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| Australia hosts bush fire benefit | Australia hosts bush fire benefit |
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| Australia's biggest music stars are being joined by international groups for a day of music to raise funds for victims of recent natural disasters. | Australia's biggest music stars are being joined by international groups for a day of music to raise funds for victims of recent natural disasters. |
| Record crowds are expected for concerts in Melbourne and Sydney organised after deadly bush fires and flooding. | Record crowds are expected for concerts in Melbourne and Sydney organised after deadly bush fires and flooding. |
| Coldplay, Barry Gibb and Midnight Oil frontman turned Environment Minister Peter Garrett are all performing. | Coldplay, Barry Gibb and Midnight Oil frontman turned Environment Minister Peter Garrett are all performing. |
| Recent weeks saw the worst fires in Australian history kill 210 people in the south, while floods hit the north. | Recent weeks saw the worst fires in Australian history kill 210 people in the south, while floods hit the north. |
| Some 80,000 fans were expected at the Melbourne gig. Some of the acts on the bill include Jack Johnson, Gabriella Cilmi and Wolfmother, with Kylie Minogue as MC. | Some 80,000 fans were expected at the Melbourne gig. Some of the acts on the bill include Jack Johnson, Gabriella Cilmi and Wolfmother, with Kylie Minogue as MC. |
| Coldplay is playing in Sydney, where 40,000 people were expected. | Coldplay is playing in Sydney, where 40,000 people were expected. |
| Sound Relief, as the concerts are called, is also bringing back a number of retired Australasian bands such as Icehouse, Hunters and Collectors and Split Enz. | Sound Relief, as the concerts are called, is also bringing back a number of retired Australasian bands such as Icehouse, Hunters and Collectors and Split Enz. |
| Midnight Oil shot to fame in the 1980s with politically-charged songs calling attention to the plight of Australia's aboriginal peoples but broke up in 2002 after frontman Garrett announced he was leaving to go into politics. | Midnight Oil shot to fame in the 1980s with politically-charged songs calling attention to the plight of Australia's aboriginal peoples but broke up in 2002 after frontman Garrett announced he was leaving to go into politics. |
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| Aerial footage of devastated Australian communities |