The 28th edition of Supercars Vodafone Gold Coast 600 will feature international superstars and parties across a huge week of sport and entertainment in October.
Guests filled Nineteen at The Star for this evening’s official event launch where it was revealed two of the world’s greatest international powerhouse rock acts FOREIGNER and +LIVE+ will headline this year’s after race concert, plus Brisbane’s ARIA-award winners, SHEPPARD for Saturday’s Broadwater Sounds.
It will be the first time FOREIGNER has performed at a Supercars event with a huge crowd expected to fill the Broadwater Parklands to hear some of the bands worldwide smash hits including ‘I Want to Know What Love Is’, ‘Cold as Ice’, ‘Waiting for a Girl Like You’, ‘It Feels Like the First Time’ and ‘Juke Box Hero’. With more than 80-million record sales across the globe over more than four-decades, the English-American rock group will perform as part of their world tour, which arrives in Australia in October. It will be their only Queensland performance of the Australian leg.
Also performing is the multi-platinum American Rock band, +LIVE+, who have sold over 22 million albums worldwide and earned two number one albums (Throwing Copper, Secret Samadhi). Their catalogue is filled with such gems as ‘Lightning Crashes’, ‘I Alone’, ‘All Over You’ and ‘Lakini’s Juice’, which live on today as classics at rock radio. Throwing Copper produced the band’s biggest single, ‘Lightning Crashes’, which was #1 at Modern Rock radio for 10 consecutive weeks. Follow up album, Secret Samadhi immediately shot to #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and eventually went double platinum. The release of the platinum-selling The Distance to Here turned +LIVE+ into an international powerhouse and moved the band from arenas into stadiums. +LIVE+ has been and remains today a global concert juggernaut.
Brisbane indie-rock group SHEPPARD joins FOREIGNER and +LIVE+ at Broadwater Sounds. After touring with Justin Bieber and Keith Urban, the Queensland group has become one of Australia’s hottest acts with their hits ‘Geronimo’ and ‘Let Me Down Easy’ still as popular as when they were first released and led the band to eight ARIA Awards including the coveted Album of the Year, Best Group and Song of the Year. SHEPPARD’S latest album Watching the Sky is currently number one on the Aria and iTunes Charts.
Supercars CEO Sean Seamer said the huge line-up of acts, mixed with world-class racing and the party atmosphere of the Gold Coast will make for one of the biggest weeks in the event’s history. “The Vodafone Gold Coast 600 is an iconic sporting event – it provides incredible entertainment and shows the Gold Coast to the world,” Seamer said. “The variety of entertainment on offer is unrivalled and offers plenty for the motorsport fan, the music fan or those who simply want to come along and join the party. It is set to be a great weekend all-round.”
The Vodafone GC600 will run from 19-21 October on the streets of Surfers Paradise, with the Broadwater Sounds concerts featuring FOREIGNER, +LIVE+ and SHEPPARD set to draw huge crowds as race day tickets provide free entry to the concerts.