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PETER GARRETT RELEASES MUSIC VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE ‘INNOCENCE PARTS 1 & 2’
Peter Garrett has just launched the first music video from his forthcoming album The True North … a seering performance based piece for the lead single “Innocence” which is currently receiving ABC and MMM airplay around Australia.
CLICK TO WATCH OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘INNOCENCE PARTS 1 & 2’
The clip is an extended work in two parts. Created by video artist and creative director Rachael Johnston and filmed by long-term collaborator Robert Hambling it doubles down on the song’s timely theme of dystopian resistance which Peter explains as follows:
“I was trying to figure out what was missing in my own life. After many years of activism and music and politics, environment and whatever else was going on in the world, I was starting to feel not so much jaded but a slightly heavy feeling. I realised the idea of innocence – openness, anticipation about the possibilities in life – that I had, and that we should have always as a culture, was starting to be taken away from us so I wanted to try and recapture some of that with a song that points out those people, those forces that are leaching our innocence away simply because they’re greedy/shortsighted, and haven’t matured as humans in the evolutionary chain. At the same time proclaiming that there is always space and time to react, to contest, and remake the world in a good way. It’s a big song with melody and words that run right through and so of course it’s got a part one and a part two as well. So you don’t get out lightly when you dip into Innocence but then who ever does?
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Peter and the new lineup of his band The Alter Egos (featuring Martin Rotsey from Midnight Oil on guitar) made their live debut at Kiama’s Clearly Festival last weekend on a bill that included SKEGGS, Xavier Rudd, Ruby Fields and Gretta Ray. The band will hit Wangaratta and Melbourne’s Soundbox later this month as part of the “Always Live” program. Early next year they will perform at Victoria’s Riverboats Festival before hitting the road around the March release of True North for their own headline tour which wraps at Bluesfest. For a full list of dates and tickets, as well as pre-order info for True North, go to www.petergarrett.com/tour/
PETER GARRETT ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM THE TRUE NORTH + NATIONAL TOUR
Peter Garrett has spent a lifetime exploring the beaten and unbeaten tracks that run through this country and its people. In March 2024 he will release a new solo album called The True North recorded with his band The Alter Egos (which includes Martin Rotsey from the Oils on guitar). It’s a deeply personal reflection on his singular journey, drawing inspiration and sustenance from the living colours of Australia’s natural environment and the sights and sounds of modern Oz.
Today, Peter announced an Australian tour in support of this release. Presale tickets will go on sale to members of the PG mailing list from 10am local time next Tuesday, October 24 with General Public on sale from Thursday October 26. For dates and all other info please (click here/see below).
The first official single from The True North was also revealed today – an uplifting track called ‘Innocence’ which urges, “it’s never too late!” Like the rest of this album the song was produced and mixed by Tony Buchen (Smashing Pumpkins, Montaigne, G-Flip, Tim Finn). The single is Peter’s first solo release since his 2016 debut with The Alter Egos, A Version Of Now, which made the top 3 of the ARIA Album chart.
The True North will be instore on Friday March 15, 2024 but a series of limited edition pre-order bundles were unveiled today featuring evocative artwork by Peter’s daughter, Grace Garrett. To view those items and the album track listing (click here/see below).
WATCH THE VISUALISER FOR
‘THE TRUE NORTH’
Visualiser created by Rachael Johnston
The core band involved in making the album was Martin Rotsey (Midnight Oil) on guitar with Heather Shannon (The Jezabels) on piano and keys, Evan Mannell on drums and Rowan Lane on bass. Freya Schack-Arnott on cello and Ollie Thorpe on pedal steel joined in too as did two of Peter’s daughters, May and Grace who sang on some of the key tracks.
“With the Oils, and even the first solo record, there was plenty of banging down the doors and speaking out about the things that need to change”, Peter reflects. “There’s still a bit of that in this album too of course but generally these songs are reflective of the special things we need to cherish; the natural world as well as our always spinning internal compass, that helps us navigate the unruly passage of life.”
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO ‘INNOCENCE’ PARTS 1 & 2
PETER GARRETT & THE ALTER EGOS
THE TRUE NORTH TOUR 2024
Presented by Select Music & Eleven: A Music Company
PRE-SALE TICKETING INFORMATION
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IMPORTANT: An email with pre-sale ticketing access will be sent at 7am AEDT, Tuesday 24 October. Please ensure to check your spam folders, if you do not see a pre-sale email in your inbox shortly after this time.
