Peter Garrett and company took to the stage to rapturous applause as the sun set, underneath a passage from the UN Declaration of Human Rights, which has adorned their stage on every stop of The Great Circle Tour.

Kicking things off with some of their heavier material, 1998's Redneck Wonderland got the show off to a fast start, and it held momentum all the way through the two-hour set.

Garrett's stage presence remains iconic, and while his movements were perhaps a bit more subdued than they were in his heyday, his style was no less avant-garde.

The former Labor MP had a special message for the North East, thanking the crowd for waiting so long for the band to come to Albury-Wodonga before launching into Back to the Borderline and River Runs Red.

“That's two river songs for you,” Garrett told an appreciative crowd, before taking a few shots at climate sceptics in No Time For Games. 

The band's beliefs and passion came out as the set developed, with Garrett warning of an ‘existential crisis’ in Australia before ripping into powerful songs Sell My Soul and Truganini, with the frontman bringing out the harmonica for the latter.

The crowd was up and about at this point, and went into overdrive as favourites Short Memory, U.S. Forces and Kosciusko brought the house down. 

By the time Beds Are Burning rang out across the Border, there wasn't a frown in the house.

Earlier in the evening, support act The Living End shredded a 45-minute set filled with favourites, including Roll On, Second Solution, All Torn Down and Prisoner of Society.

Wodonga's Steve and Annabel Martin said the show lived up to the hype.

“It's great fun, it's not often you get to go to a concert on the Border with 12,000 people,” Mr Martin said.

“Seeing The Living End took us back to our uni days, and Midnight Oil were excellent.

“It's great to see something like this and the support it gets from the community.

“It was really good fun.”

People came from as far away as Temora and Melbourne for the sold-out show.

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