Rock Drummer Loses His Battle with Pancreatic Cancer

Popular rock band says founding member dead after cancer battle: ‘We are shattered’

Rob Hirst, the drummer for the popular Australian rock group Midnight Oil, has died.

Rob Hirst: a legacy of connections and kindness

Friends, collaborators and fellow musicians remember the late Midnight Oil drummer as a giant songwriter who changed the...

Musicians pay tribute after death of iconic drummer

SYDNEY, Australia — Tributes are flowing in after this week’s death of Rob Hirst, founding drummer and songwriter of the rock band Midnight Oil. Hirst died Tuesday at 70 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Rock drummer loses his battle with pancreatic cancer

Rob Hirst, the founding drummer, percussionist, and a pivotal songwriter for the iconic Australian rock band Midnight Oil, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at age 70, after a battle with pancreatic cancer — which was diagnosed in 2023.

A tribute to the one and only Rob Hirst

Writing tributes isn’t standard fare for the team at the AU review, but the untimely passing of Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst demanded an exception. Several of the team were lucky enough to get to know Rob and his family over the years, and we wanted to take a few moments to reflect upon and honour...

Rob Hirst Was the Engine of Midnight Oil

Cancer sucks, all of it, but they say pancreatic cancer is the most painful, the worst. And after a three-year battle, that’s what took the life of