MELBOURNE, Australia — Mushroom Group will rejoice its half-century subsequent month with a particular all-star live performance, its lineup representing the music firm’s indie spirit and broad church roster.
Jimmy Barnes, Amy Shark, The Mood Entice, Vika & Linda, DMA’S, Paul Kelly, Ross Wilson, Kate Ceberano, Missy Higgins and plenty of others are confirmed for Mushroom 50, set for Sunday, Nov. 26 at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Area.
Mushroom 50 will probably be an “unbelievable once-in-a-lifetime night time,” feedback Matt Gudinski, CEO of Mushroom Group, a commemoration of fifty years “of nice Mushroom music and Australian expertise.”
The unbiased music juggernaut was launched by the late Michael Gudinski again in 1972 Mushroom Information, when the entrepreneur was simply 20.
With MG, the brash, inspirational chief on the helm, Mushroom formed Australia’s music tradition like no different model. At the moment, the group is a two-dozen-strong assortment of associates lively in each conceivable space of the music and leisure industries, from touring to reserving businesses, publishing, merch and advertising companies, venues, exhibition and occasions manufacturing, neighboring rights, branding, labels, expertise administration and extra.
Matt Gudinski is now the chief, following the passing of his father Michael in 2021.
“The Mushroom household is decided to carry collectively a particular night for all concerned,” he feedback. “With greater than 20 artists performing as a part of the occasion, this will probably be a real celebration of Australian music and a showcase our thriving native music scene and its historical past. I do know my late father can be very pleased with what we’re placing collectively.”
On the night time, performers will hit a mixture of originals and traditional songs from throughout the Mushroom catalog, together with “Working Class Man,” “Holy Grail,” “Candy Disposition,” “Riptide,” “Hoops,” “It’s Solely the Starting,” “Earlier than Too Lengthy,” and “Dwelling In The 70s.”
Mushroom 50 is the end result of a months-long program of releases and actions, which have included limited-edition merchandise and frontline artist covers of traditional Mushroom songs.
The milestone anniversary was additionally celebrated with the discharge of Ego, the function size documentary on MG, a larger-than-life character whose dying was mourned by lots of the giants he labored with, from Paul McCartney to Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl and his bestie, Ed Sheeran.
Mushroom Group hasn’t missed an opportunity to rejoice its huge moments. In 1983, Mushroom hosted its 10th birthday bash, with the Mushroom Evolution Live performance on the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Then, in 1998, the Mushroom 25 Reside live performance on the Melbourne Cricket Floor, a live performance that, on the time, entered the historical past books as the most important ever ticketed live performance in Australian music historical past, with 73,000 within the stadium. Mushroom Group nonetheless holds the file, because of Sheeran’s Arithmetic Tour earlier within the 12 months, when the Brit performed to 105,000 on one night, then topped it with 109,500. Frontier Touring, a division of Mushroom Group, produced that tour.
From each ticket offered to Mushroom 50, A$2 will go in direction of Help Act’s Ausmusic T-Shirt Day marketing campaign.
The Telstra Plus presale begins Friday, Oct. 13, forward of the Frontier Touring members presale on Monday, Oct. 16. Most of the people on sale begins Wednesday, Oct. 18.
For extra go to mushroom50.com. Mushroom 50 Reside is in partnership with ALWAYS LIVE and Telstra.
