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The tour, scheduled to begin in mid-April, will take the band
to 14 countries, including the United States, Canada, New
Zealand and to countries in Europe and South America.
The band's frontman Peter Garrett - a former Australian
government minister between 2007 and 2013 - said the group would
not shy away from speaking their mind, taking a swipe at new
U.S. President Donald Trump.
"Healthy democracies sometimes need to react against craziness
and ugliness and selfishness and stupidity," said Garrett.
"You've got that in ample abundance in President Trump," said
the Midnight Oil frontman.
The band is no stranger to controversy.
An impromptu lunchtime protest performance in front of Exxon
Mobile Corp's New York offices criticized the company for the
Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1990.
In 2000, when playing at the official Sydney Olympics closing
ceremony, the band performed while wearing clothes emblazoned
with "sorry", a direct reference to the then Australian prime
minister John Howard's refusal to apologize to indigenous
Australians for their historic mistreatment.
In 2008, then Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd issued an
apology to the country's marginalized indigenous people, which
aimed to herald a new era in race relations.
Midnight Oil has released 17 albums, with sales of more than 10
million worldwide.
(Reporting by Aaron Bunch, Editing by Karishma S
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