General public on-sale begins: Thursday 26 October (10am local time)
TOUR DATES
Thursday 14 March – Canberra Theatre, Canberra
Friday 15 March – The Factory Theatre, Sydney **
Wednesday 20 March– Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne **
Friday 22 March – Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide **
Saturday 23 March – The Regal Theatre, Perth
Thursday 28 March – Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns ***
Saturday 30 March – The Tivoli, Brisbane
All ages except ** 18+ and *** 15+
ALSO PERFORMING AT
Friday 10 November, 2023
Clearly Music & Arts Festival, Kiama – Keynote Speech
Saturday 11 November, 2023
Clearly Music & Arts Festival, Kiama
Wednesday 29 November, 2023
Always Live: Wangaratta Performing Arts & Convention Centre, Wangaratta
Thursday 30 November, 2023
Always Live: Soundbox Performance, Arts Centre Forecourt Podium, Melbourne
Saturday 17 February, 2024
Riverboats Music Festival, Echuca, Vic
Sunday 31 March, 2024
Bluesfest, Byron Bay
Patrons are advised to purchase tickets only through authorised ticket sellers. We cannot guarantee any ticket purchase made through any means other than the official ticketing agents listed on petergarrett.com.au/tour
THE TRUE NORTH OUT MARCH 15, 2024
Track list:
The True North
Paddo
Innocence Parts 1 & 2
Hey Archetype
Permaglow
Human Playground
Currowan
Meltdown
Everybody
CLICK HERE FOR ‘THE TRUE NORTH’ LIMITED EDITION PREORDER BUNDLES.
PETER GARRETT SHARES FIRST TASTE OF NEW MUSIC FROM FORTHCOMING SOLO ALBUM THE TRUE NORTH
Recorded with his band The Alter Egos (which includes Martin Rotsey from the Oils on guitar) and produced by Tony Buchen (Smashing Pumpkins, Montaigne, G-Flip, Tim Finn) the album will be previewed at a handful of live performances (click here for dates) over coming months. It will be Peter’s second solo release, following 2016’s A Version Of Now which made the top 3 on the ARIA chart.
The first song to be revealed from The True North is the title track; a quietly evocative ode to “kinship and conscience” which was made available last Friday.
With the Oils, and even the first solo record, there was plenty of banging down the doors and speaking out about the things that need to change”, Peter reflects. “There’s still a bit of that in this album too of course but generally these songs are reflective of the special things we need to cherish; the natural world as well as our always spinning internal compass, that helps us navigate the unruly passage of life. That’s why I wanted to share this song first – it sets a different tone.”
Peter Garrett & The Alter Egos to play ‘Always Live’ in Wangaratta, 29 November
Peter Garrett & The Alter Egos to perform at Bluesfest 2024
Peter Garret & The Alter Egos to perform at Clearly Music, Arts and Wellness Festival in Kiama
Urgent that Parliament to have a close look at AUKUS, the stinker deal of the century thus far
Call for a Parliamentary Inquiry into
the AUKUS Nuclear-Powered Submarine Deal
The Australian Government has announced a four-decades long deal to acquire
American and British nuclear-powered submarines, at an indicative cost of $268 billion to $368 billion.
This is an extraordinary timeframe and an extraordinary cost. The assumptions on which the deal has been constructed are ill-defined, and many of the assertions made to justify the deal are unsupported by argument or evidence.
What can go wrong? Everything.
Australia does not currently have the design, construction or complex management skills to produce nuclear-powered submarines. The Royal Australian Navy does not have the technical skills to operate nuclear-powered boats.
Indeed, the Navy’s operational submarine skills appear to be in decline. Australia lacks the heavy industry to support such an ambitious deal. Nor does Australia have the range of tertiary educational or technology training institutions
to support the deal.
While the Government claims that sovereignty over the ownership and operation of the nuclear-powered submarines will remain always in Australian hands, there are many questions relating to thelimits on Australian sovereignty that must be addressed.
American and British submarines are powered by reactors that are fuelled by highly enriched uranium (HEU), that is, weapons grade uranium. Even when the reactors reach the end of their operational life, they retain HEU and other high-level radioactive waste which will become Australia’s responsibility. There is no plan for the safe disposal of this waste. The implications for Australia’s NPT obligations are unclear.
This acquisition deal has serious deficiencies.
These deficiencies need to be addressed by a properly constituted Parliamentary Inquiry to reassure the Australian community that this is a reasonable deal with a reasonable chance of success at reasonable cost.
The Inquiry’s Terms of Reference should at a minimum address the following key issues:
1. Are the strategic policy grounds for the deal well-founded? Do the changes in Australia’s strategic environment warrant such
a significant investment in a single defence capability?
2. What are the implications of the apparent re-orientation of Australia’s defence policy from a focus on the enduring features of the direct defence of Australia against any possible adversary to a concentration on the forward defence of Australia against a specific adversary where the grounds for identifying a specific adversary are unclear and unsupported?
3. Does Australia have the industrial, technological and educational capacities to support such a deal?
4. What are the consequences for Australia’s standing in the Indo-Pacific region? How is Australia’s diplomatic capacity to be built up to manage the geo-political consequences of Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine deal for South East Asia and the Pacific?
5. What are the consequences for Australia’s Defence force structure and strategic posture? How is Australia’s political and operational sovereignty to be defended and maintained?
