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The time has come: Midnight Oil live in Newcastle tonight

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The Newcastle Entertainment Centre is set to come to life tonight when Midnight Oil take to the stage as part of their Resist tour. 

Set to be their last ever concert in the city, it’s a show fans don’t want to miss. 

The Aussie icons will play some of their best hits and new music from their recently released album Resist

“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,” frontman Peter Garrett said.

“We’ve reached people in ways we never could have imagined. 

“Our desire to create and speak out is undimmed. 

“We hope everyone who hears this album and gets to one of the shows will come away charged up about the planet’s future, saying ‘why stop now?’.  

“Having always tackled every tour like it’s the last – this time it actually will be.”

The tour comes after the band reunited in 2017 and recorded 20 new songs. 

The Makarrata Project, debuted at number one on the same weekend that longtime bass player Bones Hillman sadly died. 

Despite that profound blow, and a global pandemic, the band and their First Nations Collaborators still mounted their acclaimed Makarrata Live shows earlier this year – championing the Uluru Statement and highlighting ongoing injustices suffered by First Nations people. 

This memorable chapter of their careers is coming to a close though – earlier this month Midnight Oil released Resist – the other 12 songs they wrote and recorded with Bones. 

While this year’s tour will be their last as a group, it’s not the end of the band. 

Each of the members will continue their own projects over the years ahead and they still remain open to recording new music together in future and supporting causes they believe in. 

Limited tickets are still available for their Newcastle concert.

Get in quick if you don’t want to miss out. Go to frontiertouring.com/midnightoil for more info. 

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