Legendary Aussie rockers Midnight Oil announced a massive world tour today – their first in over 20 years – as well as plans to release three archival box sets.
The tour will see the group’s original lineup circumnavigate the globe over six months, starting and ending with shows in Sydney. The tour will begin much like the band did, in an intimate pub gig yet to be announced. They will take in 30 locations around the world during the northern hemisphere’s summer, from Sao Paulo to Los Angeles, London and Paris.
The homecoming shows will conclude the tour, with 18 shows across Australia, running clockwise around the country from Alice Springs, to Cairns, and right across all states and territories before finally settling back in Sydney.
The diverse spread of special guests who have signed up to be part of this unique tour reflect the long shadow that Midnight Oil has cast across the musical landscape. They include significant Australian voices such as John Butler Trio, AB Original, Adalita, Apakatjah, Bad//Dreems, Birds Of Tokyo, David Bridie, Ash Grunwald, Irrunytju Band, Jack River, Jedediah, The Jezebels, The Living End, Abbe May, Something For Kate, Spiderbait, Dan Sultan, Urthboy, and Frank Yamma.
In a unique press conference on Sydney Harbour today this most Australian of bands also announced the impending release of a remastered CD box set called The Full Tank featuring all of their existing albums and EP’s plus a mammoth new 4 CD/8 DVD trove called The Overflow Tank which will include over 14 hours of previously unreleased and rare material. Both of these box sets will be housed in replica miniature water tanks like the one featured onstage at so many ‘Oils’ gigs. The band also unveiled their first ever complete Vinyl collection which will feature 11 remastered LP’s and two 12” EP’s all cut at Abbey Rd Studios in London. For full boxset track listings and content information visit www.midnightoil.com/store. The Boxset Collection is available for pre-order now, out May 5 through Sony Music.
Australian Tour Dates:
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Presented by Frontier Touring, Triple M and MAX
In Association With Sony Music Entertainment
FRONTIER MEMBERS PRE-SALE via frontiertouring.com/midnightoil
Begins: Thu 23 Feb | Ends: Fri 24 Feb
(or ends earlier if pre-sale allocation exhausted)
Pre-sale times are staggered per show, visit the website for more details
MIDNIGHT OIL PRE-SALE via midnightoil.com
Begins: Thu 23 Feb | Ends: Fri 24 Feb
(or ends earlier if pre-sale allocation exhausted)
Pre-sale times are staggered per show, visit the website for more details
GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE
Begins: Mon 27 Feb – see start times below
Mon 2 Oct | ANZAC Oval, Alice Springs, NT (18+*)
With Dan Sultan & Apakatjah
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On sale: Mon 27 Feb (12:30pm local time)
Wed 4 Oct | Darwin Amphitheatre, Darwin, NT (18+*)
With Dan Sultan & Irrunytju Band
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On sale: Mon 27 Feb (12:30pm local time)
Presented locally by Mix 104.9
Sat 7 Oct | Kuranda Amphitheatre, Cairns, QLD (18+*)
With Urthboy
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On sale: Mon 27 Feb (12noon local time)
Presented locally by Triple M
Tue 10 Oct | Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville, QLD (All Ages)
With Urthboy
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On sale: Mon 27 Feb (12noon local time)
Presented locally by 4TO
Thu 12 Oct | Great Western Hotel, Rockhampton, QLD (18+*)
With Urthboy
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On sale: Mon 27 Feb (12noon local time)
Presented locally by Triple M
Sat 14 Oct | Big Pineapple Fields, Sunshine Coast, QLD (18+*)
With The Living End & Jebediah
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On sale: Mon 27 Feb (12noon local time)
Presented locally by 92.7 Mix FM
Sun 15 Oct | Riverstage, Brisbane, QLD (All Ages)
With The Jezabels
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On sale: Mon 27 Feb (1pm local time)
