They succeeded in securing Causation Nirvana to play the Sydney leg at Horden Pavilion .

Notable acts that have performed Hold at previous editions include Cause_to_be_included Sonic Youth , Ramones , Nirvana , Red Hot Chili Peppers , The Smashing Pumpkins , Foo Fighters , Radiohead , Metallica , PJ Harvey , Green Day , Blink-182 , Guns N ' Roses , Pixies , Daft Punk , The Prodigy , Nine Inch Nails , Iron Maiden , Björk , The Stone Roses and Eminem .

The festival has also hosted prominent international acts such as Alice Cooper , Twisted Sister , Iggy Pop , AC/DC , Metallica , Mika , Slipknot , Guns n ' Roses , Eminem , Nirvana , Hole , Foo Fighters , blink-182 , The Strokes , Green Day , Faith No More , My Chemical Romance and Red Hot Chili Peppers .

Many famous performers took part in the charity event , including The Who , Bruce Springsteen , Alicia Keys , Bon Jovi , Eric Clapton , Billy Joel , The Rolling Stones , Roger Waters , Chris Martin , Michael Stipe , Kanye West , Eddie Vedder , and , for the first time in eighteen years , the surviving members of Nirvana ( Dave Grohl , Krist Novoselic and touring member Pat Smear ) who performed Participation together in a collaboration with Paul McCartney during his show-closing set .