The Top 7 Queensland Musicians That Deserve To Perform At The Brisbane Olympics Opening Ceremony

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In 7 years from now, Brisbane city and the beautiful brown snake that winds it's way through it, will be on show for the entire world.

The 2032 Brisbane Olympics.

It has been a topic of much contention, as Brisbane won the bid at the height of the pandemic, when no other world city were putting their hands up. It later became a political issue at multiple elections.

However, the fact of the matter is, Brisbane WILL be hosting the Summer Games - and despite the whinging from NIMBYs and fiscal conservatives, the entire state has gradually gotten on board.

Because there's only one thing that Queenslanders love more than being Queenslanders, and that's showing the world how good Queensland is.

Now that the plans for construction have been officially drafted up and the State Government is deep in negotiations to avoid getting bent over by the CFMEU, the conservation must turn towards event planning and entertainment.

It's not known which famous culture-shaping Queenslander will be chosen to curate the Opening and Closing ceremonies, but one thing is clear. They have to get it right.

Because unlike the rest of the country, both Brisbane and Queensland in general, have their own celebrities.

While the cultural exports of other Australian cities blend into one another, every band, artist and actor from Queensland is recognised as a Queenslander first.

And they aren't short of musical acts to show off to the world. That's what makes this such a difficult task.

When it comes to curating the performances he Betoota Advocate has taken it upon ourselves to help the organisers out by providing a blueprint for them to work. This will help avoid the inauthenticity of lazily including some one-hit-wonder-music-industry plant on the world stage (as we have seen before).

To the President of the Brisbane Olympics, Mr Andrew Liveris OAM, if you're reading - there's no need for thank yous. We do it as proud Queenslanders.

The top 7 Australian musicians who DEFINITELY deserve to perform at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics is as follows:

*Before anyone starts whinging, it should be noted that there's only one member of the Bee Gees left standing, and no offence to Redcliffe, but the Gibb brothers only lived there for 18 months after they came off the boat from England. Still, they deserve a Bronze Statue just as much as Wally Lewis and Mal Meninga.

#7 Pete Murray

The Thrilla From Chinchilla, Peter Murray, colloquially known as 'Meat Curry', was the earliest pioneer of the early 2000s 'surf rock' - well before Jack Johnson and John Mayer starting copying his shit. Rumours still swirl that he nearly played rugby for Queensland 'but chose music instead'. With a tracklist of iconic campfire singalongs like 'Seen Better Days' and 'So Beautiful' - Pete Murray is a walk-up start for the 2032 Opening Ceremony.

#6 Christine Anu

We cannot go past the pride of the North, Christine Anu. Especially given the fact that she has already performed at events of this scale. Namely, the Sydney 2000 Closing Ceremony, the Sydney Paralympics, and the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Goldie. While 'My Island Home' is not actually her song, Christine Anu turned it into a stadium ballad - and to this day it still bangs on FM radio. She might be a Torres Strait Islander via Cairns but 'Sunshine On A Rainy Day' is a perfect summation of summer weather in Brisbane.

#5 The Veronicas

It would not be a Brisbane party without these two pocket rockets from the northside. Coming in at number 3 this year on Triple Js hottest 100 songs of all time, Lisa and Jessica Origliasso have one of the staunchest fanbases in the history of Queensland music. A powerful concoction of former emo kids, the gays, and the Italians. With family ties to the North Queensland cane fields of Innisfail - there is no doubt that their fellow Italian banana bender, Premier Crisafulli will intervene personally to ensure their inclusion on the line up.

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