{"id":45057,"date":"2022-03-10T04:45:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T17:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=45057"},"modified":"2022-03-10T08:58:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T21:58:48","slug":"midnight-oils-geelong-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/midnight-oils-geelong-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Oils bring the power and the passion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE power and the passion of Midnight Oil has rung out live in Geelong for the last time, with the band making a stop at Mount Duneed Estate on Saturday as part of their final concert tour.<\/p>\n<p>Held in increasingly rainy conditions at the winery, the concert saw the legendary band in fine form, cranking out hits from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s as well as more recent material from <em>The Makaratta Project<\/em> and new album <em>Resist<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65842\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65842\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Untitled-design-7-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guitarist Martin Rotsey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Frontman Peter Garrett was happy to reminisce with the audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is going back to a pub in Waurn Ponds, but who\u2019s telling stories? 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