Ex-Midnight Oil Singer Hospitalized

[Khephra]

SYDNEY, Australia -- Australian rock star-turned-lawmaker Peter Garrett was hospitalized after collapsing on a Sydney beach following a morning swim, authorities said. Garrett, former lead singer of Midnight Oil, was taken by ambulance to Prince of Wales Hospital after collapsing on Maroubra beach in southern Sydney early Saturday.

He was discharged from the hospital Saturday evening, saying he would undergo further tests to determine why he had collapsed.

"It's good to be back on my feet again," he told reporters outside the hospital. "(There are) no obvious causes as to why this happened and we'll get some more tests and checks done next week."

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The rock star and committed environmentalist was elected in October as a lawmaker with the opposition Labor Party.

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[tigereye]

1. I love Peter Garrett

never got to see them play live. It think it is way cool that he is a legislator now. Wonder if he sings his speeches.

[Touchdown]

2. LOL! Parliamentarian: "All those for say Yay!"

Garret: "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeeeeeeaaaaaahhh-ugh!"


I loved their tagline for their Blue Sky Mining tour. "Midnight Oil makes you dance. Exxon Oil makes us SICK!"

Any albums since "Redneck Wonderland"?