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Midnight Oil Setlist
Tour Dates
09/09/2017
Spark Arena
Auckland, New Zealand
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One of the most environmental and political conscious band in the world Midnight Oil (vocalist Peter Garrett, drummer Rob Hirst, guitarist/keys Jim Moginie, guitarist Martin Rotsey, and bassist Bones Hillman) just finished their world tour. The band made a stop at First Avenue in Minneapolis last week (29 August 2017), to a very dedicated fanbase. These fans have waited 15 years to see their favorite Australian band return to the city.
Opening up the show was Melbourne’s The Living End, their last show with Midnight Oil. The trio (singer/guitarist Chris Cheney, upright bass player Scott Owen, and drummer Andy Strachan) were a lot of fun to watch. They’re rockabilly, with obvious punk influences (Owen can be spotted wearing a Ramones T-Shirt at the show).
They ended their set with a single from their debut self-titled album from 1999, called ‘West End Riot’. The explosive song ended with Chris Cheney hopping on the side of Owen’s double bass and used his guitar like a rifle. It made for a very satisfying conclusion to their set.
You can tell by the way they handled themselves that this wasn’t their first rodeo. The Living End’s seventh studio album Shift is available now on Dew Process Records.
So, if you were wondering what took Midnight Oil so long to come back to the music scene, singer Peter Garrett wanted to do more for his country by going back to his political career. He oversaw Climate Change, Environment, Heritage and the Arts as Shadow Minister for the Australian Labor Party. This eventually led him to being the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts in 2007.
Midnight Oil felt it wasn’t the same band if they couldn’t have Garrett as singer, so they waited until 2009 when the band reformed to do a few dates here and there. These one-off dates were really a way for them to raise money to benefit the environment and various charities.
It really wasn’t until February 2017 that the band announced their world tour called The Great Circle, the first date being in Brazil in April. Of course, news of the Oils returning to the U.S.A. immediately sold out all their original announced shows. We were lucky enough that the Oils decided to add one or two more dates before turning home, one of the dates being Minneapolis’ First Avenue.
Their Minneapolis’ The Great Circle setlist lists ‘Under the Overpass’ as the second song, but in fact, it was switch with ‘Tone Poem’. ‘Breaking Me Down’ was listed, but was not played. Already, we knew this show was going to be very different from their previous Great Circle shows.
In fact, a rare Warumpi Band cover song ‘From the Bush’ was played. If my notes were correct (it’s hard to understand the Australian accent sometime), I believe this was the first time the band played this song. Garrett mentioned that they wanted to play a cover, but instead of doing the obvious Prince or Replacements tribute, they felt they needed to honor their Australian brothers.
Garrett also seemed really pleased at the big turnout, stating that he really didn’t know if anyone would show up at their shows after such a long break from the music scene.
With mostly lead vocals duties to take care of, Peter Garrett entertained us with his funky, rhythmic dancing. It was a joy to watch, and it’s obvious that he loves these songs. Of course, Garrett had to break out the harmonica to play the unique intro to their song ‘Truganini’ and later for ‘Blue Sky Mine’.
Before ‘My Country’, Garrett had to mention how he saw “Mrs Trump” (Ivana Trump) at the United Nation with some of the highest high heels he’s ever seen. With that, Garrett sat down to play piano as he sings about blindly following your patriotic orders, “My country, right or wrong.”
The highlight of the show has got to be the two double singles from Diesel and Dust. Although the album is 30 years old, it still sounded fresh and still relevant. As soon as the first few notes of ‘The Dead Heart’ were played, the crowd started chanting the ‘doo do doo do doo’ melody of the song. The theme of mistreatment of Australian Aboriginal continues with ‘Beds Are Burning’, undoubtedly their biggest hit song in the U.S.
They ended their set with ‘Forgotten Years’ (originally listed ‘Beds Are Burning’), and came back for the double song encore of ‘Blue Sky Mine’ and ‘Best of Both Worlds’.
Although it’s sad news that the Oils have finished their North American tour, the good news is that they’ll be concentrating on their native Australia next.
Opening up the show was Melbourne’s The Living End, their last show with Midnight Oil. The trio (singer/guitarist Chris Cheney, upright bass player Scott Owen, and drummer Andy Strachan) were a lot of fun to watch. They’re rockabilly, with obvious punk influences (Owen can be spotted wearing a Ramones T-Shirt at the show).
They ended their set with a single from their debut self-titled album from 1999, called ‘West End Riot’. The explosive song ended with Chris Cheney hopping on the side of Owen’s double bass and used his guitar like a rifle. It made for a very satisfying conclusion to their set.
You can tell by the way they handled themselves that this wasn’t their first rodeo. The Living End’s seventh studio album Shift is available now on Dew Process Records.
So, if you were wondering what took Midnight Oil so long to come back to the music scene, singer Peter Garrett wanted to do more for his country by going back to his political career. He oversaw Climate Change, Environment, Heritage and the Arts as Shadow Minister for the Australian Labor Party. This eventually led him to being the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts in 2007.
Midnight Oil felt it wasn’t the same band if they couldn’t have Garrett as singer, so they waited until 2009 when the band reformed to do a few dates here and there. These one-off dates were really a way for them to raise money to benefit the environment and various charities.
It really wasn’t until February 2017 that the band announced their world tour called The Great Circle, the first date being in Brazil in April. Of course, news of the Oils returning to the U.S.A. immediately sold out all their original announced shows. We were lucky enough that the Oils decided to add one or two more dates before turning home, one of the dates being Minneapolis’ First Avenue.
Their Minneapolis’ The Great Circle setlist lists ‘Under the Overpass’ as the second song, but in fact, it was switch with ‘Tone Poem’. ‘Breaking Me Down’ was listed, but was not played. Already, we knew this show was going to be very different from their previous Great Circle shows.
In fact, a rare Warumpi Band cover song ‘From the Bush’ was played. If my notes were correct (it’s hard to understand the Australian accent sometime), I believe this was the first time the band played this song. Garrett mentioned that they wanted to play a cover, but instead of doing the obvious Prince or Replacements tribute, they felt they needed to honor their Australian brothers.
Garrett also seemed really pleased at the big turnout, stating that he really didn’t know if anyone would show up at their shows after such a long break from the music scene.
With mostly lead vocals duties to take care of, Peter Garrett entertained us with his funky, rhythmic dancing. It was a joy to watch, and it’s obvious that he loves these songs. Of course, Garrett had to break out the harmonica to play the unique intro to their song ‘Truganini’ and later for ‘Blue Sky Mine’.
Before ‘My Country’, Garrett had to mention how he saw “Mrs Trump” (Ivana Trump) at the United Nation with some of the highest high heels he’s ever seen. With that, Garrett sat down to play piano as he sings about blindly following your patriotic orders, “My country, right or wrong.”
The highlight of the show has got to be the two double singles from Diesel and Dust. Although the album is 30 years old, it still sounded fresh and still relevant. As soon as the first few notes of ‘The Dead Heart’ were played, the crowd started chanting the ‘doo do doo do doo’ melody of the song. The theme of mistreatment of Australian Aboriginal continues with ‘Beds Are Burning’, undoubtedly their biggest hit song in the U.S.
They ended their set with ‘Forgotten Years’ (originally listed ‘Beds Are Burning’), and came back for the double song encore of ‘Blue Sky Mine’ and ‘Best of Both Worlds’.
Although it’s sad news that the Oils have finished their North American tour, the good news is that they’ll be concentrating on their native Australia next.
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Midnight Oil at First Avenue, Minneapolis (29 August 2017) |
