Sound Relief was a multi-venue rock music concert held on 14 March 2009, which was announced by the Premier of Victoria, John Brumby on 24 February 2009.

[3][4] The other half of the Sydney proceeds went to the Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal to help flood victims.

At this time, Kylie Minogue, at the Melbourne event, performed "I Still Call Australia Home" and Australian actress Toni Collette introducing Princes William and Harry who sent their support via satellite.

Some members of Crowded House made a surprise appearance with Liam Finn to perform three of their hits.

[5] The line-up for the Melbourne concert featured:[1][6] A number of celebrities shared the MC duties between performances, including music industry icon Molly Meldrum, music producer and event co-organiser Michael Gudinski, Victorian premier John Brumby, skateboarder Tony Hawk and announcers from a range of radio stations, including Dave Hughes, Ed Kavalee, Hamish & Andy and Red Symons.

Once he made it back to the stage he then repeated the end of the song, but was so exhausted that he let the crowd sing the final line.

Little Birdy sang "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" in Sydney and Split Enz would sing it at Melbourne later that night.