The influential Australian trio played their final show ever and drew legions of fans to the Concert Hall to revel in their incredible achievements as a band and farewell their fans in the best way they knew how, with one last epic performance. The ARIA-nominated trio got the rousing send off they deserve, as singer-guitarist Georgia Maq, bassist Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich and drummer Sarah Thompson celebrated a career hard fought – and won – on their own terms. After eight years crafting fearless, empowering anthems that shook up Australian music, beloved Melbourne trio Camp Cope signed off with a final farewell show at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall in October 2023.
As Maq once said, “Camp Cope is in defiance of everyone who’s tried to bring us down, and it’s like: Well, you can’t, because we have each other, and we’re a mountain together.”
Formed in 2015, Camp Cope exploded with the unvarnished power punk of their self-titled 2016 debut, a top 40 hit that earned the band critical acclaim and a prestigious Australian Music Prize nomination. Led by the ferocious “The Opener”, a rallying cry against gendered inequality in the music industry, 2018’s alternately intimate and cathartic “How to Socialise & Make Friends” blasted into the national top 10, scoring the trio an ARIA nomination for Best Rock Album. Following Georgia Maq’s synth pop solo debut “Pleaser” in 2019, Camp Cope returned with 2022’s “Running with the Hurricanes”, a soulful, big-hearted record that featured a collaboration with Courtney Barnett and earned the band a second Australian Music Prize nod. It was to be their swan song.
Performed by Camp Cope Georgia McDonald – Lead Vocals & Guitar Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich – Bass Guitar Sarah Thompson – Drums Jennifer Aslett – Guitar & Backing Vocals Julia Jacklin – Guitar Rin McArdle – Guitar Camp Cope – Live at Sydney Opera House
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