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Rob Hirst: feeling good, for a hundred years or more

Midnight Oil's drummer, who has stage four pancreatic cancer, still has songs pinging around his brain at night, while he rages against the dying of the light.

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Oils fans save ailing drummer's kit for public display

Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst has auctioned off his old "war horse" for music industry charities as he battles pancreatic cancer.

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Midnight Oil fans rally to rescue drummer's 'war horse'

A drummer for one of Australia's most-loved rock bands is battling cancer and says he is surrounded by love after deciding to sell his old "war horse".

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Fossil fuel industry labelled 'a criminal enterprise'

Australia's future will be determined by what happens in the nation's "Great North", says Midnight Oil frontman and former environment minister Peter Garrett.

AAP

Peter Garrett: ‘This is the worst deal ever done by a sovereign Australian government’

The Midnight Oil frontman, former Labor MP and conservationist muses on politics, prescient lyrics, and whether the Rolling Stones should give up touring

The Guardian - AU

"Dr Feelgood meets the Psychedelic Furs (but without the sax)": The Angels strike the pub rock/new wave target on Dark Room

Dark Room is the fourth studio album by Aussie rockers The Angels, released in 1980

Louder

The power and passion of Midnight Oil: the inside story of the band that changed Australia

A new documentary – more than five years in the making – follows the unforgettable trajectory of one of Australia’s greatest rock bands, who are still radical decades later

The Guardian - AU

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Sun shines on writers festival as weekend attendance tops 7750

'I couldn't even move, it was overwhelming.'

Newcastle Herald

Midnight Oil star's silver lining among the chaos

Jim Moginie's memoir tells of finding his birth family in Goulburn.

The Canberra Times

Midnight Oil muso Jim Moginie's memoir is much more than a tribute

The Silver River is also journey self-discovery to find his birth family.

Newcastle Herald

The Silver River by Jim Moginie review – a Midnight Oil memoir tinged with sadness

Moginie’s book may not scratch every itch, but it is a sometimes lyrical and moving look at how one of Australia’s biggest bands became a beast of burden

The Guardian - AU

From surfing legends to Peter Garrett: Weekender reads to feed your brain

Newcastle Herald Weekender March 2: 8 unmissable reads

Newcastle Herald

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

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

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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

Newcastle Herald

Newcomers Where's Jimmy go faster, harder

They are cut from the same cloth as AC/DC and Midnight Oil

The New Daily

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

Newcastle Herald

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.

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Newcastle Herald

Year in review: Live music makes killer comeback in 2022

2022 is the year music returned in a blaze of glory.

Newcastle Herald

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.

ABC News

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

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.

The Guardian - AU

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

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 Canberra Times

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.

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