Across the Great Divide tour

This article is about the 2007 tour by Powderfinger and Silverchair. For other uses, see Across the Great Divide (disambiguation).

Across the Great Divide tour
Tour by Powderfinger and Silverchair
Location
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
Associated album
Start date29 August 2007
End date26 October 2007
Legs1
No. of shows
  • 25 in Australia
  • 4 in New Zealand
  • 29 in total

The Across the Great Divide tour was a concert tour by Australian alternative rock bands Powderfinger and Silverchair in 2007. The tour featured concerts in 26 towns across Australia and multiple shows in New Zealand. According to Powderfinger frontman Bernard Fanning, the aim of the tour was to "show [that] both bands are behind the idea of reconciliation".[1] Both bands aimed to increase awareness of the efforts of Reconciliation Australia to reduce the current 17-year gap in life expectancy between the average Australian life and that of Indigenous Australians.[2] A triple DVD set was released with the same title as the tour on 1 December 2007 with the Melbourne performances for both bands and backstage occurrences from the tour.

  1. ^ Emily Dunn (13 June 2007). "In concert - rock and reconciliation". The Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2007.
  2. ^ Matt (12 June 2007). "Powderfinger and Silverchair announce 'Across the Great Divide' National Tour". The Dwarf. Retrieved 29 January 2008.