Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] The Oil may burn again...

Nathan Arrowsmith nathan at nathanarrowsmith.com
Sun Jan 9 22:20:30 MST 2005


I wonder if they'll play Surf's Up Tonight. ;^)


Dayne Dale wrote:
> Check out the last sentance in this article from abc.net.au. Please let 
> it be true, and please let a final farewell tour follow...
> 
> Millions pledged in tsunami benefit telethon
> Thousands of people have flocked to a benefit concert for victims of the 
> Boxing Day tsunami at the Sydney Opera House and millions are thought to 
> have watched a telethon that has raised over $15 million in pledges.
> 
> The telethon was simultaneously broadcast by all the commercial 
> networks, an unprecedented collaboration, and also shown on the ABC's 
> Asia-Pacific Television in Indonesia, Thailand, India, Malaysia and 
> other South-East Asian nations.
> 
> Musicians who performed include Kasey Chambers, Missy Higgins, Killing 
> Heidi, The Disassociatives, Noiseworks, The Whitlams and Guy Sebastian.
> 
> The Wrights - a group consisting of members of Jet, Spiderbait, The 
> Living End, You Am I, Dallas Crane, Powderfinger and Grinspoon - also 
> performed.
> 
> The 4,500 tickets for the concert sold out in less than an hour, raising 
> $112,500 for the World Vision charity.
> 
> Television personalities from all the commercial networks - including 
> Rove McManus, Eddie McGuire, Bert Newton, Gretel Killeen and Darryl 
> Somers - co-hosted the telethon.
> 
> Ratings figures were put on hold for the event.
> 
> Celebrities took calls in Melbourne to accept pledges for World Vision's 
> tsunami relief appeal.
> 
> The tsunamis have claimed more than 150,000 lives around the Indian Ocean.
> 
> Another benefit concert is reportedly planned for January 29 and will 
> feature Jet, Silverchair and the John Butler Trio and a reformed 
> Midnight Oil.
> 
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