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Midnight Oil co-founder tours after 'brutal bisection'

Jim Moginie is on tour with a new band, determined to "let Dr Music have his way" after the death of his close friend and former bandmate Rob Hirst in January.

AAP · Feb 13

Rob Hirst was a force of nature, a born showman who led Midnight Oil from the back

Phenomenal drummer and percussionist was an equally accomplished songwriter who embodied the band’s bloody-minded spirit

The Guardian - AU · Jan 20

Rob Hirst, Midnight Oil drummer and founding member, dies aged 70

Musician who drove much of the band’s ferocious sound and co-wrote many of its biggest hits was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2023

The Guardian - AU · Jan 20

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

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.

ABC News · Jun 23, 2022