6. What are the implications for diversity within Australian industry, especially with respect to the development and maintenance of expertise and skills in a broad range of advanced technologies?
7. How is the deal to be paid for? What opportunity costs arise, both within the Defence budget where inevitably there will need to be trade-offs and in the national budget where other important social policy priorities may need to be postponed or made subject to reduced funding?
8. How are accountability and transparency surrounding the deal to acquire nuclear-powered submarines to be ensured, and how is value for money to be determined?
9. What are the nuclear non-proliferation implications of this deal?
For these reasons, we, the undersigned,
call for a Parliamentary Inquiry into the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine deal as a matter of urgency.
THE HON. CARMEN LAWRENCE AO
Former Premier of WA and MP for Fremantle
SENATOR DAVID SHOEBRIDGE
Greens Senator for New South Wales
DOUG CAMERON
Former Senator for NSW
JANET HOLMES À COURT AC PROFESSOR JAMES LAURENCESON
Director, Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS
DR EMMA SHORTIS
RMIT University
DR RICHARD DENNISS
Executive Director, The Australia Institute
THE HON. PETER GARRETT AM
Former MP for Kingsford Smith
SENATOR JORDAN STEELE-JOHN
Greens Senator for Western Australia
DR ROB OAKESHOTT
Former MP for Lyne
AIR MARSHAL RAY FUNNELL AC (Ret’d)
Former Chief of the Air Force
ARTHUR RORRIS
Secretary, South Coast Labour Council
ALLAN BEHM
Director, International & Security Affairs Program, The Australia Institute
THE HON. MELISSA PARKE
Former MP for Fremantle
SENATOR PENNY ALLMAN-PAYNE Greens Senator for Queensland
TONY WINDSOR AM
Former MP for New England
MAJOR GENERAL MICHAEL SMITH AO (Ret’d)
Former Deputy Commander of the UN Peacekeeping Operation in East Timor
ALLAN GYNGELL AO
also intended to sign this letter.
His death has silenced a calm and gentle voice that contributed so much to Australia’s foreign and security policy and our ability to help shape the world in which we live.
AUKUS STINKS, AND THAT’S AN UNDERSTATEMENT
At the very least, ratifying an undertaking of this magnitude should have been subject to thorough scrutiny and debate through all levels of the Australian Labor Party, and in the public realm.
Instead the original announcement, made in secret by three national leaders, two of whom have already left office, has now been given effect by a Labor government.
As stated previously I do not share the benign view of China advanced this week by former Prime Minister Keating. Neither do I wish to impugn my former colleagues who face difficult decisions as they deal with an increasingly unstable region.
Still this is a marked departure from at least half a century of foreign policy leadership in which the ALP has prioritized engagement with our neighbours over the outdated ‘Big Powers’ approach typically favoured by those who prefer the rear view mirror to the windscreen.
To be clear, Australia will now be the only ‘non nuclear’ nation that is in possession of nuclear submarines.
This raises a series of critical questions in relation to the nuclear non proliferation regime, and the management and disposal of nuclear waste.
AUKUS will produce increasing volumes of high level radioactive waste and this, along with the rotting radioactive submarine hulks (if they ever get built), must be safely disposed of and stored for tens of thousands of years in the Australian environment.
Our policy failure over decades with low and intermediate level waste gives no confidence in the future handling of far worse high level material.
God help future generations, especially if they happen to live in the outback or near an existing – or future – defence facility, or if they consume primary products impacted by radioactive leaks into land or water.
Has this cost been factored into the $368 billion price tag? A figure that will inevitably skyrocket in the years to come.
Where were the scientific reports, assessments, and risk analyses that should precede and inform a decision of this size?
Has Defence ever delivered a major construction or weapons delivery program on time and on budget? Not once in living memory.
Ask any Australian how they would spend this amount of public money to make Australia a fairer, safer, kinder nation and I doubt the answer would be nuclear subs.
As many experts have noted, expecting three nations to effectively co-ordinate and deliver a project of this magnitude and over such a long time period is epic wishful thinking, and flies in the face any relevant past experience.
In one stroke this decision has placed in jeopardy Australia’s previous hard won non-nuclear policies and treaty commitments, including the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty and the Treaty of Rarotonga.
At the least Australia should now join nearly 100 other countries and sign the new UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, as promised by Labor in opposition.
It is fanciful to make assurances, however genuine, about any aspect of this deal in relation to existing treaty obligations given that the current administration cannot bind future governments.
The main cheerleaders of AUKUS include the Liberal/National Coalition, who’ve never contemplated anything nuclear they didn’t want to embrace without qualification, and the nuclear industry who see this as a gateway to avoid what they have never earned: social license and community trust.
The fact that the leader of the opposition Mr Dutton, would countenance cutting today’s social welfare programs to ensure nuke subs start prowling the coastlines of other countries decades hence says it all.
