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Yes! On the way!!!!

Yeah, so after the Perth Gig they'll hopefully have the weekend in Melb... so we'll have to keep our eyes and ears open

I love NZ. Lived there 12 years then moved to Aussie. I know, for those who watch Flight Of The Conchords are wondering "how is that man still alive?"

1. WTF??? 2. BAUK YOU ROCK! 3. My last album was Franz.

Oh. Still have no idea. I'm back at uni next week so it may be a tad busy, but interested sure! If not beforehand, after the gigs?

VM?

Yeah, I'm slightly disappointed the Eskies wont be in Melb.

Also, I am intrigued as to what this banner would say??

I'm already going to the KOL gig that night in Melb. I was just not impressed that they were only turning up for 3 songs. Their proper shows are 20 songs long.... And good luck finding a new school Cobalt! Anyone know the details of when Coldplay fly into Melb? I'd like to meet them in a non-stalkerish way

LOL to this: On the Kings Of Leon Website, it says: "Kings of Leon have confirmed that they will perform three songs in the early afternoon at the Melbourne show." 3 SONGS??? GET OUT

Iconic rock bands reform for bushfire benefit Some of the most popular acts in Australia, including Wolfmother, Jet, Paul Kelly, Gabriella Cilmi, Kasey Chambers and internationals Kings of Leon and Jack Johnson will play the Sound Relief bushfire benefit at the MCG on March 14. In a major coup for organisers, Labor MP Peter Garrett has agreed to reunite with iconic Australian rock group Midnight Oil. Midnight Oil, Hunters & Collector and Split Enz will reform especially for the Melbourne event, while Coldplay (acoustic), Eskimo Joe, Hoodoo Gurus and Icehouse will play the Sydney version of the show held simultaneously at the SCG on the same day. Jet and the new look Wolfmother will play both cities. Each band will play about 20 minutes of hits. Organisers of what Premier John Brumby called "the biggest music event in Australian music history" expect more than 100,000 people attend the shows. With all involved donating their services, they hope to raise about $5 million for charity. "Between the two cities, there's a multi-million dollar bill there, but it's costing us zero," said Sydney co-organiser Mark Pope. With two of the most popular international bands in the country, Kings Of Leon and Coldplay, both touring here at the same time, the chosen date was a no-brainer. Both bands will play in the mid afternoon before preparing for sold out shows that night. The Bushrangers Victorian cricket team has agreed to move its home Sheffield Shield final from the MCG to St Kilda's Junction Oval. "Everyone in Australia wants to help in some way," said Kasey Chambers. "I can't put out fires, I can't rebuild houses, but I can use my position as a musician to help raise some money and hopefully inspire people to help find their thing that they can do." "It's pretty easy for us as musicians to turn up for half an hour and play music," said Wolfmother's Andrew Stockdale. "These people are going to have to do a lot of work for years. So if we can raise as much money as possible to help them rebuild their lives, then that's the least I can do." Mark Seymour said it took something as significant as this to reform Hunters & Collectors after 11 years. "We felt our time had come and gone but the sheer magnitude of this tragedy really hit home to all of us ... the tragedy simply came about because they happened to live in a certain postcode. What's happened to them could have happened to any of us," he said. "I never expected to be playing with the band again, so this is a major event in my lifetime." Melbourne promoter Michael Gudinski said it had been "phenomenal" seeing the music industry pull together in this horrific time. "The Sound Relief concerts are for the survivors of the bushfires," he said. "The sad reality is that rebuilding their lives and communities will be a lengthy and costly process. Without doubt these concerts will be once in a lifetime events that will live on in the memories of everyone who attends." Mr Gudinski said "it took a few phone calls to the prime minister, to (Treasurer) Wayne Swan'' to get Mr Garrett on board for Midnight Oil's first show since 2005's WaveAid tsunami benefit in Sydney. "I have hardly sung a note since the Oils last played at WaveAid,'' said Mr Garrett in a statement. "But this event is so unique and important that it will be terrific to now catch up with my mates and put on a performance that gives all those people affected by the terrible events what they dearly need.'' Sydney promoter Michael Chugg said the shows would remember those who had lost as well as celebrate the heroes of this devastating story. "Around the world, some of the words that are used to describe Australians include big hearted, generous, battlers and troopers," he said. "These concerts will honour all of those characteristics of the Australian people, both those who have suffered so much through this terrible tragedy, but also saluting the heroes who fought against the fires, and the courageous people whose fight is just beginning. "With the help of the Australian music community, these concerts hope to bring people together, not just on the hallowed turf of the MCG and SCG, but around the country as we share the joy of live music." Tickets will be sold for $75 and go on sale from Ticketek 132 849 or http://www.ticketek.com.au on Wednesday March 4 at 9am. General Admission standing on the field and reserved seating in the stands will be available for both concerts. All of the profits from the Melbourne concert and half of the profits from Sydney will be donated to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal. The other half of the Sydney profits will be donated to The Premier's Disaster Relief Fund Appeal in QLD to aid the victims of the Queensland floods. Source: http://www.theage.com.au/national/iconic-rock-bands-reform-for-bushfire-benefit-20090224-8gao.html?page=1

