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Genre
  
Pop and rock music

Years active
  
2005

Dates
  
29 January 2005

Location(s)
  
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia

Founded by
  
Michael Chugg, Joe Segreto & Tom Lang of IMC / Homebake Festival and Mark Pope of Mark Pope Music

WaveAid was a fund raising concert held on Saturday, 29 January 2005, as a means for raising funds for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known as the Boxing Day tsunami. It was held at the Sydney Cricket Ground and broadcast on television by Channel [V] and MTV, and on radio by Triple J, Triple M, NOVA and World Audio Radio 2. The event was organised by Michael Chugg, Joe Segreto of IMC/Homebake Festival and Mark Pope.

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Part of the between-band entertainment was the screens to the side of the stage showing live feeds of audience members with captions including important messaging pertaining to the catastrophic results of the tsunami and methods which those in attendance and watching on TV could donate.

Funds raised

The event was mainly organised by the Australian music industry spearheaded by Michael Chugg, Joe Segreto of IMC/Homebake Festival and Mark Pope. They aimed to keep the overhead costs as low as possible so that as much profit as possible would go the affiliated charities. Almost all of these costs were waived or heavily discounted. The organisers estimated that if this had been an ordinary festival, these costs would have been around $3,527,908. WaveAid ended up costing $596,727 to stage.

The money raised from donations and ticket sales came to $2,896,727, meaning that the total money raised was exactly $2,300,000.

Affiliated charities

  • UNICEF
  • CARE Australia
  • Red Cross Australia
  • Oxfam Australia
  • Community Aid Abroad

    • Performers, MCs & selected songs

  • The Waifs
  • Missy Higgins - Scar.
  • Nick Cave - Red Right Hand, The Ship Song, Jack the Ripper.
  • Kasey Chambers - Am I Not Pretty Enough?, Barricades & Brick Walls, Pony.
  • Pete Murray - Feeler, So Beautiful.
  • Finn Brothers - Weather With You, Don't Dream It's Over, World Where You Live, Won’t Give In, Throw Your Arms Around Me, I Got You.
  • The Wrights - Evie - Parts 1, 2 & 3
  • Michael Chugg - MC
  • King’s Own Scottish Borderers - Mist Covered Mountain.
  • John Butler Trio - Peaches & Cream, Treat Yo’ Mama, Hello, Betterman, Zebra.
  • Silverchair - Israel's Son, Emotion Sickness, Without You, Greatest View, Ana's Song (Open Fire), The Door, The Lever.
  • Adam Spencer - MC
  • Powderfinger - Bless My Soul, My Happiness, Passenger, These Days, Love Your Way, Like a Dog, On My Mind.
  • Midnight Oil - Read About It, The Power and the Passion, King of the Mountain, Say Your Prayers, Beds Are Burning, The Dead Heart, Forgotten Years, Best of Both Worlds.

    • DVD release

    The concert was released as a DVD with selected performances from all of the groups. The DVD also featured a 17-minute documentary "Making Waveaid Happen", which includes interviews with artists, press conference footage and interviews with event organisers and promoters. The DVD donates a portion of its earnings to the WaveAid charity also.

    1. "London Still" - The Waifs
    2. "Lighthouse" - The Waifs
    3. "Crazy Train" - The Waifs
    4. "This Is How It Goes" - Missy Higgins
    5. "Casualty" - Missy Higgins
    6. "Scar" - Missy Higgins
    7. "The Ship Song" - Nick Cave
    8. "Barricades and Brickwalls" - Kasey Chambers
    9. "Pony" - Kasey Chambers
    10. "Not Pretty Enough" - Kasey Chambers
    11. "Fall Your Way" - Pete Murray
    12. "Lines" - Pete Murray
    13. "Feeler" - Pete Murray
    14. "Weather With You" - Finn Brothers
    15. "Won’t Give In" - Finn Brothers
    16. "Throw Your Arms" - Finn Brothers
    17. "Evie Pt 1 - Let Your Hair Hang Down" - The Wrights Feat. Nic Cester
    18. "Evie Pt 2 - Evie" - The Wrights Feat. Bernard Fanning
    19. "Evie Pt 3 - I’m Losing You" - The Wrights Feat. Phil Jamieson
    20. "Peaches and Cream" - John Butler Trio
    21. "Treat Yo Mama" - John Butler Trio
    22. "Hello" - John Butler Trio
    23. "Betterman" - John Butler Trio
    24. "Zebra" - John Butler Trio
    25. "Israel's Son" - Silverchair
    26. "Without You" - Silverchair
    27. "Ana's Song (Open Fire)" - Silverchair
    28. "The Greatest View" - Silverchair
    29. "The Door" - Silverchair
    30. "Bless My Soul" - Powderfinger
    31. "My Happiness" - Powderfinger
    32. "Passenger" - Powderfinger
    33. "These Days" - Powderfinger
    34. "On My Mind" - Powderfinger
    35. "Read About It" - Midnight Oil
    36. "The Power and the Passion" - Midnight Oil
    37. "Say Your Prayers" - Midnight Oil
    38. "Beds Are Burning" - Midnight Oil
    39. "The Dead Heart" - Midnight Oil
    40. "Forgotten Years" - Midnight Oil
    41. "Best of Both Worlds" - Midnight Oil

    References

    WaveAid Wikipedia
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