Magically an attendant local nuclear industry is meant to somehow appear overnight. But there are no prizes for guessing where the expertise and fees will be sourced from – the US – all subsidised by the taxpayer.
There are prudent alternatives for conventional submarines that can fulfil an appropriate defence role at a time of increasing assertive behaviour by China, without any of the attendant risks to our environment and to the treaties we depend on to help avoid a nuclear apocalypse.
If the aim is to better prepare Australia against future potential threats then significant resources for cyber security and the development of a highly mobile, land based defence force, should be considered.
Alongside belt and braces protection for energy, water and communications systems, and accelerating climate mitigation measures.
AUKUS stank when it was stealthily revealed in the dying days of the former government. It still stinks. This unprecedented commitment deserves proper consideration and debate, not just a rubber stamp.
For now we are doing the time warp again. A vassal state is set to become a nuclear vessel state.
The most expensive undertaking in our history stumbles into the future learning nothing from the experience and mistakes of the past. Astronomic costs, wide ranging risks and hostage to the interests and capacities of others.
Peter Garrett rocks University of Adelaide
A one-off FREE live performance by Peter Garrett and The Alter Egos celebrating the University of Adelaide’s activities and research efforts to build climate adaptation and resilience will happen on Friday 10 March.
Here for Good celebrates the work being done by the University of Adelaide to solve sustainability challenges.
Students from the University’s Elder Conservatorium of Music will provide supporting performances.
Environmentalist Peter Garrett is a long-time campaigner on a range of local and global issues.
Peter will be playing songs from his acclaimed album “A Version Of Now” and some other surprises.
The live outdoor event will take place on the beautiful Cloisters Lawn at UniBar, just before WOMADelaide opening night.
All students, staff, alumni and everyone from the University community are welcome to enjoy the event which is free.
Solving known and emerging problems of today and preparing our emerging leaders for tomorrow is the University’s strength. Sustainability guides the decisions that are made, the way the University interacts, and what the community stands for.
The University is committed to a sustainable future and has ambitions to lead and deliver positive and sustainable change for good.
As part of the commitment to sustainability the University has ensured that the Here For Good concert is a carbon-neutral event by investing in savannah burning projects in northern Australia.
What: Here For Good concert
Who: Peter Garrett and The Alter Egos supported by students from the Elder Conservatorium of Music
When: Friday 10 March, 1.30 – 5.30 pm
Where: The Cloisters lawns, off Victoria Drive
Registration: Eventbrite https://Here_For_Good_Concert.eventbrite.com.au
Cost: Free
Alberts launches Music Education: Right from the Start initiative
This week, Alberts unveiled a national music education initiative in support of young Australians and their wellbeing.
Music education for all students is a must. Learning infused with music can enrich, stimulate and prepare young people for whatever path in life they choose. The bottom line is that a grounding in music is good for you, irrespective of what you are studying, and we need more of it.
MIDNIGHT OIL ANNOUNCE SPECIAL FINAL SHOWS OF TOUR
‘10-1’ album to be played in its entirety in Sydney and Melbourne
Since Midnight Oil’s new album Resist debuted at #1 early this year, the legendary Australian band has toured around Australia, North America, and then Europe, on their last concert tour. The final leg of this epic run kicks off this week at the Mundi Mundi Bash near Broken Hill followed by rescheduled gigs in Cairns, Darwin, New Zealand, Perth and Canberra to make up for various climate and Covid disruptions earlier this year. In addition, this final leg will include shows at Broome’s Stompem Ground Festival (after a 20 year hiatus) and a new WA gig in Busselton (see below for all details).
Today, the last four dates of this tour were revealed with Midnight Oil announcing two uniquely intimate extra shows in both Melbourne and Sydney. A portion of proceeds from each of these new gigs will be donated to environmental and Indigenous causes and general public tickets will go on sale 10am local time on Monday 22 August via: midnightoil.com/tour
Melbourne will finally experience Midnight Oil playing their classic album 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 in its entirety at the Palais Theatre on Monday September 12 under the banner “One For The Planet”. The band had originally announced this special idea for a benefit show back in March, but Covid got in the way so, like their other cancelled gigs, they are now making good on that earlier promise.
Two nights later, on Wednesday September 14, the Oils will play a final show at the Palais under the banner “One For The Road”. This extra Melbourne date will see the band performing the entire show (ie: no support) and delivering an extended set that will include classics from every Midnight Oil album and EP across their storied career.
Sydney will experience these same two special shows a few weeks later, as “RESIST: The Final Tour” ends with a bang back in the band’s hometown. “One For The Planet” (featuring “10-1” in its entirety) will be staged at the Luna Park Big Top on Wednesday September 28. Then “One For The Road” (an extended concert including classics from every album and EP) will celebrate the end of Midnight Oil’s touring career on the Labour Day public holiday – Monday October 3 – at the famous Hordern Pavilion where the band staged some of their most memorable Sydney gigs back in the day.
