#DontKillLiveMusic
As the Don't Kill Live Music rally inches closer, organisers have revealed the artists and speakers that are set to appear at the event.
Triple J's Hottest 100 winners Ocean Alley will make an appearance at the rally along with The Rubens, Cloud Control, Dan Sultan with Polish Club, Urthboy & Bertie Blackman and Olympia. There will also be speeches from Julien Hamilton from The Presets, The Wiggles' Murray Cook, Elefant Traks' Tim Levinson, industry heavyweight Michael Chugg of Chugg Entertainment, Dave Faulkner of Hoodoo Gurus and more. Rhys Muldoon and Yumi Stynes will MC .
At the time of writing, the change.org petition has been signed by over 110,000 people. In the accompanying statement organisers have stressed, "We want our music culture to be safe and inclusive. Onerous and ill-considered regulation will not save lives. And the State Government is decimating our music culture in the process."
The rally is set to go ahead tomorrow Thursday 21 February at Hyde Park in Sydney from 6pm. Follow the link here for more details.
Don't Kill Live Music Rally
Appearances by:
Ocean Alley / The Rubens / Cloud Control / Dan Sultan w. Polish Club
Urthboy & Bertie Blackman / Olympia
Speakers:
Rhys Muldoon (MC) & Yumi Stynes (MC), Julien Hamilton (THE PRESETS), Murray Cook (THE WIGGLES), Tim Levinson (ELEPHANT TRAKS), Helen Marcou (SLAM), Adelle Robinson (FUZZY / AUSTRALIAN FESTIVALS ASSOCITION), Michael Chugg (CHUGG ENTERTAINMENT), Dave Faulkner (HOODOO GURUS), Jane Slingo (EMC), Councillor Jess Scully (City of Sydney City), Gordon Bradbury (Wollongong Lord Mayor).