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Lorde was one of the headline acts for the cyclone relief gig.
More than 2000 people flocked to Christchurch Town Hall on Friday night for the Ōtautahi 4 Aotearoa Cyclone Relief Concert, headlined by artists Lorde, Neil Finn and L.A.B.
The tickets were snapped up in less than six hours, raising over $200,000 for the Red Cross.
The artists – along with the venue and staff – donated their time and resources for the fundraiser.
Ticketek also waived its booking fees.
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The concert was hosted by Ōtautahi’s own Mike McRoberts.
Stuff went along to cover the relief gig.
Take a look below to see how it played out, in pictures.
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Tiki Taane opened the Ōtautahi 4 Aotearoa Cyclone Relief Concert at the Christchurch Town Hall.
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The tickets were snapped up in less than six hours.
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Six-man band 1 Drop Nation was the second act of the night.
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New Zealand rock, disco and pop artist Emma Dilemma came next.
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PRINS took to the stage as the first half of the relief concert continued.
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The show then took a big shift, with Ōtautahi rapper Big Sima taking to the stage.
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“To all our friends and whānau affected, we love you, we know what you’ve been through, we’ve been there ourselves,” Big Sima told the crowd at the Cyclone Gabrielle relief concert.
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L.A.B – the final act of the first half of the concert – was welcomed into the room with the biggest applause of the night so far.
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Band frontman Joel Shadbolt opened their set with some smooth acapella vocals.
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Marlon Williams kicked off the second half of the concert.
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“We are no stranger to a disaster here ourselves,” Williams told the relief gig’s crowd in Christchurch, thanking them for their support.
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Arguably the star of the show, Lorde surprised fans by jumping on stage early in the show’s final half.
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Neil Finn received a standing ovation for this performance.
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Just wow,” host McRoberts said of Finn’s set.
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McRoberts described Finn as a ‘weaver of people’, bringing all audiences to their feet.
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The relief concert got a dose of nostalgia when Supergroove took to the stage.
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Can’t Get Enough, Sitting Inside My Head and You Gotta Know had the whole room moving.
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