Like the great musician Joey ‘The Lips’ Fagan, I believe in starts. Once you have the start the rest is inevitable.

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So, in the last couple of days, that old music machine Gudinski has been working overtime pulling together a hastily arranged benefit concert for the survivors of the recent Victorian bushfires, which have been dubbed “Black Saturday”.

Old Mickey G has outdone himself this time and managed to reverse some never-ever-agains that most had thought banished to the annals of music history.

Bands reuniting for the gig include Midnight Oil (resplendant with the Federal Environment Minister, Peter Garrett), Icehouse, Hunters and Collectors (so much for all those desperates who fought tooth and nail to get into Selinas in ’98) and Split Enz from over the ditch.

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