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The 1979 New Year's Eve concert at the Sydney Opera House featured the legendary Aussie rock band The Angels, with an estimated 100,000 attendees, unfortunately due to poor planning, the event soon descended into chaos! We hear all about it, plus a history of the legendary band!
This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 07:45 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).
This episode was recorded live in Brisbane
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Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas
Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.
REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCiLWtUFLvQ https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/from-the-archives-1980-violence-arrests-at-new-year-s-eve-concert-20201218-p56opf.html https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/books-magazines/books/the-night-sydneys-new-years-eve-party-became-a-horror-show-rock-stars-felled-by-storm-of-missiles-as-cameras-rolled/news-story/aea163e01772918570c74b03545d2efa https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/about-us https://web.archive.org/web/20040803080238/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=34 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am_I_Ever_Gonna_See_Your_Face_Again https://themusic.com.au/features/50-not-out-50-things-you-should-know-about-the-angels/pJEatrm4u7o/28-06-24
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