Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett has announced a rare handful of pub shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Brunswick Heads this November leading up to his recently announced co-headlining slot on the Queenscliff Music Festival (see dates and venue info below).
Peter will be joined onstage at all shows by The Alter Egos which includes the Oil’s legendary guitarist, Martin Rotsey. For this short tour the band will also feature Kram from Spiderbait (drums), Heather Shannon from The Jezebels (keyboards), Zoe Hauptmann (Missy Higgins, Neil Finn and Ian Moss) on bass plus backing vocals from Grace and May Garrett (who perform together as Raintalker).
In addition to songs from Peter’s two solo albums, A Version Of Now and The True North – which both topped ARIA’s Australian Albums chart – the band will be performing the odd Midnight Oil classic as well as a few other left field choices like Peter’s enervating 2025 cover of World Party’s “God On My Side”
These shows will be a rare musical outing for the renowned Australian activist who continues to make waves on behalf of the causes he has supported throughout his life.
In May Peter was announced as the new Chair of Landcare Australia a community of volunteers, bush and coast carers, farmers and conservationists dedicated to fostering productive and sustainable landscapes Australia wide. Earlier this month he also stepped up to lead the crowd funded AUKUS Public Inquiry examining the $368 billion nuclear powered subs plan, alongside commissioners including former head of the Australian Defence Force Admiral Chris Barrie (Ret’d) and the ex-premier of Western Australia, Carmen Lawrence.
“You don’t have to doom scroll for too long these days to know that we urgently need to change how we treat our country and each other”, Garrett explained. “Music has always been a vital way to express thoughts and feelings about the world around us and while a fair bit of my time is now spent on these other roles I really can’t wait to get back onstage for a few nights and make some sweet noise with my mates.”
Dates, venues and ticketing info for these shows are as follows:
PETER GARRETT & THE ALTER EGOS
With special guests
Presented by Select Music & Eleven: A Music Company
FRIDAY, 20 NOVEMBER
MONA VALE HOTEL, SYDNEY NSW
THURSDAY, 26 NOVEMBER
DISTILLERY ROAD MARKET, EAGLEBY QLD
FRIDAY, 27 NOVEMBER
HOTEL BRUNSWICK, BRUNSWICK HEADS NSW
TICKETS ON SALE TUESDAY, 30 JUNE AT 10.00AM AEST
Also performing at:
SATURDAY, 28 NOVEMBER
QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL, VIC
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