“The shows we’ve just done overseas have been some of the best and most enjoyable of our career”, said Midnight Oil guitarist/keyboardist, Jim Moginie. “Every gig on this last tour has had extra emotion around it so we’re looking forward to bringing those feelings back home again.”
“We’ve always supported causes that we believe are important during our tours so these four extra gigs are partly a way of doing that”, explains frontman, Peter Garrett. “They will allow the band and the audience to have a different experience each night by digging deep into the back catalogue in venues that are a bit smaller than the ones we’ve usually been playing in over recent years.”
“From the opening track on our first album through to the last song on our new one, we’ve always been blessed to have fans who are really passionate about what we do”, observed drummer Rob Hirst. “One For The Planet and “One For The Road” are our way of acknowledging that connection over 45 years. We’ve all shared an amazing journey together, so we want to celebrate that by playing something for everyone in places that feel special”.
Midnight Oil pre-sale for these new shows kicks off from 10am local time (staggered times – see below) on Thursday 18 August before the General Public on sale starting 10am local on Monday 22 August.. Tickets from midnightoil.com/tour
The newly announced RESIST show at Barnard Park, Busselton, WA with special guest Regurgitator on Friday 23 September now joins the existing RESIST shows at Munro Martin Parklands, Cairns with special guests Busby Marou on Thursday 25 August, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin with special guest Leah Flanagan on Saturday 27 August and Fellows Oval – ANU Campus, Canberra with special guests King Stingray, Emily Wurramara (solo) and Moaning Lisa on Saturday 1 October. Tickets via: midnightoil.com/tour
The band’s a day on the green Nikola Estate, Swan Valley, WA show with special guests Goanna and Stephen Pigram on Sunday 25 September is on sale now. Tickets via: midnightoil.com/tour
MIDNIGHT OIL PRE-SALE INFORMATION
Runs 24 hours from: Thursday 18 August (staggered times, see below)
DURATION: 24 hours unless allocation exhausted
PASSWORD: EARTH (not case sensitive)
TICKET LIMIT: 4 per customer
GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE NEW SHOWS
Begins: Monday 22 August, 10am local
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR PRE-SALE
MIDNIGHT OIL
RESIST + FINAL SHOWS OF TOUR
AUGUST – OCTOBER 2022
Presented by Frontier Touring, Roundhouse Entertainment, Triple M (Melbourne VIC, Cairns QLD, Swan Valley WA & Sydney NSW), Mix 106.3 (Canberra), Mix 104.9 (Darwin) & Zaccaria Concerts & Touring & By The C (Busselton, WA).
Thursday 25 August Munro Martin Parklands, Cairns, QLD
RESIST
Licensed All Ages
Presented by Triple M
Special guest: Busby Marou
Tickets on sale now
ticketlink.com.au | Ph: 1300 855 835
Saturday 27 August Darwin Convention, Darwin, NT
RESIST
Licensed All Ages
Presented by Mix 104.9
Special guest: Leah Flanagan
Tickets on sale now
ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849
Monday 12 September Palais Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
One For The Planet
Licensed All Ages
Presented by Triple M
Special guest: Liz Stringer
Pre-sale Thursday 18 August 10am local
General public tickets on sale Monday 22 August 10am local
ticketmaster.com.au | Ph: 136 100
Wednesday 14 September Palais Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
One For The Road
Licensed All Ages
Presented by Triple M
Pre-sale Thursday 18 August 11am local
General public tickets on sale Monday 22 August 10am local
ticketmaster.com.au | Ph: 136 100
Friday 23 September Park Busselton, Busselton, WA
RESIST
Licensed All Ages
Presented by Zaccaria Concerts & By The C
Special guest: Regurgitator
Pre-sale Thursday 18 August 12noon local
General public tickets on sale Monday 22 August 10am local
oztix.com.au | 1300 762 545
Sunday 25 September Nikola Estate, Swan Valley, WA **
a day on the green
RESIST
Licensed All Ages
Presented by Triple M
Special guests: Goanna and Stephen Pigram
Tickets on sale now
ticketmaster.com.au | Ph: 136 100
Wednesday 28 September Luna Park Big Top, Sydney, NSW
One For The Planet
18+
Presented by Triple M
Special guest: Leah Flanagan
Pre-sale tickets on-sale Thursday 18 August 12noon local
General public tickets on sale Monday 22 August 10am local
ticketmaster.com.au | Ph: 136 100
Saturday 1 October Fellows Oval ANU Campus, Canberra, ACT
RESIST
18+*
Presented by Mix 106.3
Special guests: King Stingray, Emily Wurramara (solo) and Moaning Lisa
Tickets on sale now
moshtix.com.au | Ph: 1300 438 849
Monday 3 October Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, NSW
One For The Road
Licensed All Ages
Presented by Triple M
Pre-sale Thursday 18 August 1pm local
General public tickets on sale Monday 22 August 10am local
ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849
Also appearing at:
Thursday 18 – Saturday 20 August 2022: Mundi Mundi Bash, Broken Hill, NSW**
Saturday 17 September 2022: Stompem Ground, Broome, WA**
* Under 18’s may attend with guardian
** Not promoted by Frontier Touring
Patrons are advised to purchase tickets only through authorised ticket sellers.
