List of AFL Grand Final pre-match performances - Wikipedia List of AFL Grand Final pre-match performances The AFL Grand Final is held annually at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on or near the last Saturday afternoon in September. Each year, pre-match entertainment is provided by star musicians of the day. Year Entertainment 1977 Barry Crocker 1978 Keith Michell 1979 Mike Brady and John Farnham 1980 Peter Allen 1981 Jon English - Waltzing Matilda 1982 Rolf Harris Glenn Shorrock - Waltzing Matilda 1984 Slim Dusty - Waltzing Matilda, Advance Australia Fair 1985 Diana Trask - Waltzing Matilda 1986 Olivia Newton - John - Advance Australia Fair Daryl Somers - Waltzing Matilda, Advance Australia Fair Noel Watson - Waltzing Matilda John Farnham - Waltzing Matilda, Advance Australia Fair Normie Rowe ( ( Lucy Gale ) ) 1991 Daryl Braithwaite and Angry Anderson - Bound For Glory Joan Carden Maroochy Barambah, Archie Roach and Yothu Yindi The Seekers and Debra Byrne 1995 Tina Arena A collection of past singers Marina Prior 1998 Muhammad Ali made an appearance. Mark Seymour sang Holy Grail. Rob Guest sang This Is The Moment and Advance Australia Fair. Jane Scali and Michael Cormick sang Waltzing Matilda, Donna Fisk and Michael Cristiano sang `` Rock ' N Footy ( Rock The G ) ''. 1999 Human Nature - Waltzing Matilda 2000 The Idea of North, Trish Delaney - Brown, Megan Corson, Andrew Piper and Nick Begie, Mike Brady, Russell Morris and Rick Price Vanessa Amorosi, Men at work, Julie Anthony - Advance Australia Fair 2002 Killing Heidi, The Whitlams, Kate Ceberano, The Human Tide. Mark Seymour sang Holy Grail. 2003 Christine Anu, Gorgi Coghlan, the finalists from the first season of Australian Idol Guy Sebastian sang both Waltzing Matilda and Advance Australia Fair, The Ten Tenors, David Hobson 2005 Silvie Paladino sang Advance Australia Fair. Delta Goodrem sang I Am Australian. Michael Bublé and Dame Edna Everage performed I Still Call Australia Home. The Whitlams performed No Aphrodisiac. Kath & Kim The Australian Girls Choir 2006 Brian Mannix, John Paul Young, Sean Kelly, Daryl Braithwaite and Shane Howard sang Advance Australia Fair. Irene Cara sang Flashdance ( What A Feeling ) plus appearances from Brian Mannix, John Paul Young, Sean Kelly, Daryl Braithwaite and Shane Howard performing a medley including Up There Cazaly, One Day in September, Solid Rock, Yesterday 's Hero, The Horses, Everybody Wants to Work and I Hear Motion. Young Divas sang You 're the Inspiration 2007 Natalie Bassingthwaighte sang Advance Australia Fair. Jet performed Are You Gonna Be My Girl & Rollover DJ 2008 Powderfinger performed ( Baby I 've Got You ) On My Mind and AC / DC 's It 's a Long Way to the Top accompanied by the City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band, Ian Moss performed electric guitar versions of Up There Cazaly and the competing club theme songs. Lucy Durack and Amanda Harrison ( both then starring in an Australian production of Wicked ) sang the national anthem. 2009 Mark Seymour performed `` Holy Grail '' on stage, followed by Jimmy Barnes singing `` No Second Prize ''. John Farnham then sang `` You 're the Voice '', joined later by Seymour and Barnes. The Qantas choir performed `` I Still Call Australia Home '', and the national anthem was performed a cappella by the cast of Jersey Boys. Pre-match entertainment was provided by INXS who performed `` Suicide Blonde '', `` New Sensation '' and `` Kick ''. Followed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra who performed orchestral arrangements of the Collingwood and St Kilda theme songs. Lyrics for the two songs were performed by Matt Hetherington ( for Collingwood ) and Paris Wells ( for St Kilda ). Lionel Richie was the grand final replay and post-match entertainment. 2011 Meat Loaf performed a twelve - and - a-half minute medley of his best - known songs. Vanessa Amorosi performed the Australian National Anthem. 2012 Pre-match entertainment was Tim Rogers and Paul Kelly, with Marina Prior performing the Australian National Anthem. Half - time entertainment was provided by The Temper Trap. 2013 Birds of Tokyo performed `` Lanterns ''. Mike Brady performed Up There Cazaly. Hunters & Collectors performed Do You See What I See and Holy Grail. 2014 Ed Sheeran performed `` Sing '' and `` The A Team '' and was then joined by Sir Tom Jones where they sang `` Kiss '', followed performing Mama Told Me Not to Come, Delilah and If I Only Knew. Mike Brady performed Up There Cazaly. Olivia Newton - John performed the Australian National Anthem Advance Australia Fair. 2015 Chris Isaak performed `` Great Balls of Fire '', `` Wicked Game '' and `` Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing ''. He was then followed by Ellie Goulding who sang `` Love Me Like You Do '' and `` Burn ''. Bryan Adams then sang `` Run to You '', `` Summer of ' 69 '' and `` Ca n't Stop This Thing We Started ''. Mike Brady performed Up There Cazaly. Kate Ceberano performed the Australian National Anthem Advance Australia Fair. 2016 Vance Joy, Sting and The Living End 2017 The Killers performed `` When You Were Young '', `` Somebody Told Me '', `` The Man '', `` Forgotten Years '' ( by Australian rock band Midnight Oil ), `` Read My Mind '' and `` Mr Brightside ''. Mike Brady then performed `` Up There Cazaly ''. Dami Im performed the Australian National Anthem Advance Australia Fair. 2018 Jimmy Barnes and Black Eyed Peas See also Australian rules football portal List of NRL Grand Final pre-match performances List of Super Bowl halftime shows References Jump up ^ Stadium rocks to old - style show Jump up ^ Quinn, Karl ( 30 September 2010 ). `` Richie to hit high notes at grand final replay ''. The Age. Archived from the original on 1 October 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010. Jump up ^ `` Paul Kelly, Tim Rogers And The Temper Trap To Headline 2012 AFL Grand Final Entertainment ''. Jump up ^ Te Koha, Nui ( 30 September 2012 ). `` Tim Rogers, Paul Kelly and Temper Trap owned the stage for AFL Grand Final entertainment ''. Sunday Herald Sun. Jump up ^ http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-09-25/tom-and-ed-ready-to-rock Jump up ^ http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-08-31/olivias-grand-final-anthem Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_AFL_Grand_Final_pre-match_performances&oldid=862371625 '' Categories : VFL / AFL Grand Finals Australian rules football - related lists Australian entertainment - related lists Lists of concerts and performances Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from January 2018 Use Australian English from January 2018 All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 3 October 2018, at 23 : 23 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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Question: who's singing at the afl grand final
Answer: Jimmy Barnes