Australian music legend John Farnham enjoyed the Coldplay concert at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium on Sunday.
It was a rare public appearance for the 75-year-old The Voice star after a cancerous tumor was removed from his mouth in 2022.
John was joined on the show by his wife Jill and their two sons, Rob and James.
“We were guests at Coldplay in the Marvel Arena last night,” an excited Rob (44) announced on Instagram on Monday.
‘They were great. It was a very special evening.’
Rob also shared a family photo of the Farnham clan on the show, including a happy-looking John.
Posing for the photo alongside the hitmaker were Jill, 75, his wife of more than 50 years and their youngest son, James, 36, as well as Rob.
Fans were quick to send messages of support to John, who has spent long months in recovery over the past two years following his harrowing battle with cancer.
Australian music legend John Farnham stepped out to watch British superstars Coldplay wow fans at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium on Sunday. Pictured: Farnham performing in 2020
It was a rare public appearance for the 75-year-old I’m The Voice artist after a cancerous tumor was removed from his mouth in 2022. Pictured: Chris Martin of Coldplay
“So nice to see you John,” one follower commented on Rob’s share.
Another added: ‘What a special family photo. John looks fantastic.’
“Great to see you all having a great time and seeing John outside,” said another fan.
Joining John (second from right) for the show was his wife Jill and their two sons, James (L) and Rob (far right), who shared this family photo from the excursion to his Instagram on Monday
Sadly, John will likely never perform again after undergoing marathon surgery to remove the tumor from his mouth in August 2022.
The operation, performed by 26 medical staff, also affected his jaw.
A year after the surgery, Farnham revealed he was cancer-free.
John stunned fans earlier this year when he attended his son Rob’s wedding to lover Melissa.
It comes after John’s wife Jill revealed graphic details about John’s harrowing health journey.
The showman’s famous private partner wrote two chapters of John’s new memoir The Voice Inside, in which he opened up about his battle with cancer.
Jill clarified what exactly the doctors removed from the chart-topper’s face and whether he will sing again.
‘I don’t know if John will sing again. It just depends,” she admitted in the book.
‘The radiation makes that whole side of his face rock hard. The flesh, the muscles, the tendons, none of it is flexible.’
The You’re The Voice singer, 75, narrates the audiobook version of his memoir, The Voice Inside
Jill went on to say that surgeons are currently “figuring out how to loosen everything up,” adding that Farnham is “disappointed” that he “might not be on stage again.”
Then she added, “And for the record, they didn’t take his jaw.”
Jill explained that doctors had taken scrapings from Farnham’s jawbone to test whether cancer had infected the bone, but later discovered that it had not.
The hitmaker ‘still has his lower jaw, even though the radiation has ruined it a bit’.
John’s memoir The Voice Inside was released across Australia on Wednesday, October 30.
The book documents the early life and stardom of the artist who grew up in Melbourne in the 1960s, until his 1986 comeback album Whispering Jack.
John bravely chose to record an audiobook of his memoir, which was previewed last week.
It was the first time since his surgery that fans could hear what the charts sounded like.