Powderfinger set to rock MCG
Lucy Battersby | August 18, 2008
POWDERFINGER and Pete Murray will provide pre and post-match entertainment at the AFL grand final on September 27.
The band will headline the pre-match entertainment at the MCG, and then join Pete Murray for the post-match entertainment in front of 4300 corporate guests at Punt Road Oval.
Powderfinger frontman Bernard Fanning said the band was excited about performing at one of the country's biggest sporting events.
"To be a part of not only one of the biggest sporting events in Australia but also one of the biggest sporting events in the world is a tremendous honour," he said.
He said the band was working on a few ideas to make the performance particularly "special".
Last year's pre-match entertainment was provided by local Melbourne band Jet and the national anthem was sung by former actress and Rogue Traders' singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte.
AFL chief operating officer Gillon McLachlan said the league had put a lot of effort into the pre-match entertainment this year.
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