Midnight Oil

Midnight Oil Christen New Album ‘Resist’ And Announce 2022 Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil will head out for a farewell tour in 2022 built around a new album they have christen ‘Resist’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, A Day On The Green, Australia, Midnight Oil, rock

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O’Shea To Represent Australia At World Expo

by Paul Cashmere

Husband and wife duo O’Shea, Mark and Jay O’Shea, are heading to Dubai to represent Australia at World Expo.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, country, Midnight Oil, O'Shea, Rob Hirst

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Midnight Oil To Play Mona Foma 2022

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil will perform at Mona Foma in Tasmania in January 2022.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Jim Moginie, Midnight Oil, Mona Foma, Rising Seas, rock, Show of Hands

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Midnight Oil Debut ‘Rising Seas’

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil have debuted ‘Rising Seas’, the first song from their upcoming album ‘Show of Hands’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Jim Moginie, Midnight Oil, Rising Seas, rock, Show of Hands

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Bluesfest Postponed Until 2022

by Announcement

Bluesfest has been postponed again, this time to Easter 2022.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, live music, Midnight Oil, music festival, music industry, Peter Noble, rock

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Bluesfest Announces October 2021 Line-up With The Oils, Kelly and Barnes

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil, Jimmy Barnes, Paul Kelly and Tash Sultana will headline the four day revival of Bluesfest in October 2021.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Jimmy Barnes, Midnight Oil, music industry, Paul Kelly, rock

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Midnight Oil Win Song of the Year At APRA Music Awards

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Midnight Oil have won the 2021 APRA Song of the Year and Cold Chisel have also grabbed an award for Most Performed Rock Work.

Tagged as: APRA, Australia, Cold Chisel, Dean Lewis, Midnight Oil, music awards, music industry, Tones & I

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APRA To Conduct Songwriting Seminars Across Regional New South Wales

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

APRA AMCOS will head to Tamworth, Wagga Wagga, Dubbo, Wollongong and Byron Bay for ‘The Regional Sessions’, a one-day songwriting event.

Tagged as: AMCOS, APRA, Australia, Jim Moginie, Midnight Oil, music industry, Regional Sessions

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The 2021 APRA Awards Nominations List

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

The 2021 APRA Music Awards nominees have been announced with Song of the Year in 2021 spread around Missy Higgins, Tame Impala, Midnight Oil, Amy Shark and Guy Sebastian.

Tagged as: Amy Shark, APRA, Australia, Guy Sebastian, Midnight Oil, Missy Higgins, music awards, music industry, Tame Impala

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Midnight Oil Prove Why They Are The Greatest Live Band On Earth

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Midnight Oil are the greatest live band in the world. It is that simple. 43 years after their first album, Peter Garrett just weeks off turning 68 and Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie and Martin Rotsey all now in their mid-60s, this is a band with more energy than the artists half their age. It is also a band that has always been true to a message Australia needs to hear.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Midnight Oil, Petr Garrett, rock

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Midnight Oil Officially Kick Off Makarrata Live In Queensland

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil have officially kicked off ‘Makarrata Live’ after a secret show and warm-up in Sydney with their first official show in Queensland on the weekend.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Alice Skye, Australia, Dan Sultan, Makarrata Live, Midnight Oil, rock, Tasman Keith, Troy Cassar-Daley

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Peter Garrett Midnight Oil 6 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Midnight Oil Play Surprise Sydney Show With New Bass Player Adam Ventoura

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil broke in their new bass player Adam Ventoura in Sydney last night.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Adam Ventoura, Australia, Bones Hillman, Midnight Oil, rock

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Midnight Oil To Play Sydney Warm-Up Show

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil will perform a warm-up show in Sydney ahead of their 2021 Australian dates.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Alice Skye, Australia, Dan Sultan, Leah Flanagan, Midnight Oil, rock, Tasman Keith, Troy Cassar-Daley

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Midnight Oil To Reactivate In 2021

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil will play six shows in 2021 including two WOMADelaide shows presenting Makarrata Live.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, live music, Midnight Oil, music festival, rock, WOMADelaide

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Watch Midnight Oil ‘First Nation’ With Jessica Mauboy and Tasman Keith

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil have a video for ‘First Nation’, a song from their first album in 18 years, ‘The Makaratta Project’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Jessica Mauboy, Midnight Oil, rock, Tasman Keith, The Makaratta Project

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Midnight Oil Bass Player Bones Hillman Dies Aged 62

by Paul Cashmere

Bones Hillman, the bass player for Midnight Oil, has lost his battle with cancer at age 62.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Bones Hillman, Midnight Oil, New Zealand, rock, The Swingers