Coldplay, Kings of Leon to headline bushfire relief concerts TWO of the world's biggest acts and a re-formed Midnight Oil will headline major bushfire benefit concerts in Melbourne and Sydney. British superstars Coldplay will join US rock act Kings of Leon to headline the concerts which feature an all-star line-up of Aussie and international acts. Premier John Brumby today joined promoters and artists to launch bushfire concerts Sound Relief which will be staged simultaneously at the MCG and the SCG on Saturday March 14. Environment Minister Peter Garrett will make a comeback with band Midnight Oil while iconic Australian act Hunters and Collectors will reform for the Melbourne event. In a marathon effort, Aussie bands Jet and Wolfmother will perform at both the Sydney and Melbourne concerts. The line-up for the Melbourne concert includes Augie March, Bliss N Eso with Paris Wells, Gabriella Cilmi, Hunters and Collectors, Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson with Troy Cassar-Daly, Jack Johnson, Jet, Kings of Leon, Midnight Oil, Paul Kelly, Split Enz and Wolfmother. The bill for Sydney’s Sound Relief concert includes Coldplay, Eskimo Joe, Hoodoo Gurus, Icehouse, Jet, Josh Pyke, Little Birdie, The Presets, Wolfmother and You Am I. More acts will be announced for the Sydney concert. Mr Brumby said all ticket sales proceeds from the Melbourne Sound Relief concert will go to the Victorian Bushfire Relief Fund. A 50 per cent share of ticket sales profits from the Sydney Sound Relief will go to the bushfire fund, with the other 50 per cent to go to the Premier’s Disaster Relief Fund in Queensland to help flood victims. “We are picking up the pieces after the worst natural disaster in Australia’s history and it is fitting that a concert to raise money to rebuild communities devastated by these fires will also be among the single largest music concert event in our country’s history,” he said. Tickets will go on sale for $75 at 9am on Wednesday March 4 through Ticketek 132 849. Source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25099180-661,00.html

Too right! Eskimo joe better play in melb. Otherwise it is NOT FAIR.

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..

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.

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.

Fuck me! HAVE IT AT THE MCG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And if its on the Sat 14th I have kings of leon later that night! AWESOME.

See youse there! Gold lower seating for myself!! BEST FIRST WEEK OF UNI BACK EVER

So no repeat of a Sydney live cd. Mixing it up, I guess

A live album sounds great, but recordings of the show you've just been too doesnt sound too flash. Another "live 2003" CD, entitled "Live 2009" or "Viva 2009" should be recorded and produced and disctributed/sold at live events for like $1. That sounds like a more feasible idea, and it could be a much greater quality too. Otherwise we are going to end up with a crapload of bootlegs on the internet that nobody is going to be able to keep up with.

http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunday-night/video

Good luck to that! ^

I loved how the Russeau story was inter-twined into the episode. I reckon this was definitely the best so far of the season.

I put in a reasonable question, but I dont know if it will be good enough.

All Australians can see it live on ARENA at 10am I think tomorrow, it is replayed again at 8:30pm tomorrow night.