Midnight Oil's mini-album The Makarrata Project, a powerful call for justice and recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, topped the ARIA charts last November.
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Next month the band is taking those songs - plus other iconic Midnight Oil reconciliation songs - to Australian concert stages for five special outdoor events. The concerts seek to elevate The Uluru Statement From The Heart which calls for a Makarrata - or "truth telling" - to account for the theft of lands and displacement of First Nations people.
The Makarrata Live tour will stop off at Hope Estate in the Hunter Valley on March 13.
New tickets have been made available to the licensed, all-ages gig and the support acts announced: Troy Cassar-Daley and Alice Skye. Leading First Nations vocalists Dan Sultan, Tasman Keith and Leah Flanagan will join Midnight Oil for all Makarrata Live dates, as will backing vocalist Liz Stringer and saxophonist Andy Bickers.
Sydney bassist Adam Ventoura will also play with Midnight Oil at all shows due to the sudden passing of longtime band member Bones Hillman late last year.
"It will be a moment heavy with emotion to go onstage without our long time brother in music, but Bonesy ... will be with us in spirit," frontman Peter Garrett said.
Drummer Rob Hirst says the band is thrilled that so many collaborators on the mini-album are able to join them onstage for Makarrata Live.
"We remain hopeful that one or two more of our friends might be able to jump up with us here and there as well. The message of these songs feel increasingly relevant as public awareness of The Uluru Statement continues to grow. It's time for Australia to stop dragging the chain on this issue and we call upon the government to begin the process of constitutional recognition for First Australians."