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Australian Charts: Midnight Oil Debut At No 1 With The Makarrata Project’

by Gavin Ryan

Midnight Oil return to the top of the ARIA Albums Chart with their new set “The Makarrata Project”, their first No.1 album in just over 23 years.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Australian charts, Gavin Ryan, Midnight Oil, rock, The Makarrata Project

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Midnight Oil and 18 Indigenous Collaborators Deliver The Makarrata Project

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil’s ‘The Makarrata Project’ is the first collection of new Midnight Oil songs since 2002. It also features 18 indigenous artists collaborating with the band.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Bunna Lawrie, Dan Sultan, Gadigal Land, Joel Davison, Kaleena Briggs, Midnight Oil, rock. The Makarrata Project

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Midnight Oil Debut ‘Gadigal Land’ Their First New Music in 18 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil’s ‘Gadigal Land’ is the band’s first new music since 2002. The song features Dan Sultan, Joel Davison, Kaleena Briggs and Bunna Lawrie.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Bunna Lawrie, Dan Sultan, Gadigal Land, Joel Davison, Kaleena Briggs, Midnight Oil, rock

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Rob Hirst and Daughter Jay O’Shea Showcase ‘There You Are’

by Paul Cashmere

Father and Daughter Rob Hirst and Jay O’Shea have showcased another song from their recent ‘The Lost and Found’ album.

Tagged as: 10s, 70s, 80s, Australia, country, Jay O'Shea, Midnight Oil, O'Shea, Rob Hirst, rock

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Jim Moginie Midnight Oil 6 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Midnight Oil’s Jim Moginie Is Using His Tip Jar To Raise Money For #SupportAct

by Paul Cashmere

Founding Midnight Oil member Jim Moginie is posting a song a day on social media to help raise funds for Support Act.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Jim Moginie, Midnight Oil, rock

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Splendour In The Grass Rescheduled To October

by Paul Cashmere

The Splendour In The Grass music festival has been moved until October.

Tagged as: Australia, Midnight Oil, music festival, Splendour In The Grass, The Strokes, Tyler The Creator, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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Rob Hirst on Sean Sennett, Jay O’Shea and the New Midnight Oil Album

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil co-founder Rob Hirst has a stack of new music already in 2020 and there is more to come. First is ‘Driver Reviver’ with Sean Sennett. Then ‘The Lost and the Found’ with Jay O’Shea. Later in the year there will be new Midnight Oil.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Jay O'Shea, Midnight Oil, Rob Hirst, rock, Sean Sennett

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Midnight Oil, The Strokes, Tyler The Creator To Play Splendour In The Grass

by Paul Cashmere

Splendour In The Grass 2020 will feature the first appearance for 2020 by Midnight Oil, as well as The Strokes, Tyler The Creator and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Tagged as: Australia, Midnight Oil, music festival, Splendour In The Grass, The Strokes, Tyler The Creator, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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Midnight Oil Have New Music For 2020

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil will have a lot of new music in 2020.

Tagged as: 00s, 20s, 70s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Midnight Oil, rock

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Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst To Release Album With His Daughter Jay O’Shea

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil co-founder Rob Hirst has collaborated with his daughter Jay O’Shea for the second time. The album ‘The Lost and the Found’ will be released on 28 February.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 70s, 80s, 90s, country, Jay O'Shea, Midnight Oil, Rob Hirst, rock, Sean Sennett

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Rob Hirst and Sean Sennett Release New Music for 2020 with ‘Driver Reviver’ EP

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil co-founder Rob Hirst has kicked off 2020 with his first run of new music starting with the Sean Sennett collaboration ‘Driver Reviver’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Kate Ceberano, Midnight Oil, Rob Hirst, rock, Sean Sennett, Steve Kilbey

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Chugg Entertainment Revives Sound Relief For Australian Bushfires

by Tim Cashmere

Chugg Entertainment has pledged to reinstate Sound Relief to raise money for the Australian bushfire disaster.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Chugg Entertainment, Coldplay, Hunters and Collectors, Michael Chugg, Midnight Oil, sound relief, Wolfmother

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Signed Midnight Oil Poster Earns $2300 for the RSPCA

by Paul Cashmere

The signed Midnight Oil poster auctioned by Songland Records, Canberra to raise money for the RSPCA Weston has earned the RSPCA $2300.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Brian Frog Harris, Canberra, Midnight Oil, record store, rock, RSCPA, Songland Records, Weston

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Autographed Midnight Oil Poster Reaches $2000

by Paul Cashmere

Songland’s Records Midnight Oil poster auction has reached $2000 with five more days of the auction to go.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Brian Frog Harris, Canberra, Midnight Oil, record store, rock, RSCPA, Songland Records, Weston

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