhaps not as physically demanding even though Dave and myself were on for the whole show, emotionally it is obvious however, mentally as well as we had to concentrate so hard. We all know our songs and have the feel and spirit to be part of them. We are them. We showed up and the songs almost played themselves.

In the respect of the guests participating we had to focus on not messing up for their sake but following their way to sing them and be open to shift accordingly, to keep it moving in a coherent direction, as it naturally varied. They did a grand job of showing up at all and recalling the words on little or no rehearsal. I’m pretty sure i can speak for anyone who has played in the Celibate Rifles that there is nothing in life as physically demanding as being part of a Rifles gig. Certainly nothing I have found anyway, I could just be soft. So adding that mental tension on top was a new level of intensity without the usual humour and piss-taking thrown in to break it up. Thanks for supporting us here to complete the journey.