"We are the groundswell," said Crowded House's Neil Finn, as he leads Aussie Stadium and a stage full of Australian stars in a chorus of "Everywhere you go, you always take the weather with you."
Finn and his reunited Crowded House delivered an early highlight, with the stadium darkened by an apparent power outage and the stage lit without spotlights, letting the emotion of "Weather With You" carry the moment. "As long as the PA is going, everything's all right, OK?" Finn said. "Who needs lights anyway?"
They sealed the set with a gorgeous, acoustic version of "Better Be Home Soon," where the crowd not only sang along, but seemed to do so in harmony.
"Over to you world," Finn said, rounding out the Aussie concert, the first of the nine -- does Garth Brooks' Washington appearance make it 10? -- official Live Earth shows.