Midnight Oil

Midnight Oil “10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1” Surprise Gig In Melbourne CANCELLED

Midnight Oil have announced a surprise show Monday night in Melbourne performing their classic “10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1” album in its entirety. The show is a benefit concert for the Australian Conservation Society and Greenpeace.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Midnight Oil, Resist, rock

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Australian Albums: Midnight Oil ‘Resist’ Debuts At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

The thirteenth studio album for Midnight Oil called “Resist” becomes their sixth No.1 Album in Australia this week.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Australian charts, Midnight Oil, rock

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AWOLNATION Covers Midnight Oil’s ‘Bed Are Burning’ With Tim McIlrath of Rise Against

by Paul Cashmere

AWOLNATION have just dropped a cover of Midnight Oil’s ‘Beds Are Burning’ with special guest Tim McIlrath of Rise Against.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, AWOLNATION, Beds Are Burning, Midnight Oil, punk, Rise Against, rock, Tim McIlrath, USA

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Midnight Oil Kick Off Resist Tour In Newcastle

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil’s final tour ‘Resist’ is officially underway with the first show since the final album release kicking off 2022 activity out of Newcastle.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, A Day On The Green, At The Time of Writing, Australia, Frontier Touring, Midnight Oil, Resist, rock

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Midnight Oil Debut Third ‘Resist’ Song ‘At the Time of Writing’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil has premiered a lyric video for the third song from the upcoming ‘Resist’ album. ‘At The Time of Writing’ was written by Rob Hirst and Jim Moginie.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, A Day On The Green, At The Time of Writing, Australia, Frontier Touring, Midnight Oil, Resist, rock

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Midnight Oil Release Another ‘Resist’ Track ‘At the Time of Writing’

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil have released a third song from their upcoming final album ‘Resist’. Check out ‘At the Time of Writing’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, A Day On The Green, At The Time of Writing, Australia, Frontier Touring, Midnight Oil, Resist, rock

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Midnight Oil Reveal Guests Including Hoodoo Gurus, Goanna and Busby Marou

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil’s Resist tour will feature some of Australia’s finest. Goanna will join the Oils at Mt Duneed, Hoodoo Gurus at Rutherglen, Busby Marou are lined up for Orange and Amyl & The Sniffers will open for the Oils in Melbourne.

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

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Midnight Oil Play First Show Of 2022 At Mona Foma

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil have kick started 2022 with their first show of the year in Tasmania for Mona Foma.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Midnight Oil, Mona Foma, Resist, rock, Tasmania

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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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