{"id":31376,"date":"2017-02-17T09:56:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T22:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=31376"},"modified":"2017-02-17T09:56:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T22:56:12","slug":"midnight-oil-announce-great-circle-2017-world-tour-major-archival-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2017\/02\/midnight-oil-announce-great-circle-2017-world-tour-major-archival-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"MIDNIGHT OIL announce &#8216;The Great Circle 2017&#8217; World Tour + major archival releases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Oils.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31378\" src=\"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Oils-300x129.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Oils-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Oils-128x55.jpg 128w, https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Oils-400x172.jpg 400w, https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Oils.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>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 \u201cThe Overflow Tank\u201d which will contain more than 14 hours of previously unreleased and rare material.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Great Circle 2017\u201d World Tour will see the group\u2019s classic line-up literally circle around our overheating planet for 6 months, starting and ending with gigs in Sydney. Appropriately for a band forged in their hometown\u2019s sweat-drenched beer barns, the tour will begin in mid-April with an intimate local pub gig (details to be announced closer to the date). Midnight Oil will then hone their live show with over 30 gigs around the world during the northern summer, playing iconic venues from Sao Paulo\u2019s Espa\u00e7o das Americas and the Wiltern in L.A. to London\u2019s Hammersmith Apollo and The Olympia in Paris. They will share festival stages with artists like Arcade Fire, Sting and The Pixies and finally return to New Zealand after 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>This long-awaited World Tour will climax with 18 special homecoming concerts through October and November, 2017. Given the band\u2019s deep connections with central Australia the local leg will kick off in Alice Springs and Darwin before starting to circle their homeland with a show in the rainforest near Cairns. Over the following five weeks the tour will loop clockwise around the country in mainly outdoor venues including Hope Estate in the Hunter Valley, Victoria\u2019s Hanging Rock and Melbourne\u2019s Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Brisbane\u2019s Riverstage and the Village Green beside Adelaide Oval before \u201cThe Great Circle\u201d finally comes to a close right back where it all began; with a final show in Sydney on November 11 at that traditional home of Australian political activism, The Domain.<\/p>\n<p>These will be Midnight Oil\u2019s only shows in the last 15 years apart from two stadium benefit concerts (and their related small warmup gigs); \u201cWaveaid\u201d at the Sydney Cricket Ground (2005) and \u201cSound Relief\u201d at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (2009). It will also be the group\u2019s most extensive world tour since their classic late 80\u2019s\/early 90\u2019s albums like \u201cDiesel &amp; Dust\u201d, \u201cBlue Sky Mining\u201d and \u201cEarth &amp; Sun &amp; Moon\u201d sold over 10 million copies around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>The diverse spread of Special Guests who have signed up to be part of this unique tour reflect the long shadow that Midnight Oil has cast across the musical landscape. They include significant Australian voices such as John Butler Trio, AB Original, Adalita, Apakatjah, Bad\/Dreems, Birds Of Tokyo, David Bridie, Ash Grunwald, Irrunytju Band, Jack River, Jedediah, The Jezebels, The Living End, Abbe May, Something For Kate, Spiderbait, Dan Sultan, Urthboy, and Frank Yamma.<\/p>\n<p>People who sign up to Midnight Oil\u2019s mailing list at www.midnightoil.com\/mailing-list in the next few days will get first access to Australian tickets in a special presale on Thursday February 23rd alongside Frontier Touring Members. Remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public on Monday February 27th.<\/p>\n<p>All dates, venues, line-ups and ticket information are listed below (digital version here). Exact on sale times are deliberately being staggered from show to show to reduce website congestion so fans should pay very careful attention to all the details at www.midnightoil.com\/tour-dates . Extensive anti-scalping measures are being taken around this tour so fans are formally advised to only buy tickets from the official ticket agencies listed on the band\u2019s website to avoid possible fraud and needless overpayment via so called \u201creselling\u201d sites.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Great Circle 2017\u201d will be promoted in Australia by iconic locally owned rock promoter, Frontier Touring with the support of the band\u2019s record company of nearly 40 years, Sony Music. The national Triple M Network and Foxtel\u2019s MAX will proudly present all dates with some shows also having local presenting radio partners (see info below). Both Triple M and MAX will unveil exclusive Midnight Oil programming over coming days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Oils-releases.