MIDNIGHT OIL
RESIST TOUR 2022
Saturday 3 September 2022
Eccles Entertainment wish to advise that due to continued uncertainty around event planning and capacity restrictions in New Zealand, Midnight Oil’s show will be postponed until Sat 3 September 2022 (originally Fri 13 May 2022).
‘We are disappointed we have to postpone the New Zealand leg of our RESIST tour and apologise to those impacted by this postponement. However, we are grateful that we have managed to figure out a new window to play New Zealand this September and are excited to bring RESIST: The Final Tour to our Kiwi fans’. – Midnight Oil
Fans that purchased tickets for the original dates do not need to take any action. These tickets remain valid for the new dates. Fans who are unable to attend the rescheduled dates can obtain a full refund by contacting Ticketmaster before May 1 2022.
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Midnight Oil are heading to New Zealand to celebrate the release of their new album Resist!
Resist will be a fitting, forward looking, statement for a band whose clarion call has always been “it’s better to die on your feet than live on your knees”. The tour will see them performing classic Midnight Oil songs from across their repertoire while also showcasing some urgent new works. As the title makes abundantly clear, Resist engages with the issues of today, like the lead single “Rising Seas” which tackles the climate crisis in typically uncompromising fashion.
Peter Garrett says, “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?'.
The band announced that this will be their final concert tour while making it clear that this does not mean the end of the Oils. Each of the members will continue their own projects over the years ahead. They remain very open to recording new music together in future and supporting causes in which they believe but this will be their last tour.
Midnight Oil calls for governments to urgently take serious actions that reduce carbon pollution. This tour will embrace best practices for emission reductions and offsetting. A portion of proceeds will also be set aside to support organizations seeking to elevate the existential threat posed by the climate crisis.
