The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has announced that their Sydney New Year’s Eve (NYE) 2024 concert on the Northern Forecourt of the Sydney Opera House will celebrate national youth radio station Triple J’s 50th anniversary.
Triple J first aired on the 19th of January 1975 as Double J before being renamed to it’s current name on the 11th of July 1980.
They will celebrate the 50th anniversary milestone by covering popular songs from Triple J’s Hottest 100 music polls, first held in 1989.
The announcement of the concert theme was made on Thursday the 9th of May 2024.
Last edition’s Happy New Year concert featured 34 songs. Based on this, here are our predictions on which 34 songs will feature at the 2024 concert based on previous Hottest 100 music polls:
- Like a Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan
- God Only Knows – The Beach Boys
- The End – The Doors
- Respect – Aretha Franklin
- A Day in the Life – The Beatles
- Imagine – John Lennon
- Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
- Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
- Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
- Anarchy in the U.K. – Sex Pistols
- Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush
- Alison – Elvis Costello
- Rock Lobster – The B-52’s
- Shivers – The Boys Next Door
- Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division
- Throw Your Arms Around Me – Hunters & Collectors
- Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
- Heart-Shaped Box – Nirvana
- Last Goodbye – Jeff Buckley
- Wonderwall – Oasis
- These Days – Powderfinger
- Big Jet Plane – Angus & Julia Stone
- Pumped Up Kicks – Foster the People
- Somebody That I Used to Know – Gotye featuring Kimbra
- The Less I Know the Better – Tame Impala
- Never Be Like You – Flume featuring Kai
- Humble – Kendrick Lamar
- Confidence – Ocean Alley
- bad guy – Billie Eilish
- Heat Waves – Glass Animals
- Elephant – Tama Impala (The Wiggles cover)
- Say Nothing – Flume featuring May-a
- Believe – Cher (DMA’s cover)
- Paint the Town Red – Doja Cat
As 2 of the songs we have predicted are covers, we are expecting the ABC to try and get The Wiggles & DMAs to perform live at the concert. DMA’s have previously performed at the concert at Sydney NYE2020 – Thank You.
All this is speculation for now, but confirmation of the artists should come from early December, when tickets for the concert also go on sale at the time of the Sydney NYE2024 media launch.