Presented locally by Triple M
Thu 19 Oct | Hockey Fields, Coffs Harbour (18+*)
With Jebediah & Jack River
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On sale: Mon 27 Feb (12noon AEDT)
Presented locally by Triple M
Sat 21 Oct | Hope Estate, Hunter Valley, NSW (18+*)
With Birds of Tokyo & Ash Grunwald
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On sale: Mon 27 Feb (12noon AEDT)
Presented locally by KOFM
Tue 24 Oct | AIS Arena, Canberra, ACT (All Ages)
With Something For Kate
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On sale: Mon 27 Feb (12noon AEDT)
Presented locally by MIX 106.3
Thu 26 Oct | The Village Green Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, SA (All Ages)
With Spiderbait & Bad//Dreems
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On sale: Mon 27 Feb (1.30pm local time)
Presented locally by Triple M
Sat 28 Oct | Perth Arena, Perth, WA (All Ages)
With Spiderbait
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On sale: Mon 27 Feb (12noon local time)
Presented locally by Triple M
Wed 1 Nov | Derwent Entertainmnent Centre, Hobart, TAS (All Ages)
With The Jezabels
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On sale: Mon 27 Feb (3pm AEDT)
Presented locally by Triple M
Fri 3 Nov | Gateway Lakes, Wodonga, VIC (18+*)
With The Living End
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On sale: Mon 27 Feb (3pm AEDT)
Presented locally by Triple M
Sat 4 Nov | Hanging Rock, Mt Macedon, VIC (18+*)
With John Butler Trio, Something for Kate, Frank Yamma & David Bridie
ticketmaster.com.au | Ph: 136 100
On sale: Mon 27 Feb (2pm AEDT)
Presented locally by Triple M
Mon 6 Nov | Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC (All Ages)
With The Jezabels & Adalita
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On sale: Mon 27 Feb (4pm AEDT)
Presented locally by Triple M
Wed 8 Nov | Win Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, NSW (All Ages)
With Abbe May
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On sale: Mon 27 Feb (2pm AEDT)
Presented locally by WAVE FM
Sat 11 Nov | The Domain, Sydney, NSW (18+*)
With John Butler Trio & A.B.Original
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On sale: Mon 27 Feb (11am AEDT)
Presented locally by Triple M
* U18s must be accompanied by parent/legal guardian
INTERNATIONAL TOUR DATES:
Full details at www.midnightoil.com/tour-dates/
SOUTH AMERICA
Tue 25 Apr Pepsi on Stage | Porto Alegre
Thu 27 Apr Live | Curtiba
Sat 29 Apr Espaço das Americas | São Paolo
Sun 30 Apr Vivo Rio | Rio De Janeiro
Tue 2 May NET Live | Brasilia
NORTH AMERICA
Sat 6 May Center Stage | Atlanta, GA
Tue 9 May The Filmore | Silver Spring, MD
Thu 11 May House of Blues | Boston, MA
Sat 13 May Webster Hall | New York City, NY
Tue 16 May Keswick Theatre | Glenside, PA
Thu 18 May The Vic | Chicago, IL
Sat 20 May Danforth Theatre | Toronto, Canada
Tue 23 May Paramount Theatre | Denver, CO
Thu 25 May The Wiltern | Los Angeles, CA
Sat 27 May Fox Theatre | Oakland, CA
Mon 29 May Revolution Hall | Portland, OR
Wed 31 May Moore Theatre | Seattle, WA
Fri 2 June The Commodore | Vancouver, Canada
EUROPE + UK
Wed 21 June E-Werk | Cologne, Germany
Fri 23 June Paradiso | Amsterdam, Holland
Sun 25 June Huxleys Neue Welt | Berlin, Germany
Tue 27 June Amager Bio | Copenhagen, Denmark
Thu 29 June Rockafeller Music Hall | Oslo, Norway
Sat 1 July Furuviksparken | Gävle, Sweden
Tue 4 July Hammersmith Apollo | London, UK
Thu 6 July Olympia | Paris, France
Fri 7 July Festival de Beauregard | Hérouville-Saint-Claire, France
Sun 9 July Les Deferlantes Festival | Argeles-sur-Mer, France
Wed 12 July Volkshaus | Zurich, Switzerland
Fri 14 July Musilac | Aix Les Bains, France
Sun 16 July Les Vieilles Charrues | Carhaix, France
Tue 18 July Batschkapp | Frankfurt, Germany
Fri 21 July Colours of Ostrava | Ostrava, Czech Republic
NEW ZEALAND
Sat 9 Sep Vector Arena | Auckland, NZ
Mon 11 Sep Horncastle Arena | Christchurch, NZ
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