 Coghill told Australian Times that the final tour is " going to be great fun , but it 's also going to be sad " . He confirmed that he had no plans to start a new band or for a solo project . Instead he intended to finish his degree , " [ o ] nce I 'm done with that , I might put the feelers out and see what 's happening . I don 't think I 'd be doing anything solo , but I might look to join other bands , just to have a chance to keep playing . I 'm just not keen to be off touring the world anymore " . Powderfinger played their final show at the River Stage in Brisbane on 13 November 2010 in front of 10 @,@ 000 fans ; the last song they performed was " These Days " . On 25 January 2011 the band issued a previously unreleased track , " I 'm on Your Side " , as a fund raiser for the Premier 's Flood Appeal as a result of major flooding in Queensland from December the previous year into January . The song was available via the band 's website with all proceeds going towards the cause . On 8 November 2011 , the group released a second compilation album , Footprints : The Best of Powderfinger , 2001 @-@ 2011 , containing two new tracks . There was also a 2 @-@ disc release , Fingerprints & Footprints – The Ultimate Collection , combining both Fingerprints and Footprints in one set . Also in November , Dino Scatena and the band , published a biography , Footprints : the inside story of Australia 's best loved band . Scatena , a rock music journalist , had started writing the book in the previous October during the Sunsets Farewell Tour . 
