Men At Work & Australian Crawl in Melbourne

Men At Work are an Australian band formed in Melbourne, known for new wave and pop rock shaped by reggae rhythms. Led by singer and guitarist Colin Hay, they found their signature sound on the albums Business as Usual and Cargo, which produced “Down Under,” “Who Can It Be Now?” and “Overkill.” The band toured internationally after Business as Usual, performing at the US Festival in California in 1983 and at the first Rock in Rio in 1985. Colin Hay and multi-instrumentalist Greg Ham reunited under the Men At Work name for South American concerts in 1996, later documented on the live album Brazil.

Australian Crawl are an Australian rock band formed in 1978 on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. Led by James Reyne’s vocals, they played pop and pub rock shaped by surf influences. Their best-known work includes the albums The Boys Light Up, Sirocco and Sons of Beaches, and the songs “Beautiful People,” “Downhearted” and “Reckless.” They entered the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1996. The band began on the pub circuit and performed at Oz for Africa, part of the 1985 Live Aid program. A Melbourne farewell performance was released as The Final Wave, and the original run ended with a final concert in February 1986 at Perth Entertainment Centre.