Farewell to the World is a 1996 concert by the amazing rock group Crowded House. The concert was recorded on the outside footsteps of the famed Sydney Opera House as a charity event to raise funds for the Sydney Children's Hospital.
I've uploaded this from my a VHS tape of the concert hence the 240p quality!! Sound is still good so I hope you can enjoy it.
The concert was originally aired on Network Ten in Australia in November 1996, however, this performance was incomplete as it did not include five songs performed from the concert (due to time constraints). In December 1996, the group released the concert on VHS which included some press coverage of the band's breakup and the concert. The VHS version contained all of the same songs as the television version other than "Weather with You", which was replaced by the fan favourite, "Hole in the River".
The setlist included many of Crowded House's most famous hits and many fan favourites also. The supporting bands were Custard, You Am I and Powderfinger.
As the show was to be the final performance by the group, they called upon previous members Tim Finn and tour drummer Peter Jones to play for a small portion of the event. Drummer Paul Hester, though he had previously left the band while on tour, was considered a member of the band again for the performance, as he had been one for the majority of the group's tenure.
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