Tag: Midnight Oil

BLUESFEST RISES: New dates and additional Headliner announced!

BLUESFEST RISES: New dates and additional Headliner announced!

BLUESFEST RISES MIDNIGHT OIL TO HEADLINE OPENING NIGHT – FRI 1st OCT PAUL KELLY TO HEADLINE SAT 2ND OCT TASH SULTANA & JIMMY BARNES RETURN AS SATURDAY & SUNDAY HEADLINERS Festival Director, Peter Noble OAM today announced: Who would have thought after the cancellation of Bluesfest last Easter by a Public Health Order, less than 24 hours before our gates were due to open, due […]

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Dale Ryder of Boom Crash Opera

Dale Ryder of Boom Crash Opera

“I’m back, I didn’t think I was going to come back but I’m back.” From Release: Much loved 80’s Australian band BOOM CRASH OPERA is set to make a stunning comeback with charismatic lead singer, Dale Ryder.  Ryder will join Peter ‘Maz’ Maslen, Peter Farnan and John Favaro for the November tour which celebrates the 30th anniversary of the band’s […]

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MIDNIGHT OIL world tour sells over 200,000 tickets | 25 shows already sold out | Extra Syd & Melb shows to be announced soon due to phenomenal demand

MIDNIGHT OIL world tour sells over 200,000 tickets | 25 shows already sold out | Extra Syd & Melb shows to be announced soon due to phenomenal demand

Midnight Oil’s “The Great Circle 2017” world tour has struck a massive global chord with music fans. Over 200,000 tickets have been snapped up in just the first few days. All 14 North American shows have sold out plus ‘house full’ signs are already up for many other venues including London’s Hammersmith Apollo and the iconic Olympia Theatre in Paris. […]

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MIDNIGHT OIL announce ‘The Great Circle 2017’ World Tour + major archival releases

MIDNIGHT OIL announce ‘The Great Circle 2017’ World Tour + major archival releases

Legendary Australian rock band and agitators Midnight Oil today announced their first World Tour in over two decades. They also unveiled plans to release three archival box sets including a collection called “The Overflow Tank” which will contain more than 14 hours of previously unreleased and rare material. “The Great Circle 2017” World Tour will see the group’s classic line-up […]

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PETER GARRETT announces Australian Tour

PETER GARRETT announces Australian Tour

Peter Garrett has just announced an intimate Australian tour in support of his forthcoming solo album ‘A Version of Now’. These special gigs will see Peter playing small clubs and theatres for the first time since Midnight Oil’s gritty pub rock era. Limited tickets are available from today for people who have signed up to his mailing list http://petergarrett.com.au/newsletter/ or […]

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Peter Garrett announces his debut album ‘A Version of Now’

Peter Garrett announces his debut album ‘A Version of Now’

After nearly 15 years away from the recording studio, Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett today announces the details of his debut solo album, ’A Version of Now’. The chorus of the opening track ‘Tall Trees’ – really says it all … “I’m back!”. As the singer, songwriter, and former politician explains, this is a particularly personal project and one which […]

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‘The making of MIDNIGHT OIL’ Exhibition – Special events announced

‘The making of MIDNIGHT OIL’ Exhibition – Special events announced

Sony Music is proud to support ‘The Making Of Midnight Oil’ exhibition at the Manly Art Gallery & Museum. After a triumphant opening on Friday June 20th the gallery has gone on to welcome thousands of visitors from right across Australia and internationally, and has now announced the following special events: SPECIAL FILM SCREENING EVENT: THE MAKING OF 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Wednesday 6th August, 6:30PM […]

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Rob Hirst of Midnight Oil

Rob Hirst of Midnight Oil

“It’s funny how the years pass and you can think of the camaraderie and the busses and just the thrill of the band when things would take off and send a shiver up your spine on stage when we literally blew the roof off places or we just walked off the stage with 60,000 people out there knowing that every […]

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Rock for Doc!

Rock for Doc!

SUPPORT ACT LTD and SPITFIRE MUSIC PRESENT ROCK FOR DOC The incomparable Doc Neeson is the enigmatic frontman who won The Angels legions of fans from the bands’ very beginning. For generations, Doc’s onstage theatrics have lured in many loving fans and sold millions of records worldwide.  Since co-founding the Keystone Angels in Adelaide in 1974, Doc has now racked […]

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