Jimmy Barnes is still recovering from his latest hip surgery.
The 68-year-old stepped out for the opening night of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne on Thursday night.
The rocker was aided by the a sleek gold-tipped cane which he used to help him balance on the red carpet.
Jimmy appeared in excellent spirits despite his recent health battle as he posed with his loved ones.
Joining him for the family night out were daughter Mahalia Barnes, who is starring in the musical, granddaughter Rosie Rodgers and wife Jane Barnes.
The singer looked polished and dapper in an all black ensemble that matched his cane and wore his shirt open to bare a glimpse at his chest.
Jimmy Barnes (pictured) is still recovering from his latest hip surgery
The 68-year-old stepped out for the opening night of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne on Thursday night
The rocker was aided by the a sleek gold-tipped cane which he used to help him balance on the red carpet. Pictured with daughter Mahalia Barnes, who is starring in the musical, and her co-star Michael Paynter
In February, Barnes was hit with yet another medical blow, following three separate surgeries in the past year and a half.
The Cold Chisel frontman has been in and out of hospital since late 2023, receiving two hip operations and open heart surgery.
The musician underwent another operation on his hip just six months after he was forced to get urgent ‘remedial’ hip surgery in August last year.
In a video shared to Instagram, Jimmy could be seen using a walking frame to aid him as he hobbled down a hallway in the hospital just 24 hours after surgery.
Garbed in a patient gown, Jimmy appeared to be in good spirits as he took a stroll through the building wearing compression socks and foot pumps.
‘I’m walking, day one. Woohoo! I’ll be jogging by tomorrow. Dancing by Friday,’ he joked.
Jimmy was forced to cancel two months’ worth of gigs last August after noticing an ache in his side while performing in New Zealand, which led to an urgent ‘remedial’ hip operation.
He previously underwent open-heart surgery to fend off a staph infection, which then returned and attacked his hip, leading to surgery and a six-week recovery.
Joining him for the family night out were daughter Mahalia, granddaughter Rosie Rodgers and wife Jane Barnes
Jimmy appeared in excellent spirits despite his recent health battle
The rock star made a triumphant return to stage in October after his health struggles as he performed with his band Cold Chisel at The Entertainment Quarter.
The Cold Chisel 50th anniversary tour, dubbed The Big Five-0, sold over 150,000 tickets across 16 shows, making it one of the most highly-anticipated Aussie tours of the year.
Jimmy’s outing follows news that Barnes has a secret love child.
Barnes announced on Instagram two days before Christmas he had an eighth child , on top of his four kids with 67-year-old wife Jane and three others from previous relationships.
But neither the rocker nor 37-year-old Katy Lee Carroll his second-youngest offspring, has ever disclosed how she came to be a part of their family.
Carroll had grown up listening to Cold Chisel – an uncle who helped raise her played Flame Trees, Choir Girl and My Baby over and over whenever she stayed at his place.
She had also experienced a feeling her real father was a rock star, according to a close friend.
‘She said she always felt something bigger,’ the friend said.
Katy Lee Carroll learned Barnes was her father five years ago and met him for the first time the night before a Cold Chisel concert in February 2020. Father and daughter are pictured together
Daily Mail Australia can reveal Carroll first met Barnes on February 7, 2020 at Kingscliff in the Northern Rivers region of NSW not far from where she lives.
Also present at that dinner were Carroll’s husband and two daughters.
It was not until her 32nd birthday in September 2019 that Carroll’s mother said she believed Barnes might be her father.
Since then, Carroll has been ’embraced by the Barnes family with love, warmth and incredible understanding’, she has said.
