Midnight Oil coming to Cairns on their farewell tour

Midnight Oil have announced a Cairns gig as part of their last ever concert tour next year, which coincides with the launch of their latest album.

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 12^th studio album the The Makarrata Project, which debuted at #1 on the Aria charts the same weekend of Hillman’s death in November 2020.

In typical Oils style, Resist is a commentary on current issues and those of tomorrow, like the lead single ‘Rising Seas’, which is about climate change.

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The tour of the same name will see the band showcase their new works as well as performing all the classics, from ‘Blue Sky Mine’ to ‘Power & the Passion’.

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.

“Having always tackled every tour like it’s the last, this time it actually will be,” said lead vocalist Peter Garrett.

“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.

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“We hope everyone who hears this album and gets to one of the shows will come away charged up about the planet’s future.”

The Cairns gig is scheduled for April 6 at the Convention Centre.

Pre-sale tickets are available from November 30, until the allocation is exhausted.

The rest of the tickets go on sale on December 1.

Go here for tickets and to sign up for pre-orders.

While it's their last tour, the Oils have made it clear that this does not mean the end of the band, saying they remain very open to recording new music together in future and supporting causes in which they believe.