We cannot guarantee any ticket purchase made through any means other than the official ticketing agents listed on the Midnight Oil website.
Citizens for climate action | Peter Garrett & Jean Hinchliffe | 2022 Gandhi Oration
The climate crisis; existential threat/extraordinary opportunity, but if only the politics shifts, now. Got the chance to lay out some thinking in the Gandhi Oration this week. Thanks UNSW for the invitation.
OILS ALBUM TOPS OZ CHARTS & BAND ANNOUNCES O/S SHOWS AS FINAL TOUR COMMENCES
Midnight Oil’s RESIST has become the band’s fifth ARIA #1 Album as they kick off their Final Tour in support of the acclaimed release. More shows will follow around Australia over coming months and limited tickets are available for some gigs.
It was also announced today that the tour will head overseas in June/July for newly announced dates in North America and Europe including some of the world’s most iconic venues like The Hollywood Palladium, Toronto’s Massey Hall, Hammerstein Ballroom in New York and The Roundhouse in London. That leg will culminate at Paris’ greatest concert hall, L’Olympia. Tickets for those shows will go onsale over the coming week. Dates are listed below and fans are advised to only buy tickets by following the links at www.midnightoil.com/tour.
The #1 debut matches the achievements of 2020’s THE MAKARRATA PROJECT, 1990’s BLUE SKY MINING and their 80’s classics DIESEL & DUST (1987) and RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET (1984) and RESIST has attracted some of the best reviews in the Oils’ storied career. For example:
“Thank God for Midnight Oil … put simply, Resist is a thrill from start to finish. Forty years after the classic 10 to 1, Midnight Oil are still delivering songs for the head and the heart, “standing up to those who sell fear”, making the listener think and dance.” (Stack)
“Midnight Oil exit the stage with a roar. Resist is a magnificent piece of work that will serve to cement their legacy.” (Goldmine, 4 Stars)
“Political chicanery and environmental vandalism are just two of the familiar concerns addressed by the band along with climate change and institutional apathy … Resist draws a fitting line under Midnight Oil’s 46 year career.” (The Australian, 4 Stars)
“It could be argued that Midnight Oil have saved their best for last, but to be honest, when haven’t they been firing on anything but all cylinders? Resist is, however, one of the group’s most powerful and urgent records, with its focus being put upon the immense challenges that we as humans face, and urging us to Resist giving in.” (Tone Deaf)
“If it is their last, Midnight Oil are going out strong: Resist is packed with the kind of stirring anthems they’re known for, with themes and hooks as big as Uluru.” (Brooklyn Vegan)
“The Oils still have plenty to say, and the fire in their belly that will help them to say it. A worthy addition to the impeccable legacy of one of Australia’s finest ever bands.” (Double J feature album)
“This isn’t just a collection of songs, it’s a cohesive statement aimed not just at the people of Australia, but the people of the world. Yes, the Australian perspective remains proudly undiminished, but the messages are not designed to stop at our borders. This is an album for humanity, designed to ripple around our big blue sphere.” (Waxingly Lyrical)
MIDNIGHT OIL
RESIST: THE FINAL TOUR
NORTH AMERICA & EUROPEAN DATES
JUNE – JULY 2022
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Patrons are advised to purchase tickets only through authorised ticket sellers. We cannot guarantee any ticket purchase made through any means other than the official ticketing agents listed below OR on midnightoil.com/tour.
