Sydney cover outfit Furnace & The Fundamentals welcomed Steven Bradbury on stage at their Sydney performance over the weekend. Bradbury’s appearance was in honour of the 20th anniversary of his gold medal victory at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
During their Sunday night (11th September) performance at the Enmore Theatre, lead singer Furnace stopped the show to announce they would be honouring Bradbury’s achievement at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in February 2002. Bradbury’s unlikely come-from-behind speed skating victory was Australia’s first Winter Olympics gold medal, and elevated Bradbury to folk hero status.
Steven Bradbury joins Furnace & The Fundamentals onstage in Sydney
As a video montage of Bradbury’s win was played on the big screen, Furnace & The Fundamentals launched into a cover of Queen’s ‘We Are The Champions’. As the song continued, Bradbury himself appeared onstage, dressed in his green and gold tracksuit as an impromptu ticker tape parade carried on around him.
Joking with Furnace that he didn’t receive such celebrations alongside his 2002 victory, Bradbury then awarded the frontman his gold medal, before the pair embarked on a tour of the venue via a moving platform to the continuing soundtrack of ‘We Are The Champions’.
“Tonight is something way out of the box, something left field,” Bradbury said upon his return to the stage. “I’m on fucking stage with Furnace & The Fundamentals. This is really weird shit. I’m totally pumped to be here and I’ve got adrenaline coursing through my veins.”
Furnace & The Fundamentals will continue their Australia tour next week, with a sold out show scheduled for Melbourne on 23rd September.
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