Bathurst 1000 Ian Moss: Cold Chisel rock star reads national anthem from sheet

Cold Chisel rock legend Ian Moss is ‘caught using a cheat sheet to help him remember the lyrics’ of the Australian anthem at Bathurst 1000

  • Rock legend Ian Moss slammed for using a ‘cheat sheet’ for national anthem
  • Cold Chisel icon was busted singing from piece of paper at Bathurst 1000 
  • Motorsport fans labelled the 66-year-old old a ‘disgrace’ and ‘unAustralian’ 


Rock legend Ian Moss has been slammed for using a ‘cheat sheet’ while singing the Australian national anthem to open the Bathurst 1000.

The Cold Chisel icon was busted singing from a piece of paper placed on the back of a speaker while singing the anthem on the racetrack at Mount Panorama on Sunday morning.

Moss was mercilessly mocked by shocked viewers on social media, with many labelling the 66-year-old a ‘disgrace’ and condemning his ‘unAustralian’ antics.

‘I love Ian Moss but he’s having a Meatloaf moment at Bathurst,’ one person posted to Twitter, referring to Meatloaf’s infamous AFL Grand Final performance in 2011.

Rock legend Ian Moss has been slammed for using a ‘cheat sheet’ while singing the Australian national anthem to open the Bathurst 1000

The Cold Chisel icon was busted singing from a piece of paper placed on the back of a speaker while singing the anthem on the racetrack at Mount Panorama on Sunday morning

The Cold Chisel icon was busted singing from a piece of paper placed on the back of a speaker while singing the anthem on the racetrack at Mount Panorama on Sunday morning

Moss was mercilessly mocked by shocked viewers on social media, with many labelling the 66-year-old a 'disgrace' and condemning his 'unAustralian' antics

Moss was mercilessly mocked by shocked viewers on social media, with many labelling the 66-year-old a ‘disgrace’ and condemning his ‘unAustralian’ antics

Moss has played at Australia’s most famous racetrack with Cold Chisel in the past, and has even done several hot laps with professional drivers around the circuit. 

‘I have fond memories of the early days with Cold Chisel, including playing on a stage set up inside the Mount Panorama racetrack. I have done the hot lap a few times at Mount Panorama,’ the rock icon told the Western Advocate in 2018.

‘I have also played, with Cold Chisel, at Bathurst jail.’

On Sunday he received the honour of opening the biggest race on the V8 Supercars calendar, playing in front of the first full-house in Bathurst since the start of the pandemic. 

Fans quickly noticed Moss was looking down throughout the song, with different camera angles then revealing a piece of paper perched on a speaker in front of the singer.

Fans quickly noticed Moss was looking down throughout the song, with different camera angles then revealing a piece of paper perched on a speaker in front of the singer

Fans quickly noticed Moss was looking down throughout the song, with different camera angles then revealing a piece of paper perched on a speaker in front of the singer

Moss was labelled 'unAustralian' and a 'disgrace' by shocked motorsport fans who took to social media on Sunday

Moss was labelled ‘unAustralian’ and a ‘disgrace’ by shocked motorsport fans who took to social media on Sunday

Social media was abuzz with criticism of the 66-year-old as motorsport fans realised he was singing the anthem off a 'cheat sheet'

Social media was abuzz with criticism of the 66-year-old as motorsport fans realised he was singing the anthem off a ‘cheat sheet’

Social media was abuzz with criticism of the 66-year-old as motorsport fans realised he was singing the anthem off a ‘cheat sheet’. 

‘Ian Moss reading the words off a cheat sheet to sing the Australian National Anthem is a disgrace and embarrassing,’ a man wrote on Twitter. 

‘F**k Mossy, that was painful to watch. I hope none of the drivers crash as badly as Ian Moss just did at Bathurst,’ another joked. 

‘Not sure which was worst – Ian Moss singing of our anthem or having the words in front of him,’ a person tweeted.  



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