Community & Business
11 August, 2022
Final chance to see the Oils
AFTER being forced to cancel a much-anticipated gig in April this year, Midnight Oil has resumed their national tour and will perform in Cairns later this month at Munro Martin Parklands.
The much-loved Aussie band was in the midst of their “Resist: The Final Tour” earlier this year when frontman Peter Garrett tested positive to Covid, forcing the cancellation of their gig at the Cairns Convention Centre.
The band’s tour is based on their latest ARIA #1 album so Cairns audiences will get the chance to hear all the latest tracks and see the band for the final time when they perform at Munro Martin Parklands on 25 August.
“Resist” makes up the final 12 songs of 20 tracks recorded by the band while bass player Bones Hillman was still alive.
The first eight songs became the band’s 12th studio album the “The Makarrata Project”, which debuted at #1 on the ARIA charts the same weekend of Hillman’s death in November 2020.
Embracing the notion that “it’s better to die on your feet than live on your knees”, the band says their final concert tour will bring a chapter of their career to a memorable close.
This is expected to be an unforgettable gig for one of Australia’s favourite bands, and will be supported by special guest Busby Marou.
“We all know time refuses to stand still for anyone but after many years together the band’s spirit is deep, the music and words are strong, and our ideas and actions as bold as we can make them,” Peter Garrett said in announcing the final tour.
“We’ve reached people in ways we never could have imagined.
Our desire to create and speak out is undimmed. “Having always tackled every tour like it’s the last – this time it actually will be,” he said.
Tickets for the 25 August gig are available by going towww.ticketlink.com.au
