The opening ceremony for the 2000 Summer Olympics at the stadium completely sold out all 110,000 seats , while the highest attendance for any event in modern Olympic Games history was recorded with 114,714 at the stadium for the closing ceremony of the same Games . Musical acts for the closing ceremony were a " who 's who " of Australian music including Kylie Minogue , John Williamson , John Paul Young , Jimmy Barnes , Midnight Oil , INXS ( with Jon Stevens ) , Men at Work , and Slim Dusty who sang '' Waltzing Matilda '' . Also in attendance on stage during the Closing ceremony were other famous Australian 's including golfer Greg Norman and comedian-actor Paul Hogan
closing ceremony
2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
Stadium Australia