Oxfam Tour Blog: 17 March 2009

From WikiColdplay

THANKYOU to the 10,000 Coldplay fans in Australia who have supported our work

It was a bittersweet moment in Sydney on Sunday night as we bid farewell to the Coldplay lads at their last concert in Australia on their Viva La Vida world tour. Oxfam volunteers were again out and about at Acer Arena taking full advantage of the chance to talk to Coldplay fans about our Make Trade Fair and Close the Gap campaigns. Many Coldplay fans were eager to hear about Oxfam’s work, and the efforts of our volunteers in Sydney resulted in over 2500 sign-ups over the four Sydney shows. Wow, what an effort!

As we recover from the excitement of the shows we can now look back on the Australian tour. We have had a total of 220 volunteers across 4 states mixing amongst the crowds of 11 huge shows. Coldplay fans received thousands of stickers, postcards, leaflets and tattoos as the word about Fair Trade and Indigenous Health spread across the country. Overall in support of the Make Trade Fair and Close the Gap campaigns we managed to get over 10 000 sign ups. That is as epic in proportions as a Coldplay world tour!

We want to send a huge thank you to all the volunteers who participated in Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. We appreciate the time and effort given in supporting Oxfam’s work, each and every one of you deserves a standing ovation for your enthusiasm, friendly smiles and inspiring words.

We would also like to thank Coldplay for their support of Oxfam’s work worldwide, and for making it possible for us to reach so many of their fans. It was also fantastic to see Coldplay get involved in fundraising efforts beyond their links to Oxfam with their support at the Sound Relief benefit concert. It was great to see the band helping out Australian communities whose lives have been devastated by fire and flood.

We now hand over to Oxfam New Zealand, where Coldplay continue their world tour.

PS. If you were too excited about the show to have a chat to us make sure you check out our website

Cara, Elsa and the Aussie Oxfam gang

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