Crank the volume, raise a glass, and get ready to belt out the soundtrack of a nation when the brand-new feature documentary, Cold Chisel: The Big Five-O, premieres on Sunday.
Celebrating five decades of iconic anthems that have been burned into Aussie culture forever – including Khe Sanh, Flame Trees, Choirgirl and When The War Is Over – Cold Chisel has defined what it means to be Australian. Now their story takes centre stage.
Cold Chisel: The Big Five-O captures the energy and power of the band’s recent Big Five-0 tour, seen by more than 250,000 people across the country. Filmed on a blistering night at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl, the documentary delivers a front-row seat to a night of electrifying moments as a sea of impassioned fans sings along to every word, creating a thunderous chorus that drowns out even the band itself. It is a concert full of incredible emotion, raw power, and more than a few tears.
From Adelaide’s Largs Pier Hotel to the biggest stages in the country, Cold Chisel forged their own path, earning their place as true Aussie rock royalty and making household names of Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss, Don Walker, Steve Prestwich and Phil Small. The exclusive interviews, archive footage and rare photographs from the band, helps explore the lasting impact of Cold Chisel, and uncovers why their music continues to mean so much to so many.
Cold Chisel: The Big Five-O is a Beyond Productions feature documentary produced in association with the Seven Network.
Writer/producer Paul Clarke is a renowned filmmaker with previous award-winning and celebrated work including the 2024 TV WEEK Logie Award-winning documentary John Farnham: Finding The Voice, Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line and Blood and Thunder.
Directed by Andrew Lord (Splendour in the Grass), the film is also produced by Frank Chidiac (Live it Up: The Mental as Anything Story, Great Australian Concerts) and Susanne Morrison (Live it Up: The Mental as Anything Story, Great Australian Concerts), line produced byFiona Hewish, with Mikael Borglund and Robert Hambling as executive producers.
Cold Chisel: The Big Five-O Premieres 8.00pm Sunday, 11 May on Seven and 7plus
