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Midnight Oil<\/a>\u2019s Rob Hirst has unveiled a deeply personal new EP, A Hundred Years or More<\/em>, recorded while undergoing treatment for stage three pancreatic cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n The celebrated drummer and songwriter, 70, collaborated with longtime bandmates Jim Moginie and Hamish Stuart, and enlisted his daughters Gabriella and Lex Hirst to contribute vocals on the emotionally resonant four-track release.<\/p>\n More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n The EP was created in pockets of time when Hirst felt well enough to sing and strum, following a major gastro bypass operation earlier this year. \u201cIt\u2019s completely replumbed the inside because the tumour was pushing against the guts and I couldn\u2019t eat,\u201d he shared as per news.com.au<\/a>. Despite the challenges, the sessions became a space of defiant creativity and familial healing.<\/p>\n Gabriella, an artist based in Berlin, delivers the lead vocal on the EP\u2019s title track\u2014a tender, melancholic ballad inspired by Hirst\u2019s diagnosis. \u201cMay you live to be a hundred years or more,\u201d she sings, with her father joining for the final line: \u201cMay you take another turn around the sun.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI was just working it up at home with an incomplete lyric and Ella was out for a while looking after me and checking up on all her arty friends in Sydney and she came in and said \u2018Dad, I really like this song you\u2019re singing and I said, \u2018Well, here\u2019s the rough lyric, you sing it,\u2019\u201d Hirst said.<\/p>\n Lex Hirst lends backing vocals to the opening track, \u201cFirst Do No Harm,\u201d while Hoodoo Gurus bassist Rick Grossman makes a surprise appearance on the EP as well.<\/p>\n Hirst, who co-founded Midnight Oil in the 1970s, has also led acclaimed side projects like Ghostwriters, The Break, and Backsliders. The band played their final show in October 2022 at Sydney\u2019s Hordern Pavilion.<\/p>\n A Hundred Years or More<\/em> follows 2023\u2019s Red Continent<\/em> and will be released Nov. 14.<\/p>\n Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Billboard’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Midnight Oil\u2019s Rob Hirst has unveiled a deeply personal new EP, A Hundred Years or More, recorded while undergoing treatment for stage three pancreatic cancer. 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