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-31379\" src=\"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Oils-releases-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Oils-releases-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Oils-releases-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Oils-releases-55x55.jpg 55w, https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Oils-releases-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Oils-releases-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Oils-releases.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In a unique press conference on Sydney Harbour today this most Australian of bands also announced the impending release of a remastered CD box set called \u201cThe Full Tank\u201d featuring all of their existing albums and EP\u2019s plus a mammoth new 4 CD\/8 DVD trove called \u201cThe Overflow Tank\u201d which will include over 14 hours of previously unreleased and rare material. Both of these box sets will be housed in replica miniature water tanks like the one featured onstage at so many \u2018Oils\u2019 gigs. The band also unveiled their first ever complete Vinyl collection which will feature 11 remastered LP\u2019s and two 12\u201d EP\u2019s all cut at Abbey Rd Studios in London. For full boxset track listings and content information visit www.midnightoil.com\/store The Boxset Collection is available for pre-order now, out May 5 through Sony Music.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with even a passing knowledge of Australian culture knows the basics of Midnight Oil\u2019s story. They are the incendiary post-punk band from Sydney\u2019s northern beaches who shunned TV shows like Countdown, instead gigging endlessly and forging a fierce bond with their audience through jagged Ozrock classics like \u201cBack On The Borderline\u201d, \u201cBus To Bondi\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t Wanna Be The One\u201d. They are the musical innovators who turned high tech anti-jingoistic polemic into hits like \u201cPower &amp; The Passion\u201d, \u201cU.S. Forces\u201d and \u201cWhen The Generals Talk\u201d. They are the activists whose social justice campaigning includes \u201cThe Dead Heart\u201d, \u201cRedneck Wonderland\u201d, \u201cBeds Are Burning\u201d and hijacking the 2000 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony with their \u201cSorry\u201d suits. They are the committed humanists and environmentalists who brought us anthems like \u201cBlue Sky Mine\u201d, \u201cForgotten Years\u201d and \u201cSay Your Prayers\u201d plus a string of protests from the Tasmanian wilderness and the Jabiluka Uranium mine near Kakadu to mid-town Manhattan where they unforgettably stopped traffic outside the Exxon building after the Alaskan oil spill.<\/p>\n<p>Their music makes you feel. Their lyrics make you think. And the combined impact live onstage is nothing less than a call to action.<\/p>\n<p>In a dangerously warming world of Hanson, Trump, Petry and Le Pen the voice of Midnight Oil clearly takes on renewed relevance; they have always been a band that both reflects and shapes \u201cthe temper of the times\u201d. So while clarion calls like \u201cit\u2019s better to die on your feet than live on your knees\u201d may have been intended for earlier eras they resonate more than ever in these days of \u2018alternative facts\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>In keeping with the band\u2019s longstanding commitments, their carbon footprint during \u201cThe Great Circle\u201d World Tour will, of course, be fully offset and sustainability initiatives will be undertaken at all shows. Midnight Oil will also continue their collaborations with local and international environmental organisations including Greenpeace, supporting their campaigns on crucial issues like dangerous climate change and the imminent threats to Australia\u2019s Great Barrier Reef.<\/p>\n<p>At one level \u201cThe Great Circle 2017\u201d simply reflects the geographic reality that the tour will loop around the world and then circle Australia. At another level the name clearly implies the planet itself but it has a further meaning too. Sailors, and airmen use \u201cthe great circle\u201d to navigate the globe because on a sphere the shortest distance between two points is not usually a straight line. How appropriate for a group who has always been deeply engaged with the world around them but whose career path has never been linear.<\/p>\n<p>Midnight Oil is more than just a rock \u2018n\u2019 roll band. In 2017 they will finally bring things back to where they all began. The circle remains unbroken.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Oils-band.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31377\" src=\"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Oils-band.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Oils-band.jpg 600w, https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Oils-band-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Oils-band-83x55.jpg 83w, https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Oils-band-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIDNIGHT OIL<br \/>\nPeter Garrett \u2013 Lead Vocals<br \/>\nRob Hirst \u2013 Drums + Vocals<br \/>\nMartin Rotsey \u2013 Guitar<br \/>\nJim Moginie \u2013 Guitar, Keyboards + Vocals<br \/>\nBones Hillman \u2013 Bass + Vocals<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MIDNIGHT OIL &#8211; THE GREAT CIRCLE TOUR<br \/>\n#Oils2017<\/strong><br \/>\nPresented by Frontier Touring, MAX and Triple M<\/p>\n<p>Frontier Members pre-sale via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frontiertouring.com\/midnightoil\" target=\"_blank\">frontiertouring.com\/midnightoil<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Thursday 23 February to Friday 24 February<br \/>\nPre-sale times are staggered per show, visit the website for more details<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(or ends earlier if pre-sale allocation exhausted)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Midnight Oil pre-sale via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnightoil.