Midnight Oil @ Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 27-Mar-22

Revered Aussie rock band Midnight Oil performed to a sold-out Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on Sunday 27 March 2022 as part of their final ever tour. Led by singer Peter Garrett AM and his truly unique and iconic stage movements, The Oils also comprises founders Rob Hirst on drums and Jim Moginie on guitar and keys, along with Martin Rotsey on guitar, and Adam Ventoura on bass. They performed 22 songs over the course of the two-hour set, including hits like “Dreamworld,” “Best of Both Worlds,” “Power and the Passion” (dedicated to the Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins who died the previous day), “Blue Sky Mine,” “Beds Are Burning,” and “Forgotten Years.”

Read my full concert review here at What's My Scene magazine. All the images were shot on my iPhone 13 Pro Max from my allocated reviewer's seat in the audience.

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ABOUT: Paul Miles is an Australian freelance rock photographer specialising in live music photography, who captures the true spirit of rock’n’roll in action by many of the world’s greatest performers. Since 2009, he has shot a vast array of rock music photography: from gigs in world-famous clubs like the Apollo in Harlem and the Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood, to iconic arenas like New York City's Madison Square Garden and Australia's MCG, as well as in retail stores Barnes & Noble, Apple, and John Varvatos CBGBs. He has covered rock shows from Brooklyn to Bangalore, Paris to Las Vegas, Tokyo to Los Angeles, including street concerts in Melbourne's AC/DC Lane and Manhattan's Times Square.

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