Cold Chisel's 50-Year Milestone

[@Blackscorpion1963]

First saw Chisel at The Dunedin Town Hall here in New Zealand on Saturday 24th September 1983. I was 8 weeks shy of my 20th birthday. That gig in Dunedin went off. Barnes climbed a speaker tower and someone in the audience on the floor threw something at him - could've been a bottle who knows, but Barnes had a bottle in one hand and instantly reacted by throwing it at whoever he believed threw one at him. Priceless. The energy at that gig was awesome. And it was only after I read Barnes autobiography I learned Chisel were about to break up. They played as professional as ever. Then I saw Jimmy Barnes play at the same venue on Friday 11th July 1986. It was a bigger sound than the Chisel gig back in '83 and tbh I enjoyed it more. And then in 2015 I saw Chisel play at Broadwater Parklands in Surfers Paradise as part of the Gold Coast 500 V8 Supercars event that my wife and I attended, we flew over from NZ. Chisel were on fire that evening. 28 songs. I thought they were even better than when I first heard them in '83. Finally in 2023 my wife and I were flying out of the Airlie Beach airport heading to Brisbane. On the bus to the airport I got chatting with the bus driver and he informed me Ian Moss was flying in to the Airlie Beach airport that day. He was due to play a gig at Airlie Beach on the 11th November. So I waited at the area where arrival passengers entered the Airlie Beach airport until I spotted Ian Moss coming and I approached and asked for his permission if I could take his photograph. He stopped and asked me if I wanted my photo taken with him. I couldn't believe my good fortune. So I got my photograph of Ian Moss with me included. Plus he took the time to talk with me for a short moment. I was rather nervous however found him very approachable and a superb gentleman. This video is awesome. I have read both Jimmy Barnes autobiographies 'Working Class Boy' and its sequel 'Working Class Man' excellent very readable and so brutally honest. I got see Jimmy Barnes Working Class Boy: An Evening of Stories and Songs play at the Invercargill Civic Theatre on Monday 6th February 2016. It was awesome. I take my hat off to Cold Chisel. Maybe I will get to see them at Gibbston Valley near Queenstown in 2025 along with Icehouse who I fell in love with as well in the 1980s and also got see play live at The Dunedin Town Hall on Wednesday 15th August 1984. Love Australian rock music thank you!

[@renaemckimm5665]

Absolutely love this interview with Nat this morning what a legend Jimmy Barnes is. I wish he still did the Regional concerts.

[@DavidWiese-u5f]

Met jimmy Barnes, mt Gambier . I was 16 teen . . he offered me a slig of his flagon of brandavino . Been playing azy ever since

[@johnsherry5642]

JIMMY I KNEW YOU WOULD GET THRU MATE SO PLEASED TO SEE YOU GUYS TOGETHER LOOKING BACK AT GOOD TIMES GOD BLESS YOU MATE AND THE BOYS ROCK ON COLD CHISEL CHEERS FOR BEERS

[@TwelveDeck]

Nice interview with Jimmy.

[@sehkra13]

How embarassing for the misguided interviewer to say she and her friends used to go see the band in the late 80's. How gracious the band was to not remind her they broke up in 1983. Greatest band of all time, worst interviewer of all time