List of AFL Grand Final pre-match performances

The AFL Grand Final is held annually at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on or near the last Saturday afternoon in September. Each year, pre-match entertainment is provided by star musicians of the day.

Year Entertainment
1977 Barry Crocker
1978 Keith Michell
1979 Mike Brady and John Farnham
1980 Peter Allen
1981 Jon English - Waltzing Matilda
1982 Rolf Harris
1983 Glenn Shorrock - Waltzing Matilda
1984 Slim Dusty - Waltzing Matilda, Advance Australia Fair
1985 Diana Trask - Waltzing Matilda
1986 Olivia Newton-John - Advance Australia Fair
1987 Daryl Somers - Waltzing Matilda, Advance Australia Fair
1988 Noel Watson - Waltzing Matilda
1989 John Farnham - Waltzing Matilda, Advance Australia Fair
1990 Normie Rowe (( Lucy Gale ))
1991 Daryl Braithwaite and Angry Anderson - Bound For Glory
1992 Joan Carden
1993 Maroochy Barambah, Archie Roach and Yothu Yindi
1994 The Seekers and Debra Byrne
1995 Tina Arena
1996 A collection of past singers
1997 Marina Prior
1998 Muhammad Ali made an appearance. Mark Seymour sang Holy Grail. Rob Guest sang This Is The Moment and Advance Australia Fair. Jane Scali and Michael Cormick sang Waltzing Matilda, Donna Fisk and Michael Cristiano sang "Rock 'N Footy (Rock The G)".
1999 Human Nature - Waltzing Matilda
2000 The Idea of North, Trish Delaney-Brown, Megan Corson, Andrew Piper and Nick Begie, Mike Brady, Russell Morris and Rick Price
2001 Vanessa Amorosi, Men at work, Julie Anthony - Advance Australia Fair
2002 Killing Heidi, The Whitlams, Kate Ceberano, The Human Tide. Mark Seymour sang Holy Grail.
2003 Christine Anu, Gorgi Coghlan, the finalists from the first season of Australian Idol
2004 Guy Sebastian sang both Waltzing Matilda and Advance Australia Fair, The Ten Tenors, David Hobson
2005 Silvie Paladino sang Advance Australia Fair. Delta Goodrem sang I Am Australian. Michael Bublé and Dame Edna Everage performed I Still Call Australia Home. The Whitlams performed No Aphrodisiac. Kath & Kim The Australian Girls Choir
2006 Brian Mannix, John Paul Young, Sean Kelly, Daryl Braithwaite and Shane Howard sang Advance Australia Fair. Irene Cara sang Flashdance (What A Feeling) plus appearances from Brian Mannix, John Paul Young, Sean Kelly, Daryl Braithwaite and Shane Howard performing a medley including Up There Cazaly, One Day in September, Solid Rock, Yesterday's Hero, The Horses, Everybody Wants to Work and I Hear Motion. Young Divas sang You're the Inspiration
2007 Natalie Bassingthwaighte sang Advance Australia Fair. Jet performed Are You Gonna Be My Girl & Rollover DJ
2008 Powderfinger performed (Baby I've Got You) On My Mind and AC/DC's It's a Long Way to the Top accompanied by the City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band, Ian Moss performed electric guitar versions of Up There Cazaly and the competing club theme songs. Lucy Durack and Amanda Harrison (both then starring in an Australian production of Wicked) sang the national anthem.[1]
2009 Mark Seymour performed "Holy Grail" on stage, followed by Jimmy Barnes singing "No Second Prize". John Farnham then sang "You're the Voice", joined later by Seymour and Barnes. The Qantas choir performed "I Still Call Australia Home", and the national anthem was performed a cappella by the cast of Jersey Boys.
2010 Pre-match entertainment was provided by INXS who performed "Suicide Blonde", "New Sensation" and "Kick". Followed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra who performed orchestral arrangements of the Collingwood and St Kilda theme songs. Lyrics for the two songs were performed by Matt Hetherington (for Collingwood) and Paris Wells (for St Kilda). Lionel Richie was the grand final replay and post-match entertainment.[2]
2011 Meat Loaf performed a twelve-and-a-half minute medley of his best-known songs. Vanessa Amorosi performed the Australian National Anthem.
2012 Pre-match entertainment was Tim Rogers and Paul Kelly, with Marina Prior performing the Australian National Anthem. Half-time entertainment was provided by The Temper Trap.[3][4]
2013 Birds of Tokyo performed "Lanterns". Mike Brady performed Up There Cazaly. Hunters & Collectors performed Do You See What I See and Holy Grail.
2014 Ed Sheeran performed "Sing" and "The A Team" and was then joined by Sir Tom Jones where they sang "Kiss", followed performing Mama Told Me Not to Come, Delilah and If I Only Knew.[5] Mike Brady performed Up There Cazaly. Olivia Newton-John performed the Australian National Anthem Advance Australia Fair.[6]
2015 Chris Isaak performed "Great Balls of Fire", "Wicked Game" and "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing". He was then followed by Ellie Goulding who sang "Love Me Like You Do" and "Burn". Bryan Adams then sang "Run to You", "Summer of '69" and "Can't Stop This Thing We Started". Mike Brady performed Up There Cazaly. Kate Ceberano performed the Australian National Anthem Advance Australia Fair.

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