Stop The Drop was an Australian benefit concert held at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne on 13 February 1983, in aid of the community organisation, People For Nuclear Disarmament (PND).
Australian bands Midnight Oil, INXS, Goanna and Redgum, together with Colin Hay (of Men at Work) performed.
[3][4] They sponsored a public meeting, Act for Survival, at the Assembly Hall, Melbourne, featuring Nobel Laureate Patrick White on 21 October 1981 as their first major activity.
[8] Performers were Midnight Oil, INXS, Goanna, Redgum and Colin Hay (of Men at Work).
At the time, Network Ten was criticised for broadcasting the concert on a Thursday night at 10:30pm, which was seen as inconvenient for their target audience.
[19] A second Stop The Drop concert was held on 8 April 1984 with performances by Split Enz, Goanna, Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons, Stephen Cummings, and I'm Talking, with special guests Los Trios Ringbarkus, Sigrid Thornton, Jane Clifton, Maggie Kirkpatrick, and The Hot Bagels.