When he died in January, Midnight Oil's Rob Hirst had been racing to try to finish a book about his career as a songwriter.
Fans rescued Rob Hirst’s kit for us. The late Midnight Oil drummer’s new book has the last word.
Rob Hirst, the founding drummer of veteran Australian alternative-rock band Midnight Oil, has passed away at age 70. According to Australia’s news.com.au website, Hirst died of pancreatic cancer after ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The music world has learned extremely sad news as someone who left a mark on their peers and fans alike has died. News of the ...
“I can’t quite believe I’ve been granted this second opportunity to communicate with people in concert, to perform, to dance and to sing and not be thinking too much more about it, except to try and ...
The Australian rock band Midnight Oil had always had a political bent so it really wasn’t that much of a surprise when its lead singer, the very tall and very bald Peter Garrett, decided to run for – ...
Veteran Australian group Midnight Oil have announced that their forthcoming tour in support of a new album, Resist, will be their farewell road trip. Their 15th LP, which deals with ecological issues, ...
In 1987, you simply couldn’t escape U2’s The Joshua Tree. Bono’s croon poured out of college dorm rooms, the band’s videos camped out on MTV, and the album’s songs took turns nesting on the charts, ...
Australian rockers Midnight Oil announced Tuesday that drummer and co-founder Rob Hirst is dead at 70. “After fighting heroically for almost three years, Rob is now free of pain – ‘a glimmer of tiny ...