With less than two weeks to go until Midnight Oil hits the Border, we take a look back at some of the biggest music acts to perform at Gateway Lakes.
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In November 2011, Cold Chisel rocked the stage on the Lincoln Causeway.
Were you among the crowd that night? Can you spot a familiar face? Check out our gallery, above, and read our report from their performance below.
Thousands go home blown away by classic Light The Nitro show
EVERYTHING appeared to go right at last night's Cold Chisel concert, the biggest the Border has seen.
The audience of young and old were on their best behaviour, the weather was spot on and the music was as crowd pleasing as ever.
Early concerns about traffic mayhem for arriving music lovers didn't eventuate, with a cruisey drive in to Gateway Lakes just over an hour before Cold Chisel jumped on stage.
This may have been due to the masses of people making use of the free bus service, with up to 40 people sitting at one Wodonga bus stop late yesterday afternoon.
The rain kept at bay, despite organisers worrying about a potential downpour dampening the event.
The crowd was relaxed, with the 50-metre fenced mosh pit nothing like a mosh pit.
There was no pushing, no shoving, no angry people trying to make their way to the front after the music started.
It was as easy to walk within 15 metres of the stage as it was to walk around the rest of the venue, with plenty of room to dance.
And that is exactly what Chisel fans did.
Playing all their classics, Cold Chisel opened with Standing on the Outside, with the glow sticks coming out from the audience soon after for Choir Girl.
But it was their performance of When the War is Over that moved the crowd.
Before the song began, lead singer Jimmy Barnes paid tribute to the band's drummer Steve Prestwich.
"I want to dedicate tonight and every night on tour to Steve Prestwich," Barnes said of his friend who died from a brain tumour in January.
As soon as the familiar music started up, and black and white photos of Prestwich flashed on the two giant screens either side of the stage, the lighters came out.
Arms swayed.
Bodies swayed.
People held cigarette lighters to pay tribute to the man who lost his battle at the start of the year.
The song was played without its familiar drum break at the chorus.
A telling sign of the gap their friend and drummer had left.
Under the stars, beside the Murray River there seemed no better place to be last night than Gateway Lakes, listening to some classic hits by one of the country's best bands.