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Midnight Oil Drummer Rob Hirst Reveals Cancer Diagnosis
Australian rock veteran Rob Hirst revealed he was diagnoses six months after Midnight Oil wrapped the Australian leg of their farewell tour.
69-year-old Hirst, who co-founded the Sydney rock outfit in the ‘70s, revealed his diagnosis publicly in an interview with The Australian, explaining that he has been living with the disease for two years. Their 1987 single “Beds Are Burning” is often considered a landmark of Australian music, with its message of Indigenous land rights also resonating internationally and peaking at No. Rob Hirst, Peter Garrett, Martin Rotsey, Bones Hillman, Jim Moginie of Midnight Oil photographed on May 29, 1988 in Ghent, Belgium.
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