Sydney to stage World AIDS Day concert

Sydney to stage World AIDS Day concert

Sydney will this year join the list of major cities to host World AIDS Day concerts, in an event which will pay homage to the original Boy from Oz, Peter Allen.

Todd McKenney, who played Allen in The Boy From Oz, has already agreed to play the November 30 event.

It was a natural choice, ACON event coordinator David Wilkins said. Peter Allen was a truly great Australian who sadly passed away from an AIDS-related illness.

McKenney will be joined by his current Priscilla: The Musical co-star Tony Sheldon. Bob Downe will also be on hand along with a range of local show people from the community -” all backed by a 30-piece band.

info: The inaugural Sydney World AIDS Day concert will be held on November 30 at Star City Casino. Cost: $60-$70. Bookings:www.ticketmaster.com.au. Details: www.acon.org.au/worldaidsdayconcert.

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5 responses to “Sydney to stage World AIDS Day concert”

  1. I would like to see some of the money go to some African Countries where children are living with HIV … Sometimes we forget that we are extremely lucky to be living in a city like Sydneu when you look at other places around the world…with or without HIV.

  2. World AIDS day is approaching. It is timely to correct the misperceptions of AIDS and HIV in the Australian media.

    On Saturday 18th October, Lisa Pryor asked in the Sydney Herald :

    Hipsters are hard to describe because they are so full of contradictions. But like a toupee or AIDS-related wasting, you know it when you see it.
    (reference below)

    I have little idea what this means. But it seems to me that once again people living with AIDS are being held up as figures of fun. “Oh my God, he looks like an AIDS victim”. What do people with HIV/AIDS look like? Would Pryor care to spell it out?
    I have been waiting for a week to see if anyone would comment on this. It appears not.

    The Herald would see itself, I’m sure, as articulating the ideas and aspirations of Australia’s largest city and its most educated and thoughtful citizens. That’s hardly true in this case.
    WIll ACON or some other organisation please educate the Herald about some more appropriate ways of writing about people with HIV and AIDS-related illnesses?
    Surely all the government funding going into ACON has to have some public benefits.

    http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/how-to-be-a-bona-fide-hipster–try-to-be-different-by-being-thesame/2008/10/24/1224351538147.html

  3. I dont think they will be singing about a “DISEASE”, I feel it is to again raise money for a very worthy cause. What a better way to do it than put on a great show with some great Australian preformers, this would be a great couple of hours to forget your worry’s and enjoy.

  4. I dont understand how you can sing about a “Disease” and charge your audience $60 to $70 to watch????