Paul Kelly, Bernard Fanning and Missy Higgins are among the performers at a sold-out concert that event organisers hope will bring joy — and tourism dollars — to the flood-hit South Australian town of Mannum.
"The town's very resilient and made it well-known that they wanted it to proceed."
"We've been through floods ourselves when we had a property as well so it's really, really hard on people but it's beautiful to see everyone come together," he said. "It's really about morale, making people feel good … It's really important for their hearts to come out and just try and forget about things for awhile," he said.
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