The recent bushfires in Australia have been utterly devastating and described as the nation's worst-ever natural disaster. In response, Australia's music community has banded together to perform two benefit concerts in Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday, March 14th.
At the Melbourne Cricket ground:
Hunters
& Collectors, Jack Johnson, Jet, Kings Of Leon, Liam Finn, Midnight Oil, Split
Enz and more.
100% of the proceeds from the Melbourne concert will be donated to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal.
At the Sydney Cricket Ground:Coldplay, Icehouse, Wolfmother, You Am I + more acts to be announced
50% of the profits from the Sydney concert will be donated to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal and 50% will be donated to The Premier's Disaster Relief Fund Appeal in QLD to aid the victims of the Queensland floods.
Tickets
will be sold for $75 and will go on sale from Ticketek 132 849
www.ticketek.com.au on Wednesday March 4, 2009 at 9am.
Reserved seating in the stands and general
admission on the field will be available for both concerts.
More information: www.soundrelief.com.au
Please consider donating to the Australian Red Cross: www.redcross.org.au
For further updates on the show, please keep your eye on this blog, and follow Frenz.com on Twitter: twitter.com/frenzdotcom. We will also be making updates to http://www.frenz.com/splitenz/ in the coming days.
Media Links:
The Melbourne Age
The Herald Sun
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