A group of Australian and New Zealand most loved artists will perform a live-streamed concert in honour of ANZAC Day and workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Titled Music From The Home Front, the concert will be broadcast on television on the evening of ANZAC Day (Saturday, April 25).
Music From The Home Front was conceptualised by concert promoter and Frontier Touring CEO Michael Gudinski with help from Jimmy Barnes, and will feature the likes of Kevin Parker, Courtney Barnett, G Flip, Paul Kelly, Missy Higgins, The Rubens, Marlon Williams and beloved children’s music group The Wiggles. More artists will be added in the coming days. Each set will be performed from the location where each artist is in isolation.
“Throughout history music has helped people through times of hardship,” Gudinski said in a statement. “Music From The Home Front is about uniting Australian and New Zealanders through the power of music in a time that we all need a bit of hope and happiness.”
Though Music From The Home Front is touted as a festival “for the fight against COVID-19”, a press statement notes that it is not a charity fundraiser, “rather it is an opportunity for our nations to be united by music and celebrate the things that bring us together”.
Australians can tune in to the concert from 7.30pm AEST on Nine/9Now, and New Zealanders will be able to watch it from 9.30pm NZST on Three/ThreeNow.
The Music From The Home Front lineup:
Ben Lee
Birds of Tokyo (w/ the West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
Courtney Barnett
Dave Dobbyn
Delta Goodrem
G Flip
Ian Moss
Jimmy Barnes
Kevin Parker
Marlon Williams
Missy Higgins
Paul Kelly
The Rubens
The Wiggles
Vance Joy
Vika & Linda
What a treat, the likes of Courtney Barnett, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, Paul Kelly, Marlon Williams and many more are teaming up to perform a livestreamed concert for Anzac Day.
Titled Music from the Home Front, the concert will honour the important day of remembrance, along with the frontline workers currently fighting the coronavirus crisis. Other names on the lineup include Ben Lee, Delta Goodrem, G Flip, Jimmy Barnes, The Rubens, Dave Dobbyn, with many more names to be announced in the coming days.
Music from the Home Front is a collaborative effort from Michael Gudinski of Frontier Touring/Mushroom Group alongside Australian national music treasure Barnes and will be screened on Channel Nine with the artists performing from wherever they are situated in isolation.
“Throughout history music has helped people through times of hardship,” Gudinski said. “Music from the Home Front is about uniting Australian and New Zealanders through the power of music in a time that we all need a bit of hope and happiness.”
Here’s the lineup so far:
Ben Lee
Birds of Tokyo (w/ the West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
Courtney Barnett
Dave Dobbyn
Delta Goodrem
G Flip
Ian Moss
Jimmy Barnes
Kevin Parker
Marlon Williams
Missy Higgins
Paul Kelly
The Rubens
The Wiggles
Vance Joy
Vika & Linda
