It was recorded at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 17 and 18 December 2015, which ended the group's One Night Stand tour of Australia.

4 was released in various formats on 10 November 2017 as the fourth of a five-part series of live recordings unearthed from Cold Chisel's own archives.

Cold Chisel, an Australian pub rock band, undertook their One Night Stand tour upon releasing their eighth studio album, The Perfect Crime (October 2015).

[4] They had already announced their Last Stand concerts with two nights at soon to be demolished Sydney Entertainment Centre (re-branded as Qantas Credit Union Arena in 2014), which were held on 17 and 18 December 2015.

Vol 4: the 'Last Stand' of Sydney Entertainment Centre: December 17 and 18, 2015 (November 2017) Deluxe Edition: 3×CD + DVD via Cold Chisel Music/Universal Music Australia (CC017L)[3]