Under The Southern Cross; Melbourne Music Show [DVD]

Under The Southern Cross; Melbourne Music Show [DVD]

The time: 1988. The place: Royal Melbourne Showgrounds. The event: The Melbourne Music Show - Under The Southern Cross. The inaugural Melbourne Music Show was held at a packed Royal Melbourne Showgrounds in 1988 as a celebration of Australia's bicentennial of becoming a nation. Featuring a who's who of Australian rock luminaries of the day, this was a weekend that would never be forgotten. This amazing concert was broadcast on MTV at the time and was thought lost to the winds of time, UNTIL NOW. Liberation is very proud to release Under The Southern Cross - The Melbourne Music Show, a 2 DVD set featuring FULL PERFORMANCES by almost all of the acts that appeared. Jimmy Barnes, The Angels, Choirboys, Johnny Diesel and The Injectors, Painters and Dockers and incredible bonus extras are all here. And not just a few songs by each act, FULL SETS. This means with Jimmy Barnes there are 19 songs (including solo and Cold Chisel hits), 13 songs by The Angels (who at this time were at the absolute peak of their powers), 10 songs by Choirboys (who had just exploded into the stratosphere via their anthem 'Run To Paradise'). 7 songs by the preternaturally gifted Johnny Diesel who had just permeated the nation's psyche through his remarkable eponymous debut and 9 songs by Melbourne's unparalleled Painters and Dockers. There are also a raft of extras, including bonus performances by Colin Hay and Greg Ham (Men at Work), Joe Camilleri, Marc Hunter, Ross Wilson and Ross Hannaford and Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs. That's over 5 HOURS of never-before-released footage.