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">midnightoil.com<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Thursday 23 February to Friday 24 February<br \/>\nPre-sale times are staggered per show, visit the website for more details<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(or ends earlier if pre-sale allocation exhausted)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>General public on sale Monday 27 Feb<\/strong><br \/>\nSee start times below<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Mon 2 Oct | ANZAC Oval, Alice Springs, NT (18+*)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>With Dan Sultan &amp; Apakatjah<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/frntr.co\/MidnightOilAS\" target=\"_blank\">ticketek.com.au<\/a> | Ph: 132 849<br \/>\nOn sale: Mon 27 Feb (12:30pm local time)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wed 4 Oct | Darwin Amphitheatre, Darwin, NT (18+*)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>With Dan Sultan &amp; Irrunytju Band<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/frntr.co\/MidnightOilDar\" target=\"_blank\">ticketek.com.au<\/a> | Ph: 132 849<br \/>\nOn sale: Mon 27 Feb (12:30pm local time)<br \/>\nPresented locally by Mix 104.9<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sat 7 Oct \u00a0| Kuranda Amphitheatre, Cairns, QLD (18+*)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>With Urthboy<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/frntr.co\/MidnightOilCairns\" target=\"_blank\">ticketek.com.au <\/a>| Ph: 132 849<br \/>\nOn sale: Mon 27 Feb (12noon local time)<br \/>\nPresented locally by Triple M<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tue 10 Oct | Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville, QLD (All Ages)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>With Urthboy<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/frntr.co\/MidnightOilTville\" target=\"_blank\">tecc.net.au <\/a>| Ph: (07) 4771 400<br \/>\nOn sale: Mon 27 Feb (12noon local time)<br \/>\nPresented locally by 4TO<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thu 12 Oct | Great Western Hotel, Rockhampton, QLD (18+*)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>With Urthboy<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/frntr.co\/MidnightOilRock\" target=\"_blank\">ticketek.com.au<\/a> | Ph: 132 849<br \/>\nOn sale: Mon 27 Feb (12noon local time)<br \/>\nPresented locally by Triple M<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sat 14 Oct | Big Pineapple Fields, Sunshine Coast, QLD (18+*)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>With The Living End &amp; Jebediah<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/frntr.co\/MidnightOilSC\" target=\"_blank\">ticketek.com.au <\/a>| Ph: 132 849<br \/>\nOn sale: Mon 27 Feb (12noon local time)<br \/>\nPresented locally by 92.7 Mix FM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sun 15 Oct | Riverstage, Brisbane, QLD (All Ages)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>With The Jezabels<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/frntr.co\/MidnightOilBris\" target=\"_blank\">ticketmaster.com.au<\/a> | Ph: 136 100<br \/>\nOn sale: Mon 27 Feb (1pm local time)<br \/>\nPresented locally by Triple M<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thu 19 Oct | Hockey Fields, Coffs Harbour (18+*)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>With Jebediah &amp; Jack River<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/frntr.co\/MidnightOilCoffs\" target=\"_blank\">ticketek.com.au <\/a>| Ph: 132 849<br \/>\nOn sale: Mon 27 Feb (12noon AEDT)<br \/>\nPresented locally by Triple M<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sat 21 Oct | Hope Estate, Hunter Valley, NSW (18+*)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>With Birds of Tokyo &amp; Ash Grunwald<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/frntr.co\/MidnightOilHopeEst\" target=\"_blank\">ticketek.com.au <\/a>| Ph: 132 849<br \/>\nOn sale: Mon 27 Feb (12noon AEDT)<br \/>\nPresnted locally by KOFM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tue 24 Oct | AIS Arena, Canberra, ACT (All Ages)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>With Something For Kate<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/frntr.co\/MidnightOilCanb\" target=\"_blank\">ticketek.com.au<\/a> | Ph: 132 849<br \/>\nOn sale: Mon 27 Feb (12noon AEDT)<br \/>\nPresented locally by MIX 106.3<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thu 26 Oct | The Village Green Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, SA (All Ages)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>With Spiderbait &amp; Bad\/\/Dreems<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/frntr.co\/MidnightOilAde\" target=\"_blank\">ticketek.com.au<\/a> | Ph: 132 849<br \/>\nOn sale: Mon 27 Feb (1.30pm local time)<br \/>\nPresented locally by Triple M<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sat 28 Oct | Perth