NORTH AMERICA
Wednesday 1 June Malkin Bowl, Vancouver, BC
Fan pre-sale: Tues 1 Mar @ 10AM local time
General public on-sale: Fri 4 Mar @ 10AM local time
Saturday 4 June Fox Theater, Oakland, CA
Fan pre-sale: Tues 1 Mar @ 10AM local time
General public on-sale: Fri 4 Mar @ 10AM local time
Tuesday 7 June Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
Fan pre-sale Tues: 1 Mar @ 10AM local
General public on-sale: Fri 4 Mar @ 10AM local
Friday 10 June Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL
Fan pre-sale: Tues 1 Mar @ 10AM local
General public on-sale: Fri 4 Mar @ 10AM local time
Monday 13 June Massey Hall, Toronto, ON
Fan pre-sale: Tues 1 Mar @ 10AM local time
General public on-sale: Fri 4 Mar @ 10AM local
Thursday 16 June Roadrunner, Boston, MA
Fan pre-sale: Tues 1 Mar @ 10AM local time
General public on-sale: Fri 4 Mar @ 10AM local time
Sunday 19 June Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY
Fan pre-sale: Tues 1 Mar @ 10AM local time
General public on-sale: Fri 4 Mar @ 10AM local time
Wednesday 22 June Franklin Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Fan pre-sale: Tues 1 Mar @ 10AM local time
General public on-sale: Fri 4 Mar @ 10AM local time
Saturday 25 June The Theatre at National Harbor, Oxon Hill, MD
Fan pre-sale: Tues 1 Mar @ 10AM local time
General public on-sale: Fri 4 Mar @ 10AM local time
EUROPE
Monday 4 July 2022 Berlin Zitadelle, Berlin, Germany
General public on-sale: Mon 28th Feb @ 10AM local time
PRE-SALE
Wednesday 6 July 2022 Leipzig Parkbühne, Leipzig, Germany
General public on-sale: Mon 28th Feb @ 10AM local time
PRE-SALE
Saturday 9 July 2022 Camden Roundhouse, London, UK
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MIDNIGHT OIL RESIST: THE NEW ALBUM OUT TODAY
We made it at last. It feels good to be dropping a new full length album and vid today. Resist is full of songs of defiance and hope in troubled times. Plus we’ll get across to the Northern hemisphere to play on this final run which closes the circle. Thanks to all those fans who helped make the Resist clip such a reaffirmation of the inherent power that people have to change the world for the better.
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Nearly 20 years after their last full length studio release, Australia’s iconic Midnight Oil today release the brand-new album, aptly titled RESIST.
In signature style these dozen tracks tackle a slew of urgent issues. From opener, ‘Rising Seas’ through ‘Last Frontier’ which closes the set, recurring themes include climate crisis, environmental degradation and the role of citizens alive to the immense challenges of our times. Moods stretch from the wilderness reverie of ‘Tarkine’ and the poignant ‘Lost At Sea’ to the anthemic protest celebration ‘We Resist’ while the album’s musical span is equally broad, encompassing slashing guitars in new single ‘At The Time Of Writing’ and brooding synthetic textures in ‘We Are Not Afraid’. There’s even a three-part epic called ‘The Barka-Darling River’ that keeps delivering surprising twists as it snakes along.
In line with the album coming out today, the band have also shared the video for ‘We Resist’. This short film combines submissions of protest actions by Midnight Oil fans from around the globe as well as archival footage from a handful of the many such events staged by the band over the years.
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR ‘WE RESIST’ BELOW
The band also confirmed today that next Friday February 25th, they will announce a handful of June shows in North America and July shows in Europe as part of Midnight Oil’s final tour.
RESIST is Midnight Oil’s 15th studio release since they first exploded out of the post-punk scene back in 1978, blazing a singular trail of blistering gigs from Australia’s pubs and clubs to arenas and festivals around the world. It is a fitting, forward looking, statement for a band whose clarion call has always been “it’s better to die on your feet than live on your knees”. Featuring stellar production by Warne Livesey (DIESEL & DUST, BLUE SKY MINING, CAPRICORNIA) RESIST will be accompanied by some special live performances that will comprise the group’s final concert tour.
This new album was actually recorded in late 2019 and thus features long-time bass player, Bones Hillman, who sadly passed away 12 months later. Those sessions yielded 20 songs, but their release was delayed by the Covid pandemic. The first taste of this new work landed in late 2020 as THE MAKARRATA PROJECT – a mini-album featuring some of Australia’s finest First Nations musicians, and based on the themes of reconciliation, justice and truth-telling written in the Uluru Statement from the Heart. It debuted at #1 in the band’s homeland on the same weekend that Bones passed away and went on to be nominated for five ARIA Awards. Lead single ‘Gadigal Land’ (feat. Dan Sultan, Joel Davison, Kaleena Briggs and Bunna Lawrie) received the prestigious APRA Song Of The Year.
From the northern beaches of Sydney to the streets of Manhattan, Midnight Oil has stopped traffic, inflamed passions, inspired fans, challenged the concepts of “business as usual” and broken new ground. In 2017 the band returned from a 15-year hiatus for their Great Circle World Tour that encompassed 77 shows in 16 countries. The extraordinary audience and critical response to those shows lead to more European dates and an Australian outback gig in 2019 which then flowed into the recording sessions where RESIST was created. The album’s much anticipated release will therefore literally close the circle on this chapter of a truly extraordinary career.
The band also announced that this will be their final concert tour while making it clear that this does not mean the end of the Oils. Each of the members will continue their own projects over the years ahead. They remain very open to recording new music together in future and supporting causes in which they believe, but this will be their last tour. It will see them performing classic Midnight Oil songs from across their repertoire while also showcasing some urgent new works.
