Midnight Oil were joined by Queensland’s Busby Marou for a cover a Yothu Yindi’s ‘Treaty’ at the Big Red Bash in Birdsville this week.
Midnight Oil were performing their first Australian show since their recent European tour as part of The Big Red Bash in the Simpson Desert in Queensland. Other acts on the three-day bill were Busby Marou, The Living End, Kasey Chambers, Richard Clapton, 1927, Bjorn Again, Wendy Matthews, Mark Gable of The Choirboys, Steve Kilbey of The Church, Eurogliders, Chocolate Starfish, Neil Murray, Steve Balbi of Noiseworks, The Chantoozies, Mark Williams and Dale Ryder.
Midnight Oil have covered ‘Treaty’ live 10 times.
Midnight Oil, Birdsville, July 18, 2019
The Dead Heart (from Diesel and Dust, 1987)
Bullroarer (from Diesel and Dust, 1987)
Dreamworld (from Diesel and Dust, 1987)
If Ned Kelly Was King (from Place Without A Postcard, 1981)
Truganini (from Earth and Sun and Moon, 1993)
Whoah (from Diesel and Dust, 1987)
Stars of Warburton (from Blue Sky Mining, 1990)
No Time for Games (from Bird Noises, 1980)
Treaty (with Busby Marou) (Yothu Yindi cover)
Short Memory (from 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, 1982)
US Forces (from 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, 1982)
Kosciusko (from Red Sails In The Sunset, 1984)
Warakurna (from Diesel and Dust, 1987)
Redneck Wonderland (from Redneck Wonderland, 1998)
Jimmy Sharman’s Boxers (from Red Sails In The Sunset, 1984)
Beds Are Burning (from Diesel and Dust, 1987)
Blue Sky Mine (from Blue Sky Mining, 1990)
Hercules (from Species Deceases, 1985)
Read About It (from 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, 1982)
Encore:
Tin Legs and Tin Mines (from 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, 1982)
Power and the Passion (from 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, 1982)
Forgotten Years (from 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, 1982)
Encore 2:
Best of Both Worlds (from Red Sails In The Sunset, 1984)
One Country (from Blue Sky Mining, 1990)
Midnight Oil currently have no further scheduled dates.
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