[Powderworks] Band to play on

Sun Jan 23 01:39:10 MST 2005

Band to play on

By Peter Holmes
January 23, 2005 
From: The Sunday Telegraph 

LEGENDARY Australian band Midnight Oil may keep playing after the Waveaid
tsunami benefit concert at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, with or
without singer Peter Garrett.
The Oils - with the electrifying Garrett out front - will perform before
47,000 people at the sold-out Waveaid. 

When Garrett quit Midnight Oil in late 2002 to pursue a political career,
followed by bassist Bones Hillman, Oils fans assumed it was the end. 

However, Midnight Oil have never officially split. 

A new biography by Midnight Oil associate Mark Dodshon claims remaining band
members Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie and Martin Rotsey have continued working
together: "Rob and Jim and Martin are still members of Midnight Oil, and
have written, rehearsed and recorded new material. So there may or may not
be another CD before the distinctive Midnight Oil board is finally pulled
onto the beach." 

Whether Garrett and Hillman would contribute remains unknown. 

Midnight Oil's last gig was at Tweed Heads in late 2002. 

Garrett considered quitting Midnight Oil several times over the years. But,
when he finally did, his bandmates refused to follow. 

"I wouldn't say I felt guilty, but I certainly felt a sense of
responsibility," Garrett told The Sunday Telegraph last year. "I realised
not everyone would be happy with the decision." 

Before agreeing to perform at Waveaid, Midnight Oil faced pressure from fans
to undertake a farewell tour with Garrett and Hillman. 

However, band members felt it would incorrectly signal the end of Midnight
Oil. 

"I'm open to some sort of farewell show or celebration somewhere down the
track, if that's what people wanted to do," Garrett said last year. 

"It's really up to the guys. People are taking time to think through whether
they want to do it, but I've always had my hand up." 

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From: nina [mailto:ninajill73 at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, 23 January 2005 3:15 PM
To: John Palmer; The Oilman; powderworks at cs-lists.cs.colorado.edu
Subject: Re: [Powderworks] Band to play on

We're getting the storm now in boston - supposed to get up to 2 feet. Uggg

Anyway, on to more important things... I can't seem to get to that article.
Server says it doesn't exist. Is there a different url or can someone copy
and paste the article into an email? - or if nothing else, can someone
summarize the article? I'm dying to know!

Thanks

nina

On 1/22/05 11:04 PM, "John Palmer" <snoopy7110 at comcast.net> wrote:

But I thought in WI, 10" of snow was a weekly occurrence!!  We just got
about 7" ourselves, of course us Marylanders aren't  as adept at dealing
with snow as the folks out your way!!! ... It really only takes like 1" and
the whole state shuts down!!

----- Original Message ----- 

From:  The  Oilman  <mailto:TheOilman at new.rr.com>
<mailto:TheOilman at new.rr.com>  

To: powderworks at cs-lists.cs.colorado.edu  

Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 9:55  PM

Subject: [Powderworks] Band to play  on

Wow, Matt just made my weekend!! That is great  news. That perked me up
after shovelling 10 inches of snow from the blizzard  last night!

Oilman

----- Original Message ----- 

From:  Marty Lawson  <mailto:martylawson at optushome.com.au>
<mailto:martylawson at optushome.com.au>  

To: powderworks at cs-lists.cs.colorado.edu  

Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 7:26  PM

Subject: [Powderworks] Band to play  on

http://entertainment.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4459,12016126%255E10431
%255E%255Enbv,00.html

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