Heal Our Past, Build Our Future Together - 2014 Apology concert line-up announced

Some of Australia’s top Indigenous and non-Indigenous musicians will perform at the 2014 Apology concert, a national event celebrating the anniversary of the Government’s Apology to Australia’s Stolen Generations.

The free concert, hosted by the Healing Foundation, will be held at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl on 13 February 2014.

The anniversary concert, Apology – Heal Our Past, Build Our Future Together, will be hosted by well-known performer, Eddie Perfect, and Aboriginal actor and star of The Sapphires, Miranda Tapsell.

For Eddie, the opportunity to co-host is one way to create a positive vision between Australia’s First Peoples and non-Indigenous Australians.

“I’m incredibly proud to be involved in the Healing Foundation’s Apology Concert,” Eddie said.

“For me, the Apology constituted an important and symbolic step towards acknowledging Aboriginal identity, past wrongs and a commitment to working towards a unified future.”

The concert’s impressive line-up includes Christine Anu, Archie Roach, Frank Yamma, Jimblah, Thelma Plum, and Kutcha Edwards.

They will be joined by non-Indigenous performers Tim Rogers from You Am I, Hip Hop duo Horror Show, Clare Bowditch and Australian urban roots band Blue King Brown, to bring Melbourne a night of unforgettable entertainment.

Stolen Generations member and Human Rights Award winner Uncle Archie Roach said it’s important the nation comes together on the anniversary of the 2008 National Apology.

“Artists, actors and performers need to come together on the anniversary and be strong around what took place, and give a continued voice to it,” Uncle Archie said.

“We need to start with the younger generations to make sure they grow up in a reconciled Australia. We are really planting the seeds for our children and our grandchildren. Music is a great medium and it impacts on people on different levels. It brings people together and that’s what the concert will do.”