:: Powderfinger and BigPond give music fans an Australian first

By: Carmine Pascuzzi

For the first time in Australian music history, fans of Powderfinger can use the internet to legally download the previous night’s concert within 24 hours of the performance finishing. The service, available exclusively from BigPond Music, comes after a new survey revealed a massive 70 per cent of generations X and Y said they would jump at the chance to buy an audio recording after seeing a gig.

Powderfinger drummer Jon Coghill said, “It’s really exciting for us as a band to be able to play such an intimate gig while giving people all over the world the opportunity to tune in to BigPond, check it out and then own the audio
within 24 hours after the gig.”

BigPond Group Managing Director, Justin Milne, said Powderfinger’s performance will be the first time individual tracks or the entire performance of BigPond’s weekly online concert, called Monday Night Live, can be purchased the next day. “Our leading technology means fans can watch the performance live online at BigPond.com or on a Next G mobile and the following day the BigPond Music store will now have the entire gig plus selected individual songs available for download. BigPond has been a leader in legal music downloads in this country and we are proud to be pioneering another first for lovers of Australian music.”

Powderfinger’s Upstairs at the Downstairs performance for Monday Night Live can be purchased at BigPond Music - customers can purchase the tracks for $1.49 and the album for $15.00; non-BigPond customers can purchase tracks for $1.69 and the album for $16.50.