Australian rock legends Powderfinger have reunited, a near-decade on from their final show.
The band are getting back together again for a special, live-streamed charity gig, One Night Lonely. The live-streamed concert is set to raise funds and awareness for mental health service Beyond Blue and music industry charity Support Act.
The Brisbane heroes announced the news this morning. “G’day Folks, we know we’ve been quiet but we hope this news makes you smile,” the band wrote.
“Powderfinger are getting back together for one night only to give you an exclusive YouTube performance straight from their home studios to your living room titled One Night Lonely.
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“So let’s come together for a good cause to raise funds for Support Act and Beyond Blue.”
One Night Lonely will take place from 7pm AEST on Saturday, May 23rd. The band will be streaming the show from their YouTube page.
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“The five of us have been meeting regularly over the past few months to organise some Odyssey Number 5 anniversary releases. The idea came up of playing together again in this unusual format which we all thought would be fun,” say the band in a statement.
“The past few months has been a very strange time for us all and difficult days for many. We really just want to bring a smile to some people’s faces and along the way raise some funds to help our music industry mates and people who are currently experiencing mental health issues.”
There’s been no word yet as to whether this will be a one-off reunion, but the reference to Odyssey Number Five‘s anniversary has us fantasizing of a post-corona life where we’ll be able to embrace our friends to the soaring chorus of ‘These Days’.
Powderfinger called it quits back in 2010, following the release of Golden Rule.“We feel that we have said all that we want to say as a musical group,” they shared at the time. “We firmly believe that it is our most complete and satisfying album and can’t think of a better way to farewell our fans than with music that we all believe in and also with, hopefully, our best tour to date.”