Arena, Perth, WA (All Ages)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>With Spiderbait<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/frntr.co\/MidnightOilPerth\" target=\"_blank\">ticketek.com.au<\/a> | Ph: 132 849<br \/>\nOn sale: Mon 27 Feb (12noon local time)<br \/>\nPresented locally by Triple M<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wed 1 Nov | Derwent Entertainmnent Centre, Hobart, TAS (All Ages)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>With The Jezabels<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/frntr.co\/MidnightOilHob\" target=\"_blank\">ticketmaster.com.au<\/a> | Ph: 136 100<br \/>\nOn sale: Mon 27 Feb (3pm AEDT)<br \/>\nPresented locally by Triple M<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fri3 Nov | Gateway Lakes, Wodonga, VIC (18+*)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>With The Living End<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/frntr.co\/MidnightOilWod\" target=\"_blank\">ticketmaster.com.au<\/a> | Ph: 136 100<br \/>\nOn sale: Mon 27 Feb (3pm AEDT)<br \/>\nPresented locally by Triple M<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sat 4 Nov | Hanging Rock, Mt Macedon, VIC (18+*)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>With John Butler Trio, Something for Kate, Frank Yamma &amp; David Bridie<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/frntr.co\/MidnightOilHR\" target=\"_blank\">ticketmaster.com.au<\/a> | Ph: 136 100<br \/>\nOn sale: Mon 27 Feb (2pm AEDT)<br \/>\nPresented locally by Triple M<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mon 6 Nov | Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC (All Ages)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>With The Jezabels &amp; Adalita<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/frntr.co\/MidnightOilMelb\" target=\"_blank\">ticketmaster.com.au<\/a> | Ph: 136 100<br \/>\nOn sale: Mon 27 Feb (4pm AEDT)<br \/>\nPresented locally by Triple M<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wed 8 Nov | Win Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, NSW (All Ages)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>With Abbe May<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/frntr.co\/MidnightOilWoll\" target=\"_blank\">ticketmaster.com.au<\/a> | Ph: 136 100<br \/>\nOn sale: Mon 27 Feb (2pm AEDT)<br \/>\nPresented locally by WAVE FM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sat 11 Nov | The Domain, Sydney, NSW (18+*)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>With John Butler Trio &amp; A.B.Original<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/frntr.co\/MidnightOilSyd\" target=\"_blank\">ticketek.com.au <\/a>| Ph: 132 849<br \/>\nOn sale: Mon 27 Feb (11am AEDT)<br \/>\nPresented locally by Triple M<\/p>\n<p><em>* U18s must be accompanied by parent\/legal guardian<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>INTERNATIONAL TOUR DATES:<\/strong><br \/>\nFull details at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnightoil.com\/tour-dates\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.midnightoil.com\/tour-dates\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SOUTH AMERICA<\/strong><br \/>\nTue 25 Apr | Pepsi on Stage, Porto Alegre<br \/>\nThu 27 Apr | Live, Curtiba<br \/>\nSat 29 Apr | Espa\u00e7o das Americas, S\u00e3o Paolo<br \/>\nSun 30 Apr | Vivo Rio, Rio De Janeiro<br \/>\nTue 2 May | NET Live, Brasilia<\/p>\n<p><strong>NORTH AMERICA<\/strong><br \/>\nSat 6 May | Center Stage, Atlanta, GA<br \/>\nTue 9 May | The Filmore, Silver Spring, MD<br \/>\nThu 11 May | House of Blues, Boston, MA<br \/>\nSat 13 May | Webster Hall, New York City, NY<br \/>\nTue 16 May | Keswick Theatre, Glenside, PA<br \/>\nThu 18 May | The Vic, Chicago, IL<br \/>\nSat 20 May | Danforth Theatre, Toronto, Canada<br \/>\nTue 23 May | Paramount Theatre, Denver, CO<br \/>\nThu 25 May | The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA<br \/>\nSat 27 May | Fox Theatre, Oakland, CA<br \/>\nMon 29 May | Revolution Hall, Portland, OR<br \/>\nWed 31 May | Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA<br \/>\nFri 2 June | The Commodore, Vancouver, Canada<\/p>\n<p><strong>EUROPE + UK<\/strong><br \/>\nWed 21 Jun | E-Werk, Cologne, Germany<br \/>\nFri 23 Jun | Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland<br \/>\nSun 25 Jun | Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany<br \/>\nTue 27 Jun | Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark<br \/>\nThu 29 Jun | Rockafeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway<br \/>\nSat 1 Jul | Furuviksparken, G\u00e4vle, Sweden<br \/>\nTue 4 Jul | Hammersmith Apollo, London, UK<br \/>\nThu 6 Jul | Olympia, Paris, France<br \/>\nFri 7 Jul | \u00a0Festival de Beauregard, H\u00e9rouville-Saint-Claire, France<br \/>\nSun 9 Jul | Les Deferlantes Festival, Argeles-sur-Mer, France<br \/>\nWed 12 Jul | \u00a0Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland<br \/>\nFri 14 Jul | \u00a0Musilac, Aix Les Bains, France<br \/>\nSun 16 Jul | Les Vieilles Charrues, Carhaix, France<br \/>\nTue 18 Jul | Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany<br \/>\nFri 21 Jul | Colours of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW ZEALAND<\/strong><br \/>\nSat 9 Sep | Vector Arena, Auckland, NZ<br \/>\nMon 11 Sep | Horncastle Arena, Christchurch, NZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary Australian rock band and agitators Midnight Oil today announced their first World Tour in over two decades. 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