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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Andrew Stafford

Midnight Oil on Resist and their last ever tour: ‘We mean it, man!’

Midnight Oil perform on stage
Midnight Oil built their reputation on the stage – not just for galvanising shows, but headline-grabbing protest actions. Photograph: Kane Hibberd

When Midnight Oil announced their final tour last November – a once-more-with-feeling run of dates around the country to support their 13th studio album, Resist – founding guitarist Jim Moginie was typically met with three responses.

The first was a scoff of disbelief, usually with a reference to John Farnham’s never-ending farewell shows. The second, more humorous, was that the group should have quit while they were ahead in 1981 – “and that was from some of my friends,” Moginie says.

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