Fans go wild over Mike Brady as he once again returns to the AFL Grand Final for lauded performance READ MORE: Katy Perry shocks straight out the gate with astounding song choice and leaves fans baffled with 'bizarre' CGI-filled AFL Grand Final pregame performance By Stephen Bisset For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:19 EDT, 28 September 2024 | Updated: 05:21 EDT, 28 September 2024 e-mail View comments It looks like football's most beloved balladeer Mike Brady has a job for life has fans praised his AFL Grand final performance in Melbourne on Saturday. Mike, 76, once again, performed his iconic tune Up There Cazaly in front of more than 100,000 footy fans at the MCG. Up There Cazaly was created by Mike in 1979 as a rousing Aussie Rules anthem about footy legend Roy Cazaly that is synonymous with the sport He has performed the iconic tune at 14 AFL Grand finals starting with his first in 1979.
And it seems that Mike and his famous song have become such a fixture in the Grand Final festivities that fans don't know what to do without them. Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter , one footy fan was unsure what would happen on the big day in the event of Mike's untimely passing. 'I wonder what the AFL will do when Mike Brady dies?' the fan asked to which another suggested: ' Kylie Minogue ,' to be the one to pick up the Up There Cazaly mantle.
Commenting on 7AFL's X post of Mike's performance, one fan said they couldn't imagine a world without Mike Brady singing at the Grand Fi.
