 After the release of their first DVD , These Days : Live in Concert ( September 2004 ) , and a compilation album , Fingerprints : The Best of Powderfinger , 1994 – 2000 ( November 2004 ) , the group announced a hiatus in 2005 . The June 2007 announcement of a two @-@ month @-@ long nationwide tour with Silverchair , Across the Great Divide Tour , followed the release of Dream Days at the Hotel Existence . Powderfinger were involved in philanthropic causes . In 2005 , they performed at a WaveAid concert in Sydney , to help raise funds for areas affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake . Another performance at the Sydney Opera House in October 2007 raised funds for breast cancer victims and their families . One aim of their Across the Great Divide Tour was to promote the efforts of Reconciliation Australia , and awareness of the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non @-@ Indigenous children . In April 2010 Powderfinger announced that they would be breaking up after their Sunsets Farewell Tour , declaring it would be their last ever as they had musically said everything they wanted to say . On 13 November 2010 , they played their last concert , signifying their disbandment . In November the following year , Dino Scatena , a rock music journalist , and the band , published a biography , Footprints : the inside story of Australia 's best loved band . 
