Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst dead at 70
Rob Hirst from Midnight Oil perform on November 4, 2017 in Hanging Rock, Australia. (Sam Tabone/Getty Images)Rob Hirst, founding member and drummer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil, has died at age 70."After fighting heroically for almost three years, Rob is now free of pain - 'a glimmer of tiny light in the wilderness,'" Midnight Oil writes in an Instagram post published Tuesday. "He died peacefully, surrounded by loved ones."Hirst had revealed in 2025 that he'd been diagnosed with […]