k.d. Lang Performs "Hallelujah" At Fire Fight Australia In Sydney

New York, NY (Top40 Charts) k.d. lang gave her inimitable rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" to a sold-out crowd at ANZ Stadium in Sydney Olympic Park on Sunday as part of the Fire Fight Australia concert to benefit Australian bushfire relief, hosted by Celeste Barber. The audience, in the words of 7News Australia, "was brought to a standstill by a haunting performance" from lang.

With so many lives lost, countless homes destroyed, an estimated one billion animals killed, and around eleven million hectares of Australia's pristine bushland razed, Fire Fight Australia will donate proceeds to organizations providing vital efforts of rescue (rural and regional fire services in affected states), relief and recovery (Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery), and rehabilitation (The RSPCA Bushfire Appeal).