Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Midnight Oil perform 'The Dead Heart', live at Ellis Park, South Africa in 1994. Originally featured on the album 'Diesel and Dust'. Written by Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie and Peter Garrett.

Having steadfastly refused to play in South Africa whilst in the grip of apartheid, this concert is a celebration of the inauguration of Nelson Mandela in front of a packed Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg during 1994.

Mix by Brian Johnston
Production manager Paddy Matthews
Promoters Roddy Quin, Attie Van Wyk from Big Concerts
Executive producer Percy Van Rooijen
Directed by Koos Hattingh
Footage courtesy of South African Broadcasting Corporation