Full list of entertainers joining Kiss at AFL Grand Final revealed
Hunters and Collectors’ Mark Seymour will belt out Holy Grail while songbird Kate Miller Heidke takes on the national anthem, in an impressive Grand Final entertainment line-up.
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Hunters and Collectors frontman Mark Seymour and singer Kate Miller Heidke are among entertainers who will take centre stage at the AFL Grand Final.
The Herald Sun can reveal Seymour will on Tuesday be announced as the halftime entertainment headline act, performing hit Holy Grail and a medley of songs on an MCG stage.
Classically trained, alternative pop songstress Miller Heidke will perform the national anthem.
Up There Cazaly singer Mike Brady will perform his ode to footy during the motorcade of retiring footy stars.
And didgeridoo player and composer William Barton and singer-songwriter Jess Hitchcock will round out pre-match entertainment.
If comes after the Herald Sun last month confirmed Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Kiss would perform pre match at the Grand Final.
Seymour, whose Hunter’s hit Throw Your Arms Around Me is also likely to be played to the crowd, will perform with his new band The Undertow.
He said he was pumped to perform on the biggest stage in Australian sport.
“I’m very excited to be back at the MCG to perform on this great day in our national sporting calendar,’’ he said.
“ And to have the opportunity to sing songs in celebration of our game. “
AFL executive Kylie Rogers said Seymour’s Holy Grail had become “an unofficial anthem of footy finals’’.
“It will be an absolute treat to have him perform at halftime for the 100,000 in stadium and the millions watching at home,’’ she said.
“We now have a big international stadium band along with an eclectic and iconic group of homegrown musical talent, ready to put on a fantastic show in and around the biggest game on the Australian sporting calendar.”
No concert will be staged after the match, with winning teams instead paraded before fans.
Miller Heidke will also take to the stage with Seymour and the Undertow as part of the half time show.