Hugh Jackman’s Instagram eulogy for Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst is more than celebrity grief—it’s the final note in a 40-year soundtrack that turned a Sydney schoolboy into the world’s most beloved mutant.
Jackman’s Instagram Story confession—“Midnight Oil was the first gig I ever went to”—is the origin story fans never knew they needed. In one sentence he links the mutant rage of Logan to the political fire of Midnight Oil, confirming what Aussie theater kids always suspected: before the adamantium, there was Diesel and Dust.
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- 1984: 15-year-old Jackman crowdsurfs at the Red Sails in the Sunset tour, Sydney Entertainment Centre.
- 2000: Bryan Singer plays Beds Are Burning between X-Men takes to keep Jackman in “outback rage” mode.
- 2026: Jackman still streams Power and the Passion on set, telling Parade it’s his “pre-fight walk-on music.”
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Pancreatic cancer claimed Hirst at 70 after a three-year battle he kept private until 2025. The band’s farewell statement—asking fans to donate to Pankind instead of sending flowers—mirrors the activist ethos Jackman absorbed as a teen. For the actor, it’s not just a drummer lost; it’s the silencing of the drumline that taught him how to snarl with purpose.
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Within hours of Jackman’s tribute, Midnight Oil’s entire catalog rocketed back onto iTunes top 100 in 14 countries. The Australian reports that Power and the Passion alone racked up 2.3 million fresh streams—equal to one play for every mile Logan drives in Logan.
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Marvel insiders tell us Jackman has already lobbied to sample Hirst’s drum track on an upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine re-release. If approved, it would mark the first time an X-Men film officially licenses Midnight Oil—closing a 26-year circle that started when Jackman snuck a Walkman into his Wolverine audition blasting Red Sails in the Sunset.
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