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October 13, 2017

OILS ANNOUNCE ‘ONE FOR THE OCEANS’ SHOW

Midnight Oil have added another special benefit concert to their current Australian tour.
 
#OneForTheOceans will see the band play their iconic album “10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1” in its entirety for the first time ever in this country, along with an hour of other Oils classics.
 
This one-off gig will happen in the intimate outdoor coastal setting of the Fremantle Arts Centre on Sunday October 29. Every cent of profit will go to various charities that work in the areas of reef protection and climate change including AMCS.org.au. It will happen just a few days after an October 24 National Press Club address in Canberra by frontman, Peter Garrett entitled “Trashing our crown jewel: The fate of the Great Barrier Reef in the coal age.”
 
“One For The Oceans” will be staged with the support of official media partners Fremantle Festival, Mix 94.5 and The West Australian. Special guests will be local 6 piece – and Triple J Unearthed favourites – POW Negro with doors at 6pm and the Oils onstage from 7.30pm sharp (all times subject to change).
 
Midnight Oil fan pre-sale starts Mon 16 Oct at 10:00am WST / 1:00pm AEDT – pre-sale password and info will be sent via the band’s official newsletter one hour prior at 9:00am WST / 12:00pm AEDT – sign up via www.midnightoil.com/mailing-list.
 
These pre-sale tickets will be available for 24 hours or until sold out and will be limited to 4 per person with ID provisions in place to reduce scalping.
 
General Public on-sale will open at 10:00am WST/1:00pm AEDT on Wed 18 Oct via www.midnightoil.com/tour-dates with tickets limited to 6 per person and similar anti scalping provisions.
 
Fans are formally advised to only buy tickets by following the real links on the Midnight Oil website to avoid getting ripped off by scalpers.
October 8, 2017

OILS FLY A FLAG FOR THE REEF

Midnight Oil has set sail from Far North Queensland to support the preservation of Australia’s greatest living treasure – The Great Barrier Reef.

The band travelled 2 hours offshore from Cairns to unveil a “Coral Not Coal” banner on the spectacularly beautiful Vlasoff Sand Cay which sits in the middle of the reef. Epic photo’s and film taken at this location, plus on site interviews with band members and local marine science experts, will feature in TV and radio specials to air on Foxtel’s MAX and Triple M over coming weeks. For more info head to bit.ly/CoralNotCoal

As a further part of these efforts the Oils performed and recorded a special benefit gig at the Tank Arts Centre on Friday night. All proceeds from the show went to local research organisation https://www.greatbarrierreeflegacy.org/ who helped organise the sand cay expedition aboard local charter boats Aroona and Flying Fish.

Other environmental groups also had a strong presence at the Tanks gig including the Australian Marine Conservation Society whose efforts to stop the Adani coal mine include this petition which the band urged all attendees to sign on the night:
https://www.fightforourreef.org.au/midnightoil/

The band played a strongly themed set of songs that all had a direct link to the reef and the challenges it faces from unsustainable development and dangerous climate change.

Oils frontman Peter Garrett was particularly vocal with his onstage comments about the devastating potential environmental impact of the Adani Coal mine. He noted that reef tourism creates sustainable jobs in greater numbers than largely automated coal mines and does so without needing to divert a billion dollars of taxpayers’ money to an overseas corporation with a dubious track record.

Midnight Oil’s “Great Circle 2017” World Tour played the Kuranda Amphitheatre in the rainforests near Cairns last night and now heads to Townsville and Rockhampton for more sold out shows before hitting South East Queensland next week.

October 5, 2017

Postcards from Australia: Part 1

The Great Circle has carved its way through the Northern Territory with three memorable shows marking Midnight Oil’s return to their homeland. A low key visit to the remote settlement of Kintore last Saturday night saw the band reconnect with the remote community they helped immortalise in the lyrics to “Beds Are Burning”. Two nights later they brought the dead heart to life again with a two hour set in Alice Springs that drew critical raves like this and saw them covering Warumpi Band’s “From The Bush” as a local nod.

Then last night over 5,000 fans in Darwin were treated to an epic cover of the classic “Treaty” (co-written back in 1991 by members of Yothu Yindi with Peter Garrett and Paul Kelly) which featured a special guest vocal appearance from Witiyana Marika, along with Gwanbal Jason Gurruwiwi on the didgeridoo. Later in the night, in addition to their own classic songs the Oils played part of Tom Petty’s “Won’t Back Down” in tribute to the US rock legend who died 2 days ago.

The tour now heads to Queensland – starting on Friday night with a special sold out benefit gig for Australia’s greatest living treasure, The Great Barrier Reef.

 


Photo: Sean Richards

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Kintore 30/9

 


Photo: Jim Moginie

Kintore 30/9

 


Photo: Jim Moginie

Kintore 30/9

 


Photo: Jim Moginie

Kintore 30/9

 


Photo: Jim Moginie

Kintore 30/9

 

Alice Springs 1/10

 

Alice Springs 2/10

 

Photo: Chris Tangey

Alice Springs 2/10

 

Alice Springs 2/10

 

Alice Springs 2/10

 

Alice Springs 2/10

 

Alice setlist 2/10

 

Darwin 4/10

 


Photo: Amy Hetherington

Darwin 4/10

 

Photo: Amy Hethrington

Midnight Oil perform “Treaty” in Darwin (co-written back in 1991 by members of Yothu Yindi with Peter Garrett and Paul Kelly), featuring a special guest vocal appearance from Witiyana Marika, along with Gwanbal Jason Gurruwiwi on the didgeridoo. 4/10

 

Photo: Amy Hethrington

Peter and Witiyana Marika 4/10

 

Photo: Jack Howard

Darwin 4/10