In the wake of last months acclaimed Tasmanian gigs, Midnight Oil also unveiled the full line up for each show of their imminent mainland tour, kicking off with sold out gigs in Newcastle and Wollongong next week. The dates will feature a broad palate of Australian sounds, from buzzing pub punks, Amyl & The Sniffers through the young surf rock of Darwin’s King Stingray to the mighty Hoodoo Gurus just as they launch their new album. Acclaimed singer/songwriters Jack River, William Crighton, Emily Wurramara, Stephen Pigram and Busby Marou will also appear, as will “Best Blues & Roots” ARIA winners, All Our Exes Live In Texas. Plus, the tour will feature a handful of rare reunion appearances by fellow 1980’s trailblazers, Goanna. Head HERE for tickets.
“If Resist is the end of the road for Midnight Oil, it’s one to treasure. “All that I have now is a souvenir of you,” Garrett notes in the Jim Moginie gem ‘Tarkine’. But there’s no doubt we still need them. As Garrett asks in the final track, ‘Last Frontier’: “Who fixes the messes that we keep making?” STACK
“If the first concert of Midnight Oil’s last tour was indicative of the 18 dates to follow, the Sydney-born band is fighting against the laws of rock ’n’ roll nature by going out on top… If you can, go.” The Australian
“Farewell tours often have one eye on the past and the other on the cash register – but if Midnight Oil’s show in Launceston on Sunday was any indication, they’re not coasting to the finish line.” The Guardian
“Midnight Oil’s farewell lap, to mark a new album, and preserve the legacy of their blistering live shows, was never going to be reflective and dewy-eyed.” Herald Sun
RESIST THE NEW ALBUM TRACK LISTING
Rising Seas
The Barka-Darling River
Tarkine
At the Time of Writing
Nobody’s Child
To the Ends of the Earth
Reef
We Resist
Lost At Sea
Undercover
We Art Not Afraid
Last Frontier
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MIDNIGHT OIL
RESIST: THE FINAL TOUR
FEBRUARY-APRIL 2022
Presented by Frontier Touring, Roundhouse Entertainment, Triple M (QLD, NSW, VIC & WA), Mix 106.3 (Canberra), Mix 92.7 (Sunshine Coast), Mix 104.9 (Darwin), Wave FM (Wollongong), Bay 93.9 + Geelong Advertiser (Geelong)
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Wednesday 23 February 2022
Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Newcastle, NSW
Previously SOLD OUT – FINAL tickets just released
Licensed All Ages
Presented by Triple M
Guests: William Crighton
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Saturday 26 February 2022
Heifer Station, Orange, NSW*
Licensed All Ages
Presented by Triple M
Guests: Busby Marou and Emily Wurramara
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Wednesday 2 March 2022
WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, NSW
Previously SOLD OUT – FINAL tickets just released
Licensed All Ages
Presented by Wave FM
Guests: William Crighton
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Saturday 5 March 2022
Mt Duneed Estate, Geelong, VIC*
Licensed All Ages
Presented by Triple M, Bay 93.9 + Geelong Advertiser
Guests: Goanna and All Our Exes Live In Texas
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Wednesday 9 March 2022
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, VIC
SELLING FAST
Licensed All Ages
Presented by Triple M
Guests: Amyl & The Sniffers
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Saturday 12 March 2022
All Saints Estate, Rutherglen, VIC*
Licensed All Ages
Presented by Triple M
Guests: Hoodoo Gurus and All Our Exes Live In Texas
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Saturday 26 March 2022*
Nikola Estate, Swan Valley, WA
Licensed All Ages
Presented by Triple M
Guests: Goanna and Stephen Pigram
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Wednesday 30 March 2022
Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, SA
Licensed All Ages
Presented by Triple M
Guest: Jack River
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Saturday 2 April 2022
Darwin Amphitheatre, Darwin, NT
Licensed All Ages
Guests: Busby Marou and Emily Wurramara
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Wednesday 6 April 2022
Convention Centre Arena, Cairns, QLD
Licensed All Ages
Presented by Triple M
Guest: King Stingray
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Saturday 9 April 2022
Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast, QLD
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Presented by Mix 92.7
Guests: Goanna and Jack River
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Wednesday 13 April 2022
Riverstage, Brisbane, QLD
SOLD OUT
Licensed All Ages
Presented by Triple M
Guests: Busby Marou
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FRI 15 April 2022
Bluesfest | Byron Bay NSW**
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Tuesday 19 April 2022
Stage 88, Canberra, ACT
Licensed All Ages
Presented by Mix 106.3
Guests: Emily Wurramara and Jack River
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Thursday 21 April 2022
Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, NSW
SELLING FAST
Licensed All Ages
Presented by Triple M
Guests: King Stingray
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MIDNIGHT OIL ANNOUNCE ‘RESIST’: THE NEW ALBUM. THE FINAL TOUR.
Been on the road for more decades than I can count – new chapter coming. Big love to my family, brothers in music, managers, crew and back of house teams, and, Oils fans everywhere. Onwards! www.midnightoil.com
