Tag: Midnight Oil

Midnight Oil continues reunion, announces 2019 concerts in U.K., Europe and Australia

Midnight Oil continues reunion, announces 2019 concerts in U.K., Europe and Australia

After taking the last year off, the reformed Midnight Oil will head back out on the road in 2019, announcing Monday a run of 11 dates in the U.K., Ireland and Europe next summer along with a July festival appearance in the band’s native Australia. Full dates posted right here.

This week's new releases: Midnight Oil's live reunion album, J Mascis, Gary Numan, Big Country

This week’s new releases: Midnight Oil’s live reunion album, J Mascis, Gary Numan, Big Country

Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted.  This week’s releases include titles Midnight Oil, Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis, Gary Numan and Big Country.

'Midnight Oil 1984' documentary to screen in U.S. theaters next month — see full trailer

‘Midnight Oil 1984’ documentary to screen in U.S. theaters next month — see full trailer

The new documentary chronicling Midnight Oil’s pivotal year of 1984 — which saw the release of Red Sails in the Sunset and Peter Garrett’s failed run for the Australian Senate as a Nuclear Disarmament Party candidate — will screen later next month in select U.S. theaters. Full dates and trailer right here.

Watch: Patti Smith preaches eco-justice with cover of Midnight Oil's 'Beds Are Burning'

Watch: Patti Smith preaches eco-justice with cover of Midnight Oil’s ‘Beds Are Burning’

No stranger to interpreting other artists’ work, Patti Smith in recent weeks has taken to covering Midnight Oil’s 1987 crossover smash “Beds are Burning” in concert, leading up to the familiar song with her own 3-minute spoken-word intro about the Aboriginal people of Australia. Watch it here.

'Midnight Oil 1984' documentary to screen in Australian theaters, worldwide — watch trailer

‘Midnight Oil 1984’ documentary to screen in Australian theaters, worldwide — watch trailer

A new documentary chronicling Midnight Oil’s pivotal year of 1984 — which saw the release of Red Sails in the Sunset and Peter Garrett’s failed run for the Australian Senate as a Nuclear Disarmament Party candidate — will screen in Australian theaters in May before an international rollout.

Midnight Oil filmed, recorded Sydney shows for possible release. After that? 'Who knows?!'

Midnight Oil filmed, recorded Sydney shows for possible release. After that? ‘Who knows?!’

Midnight Oil last week wrapped its mammoth Great Circle 2017 worldwide reunion tour, playing to more than 500,000 people at concerts over the past seven months. But fans who didn’t catch it, or those who want to re-live it, are in luck: the band says it may release a live document next year. After that? “Who knows.”