From surfing legends to Peter Garrett: Weekender reads to feed your brain Newcastle Herald Weekender March 2: 8 unmissable reads Newcastle Herald · Mar 2, 2024
Radio Birdman on their last shows – and their legacy: ‘It’s a bit of a wank to acknowledge all that’ Announcing their (allegedly) final tour, the Australian band look back on a career that inspired Midnight Oil and the Hoodoo Gurus – and provoked some ‘extreme reactions’ The Guardian - AU · Jan 28, 2024
Voice, treaty … and T-shirts: why Anthony Albanese is struggling to sidestep the referendum scare campaign The prime minister began his week with a joke about his Midnight Oil T-shirt – but it got less and less funny as the days went by The Guardian - AU · Aug 4, 2023
Ex-Labor minister Peter Garrett brands AUKUS submarine pact ‘riskiest decision’ any government has made Former Labor cabinet minister and Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett has again condemned Australia's security deal with the US and UK The New Daily · Jun 23, 2023
Newcomers Where's Jimmy go faster, harder They are cut from the same cloth as AC/DC and Midnight Oil Newcastle Herald · May 5, 2023
Ex-UK defence chiefs warn AUKUS could end in disaster Midnight Oil frontman and ex-UK defence chiefs the latest to question the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines deal The New Daily · Mar 16, 2023
Crighton and Stringer find the good oil in golden collab WILLIAM Crighton's friendship with fellow singer-songwriter Liz Stringer was forged while hanging out together in Germany and France on Midnight Oil's farewell tour last year. Newcastle Herald · Mar 2, 2023
Year in review: Live music makes killer comeback in 2022 2022 is the year music returned in a blaze of glory. Newcastle Herald · Dec 24, 2022
Daniel Johns and William Crighton nominated for ARIAs The comeback of Silverchair legend Daniel Johns appears complete and Cessnock singer-songwriter William Crighton has reached new heights, after they were nominated for ARIA awards. Newcastle Herald · Oct 12, 2022
Midnight Oil's Mundi Mundi Bash gig a dream come true for Broken Hill didgeridoo player Worimi and Minjinbul man Cory Poulson started playing the didgeridoo at 11 when his father told him to put his lips to the instrument and "blow a raspberry". This week, he played his biggest gig at the Mundi Mundi Bash. ABC News · Aug 20, 2022
Sailing down the Stuart Highway, Guts Touring revives the Blackfella/Whitefella spirit In the year Midnight Oil plays its farewell tour, another group of musicians is taking inspiration from the Oils' iconic 1986 'Blackfella/Whitefella' tour with the Warumpi Band, touring from the Top End all the way down to Tasmania. ABC News · Jul 29, 2022
Morning mail: ‘Jobs for mates’ report, Europe’s scorcher, Cameron Smith wins the Open Monday: A new report lays bare the chumocracy behind appointments to public boards, tribunals, advisory councils and agencies. Plus: Australian golfer produces a sensational final round The Guardian - AU · Jul 17, 2022
Midnight Oil: their 20 greatest songs – sorted Since 1978, Midnight Oil have made 13 studio albums, two studio EPs and innumerable odds and sods. Here, Oils fan Andrew Stafford has a go at picking the dream set list The Guardian - AU · Jul 17, 2022
Midnight Oil to sign off on touring career Midnight Oil will play one of the last shows of their final tour in Canberra in October, making up for a cancelled show in April. The Canberra Times · Jul 12, 2022
ABC News · Jun 23, 2022 The Wanda Beach concert was a defining moment in Australian rock music but it was almost a disaster Organisers expected about 10,000 people but more than 25,000 turned up for the free concert. And then the rain came down.
The Canberra Times · May 21, 2022 'Most important day': Midnight Oil's Peter Garrett greets voters at Bomaderry After casting her vote on Election Day, Labor's incumbent Gilmore MP Fiona Phillips expressed she is feeling confident ahead of a tight race.
The Canberra Times · Apr 19, 2022 'The power, the passion, the disappointment': Midnight Oil concert canned last minute Turns out the beds and the Midnight Oil can't burn in all this rain.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 4, 2022 Camp Cope, Chris Cheney and Beckah Amani: Australia’s best new music for April Each month we add 20 new songs to our Spotify playlist. Read about 10 of our favourites here – and subscribe on Spotify, which updates with the full list at the start of each month
ABC News · Apr 2, 2022 Midnight Oil cancels Darwin, Cairns concerts after frontman Peter Garrett tests positive for COVID The iconic Australian band says it is "profoundly disappointed" to cancel two shows in the group's final tour.
ABC News · Mar 28, 2022 'We will always have the Oils': Zan Rowe on family, music and the power of Midnight Oil's final tour When Midnight Oil took to the stage in Melbourne on Sunday night, it closed a chapter of live music history not just for the band of brothers, but for Zan Rowe's family too.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 17, 2022 Midnight Oil on Resist and their last ever tour: ‘We mean it, man!’ As the Australian band embarks on their final live shows, Peter Garrett and Jim Moginie reflect on loss, legacy and quitting while they’re ahead
Newcastle Herald · Jan 30, 2022 William Crighton to open Midnight Oil show in Newcastle In a very timely announcement, William Crighton has been named by Midnight Oil to open their Resist:The Final Tour shows at Newcastle Entertainment Centre on...
The Guardian - AU · Jan 24, 2022 ‘So pissed off’: Midnight Oil kick off final tour with a searing, urgent set in Launceston Headlining the first weekend of Mona Foma festival, the band offered a rebuke of baby boomer nostalgia in a bittersweet live farewell