Cold Chisel at the Coates Hire Newcastle 500

Legendary Australian rock band, Cold Chisel has announced today that they will headline the inaugural Coates Hire Newcastle 500 on Saturday, 25 November - their only mainland-Australia show for 2017.
 
This show marks the first time Cold Chisel has played in Newcastle since their massive Light The Nitro tour back in 2011 (which remains the biggest grossing tour ever by an Australian-based band). 2015's One Night Stand tour was unable to get to Newcastle so this announcement marks a special payback for Novocastrians.
 
Renowned as one of the most dynamic Australian live acts ever, Cold Chisel - Jimmy Barnes (lead vocals), Ian Moss (lead guitar/vocals), Don Walker (keyboards/backing vocals), Phil Small (bass guitar) and Charley Drayton (drums) - will perform their iconic hits such as Flame Trees, Khe Sanh, Cheap Wine, Rising Sun and Bow River, as well as songs from their recent albums -No Plans' and -The Perfect Crime'.
 
Cold Chisel is one of Australia's most revered rock outfits, with a history that spans forty years and a catalogue of songs and albums that have become part of the nation's psyche. In the late '70s, after the band had decamped from their birthplace in Adelaide and moved to Sydney, Newcastle became a second home for them. And of course their classic song Star Hotel was inspired by the riots that erupted in Newcastle when the famous band venue was shut down.
 
The Coates Hires Newcastle 500 has been secured for Newcastle by the NSW Government through its tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW, with the support of Newcastle City Council as a major regional event which will drive significant visitation and economic benefit to the communities of Newcastle and the Hunter.