Midnight Oil kicked off the international start to their reunion ‘The Great Circle Tour’ with their first show outside Australia since 2002 in Brazil.
Midnight Oil’s previous international show was in Irvine, California in 2002.
The Oil’s played at Porto Alegre in Brazil on April 25 after their first official show on April 13 at Selinas in Sydney after the secret warm-up gig at Marrickville Bowlo in Sydney on April 9.
The show in Brazil featured an acoustic set of ‘When The Generals Talk’ and ‘Lurita Way’ and a focus mainly on the 1993 album ‘Earth and Sun and Moon’.
Midnight Oil setlist 25 April, Brazil
Stars of Warburton (from Blue Sky Mining, 1989)
Tone Poem (from Capricornia, 2002)
Truganini (from Earth and Sun and Moon, 1993)
In the Valley (from Earth and Sun and Moon, 1993)
Put Down That Weapon (from Diesel and Dust, 1987)
Renaissance Man (from Earth and Sun and Moon, 1993)
Earth and Sun and Moon (from Earth and Sun and Moon, 1993)
When The Generals Talk (from Red Sails In The Sunset, 1984)(acoustic)
Lurita Way (from Capricornia, 2002)(acoustic)
Power and the Passion (from 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, 1982)
Bullroarer (from Diesel and Dust, 1987)
Arctic World (from Diesel and Dust, 1987)
Warakurna (from Diesel and Dust, 1987)
Power and the Passion (from 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, 1982)
Say Your Prayers (from Earth and Sun and Moon, 1993)
Beds Are Burning (from Diesel and Dust, 1987)
Forgotten Years (from Blue Sky Mining, 1989)
Blue Sky Mine (from Blue Sky Mining, 1989)
Sometimes (from Earth and Sun and Moon, 1993)
Encore:
Redneck Wonderland (from Redneck Wonderland, 1998)
Dreamworld (from Diesel and Dust, 1987)
Midnight Oil will start the North America tour May 6 in Atlanta before heading to Europe and then ending the tour in Australia and New Zealand in September, October and November.
