Thousands to farewell Shane Warne at state funeral at MCG
Thousands will gather at Victoria’s Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 30 for a state funeral to remember cricket legend Shane Warne.
The date and location of the public memorial have been released as Warne’s body is due to be flown to Melbourne from Thailand tomorrow morning, following his shock death on March 4.
A private funeral with the Warne family could be held as early as next week.
The public memorial will likely be held at twilight to give more people the chance to attend.
Premier Daniel Andrews has said as many people as possible will be able to be at the MCG.
“There will be no limits on crowds and that sort of stuff,” he said.
“It will be a very big event, it will be a celebration of his life as it should be.”
It s expected several of Warnie’s celebrity mates will be in attendance, including Coldplay’s Chris Martin and singer Ed Sheeran, who performed at Michael Gudinski’s state funeral almost a year ago to the day.
The British singer shared a photo tribute to Warne on Instagram following his death, saying he was “absolutely gutted” and revealing he had spoken to Warne just that week.
“Shane was the kindest heart, and always went above and beyond to make people feel welcome and special,” Sheeran wrote.
“Such a gentleman. He gave so many hours and years of his life to bring joy to others, and was such an amazing friend to me. I’ll bloody miss you mate.”
More information and tickets for the state funeral are yet to become available.
People are being invited to leave tributes to Warne ahead of the funeral here.
Tributes flow around the world for cricket legend Shane Warne
