Today we’re looking back on the first ever gig of Australian instro surf/psych band The Break. Consisting of Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie & Martin Rotsey (Midnight Oil) and Brian Richie (Violent Femmes). This was the first outing of the band in public, supporting legendary Australian Surf band, The Atlantics. The gig was at Notes in Newtown, a great Sydney venue that sadly shut its doors a couple of years back. Photos by Mandy Hall.
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Snap Scene: ‘World Is Almost at Peace’ Rob Hirst, Book Launch, Hamer Hall, 27th October 2026 by Mary Boukouvalas
Rob Hirst’s Legacy Honoured at Hamer Hall Family, friends, fellow musicians and fans gathered at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall on 27 October for the launch of World Is Almost at Peace, the final book by Midnight […]
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Snap Scene: Backsliders & Old Gray Mule, Caravan Club. 5th February 2015
Backsliders & Old Gray Mule Caravan Club 7th February 2015 Photos by Mary Boukouvalas & Mandy Hall
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Snap Scene: Midnight Oil, The Domain, Sydney, 17th November 2017
Midnight Oil’s “The Great Circle 2017” World Tour saw the group’s classic line-up literally circle around our overheating planet for 6 months, starting and ending with gigs in Sydney. Appropriately for a band forged in their hometown’s sweat-drenched beer barns, the tour began in mid-April with an intimate local pub gig at Marrickville Bowls. Midnight Oil then honed their live show with over 30 gigs around the world during the northern summer, playing iconic venues from Sao Paulo’s Espaço das Americas and the Wiltern in L.A. to London’s Hammersmith Apollo and The Olympia in Paris.