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The Christian O’Connell Show

MINI: Cancer Council

The Christian O’Connell Show

GOLD and iHeart Australia

Music, Music Interviews, Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.7823 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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0:00.0

So I just want to take a moment here to tell you something we're doing special for a very special

0:04.5

cause tomorrow on the show. And it's about something really that we've talked about and supported a lot on

0:09.9

the show and we always will do. Tomorrow for Cancer Council Victoria, we're asking you to double down on

0:15.1

hope. Tomorrow is Cancer Research Giving Day. And this is incredible. Every dollar you donate, however much that is to Cancer, Council of Victoria tomorrow will

0:24.8

be doubled.

0:26.1

So that's what's happening tomorrow on the show.

0:27.6

So what we're doing is we're selling our songs.

0:30.2

So if you want to hear a song tomorrow, it can be any song.

0:33.3

It might be just a song that you really, really love.

0:35.4

And you'd also like to hear it on the radio.

0:37.7

And you'd like it to raise some money.

0:39.8

Whatever that money you donate, 50 bucks, a hundred bucks, cancel, cancer, Victoria will double that.

0:45.0

Now, it might be a song, because sadly, cancer is something which affects so many of us,

0:49.3

that actually has a meaning, and that's what we'd like to know as well so if that is you please email me

0:54.5

today what's the song and why and we'll get it lined up for tomorrow Christian at

0:58.3

Christian o'connell.com.a u.u over the weekend I had some lovely messages like this from

1:03.0

Justin. Hey Christian it's Justin I lost my dad back in 1997 to lung cancer and not long after after he died, I heard the great man, Billy Joel's

1:14.1

only the good die young. And it really struck a nerve at the time. A year later, I was able to save up

1:20.4

some money from working at school cleaning the classrooms. And I surprised my mum and a friend of hers

1:26.0

with tickets to see Billy Joel and Delton John at the

1:28.5

MCG and to see him perform live in particular that song I was just it's the most amazing

1:36.2

experience I've ever had and that song really resounds to me personally and it reminds me of him

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