busybeeburns Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Speculation is mounting down under that veteran Aussie promoters Michael Gudinski and Michael Chugg are co-ordinating simultaneous stadium concerts in support of the country's bushfire and flood appeals. Word is that the 100,000-capacity Melbourne Cricket Ground and the 45,000-plus capacity Sydney Cricket Ground will host concerts on March 14, while unconfirmed reports suggest the likes of Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Kings Of Leon, Jimmy Barnes, the Veronicas and a reunited Midnight Oil could be among the names on the bill. Coldplay is touring Australia shortly and are booked to play Sydney Acer Arena that evening. Confirmation of "two major music industry bushfire and flood relief concerts" was made in an email late this afternoon inviting the media to a Feb. 24 press conference at the MCG. News of the benefit concerts emerged from an unlikely source - the sports pages. Australia's cricket administrators are in a quandary about its centrepiece state final, which is booked-in for March 13-17 at the MCG - a time and place at loggerheads with the mooted event. At least 209 people are confirmed dead as a result of the bushfires which have raged across areas of Victoria, in the south east of Australia, while areas in the north of the country have been battling major floods, causing damage estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3iab3b217aa919c5ef8d7f27efd0325c4f --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Setlist: Life In Technicolor Yellow Lost! Clocks Viva La Vida You're The Voice (w/ John Farnham) Fix You Photos: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/1742 Videos: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=videos&search_query=coldplay+sound+relief&search_sort=video_date_uploaded LiT: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ag1G2pTdr0]YouTube - Coldplay?LiT II & Yellow?Live @ Sound Relief-Sydney-2009-03-14[/ame] Yellow: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ag1G2pTdr0]YouTube - Coldplay?LiT II & Yellow?Live @ Sound Relief-Sydney-2009-03-14[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjcjL5Ok1Fo]YouTube - Yellow - Coldplay at Sound Relief (Part Two)[/ame] Lost!: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IiQv3U_DgI]YouTube - Coldplay?Lost!?Live @ Sound Relief-Sydney-2009-03-14[/ame] Clocks: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QfQIKgMoxM]YouTube - Coldplay- Clocks & Viva La Vida @ Sound Relief[/ame] Viva La Vida: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdJpP8II5X4]YouTube - Coldplay Perform Viva La Vida at Sound Relief Concert in Sydney, Australia[/ame] You're the Voice (w/ John Farnham) [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn4XK8JNdC4&fmt=18]YouTube - You're The Voice by John Farnham with Coldplay, Live @ Sound Relief in Sydney, Australia 2009[/ame] ----- Fix You: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdSbG3ifDrE&fmt=18]YouTube - COLDPLAY AT SOUND RELIEF (FIX YOU) 14th March 2009[/ame] [/size][/size][/size][/size][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natster Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Whats happened in Australia is a tragedy, if Chris and the lads are able to lend their names to a worthy cause, I'm sure they will, besides they seem to enjoy springing surprises!:sneaky: they always have something up their sleeve!:curtain: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Escapist Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I hope they do, that would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I would be very tempted to fly up to Sydney for such an event Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshtimo Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I would be very tempted to fly up to Sydney for such an event Same. This would be Coldplay's first stadium show right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anniea89 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 ^ Yeah, I think it would be. Someone correct me if I'm wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 First stadium show in Aus, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauiwi Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Fuck me! HAVE IT AT THE MCG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And if its on the Sat 14th I have kings of leon later that night! AWESOME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauiwi Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Or if there is a problem with the cricket, just have it at the telstra dome (i think its renamed 'etihad stadium' now)... Andre rieu played there.... but there is no comparison. He is an old man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 The problem is, Coldplay are booked at Sydney Entertainment Centre on the 14th And yes, I would love nothing else more than seeing them at the MCG. Then, I think my life may be partially more complete than it was otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamo.p Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 that would be so amazing i can't think straight. i'm in melbourne and i'll be there. even if coldplay aren't playing, it'd be mindblowing - i mean, where else can you see Kings of Leon and the Foo Fighters at the same concert? if Coldplay are there as well my life will be beyond perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauiwi Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 In today's herald sun, it mentioned that the cricket game has been moved to make the MCG free for a benefit concert. Bring it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anniea89 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 March 14... They could have Coldplay during the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 *dies* If that happens, I want tickets NAO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauiwi Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 If this happens, it will most likely go like this: there will be two concerts on the same day, the sat 14th. KOL (in melb that night) will headline the melb show, and Coldplay the sydney show. Which (if it happens) kinda sucks, cos I'd prefer if they had them both playing at the same venue on different days, not both on the sat. I guess we'll just have to wait until the Tuesday press conference.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Indeed. But if they are indeed playing that benefit concert I can has tickets, parentals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenjie Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Foo fundraiser US rockers Foo Fighters may headline a twin-city fundraiser for bushfire and flood victims. Touring promoters Michael Chugg and Michael Gudinski will stage simultaneous rock events in Melbourne and Sydney on March 14. Foo Fighters and Kings of Leon are in talks for the MCG show and Coldplay is tipped for the Sydney show. Chugg and Gudinski will officially announce the shows on Tuesday. Local stars Silverchair, Powderfinger, Eskimo Joe, Jimmy Barnes and The Veronicas have offered to play at the benefits. And John Farnham may be lured out of semi-retirement to support relief efforts, but his manager, Glenn Wheatley said The Voice needs to get match fit. "This tragedy is the only reason for him to consider doing anything," Wheatley said. "John will find it harder than most to do a major live performance as he has not performed in more than three years and had no intention of going out again. "He has not had a band together in all this time, so it will require an enormous amount of work to pull something together." Yesterday actor Lisa McCune and singers Russell Morris and Darryl Cotton headlined the Chief Commissioner's Bushfire Appeal Concerts at Melbourne Town Hall. Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon said the concert provided an opportunity for communities touched by the devastation to come together to help raise money and for members to unite in support of their emergency services colleagues. "This is a great opportunity for Melburnians to show their support for bushfire survivors and emergency services colleagues," she said. "Many members of the emergency services have witnessed firsthand the devastation the bushfires have brought upon communities, so this is an opportunity for them to help support the fundraising efforts. "Over the past week, police bands have been performing at relief centres across the state and many residents have said how much they've appreciated the performances." http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25088195-662,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Escapist Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Coldplay twice in one day. A dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Guh! Es-Eskimo Joe?! *dies* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Escapist Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 ^i know. I listened to all of their albums yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauiwi Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Too right! Eskimo joe better play in melb. Otherwise it is NOT FAIR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I don't want to have to squish in with all the fucking teeny-boppers/idiot teens at the MCG to watch Kings of Leon sound the same in every goddamn song and be once again ridiculously overrated. Eskimo Joe at MCG or DEATH! Also, I bet my monies on The Veronicas playing Sydney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeya Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 why cant foo fighters play sydney? i wanna watch them too! they came last year but i didnt manage to get a ticket :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I thought they might be playing Melbourne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeya Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 i cant go to melbourne because i'm seeing chris the day after! oh well, nothing can top meeting with chrissy love :kiss::P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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